6558-S AMH SCHL 27

SSB 6558 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Children & Family Services

     After the enacting clause strike everything and insert the following:

ANEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.20A RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The department of social and health services shall implement the citizen review panel requirement in section 107 of P.L. 104-235. The department shall report back to the appropriate legislative committees as to the implementation of the requirements by no later than November 30, 1998.

     (2) The report shall include but not be limited to the findings of each panel as it relates to the evaluation of the extent to which state and local agencies are effectively discharging their child protection responsibilities.@

EFFECT:  Existing review panels, teams and committees may be used by the department to meet the citizen review panel requirements of federal law (CAPTA).  The department must inform the legislature of how they are implementing the requirements.