CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1668

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 12, 1999   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 13, 1999   Yeas 47   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1668  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1668

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives McDonald, Kagi, Boldt, Tokuda, Dickerson and Santos)

Read first time 03/08/1999.

Providing foster parents with first aid/CPR and HIV/AIDS training. 

    AN ACT Relating to foster parents; creating new sections; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature recognizes that Washington state is experiencing a significant shortage of quality foster homes and that the majority of children entering the system are difficult to place due to their complex needs.  The legislature intends to provide additional assistance to those families willing to serve as foster parents.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  Foster parents are required to complete first aid/CPR and HIV/AIDS training to become licensed.  The department of social and health services may waive the first aid/CPR training if the foster parent has current certification or has professional background in this area.  The department may waive the HIV/AIDS training if the foster parent has completed HIV/AIDS training in the last five years or has professional or educational background in this area.  The cost of this mandatory training is a financial barrier for some people who consider becoming a foster parent.  The department of social and health services shall provide all new and current foster parents with first aid/CPR and HIV/AIDS training.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  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 takes effect July 1, 1999.

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