WSR 16-21-103
PROPOSED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
[Filed October 19, 2016, 9:47 a.m.]
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 16-16-008.
Hearing Location(s): Edna Lucille Goodrich Building, 7345 Linderson Way S.W., Tumwater, WA 98501, on November 22, 2016, at 1 p.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: December 20, 2016.
Submit Written Comments to: John Nispel, P.O. Box 41114, Olympia, WA 98504-1114, e-mail john.nispel@doc.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-2009, by November 21, 2016.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: To update the WAC to reflect the current structure of the department and provide links to monitor updates.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The structure of the department has changed since this WAC was last updated.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 72.01.090.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Clela Steelhammer, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Clela Steelhammer, Department of Corrections Headquarters, Tumwater, (360) 725-8267.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. No economic impact from this amendment.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. No economic impact from this amendment.
October 12, 2016
Richard Morgan
Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-12-073, filed 6/5/07, effective 7/6/07)
WAC 137-04-020 Structure of the department.
(((1) The executive head of the department is the secretary who is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary manages the department and is responsible for the administration of adult correctional programs, including but not limited to the operation of all state correctional institutions or facilities used for the confinement of convicted felons.
(2) The department is organized into three divisions and three subdepartments: The prisons division, the community corrections division, the administrative services division, the communications department, the health services department and the risk management department. Each division is headed by a deputy secretary who reports to the secretary. The responsibilities of each division are:
(a) The prisons division is responsible for the operation of all adult correctional facilities, including the Washington State Penitentiary; the Washington Corrections Center; the Monroe Correctional Complex; the McNeil Island Corrections Center; the Airway Heights Corrections Center; the Clallam Bay Corrections Center; the Stafford Creek Corrections Center; the Washington Corrections Center for Women; the Cedar Creek Corrections Center; the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center; the Larch Corrections Center; the Olympic Corrections Center; the Ahtanum View assisted living facility; the Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women; the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women; and such other state correctional institutions, camps or facilities as may hereafter be established. The division includes the correctional industries program.
(b) The community corrections division is responsible for the supervision of adult felony offenders within the community, including offenders in the work release program and other community residential programs.
(c) The administrative services division is responsible for providing a variety of services to the other divisions of the department including financial and management services; information technology; capital planning and development; rules, contracts, budget development and planning and research; and human resources.)) (1) The department is a statutorily created agency of the state of Washington. The executive head of the department is the secretary who is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary manages the department and is responsible for the administration of adult correctional programs including, but not limited to, the operation of all state correctional institutions or facilities used for the confinement of convicted felons and the supervision of certain offenders in the community. The secretary may create a succession plan to identify individuals to act as the secretary's designee.
(2) Current organizational and contact information can be found on department's public web site at http://www.doc.wa.gov/about/agency/leadership.htm.