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                          HOUSE BILL 2762

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Boldt, Nixon, Schmidt, Mielke and Casada

Read first time 01/28/2002.  Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

Requiring department of social and health services to work with community-based and faith-based social services organizations.

    AN ACT Relating to community-based and faith-based social services organizations; and adding a new section to chapter 43.20A RCW.

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

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

    (1) The secretary will designate a person within each of the department's administrative regions to serve as a liaison for community-based and faith-based social services organizations.  The liaison will be available to such organizations to:

    (a) Provide information to community-based and faith-based social services organizations that relates to opportunities for the organizations to cooperate with the department in providing community services throughout the state;

    (b) Identify areas of need that are not currently being met in the state in which community-based and faith-based social services organizations may provide needed services;

    (c) Coordinate efforts to promote involvement of community-based and faith-based social services organizations to provide community services throughout the state.

    (2) The department must achieve the purposes of this section through existing resources.

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