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(b) Assess the different financial accounts which can be utilized 1 for victim services including but not limited to those that exist in: 2 (i) The United States department of treasury; 3 (ii) The department of commerce; 4 (iii) The department of children, youth, and families; 5 (iv) The department of labor and industries; 6 (v) The department of social and health services; and 7 (c) Develop a sustainable funding formula and criteria for future 8 state funding. 9 (4) Staff support for the work group must be provided by the 10 administrative office of the courts. 11 (5) The work group must report its findings and recommendations 12 to the legislature by October 1, 2024. 13 NEW SECTION. Sec. 919. (1) During the 2023-2025 fiscal 14 biennium, the health care authority, department of commerce, 15 department of corrections, and department of children, youth, and 16 families must revise their agreements and contracts with vendors to 17 include a provision to require that each vendor agrees to equality 18 among its workers by ensuring similarly employed individuals are 19 compensated as equals as follows: 20 (a) Employees are similarly employed if the individuals work for 21 the same employer, the performance of the job requires comparable 22 skill, effort, and responsibility, and the jobs are performed under 23 similar working conditions. Job titles alone are not determinative of 24 whether employees are similarly employed. 25 (b) Vendors may allow differentials in compensation for their 26 workers based in good faith on any of the following: A seniority 27 system, a merit system, a system that measures earnings by quantity 28 or quality of production, a bona fide job-related factor or factors, 29 or a bona fide regional difference in compensation levels. 30 (c) A bona fide job-related factor or factors may include, but is 31 not limited to, education, training, or experience, that is 32 consistent with business necessity, not based on or derived from a 33 gender-based differential, and accounts for the entire differential. 34 (d) A bona fide regional difference in compensation level must be 35 consistent with business necessity, not based on or derived from a 36 gender-based differential, and account for the entire differential. 37 (2) The provision must allow for the termination of the contract 38 if the agency or the department of enterprise services determines 39 p. 667 ESSB 5187.SL