Concerning exemption of certain personnel of the department of social and health services from civil service.

House Bill 1013 updates which leadership positions within the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) are exempt from state civil service rules. The bill amends existing law to expand the list of DSHS personnel who are not subject to civil service protections. This change affects specific managerial and executive roles, including the chief of staff, deputy assistant secretaries, senior directors, regional administrators, and others. It removes previous numerical limits on certain exempt roles and adds new categories of exempt personnel within DSHS.