Removing the requirement that the department of social and health services or the department of early learning take appropriate action to establish or enforce support obligations whenever it receives an application for subsidized child care services or working connections child care services.
Summary
Removes the requirement that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) or the Department of Early Learning take action to establish or enforce child support obligations when it receives an application for subsidized child care.
Removes language specifying that a child care subsidy payment constitutes an authorization for the DSHS to provide support enforcement services.
From the Substitute House Bill Report (SHB 2828), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
EnactedEnacted · Chapter 4, Laws of 2012, 1st Special Session
AN ACT Relating to removing the requirement that the department of social and health services or the department of early learning take appropriate action to establish or enforce support obligations whenever it receives an application for subsidized child care services or working connections child care services;