EFFECT:   Provides that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has discretion to authorize a person to petition for conditional release to a less restrictive alternative (LRA) when the person's condition has so changed that conditional release is in the best interest of the person and conditions can be imposed to protect the community (rather than requiring the DSHS to authorize a person to petition for conditional release under these circumstances).

Provides that the court has discretion to order the DSHS to identify an LRA placement when a sexually violent predator files a non-contested petition for conditional release (rather than requiring the court to order the DSHS to identify an LRA placement in these circumstances).