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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                       SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1916
                       Chapter 284, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
EARLY SUPPORT FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS PROGRAM—FUNDING CRITERIA
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 12, 2024                CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 95 Nays 0
                                        I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
                                        House of Representatives of the
            LAURIE JINKINS              State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of                 certify   that    the   attached  is
Representatives                         SUBSTITUTE    HOUSE   BILL   1916 as
                                        passed     by     the     House   of
                                        Representatives and the Senate on
                                        the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 29,
2024
  Yeas 46 Nays 0                                     BERNARD DEAN
                                                                    Chief Clerk
              DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 26, 2024 1:17 PM                         FILED
                                                    March 27, 2024
                                                Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                        State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1916
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington         68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session
     By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives
     Senn, Couture, Leavitt, Taylor, Paul, Callan, Ramos, Cortes, Reed,
     Fey, Timmons, Street, Doglio, Simmons, Wylie, Reeves, Alvarado,
     Nance, Riccelli, Fosse, Pollet, and Shavers; by request of Department
     of Children, Youth, and Families)
     READ FIRST TIME 02/05/24.
1        AN ACT Relating to funding for the early support for infants and
2    toddlers program; amending RCW 43.216.580; and creating a new
3    section.
4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 5       Sec. 1.   RCW 43.216.580 and 2020 c 90 s 1 are each amended to
 6   read as follows:
 7       (1) The department is the state lead agency for Part C of the
 8   federal individuals with disabilities education act. The department
 9   shall administer the early support for infants and toddlers program,
10   to provide early intervention services to all eligible children with
11   disabilities from birth to three years of age. Eligibility shall be
12   determined according to Part C of the federal individuals with
13   disabilities education act or other applicable federal and state
14   laws, and as specified in the Washington Administrative Code adopted
15   by the department. Services provided under this section shall not
16   supplant services or funding currently provided in the state for
17   early intervention services to eligible children with disabilities
18   from birth to three years of age.
19       (2)(a) Funding for the early support for infants and toddlers
20   program shall be appropriated to the department based on the annual
21   average head count of children ages birth to three who are eligible
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 1   for and receiving early intervention services, multiplied by the
 2   total statewide allocation generated by the distribution formula
 3   under RCW 28A.150.260 (4)(a), (5), (6), and (8) and the allocation
 4   under RCW 28A.150.415, per the statewide full-time equivalent
 5   enrollment in common schools, multiplied by 1.15.
 6       (b) The department shall distribute funds to early intervention
 7   services providers, and, when appropriate, to county lead agencies.
 8       (c) For the purposes of this subsection (2), a child is receiving
 9   early intervention services if the child has received services within
10   ((a month prior to)) the same month as the monthly count day, which
11   is the last business day of the month.
12       (3) Federal funds associated with Part C of the federal
13   individuals with disabilities education act shall be subject to payor
14   of last resort requirements pursuant to 34 C.F.R. Sec. 303.510 (2020)
15   for birth-to-three early intervention services provided under this
16   section.
17       (4) The services in this section are not part of the state's
18   program of basic education pursuant to Article IX of the state
19   Constitution.
20       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 2. If specific funding for the purposes of
21   this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not
22   provided by June 30, 2024, in the omnibus appropriations act, this
23   act is null and void.
         Passed by the House February 12, 2024.
         Passed by the Senate February 29, 2024.
         Approved by the Governor March 26, 2024.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2024.
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Statutes affected: 
Original Bill: 43.216.580
Substitute Bill: 43.216.580
Bill as Passed Legislature: 43.216.580
Session Law: 43.216.580