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(A) The applicant or recipient signs an agreement to repay the 1 lesser of the amount of aid received or the net proceeds of such 2 sale; 3 (B) If the owner of the excess property ceases to make good faith 4 efforts to sell the property, the entire amount of assistance may 5 become an overpayment and a debt due the state and may be recovered 6 pursuant to RCW 43.20B.630; 7 (C) Applicants and recipients are advised of their right to a 8 fair hearing and afforded the opportunity to challenge a decision 9 that good faith efforts to sell have ceased, prior to assessment of 10 an overpayment under this section; and 11 (D) At the time assistance is authorized, the department files a 12 lien without a sum certain on the specific property. 13 (14) "Secretary" means the secretary of social and health 14 services. 15 (15) "Standards of assistance" means the level of income required 16 by an applicant or recipient to maintain a level of living specified 17 by the department. 18 (16) For purposes of determining eligibility for public 19 assistance and participation levels in the cost of medical care, the 20 department shall exempt restitution payments made to people of 21 Japanese and Aleut ancestry pursuant to the Civil Liberties Act of 22 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act passed by 23 congress, P.L. 100-383, including all income and resources derived 24 therefrom. 25 (17) In the construction of words and phrases used in this title, 26 the singular number shall include the plural, the masculine gender 27 shall include both the feminine and neuter genders, and the present 28 tense shall include the past and future tenses, unless the context 29 thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary. 30 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. If specific funding for the purposes of 31 this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not 32 provided by June 30, 2018, in the omnibus appropriations act, this 33 act is null and void. 34 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act takes effect February 1, 2019. 35 Passed by the House February 7, 2018. Passed by the Senate March 2, 2018. Approved by the Governor March 13, 2018. p. 4 E2SHB 1831.SL