HOUSE BILL REPORT
HB 2512
As Amended by Senate
Title: An act relating to sexually aggressive youth.
Brief Description: Expanding eligibility criteria for funds for sexually aggressive youth.
Sponsors: Representatives Leonard, Cooke, Thibaudeau, Karahalios, Sheldon, J. Kohl and King; by request of Department of Social and Health Services.
Brief History:
Reported by House Committee on:
Human Services, February 3, 1994, DP;
Passed House, February 11, 1994, 94-0;
Amended by Senate.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES
Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 11 members: Representatives Leonard, Chair; Thibaudeau, Vice Chair; Cooke, Ranking Minority Member; Talcott, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Brown; Caver; Karahalios; Lisk; Padden; Patterson and Wolfe.
Staff: Dave Knutson (786-7146).
Background: Treatment services for youth who commit sexually aggressive acts are limited to youth meeting the statutory definition of a sexually aggressive youth. Currently, youth in the care and custody of a federally-recognized Native American tribe or the subject of a child welfare proceeding before a tribal court are not included in the definition of a sexually aggressive youth.
Summary of Bill: The definition of a sexually aggressive youth is expanded to include youth in the care and custody of federally-recognized Native American tribes or the subject of a child welfare proceeding before a tribal court.
EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S): The Department of Social and Health Services may provide funds to treat sexually aggressive youth in the care and custody of a tribe or through a tribal court if the tribe uses the same definitions to determine who is a sexually aggressive youth and the department attempts to recover federal funds available to treat youth.
Fiscal Note: Available.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: None.
Testimony Against: None
Witnesses: None.
VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:
Yeas 94; Excused 4
Excused: Representatives Lemmon, R. Meyers, Morris, Springer