FINAL BILL REPORT

                  ESSB 6218

                          C 123 L 00

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Making technical and clarifying amendments to the family reconciliation act.

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Long and Costa).

Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections

House Committee on Children & Family Services

Background:  Since its creation, the out-of-home placement chapter has been amended a number of times, occasionally without reference to other affected statutes.  The result of these amendments is to make the statute sometimes inconsistent or redundant and hard for practitioners to follow.

Summary:  Technical and clarifying changes, not substantive, are made to the family reconciliation services statutes.  Dated and outdated information is removed.  Cross references are corrected and some substantive provisions moved into sections where they more appropriately belong.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 440

House970(House amended)

Senate 420(Senate concurred)

Effective:June 8, 2000