CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2912

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 8, 2000   Yeas 98   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 7, 2000   Yeas 43   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2912  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.              March 8, 2000Chief 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 2912

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Boldt and Clements)

Read first time 02/02/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Requiring a report concerning children in out-of-home care who received certain medications.  

    AN ACT Relating to use of psychiatric medications by children in state custody; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) The department of social and health services shall report to the legislature the following information regarding children in out-of-home care who remained in out-of-home care longer than ninety days for at least one placement episode and received "fee for service" medical assistance during fiscal year 1999:

    (a) The number of children who were prescribed medication during an out‑of‑home care episode;

    (b) The medical diagnosis for all children on prescribed medications;

    (c) The number, types, and frequency of medications prescribed to children;

    (d) The number of children receiving multiple medications;

    (e) The number of children prescribed Ritalin; and

    (f) The total number of children in out-of-home care episodes exceeding ninety days during fiscal year 1999, and the number of those children receiving medication.

    (2) For purposes of this section, "medication" means psychotropic medication or other medication prescribed to address psychiatric or other behavioral issues.

    (3) The report is due to the legislature on or before December 15, 2000.

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