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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)(a) "Victim of human trafficking" means a noncitizen and any 19 qualifying family members who have: 20 (i) Filed or are preparing to file an application for T 21 nonimmigrant status with the appropriate federal agency pursuant to 8 22 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(15)(T), as it existed on January 1, 2020; 23 (ii) Filed or are preparing to file an application with the 24 appropriate federal agency for status pursuant to 8 U.S.C. Sec. 25 1101(a)(15)(U), as it existed on January 1, 2020; or 26 (iii) Been harmed by either any violation of chapter 9A.40 or 27 9.68A RCW, or both, or by substantially similar crimes under federal 28 law or the laws of any other state, and who: 29 (A) Are otherwise taking steps to meet the conditions for federal 30 benefits eligibility under 22 U.S.C. Sec. 7105, as it existed on 31 January 1, 2020; or 32 (B) Have filed or are preparing to file an application with the 33 appropriate federal agency for status under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1158. 34 (b)(i) "Qualifying family member" means: 35 (A) A victim's spouse and children; and 36 (B) When the victim is under ((twenty-one)) 21 years of age, a 37 victim's parents and unmarried siblings under the age of ((eighteen)) 38 18. 39 p. 4 2SHB 1447.SL