HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  HB 2512

                    As Passed Legislature

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 concurred;

Passed Legislature, March 7, 1994, 95-0.

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.

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.