This bill amends existing law to rename several state institutions operated for people with developmental disabilities: Fircrest school becomes Fircrest residential habilitation center, Rainier school becomes Rainier residential habilitation center, references to Interlake school are to Interlake residential habilitation center, and Lakeland Village retains its name. It updates the list of permanently established residential habilitation centers in RCW 71A.20.020 and authorizes the secretary to use surplus facilities at Eastern State Hospital for an Interlake residential habilitation center. The Department of Social and Health Services must update rules and other references to reflect the new names, and the bill clarifies the legislative intent that renaming is to reflect a habilitative function and not to change purpose, operations, or funding access. The bill creates programmatic and fiscal changes: Washington State University shall establish and operate a dairy/forage and agricultural research facility on the Rainier residential habilitation center farm and manage a dairy/forage facility revolving fund consisting of facility receipts and any appropriations, with disbursements authorized by the WSU president or designee and the fund subject to chapter 43.88 RCW. If state funding is insufficient to operate the herd, WSU may lease the herd and necessary land. The act also creates the Dan Thompson memorial developmental disabilities community services account, which may receive net proceeds from fair-market-value sales, leases, conservation easements, and timber from specified state properties; moneys may be spent only after appropriation and only for community supports/services for eligible persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities or related investment expenses. The State Investment Board manages investments and must consult with DSHS and the Legislature, and DSHS must solicit expenditure recommendations from the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council. The bill modifies admissions, closure, service, and reporting procedures for residential habilitation centers, especially Rainier and Yakima Valley. For Rainier, it bars new long-term admissions after July 27, 2025 (with exceptions noted in the statute), bars all admissions after June 30, 2027 (subject to exceptions), preserves a one-time right for former long-term residents who transition to the community after July 27, 2025 to return within the first year (additional returns require review and approval), and requires Rainier to operate as a residential habilitation center until its census of long-term residents reaches zero. The Department must establish state-operated living alternatives, use existing supported living capacity, offer employees opportunities to work in those alternatives, provide crisis stabilization and respite beds as funded, develop regional specialty services, and follow individualized transition planning and oversight. The act imposes reporting requirements on DSHS (reports due Dec 1, 2025; June 1, 2026; Dec 1, 2026; June 1, 2027; June 1, 2028; and annually thereafter) with that reporting requirement expiring July 1, 2030, and requires the Office of the Developmental Disabilities Ombuds to submit a stakeholder feedback report by November 1, 2028 (that ombuds reporting requirement expires July 1, 2029). Some referenced provisions are incomplete or not included in the extracted text: the amendment to RCW 71A.20.180 is cut off, the specific statutory conditions that trigger Yakima Valley school and Rainier residential habilitation center to cease operating (as referenced in RCW 71A.20.180(1)(a) and RCW 71A.20.191(5)) are not provided here, and other RCWs listed in the bill title are noted as amended but their amended text is not present in the extracted facts.

If enacted, the bill mainly renames several state care facilities and sets a timetable and process for winding down long-term residency at Rainier residential habilitation center: no new long‑term admissions after July 27, 2025 and no admissions of any kind after June 30, 2027, with the facility remaining open until its census of long‑term residents reaches zero. The Department of Social and Health Services will need to update rules, create and oversee individualized transition plans, expand or use community supported‑living options, offer employees reassignments, and provide housing modifications, training, and crisis support — actions that will increase DSHS program responsibilities and likely require new appropriations and staffing to avoid gaps in care. The bill also directs Washington State University to run a dairy/forage research operation on Rainier’s farm with a revolving fund it can spend without further appropriation and allows leasing the herd/land if state funds are insufficient, and it creates a memorial account for proceeds from certain property sales/leases that must be invested and can only be spent for community supports after appropriation. Those most affected are current and future residents of Rainier and their families, DSHS (and its Developmental Disabilities Administration) which must lead transitions and report progress to the Legislature on a set schedule, current residential habilitation center employees who are to be offered alternative jobs, Washington State University which gains new operational and financial responsibilities for the farm, and the State Investment Board and developmental disabilities council which will manage and advise on the new account. Key practical risks and limits: transition activities depend on legislative appropriations so services could be delayed or underfunded if funds are not provided, and several important implementation details cited in the bill (the specific conditions that trigger closures and some exceptions to admission limits) are not included in the available text.