CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5512

 

 

                   Chapter 344, Laws of 1997

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

 

 

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT TREATMENT--PROHIBITING ADMISSION OF GUILT FOR ACCESS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the Senate April 21, 1997

  YEAS 45   NAYS 0

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 9, 1997

  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5512 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

           MIKE O'CONNELL

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved May 13, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

             May 13, 1997 - 2:29 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5512

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Stevens, Hargrove, Benton, Haugen, Strannigan, Hochstatter, Rasmussen, Schow and Oke)

 

Read first time 03/05/97.

Prohibiting requiring the admission of guilt to receive treatment in child abuse and neglect.  


    AN ACT Relating to admittance of guilt in child abuse and neglect; and amending RCW 26.44.140.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 26.44.140 and 1991 c 301 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:

    The court shall require that an individual who, while acting in a parental role, has physically or sexually abused a child and has been removed from the home pursuant to a court order issued in a proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW, prior to being permitted to reside in the home where the child resides, complete the treatment and education requirements necessary to protect the child from future abuse.  The court may require the individual to continue treatment as a condition for remaining in the home where the child resides.  Unless a parent, custodian, or guardian has been convicted of the crime for the acts of abuse determined in a fact-finding hearing under chapter 13.34 RCW, such person shall not be required to admit guilt in order to begin to fulfill any necessary treatment and education requirements under this section.

    The department of social and health services or supervising agency shall be responsible for advising the court as to appropriate treatment and education requirements, providing referrals to the individual, monitoring and assessing the individual's progress, informing the court of such progress, and providing recommendations to the court.

    The person removed from the home shall pay for these services unless the person is otherwise eligible to receive financial assistance in paying for such services.  Nothing in this section shall be construed to create in any person an entitlement to services or financial assistance in paying for services.


    Passed the Senate April 21, 1997.

    Passed the House April 9, 1997.

Approved by the Governor May 13, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 1997.