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HOUSE BILL 2807
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Ogden, Long, Wineberry, Moak, Grant, Bray, Cooke, Morris, Johanson, Jones, Lemmon, J. Kohl, Conway, Karahalios, Springer and L. Johnson
Read first time 01/24/94. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to juvenile offender facilities; creating new sections; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that juvenile rehabilitation programs within the department of social and health services require additional facilities for the confinement and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. The number of juvenile offenders referred to the state for confinement by the juvenile courts has increased dramatically while the capacity of the state's institutions remain unchanged. The lack of facilities has resulted in confinement decisions that are based on facility capacity, rather than confinement and rehabilitative needs.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. By December 31, 1994, the department of social and health services shall develop a facility master plan to meet the department's projected confinement and rehabilitation needs for juvenile offenders beyond the year 1995. The projections of confinement and rehabilitation needs shall be based on the department's projections of juvenile offenders developed in conjunction with the office of financial management. The projections of need shall be based on anticipated juvenile confinement and rehabilitation program needs under Title 13 RCW and shall be unrestrained by existing facilities or institutional capacity.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The department of social and health services shall:
(1) By January 1, 1995, develop emergency bed capacity for one hundred fifty additional juveniles. All of these beds shall be medium or maximum security. In developing the emergency capacity the department shall first consider using or expanding existing state facilities that are no longer in use or are currently underutilized;
(2) By January 1, 1995, develop an inpatient specialized substance abuse treatment program. The additional facility bed capacity needed for the substance abuse treatment program may be included in the one hundred fifty emergency beds in subsection (1) of this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.
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