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WA SB6163
Bill
Status
1/15/2026
Primary Sponsor
John Braun
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AI Summary
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Requires expenditures for the individual and family services waiver to be included in maintenance level budgets beginning with the governor's December 2026 budget proposal
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Aims to eliminate wait lists for developmental disability services by making waiver funding a baseline budget item rather than discretionary
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Department of Social and Health Services must annually submit budget requests for individual and family services waiver expenditures
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Amends existing law (RCW 71A.18.060) that previously only required waiver expenditures to be "considered" for inclusion in maintenance budgets since December 2022
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Continues existing requirements for budget requests covering state-operated living alternatives for individuals with developmental disabilities
Legislative Description
Eliminating wait lists for the individual and family services waiver by including estimated expenditures for the waiver in maintenance level budgets.
Last Action
Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
1/20/2026