CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1612

Chapter 107, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT--PARENTAL NOTIFICATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House April 15, 2003
  Yeas 95   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 14, 2003
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1612 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 7, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 7, 2003 - 2:21 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1612
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Hinkle, Dickerson, Delvin, Carrell, Pettigrew, Upthegrove, Eickmeyer, Edwards and Kessler

Read first time 02/03/2003.   Referred to Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Law.



     AN ACT Relating to notification to parents of the mental health treatment options for minors available under chapter 71.34 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 71.34 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 71.34 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The evaluation and treatment facility is required to promptly provide written and verbal notice of all statutorily available treatment options contained in this chapter to every parent or guardian of a minor child when the parent or guardian seeks to have his or her minor child treated at an evaluation and treatment facility.
     (2) The notice must contain the following information:
     (a) All current statutorily available treatment options including but not limited to those provided in this chapter; and
     (b) The procedures to be followed to utilize the treatment options described in this chapter.
     (3) The department shall produce, and make available, the written notification that must include, at a minimum, the information contained in subsection (2) of this section.


         Passed by the House April 15, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 14, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 7, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 7, 2003.