Current through 2024
Section 74.08A.265 - Assistance termination-Report-Finding of racial disproportionality(1) Annually by December 31st, the department must report to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature disaggregated data identifying the race of individuals whose temporary assistance for needy families benefits were reduced or terminated during the preceding year due to: (a) Sanction as described in RCW 74.08A.260; or(b) Reaching the sixty-month time limit under RCW 74.08A.010.(2) If the disaggregated data for terminated or sanctioned individuals shows a disproportionate representation of any racial group that has experienced historic disparities or discrimination, the department must describe steps it is taking to address and remedy the racial disproportionality.Added by 2020 c 320,§ 2, eff. 6/11/2020.