(1) The department shall continue to submit applications for the family planning waiver program.

     (2) The department shall submit a request to the federal department of health and human services to amend the current family planning waiver program as follows:

     (a) Provide coverage for sexually transmitted disease testing and treatment;

     (b) Return to the eligibility standards used in 2005 including, but not limited to, citizenship determination based on declaration or matching with federal social security databases, insurance eligibility standards comparable to 2005, and confidential service availability for minors and survivors of domestic and sexual violence; and

     (c) Within available funds, increase income eligibility to two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level, to correspond with income eligibility for publicly funded maternity care services.

[2009 c 545 § 5.]

NOTES:

     Findings -- 2009 c 545: See note following RCW 43.06.155.