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HOUSE BILL 1923
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Roland, Heavey, Rasmussen, Rayburn, Orr, Spanel, Leonard, Basich and Winsley.
Read first time February 14, 1991. Referred to Committee on Human Services.
AN ACT Relating to at-risk youth; and amending RCW 13.32A.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 13.32A.030 and 1990 c 276 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
As used in this chapter the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the department of social and health services;
(2) "Child," "juvenile," and "youth" mean any individual who is under the chronological age of eighteen years;
(3) "Parent" means the legal custodian(s) or guardian(s) of a child;
(4) "Semi-secure facility" means any facility, including but not limited to crisis residential centers or specialized foster family homes, operated in a manner to reasonably assure that youth placed there will not run away: PROVIDED, That such facility shall not be a secure institution or facility as defined by the federal juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act of 1974 (P.L. 93-415; 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5634 et seq.) and regulations and clarifying instructions promulgated thereunder. Pursuant to rules established by the department, the facility administrator shall establish reasonable hours for residents to come and go from the facility such that no residents are free to come and go at all hours of the day and night. To prevent residents from taking unreasonable actions, the facility administrator, where appropriate, may condition a resident's leaving the facility upon the resident being accompanied by the administrator or the administrator's designee and the resident may be required to notify the administrator or the administrator's designee of any intent to leave, his or her intended destination, and the probable time of his or her return to the center. The facility administrator shall notify a parent and the appropriate law enforcement agency within four hours of all unauthorized leaves;
(5) "At-risk youth" means an individual under the chronological age of eighteen years who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) Is
absent from home for more than ((seventy-two)) forty-eight
consecutive hours without consent of his or her parent;
(b) Is beyond the control of his or her parent such that the child's behavior substantially endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person; or
(c)
Has a ((serious)) substance abuse problem ((for which there are no
pending criminal charges related to the substance abuse)) that endangers
the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person.