CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2684

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 6, 2000   Yeas 97   Nays 0 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 29, 2000   Yeas 45   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2684  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2684

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Sommers and Tokuda; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Read first time 01/19/2000.  Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

Clarifying what records are available to the department of social and health services.  

    AN ACT Relating to records that are accessible by the department of social and health services; amending RCW 74.13.285; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

    In order to effectively serve students who are under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system as dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW, education records shall be released upon request to the department of social and health services provided that the department of social and health services certifies that it will not disclose to any other party the education records without prior written consent of the parent or student unless authorized to disclose the records under state law.  The department of social and health services is authorized to disclose education records it obtains pursuant to this section to a foster parent, guardian, or other entity authorized by the department of social and health services to provide residential care to the student.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 74.13.285 and 1997 c 272 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Within available resources, the department shall prepare a passport containing all known and available information concerning the mental, physical, health, and educational status of the child for any child who has been in a foster home for ninety consecutive days or more.  The passport shall contain education records obtained pursuant to section 1 of this act.  The passport shall be provided to a foster parent at any placement of a child covered by this section.  The department shall update the passport during the regularly scheduled court reviews required under chapter 13.34 RCW.

    New placements after July 1, 1997, shall have first priority in the preparation of passports.  Within available resources, the department may prepare passports for any child in a foster home on July 1, 1997, provided that no time spent in a foster home before July 1, 1997, shall be included in the computation of the ninety days.

    (2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the department shall, within available resources, notify a foster parent before placement of a child of any known health conditions that pose a serious threat to the child and any known behavioral history that presents a serious risk of harm to the child or others.

(3) The department shall hold harmless the provider for any unauthorized disclosures caused by the department.

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