Wash. Admin. Code § 388-455-0010
When and how does the department treat lump sum payments as a resource for cash assistance programs?
Effective Oct 1, 2013WSR 13-18-007RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
(1) If you receive a lump sum payment, we count it as a resource if it was awarded for:
- (a) Wrongful death;
- (b) Personal injury;
- (c) Damage; or
- (d) Loss of property.
- (2) If some of your lump sum payment is designated for medical bills or to repair or replace damaged property, we do not count the designated amount as a resource for sixty days starting the month after you received the payment. After the sixty day period, we count all of the lump sum payment that remains as a resource.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.500, 74.04.510, 74.08.090, 74.08A.120, and 2011 1st sp.s. c 15. WSR 13-18-007, § 388-455-0010, filed 8/22/13, effective 10/1/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.04.510, and 74.08.090. WSR 08-11-105, § 388-455-0010, filed 5/20/08, effective 7/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.04.510. WSR 99-24-008, § 388-455-0010, filed 11/19/99, effective 1/1/00.]