CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 2415
Chapter 154, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES—DIVERSION CASH ASSISTANCE—
MAXIMUM AMOUNT
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2025
Passed by the House February 8, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 92 Nays 5
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 HOUSE
Representatives BILL 2415 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate March 1, 2024
Yeas 49 Nays 0 BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 18, 2024 3:21 PM FILED
March 19, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 HOUSE BILL 2415
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Representatives Cortes, Ramel, and Pollet
Read first time 01/18/24. Referred to Committee on Human Services,
Youth, & Early Learning.
1 AN ACT Relating to expanding economic assistance for individuals
2 who are eligible for temporary assistance for needy families;
3 amending RCW 74.08A.210; and providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 Sec. 1. RCW 74.08A.210 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 36 s 30 are each
6 amended to read as follows:
7 (1) In order to prevent some families from developing dependency
8 on temporary assistance for needy families, the department shall make
9 available to qualifying applicants a diversion program designed to
10 provide brief, emergency assistance for families in crisis whose
11 income and assets would otherwise qualify them for temporary
12 assistance for needy families.
13 (2) Diversion assistance may include cash or vouchers in payment
14 for the following needs:
15 (a) Child care;
16 (b) Housing assistance;
17 (c) Transportation-related expenses;
18 (d) Food;
19 (e) Medical costs for the recipient's immediate family;
20 (f) Employment-related expenses which are necessary to keep or
21 obtain paid unsubsidized employment.
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 1 (3) Diversion assistance is available once in each ((twelve-
2 month)) 12-month period for each adult applicant. Recipients of
3 diversion assistance are not included in the temporary assistance for
4 needy families program.
5 (4) Diversion assistance may not exceed ((one thousand five
6 hundred dollars)) $2,000 for each instance.
7 (5) To be eligible for diversion assistance, a family must
8 otherwise be eligible for temporary assistance for needy families.
9 (6) Families ineligible for temporary assistance for needy
10 families ((or benefits under RCW 74.62.030)) due to sanction,
11 noncompliance, the lump sum income rule, or any other reason are not
12 eligible for diversion assistance.
13 (7) Families must provide evidence showing that a bona fide need
14 exists according to subsection (2) of this section in order to be
15 eligible for diversion assistance.
16 An adult applicant may receive diversion assistance of any type
17 no more than once per ((twelve-month)) 12-month period. If the
18 recipient of diversion assistance is placed on the temporary
19 assistance for needy families program within ((twelve)) 12 months of
20 receiving diversion assistance, the prorated dollar value of the
21 assistance shall be treated as a loan from the state, and recovered
22 by deduction from the recipient's cash grant.
23 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Section 1 of this act takes effect January
24 1, 2025.
Passed by the House February 8, 2024.
Passed by the Senate March 1, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 18, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 74.08A.210
Bill as Passed Legislature: 74.08A.210
Session Law: 74.08A.210