{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.080","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 74.09.080","heading":"Methods of performing administrative responsibilities.","body":"In carrying out the administrative responsibility of this chapter or other applicable law, the department or authority, as appropriate:\n(1) May contract with an individual or a group, may utilize existing local state public assistance offices, or establish separate welfare medical care offices on a county or multicounty unit basis as found necessary; and\n(2) Shall determine both financial and functional eligibility for persons applying for long-term care services under chapter 74.39 or 74.39A RCW as a unified process in a single long-term care organizational unit.","path":["Title 74","Chapter 74.09"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=74.09.080","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:10:01Z","sha256":"952c84fe1f9b7c8c07f4a245e955201fc34572d7571196b001576fdee51b69fe","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.075","next":"us-wa/rcw-74.09.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}