CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2568

 

 

                   Chapter 208, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF--INVESTIGATIONS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

Passed by the House March 11, 2002

  Yeas 94   Nays 0

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 7, 2002

  Yeas 49   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2568 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 28, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.                

                                FILED                

 

           March 28, 2002 - 8:41 a.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2568

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Children & Family Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Dickerson, Tokuda, Kagi, Fromhold, Ogden, Chase, Jackley and McDermott)

 

Read first time 02/06/2002.  Referred to Committee on .

Formalizing the relationship between the department of social and health services and the state school for the deaf.  


    AN ACT Relating to formalizing the relationship between the department of social and health services and the state school for the deaf; adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 72.40 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 26.44 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department must investigate referrals of alleged child abuse or neglect occurring at the state school for the deaf, including alleged incidents involving students abusing other students; determine whether there is a finding of abuse or neglect; and determine whether a referral to law enforcement is appropriate under this chapter.

    (2) The department must send a copy of the investigation report, including the finding, regarding any incidents of alleged child abuse or neglect at the state school for the deaf to the school's superintendent.  The department may include recommendations to the superintendent and the board of trustees or its successor board for increasing the safety of the school's students.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 72.40 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department of social and health services must periodically monitor the residential program at the state school for the deaf, including but not limited to examining the residential-related policies and procedures as well as the residential facilities.  The department of social and health services must make recommendations to the school's superintendent and the board of trustees or its successor board on health and safety improvements related to child safety and well-being.  The department of social and health services must conduct the monitoring reviews at least quarterly until December 1, 2006.

    (2) The department of social and health services must conduct a comprehensive child health and safety review, as defined in rule, of the residential program at the state school for the deaf every three years.  The department of social and health services must deliver the first health and safety review to the governor, the legislature, the school's superintendent, and the school's board of trustees or successor board by December 1, 2004.

    (3) The state school for the deaf must provide the department of social and health services' staff with full and complete access to all records and documents that the department staff may request to carry out the requirements of this section.  The department of social and health services must have full and complete access to all students and staff of the state school for the deaf to conduct interviews to carry out the requirements of this section.

    (4) For the purposes of this section, the department of social and health services must use the safety standards established in this chapter when conducting the reviews.


    Passed the House March 11, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 7, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 28, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 28, 2002.