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SENATE BILL 5942
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senator Talmadge; by request of Dept. of Social & Health Services.
Read first time March 11, 1991. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to treatment of abusive persons removed from home; and amending RCW 26.44.140.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 26.44.140 and 1990 c 3 s 1301 are each amended to read as follows:
The court shall require that an individual who, while acting in a parental role, has physically or sexually abused a child and has been removed from the home pursuant to a court order issued in a proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW, prior to being permitted to reside in the home where the child resides, complete the treatment and education requirements necessary to protect the child from future abuse. The court may require the individual to continue treatment as a condition for remaining in the home where the child resides.
The department of social and health services or supervising agency shall be responsible for advising the court as to appropriate treatment and education requirements, providing referrals to the individual, monitoring and assessing the individual's progress, informing the court of such progress, and providing recommendations to the court.
The
person removed from the home shall pay for these services ((according to a
schedule established by the department of social and health services. This
schedule shall be based on the individual's ability to pay)) unless the
person is otherwise eligible to receive financial assistance in paying for such
services. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create in any person
an entitlement to services or financial assistance in paying for services.