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(ii) "Qualifying family member" does not include a family member 1 who has been charged with or convicted of attempt, conspiracy, 2 solicitation, or commission of any crime referenced in this 3 subsection or described under 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1101(a)(15)(T) or (U) as 4 either existed on January 1, 2020, when the crime is against a spouse 5 who is a victim of human trafficking or against the child of a victim 6 of human trafficking. 7 (17) For purposes of determining eligibility for public 8 assistance and participation levels in the cost of medical care, the 9 department shall exempt restitution payments made to people of 10 Japanese and Aleut ancestry pursuant to the Civil Liberties Act of 11 1988 and the Aleutian and Pribilof Island Restitution Act passed by 12 congress, P.L. 100-383, including all income and resources derived 13 therefrom. 14 (18) In the construction of words and phrases used in this title, 15 the singular number shall include the plural, the masculine gender 16 shall include both the feminine and neuter genders, and the present 17 tense shall include the past and future tenses, unless the context 18 thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary. 19 Sec. 2. RCW 74.08A.010 and 2022 c 24 s 1 are each amended to 20 read as follows: 21 (1) A family that includes an adult who has received temporary 22 assistance for needy families for ((sixty)) 60 months after July 27, 23 1997, shall be ineligible for further temporary assistance for needy 24 families assistance. 25 (2) For the purposes of applying the rules of this section, the 26 department shall count any month in which an adult family member 27 received a temporary assistance for needy families cash assistance 28 grant unless the assistance was provided when the adult family member 29 was a minor child and not the head of the household or married to the 30 head of the household. 31 (3) ((The department shall adopt regulations to apply the sixty- 32 month time limit to households in which a parent is in the home and 33 ineligible for temporary assistance for needy families. Any 34 regulations shall be consistent with federal funding requirements. 35 (4))) The department shall refer recipients who require 36 specialized assistance to appropriate department programs, crime 37 victims' programs through the department of commerce, or the crime 38 p. 5 2SHB 1447.SL