H-2347              _______________________________________________

 

                                     SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 930

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Leonard, Brekke, Locke, Wineberry, Winsley, D. Nelson, Lewis, Lux, Brooks, Ebersole, Cole, Allen, Braddock, Armstrong, K. Wilson, Niemi, Valle, Miller, Addison,  Scott, R. King, Isaacson and Wang

 

 

Read first time 3/8/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to "street kids"; creating new sections; and providing an expiration date.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.     (1) There is hereby established a pilot project for the creation of multiservice centers that provide service to youth who are living in dangerous urban environments and are commonly called "street kids."

          (2) The centers shall be located in an urban area readily accessible to intended clientele.

          (3) The centers shall directly provide, or insure provisions of, the following services:  Food, outreach and casework, educational services, medical care, employment services, emergency shelter, and other appropriate services.

          (4) The department of social and health services shall establish at least one of these centers in a county of class AA, A, or 1.

          (5) It is the intent of the legislature that centers created by this project shall:

          (a) Reduce or eliminate the use of receiving homes for adolescents;

          (b) Reduce the inappropriate use of crisis residential services; and

          (c) Reduce the number of youth who are involved in prostitution or who are at risk of injury or other danger.

          (6) Services provided by centers shall be voluntary and shall not be related to the juvenile justice system or the involuntary commitment of youth.

          (7) The department of social and health services shall report to the legislature by January 1986, on the implementation of this act.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.     If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided in the omnibus appropriations act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1985, this act shall be null and void.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.     This act shall terminate on June 30, 1987.