This bill amends RCW 71A.10.100 to require the department to hire two permanent, full-time employees whose regular duties are to review and maintain the no-paid services caseload. The employees must keep the caseload’s head count current, identify how many individuals contacted are currently interested in receiving a paid service from the developmental disabilities administration, and determine whether each contacted individual wants services now or within the next year. The department must report this information annually to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees beginning December 1, 2022. The text shows deletion markup for a previously existing subsection that said a client on the no-paid services caseload shall receive case resource management services and listed case resource manager duties, but the chunk does not make clear whether those duties are being removed or relocated. The document does not define which specific "department" is responsible, does not define "no-paid services caseload," and does not explain the December 1, 2022 start date relative to the bill’s 2025 session. The bill identifier is House Bill 1470 (69th Legislature, 2025 Regular Session); it was requested by the Office of Financial Management and referred to the House Committee on Early Learning & Human Services.

If enacted, the agency tied to the Developmental Disabilities Administration will have to hire two permanent full‑time staff whose day‑to‑day work is to keep the no‑paid services caseload current, count how many people are eligible, contact those people to find out if they want paid services, and record whether they want services now or within a year. Those staff will also produce an annual report to the governor and legislative committees (with reporting noted to begin December 1, 2022), so the agency will face ongoing personnel and reporting costs and will be expected to show updated counts and expressed interest levels regularly. Most directly affected are the unnamed department and the clients on the no‑paid services caseload: the department will carry added staffing and administrative responsibilities and recurring budget pressure to fund two permanent positions, and clients will likely be contacted more often about service interest. The text leaves unclear which specific department is responsible, whether the December 1, 2022 start date is intended to be retroactive, and whether deleted language about case resource manager duties changes current staff roles, so timing and some role changes remain uncertain.