5719-S.E AMH JJFL H2757.2

ESSB 5719  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Law

ADOPTED 04/11/2005

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 13.40.169 and 2003 c 378 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Any charter county with a population of not more than seventy thousand shall establish a pilot program to implement the community commitment disposition alternative contained in this section. The pilot project shall be limited to five beds.))
     (1) ((When)) Any county or group of cooperating counties within close proximity may establish a program to implement the community commitment disposition alternative under this section. A program established by a county or group of cooperating counties shall be limited to ten beds. A court in a county that has established a program under this section or has entered an agreement with other counties to establish such a program may impose a community commitment disposition alternative as provided in this section.
     (2) The court may impose a community commitment disposition alternative sentence if the court finds the following:
     (a) T
he offender is subject to a standard range commitment of 15 to 36 weeks ((and));
     (b) The offender
is ineligible for a suspended disposition alternative, a manifest injustice disposition below the standard range, special sex offender disposition alternative, chemical dependency disposition alternative, or mental health disposition alternative((, the court in a county with a pilot program under this section may impose a community commitment disposition alternative and:));
     (c) The offender is appropriate for the community commitment disposition alternative considering the youth's offense, prior criminal history, security classification, risk level, treatment needs, and history; and
     (d) One of the following factors exists:
     (i) Placement in a local detention facility in close proximity to the youth's family or local support systems will facilitate a smoother reintegration to the youth's family and community;
     (ii) Placement in the local detention facility will allow the youth to benefit from locally provided family intervention programs, other research-based treatment programs, school, employment, or drug and alcohol or mental health counseling; or
     (iii) Confinement in a facility operated by the department would result in a negative disruption to local services, school, or employment or impede or delay developing those services and support systems in the community.
     (3) If the court imposes a community commitment disposition alternative sentence, the court may:

     (a) ((Retain juvenile court jurisdiction over the youth;
     (b)
)) Confine the youth in a secure county detention facility ((for a period of time not to exceed thirty days)), or an alternative to secure county detention pursuant to subsection (5) of this section; and
     (((c))) (b) Impose a term of postrelease community supervision for up to one year that includes a reintegration program as defined in subsection (4) of this section.
     ((If the youth receives a standard range disposition, the court shall set the release date within the standard range. The court shall determine the release date prior to expiration of sixty percent of the juvenile's minimum term of confinement.
     (2) The court may impose this community commitment disposition alternative if the court finds the following:
     (a) Placement in a local detention facility in close proximity to the youth's family or local support systems will facilitate a smoother reintegration to the youth's family and community;
     (b) Placement in the local detention facility will allow the youth to benefit from locally provided family intervention programs and other research-based treatment programs, school, employment, and drug and alcohol or mental health counseling; or
     (c) Confinement in a facility operated by the department would result in a negative disruption to local services, school, or employment or impede or delay developing those services and support systems in the community.
     (3) The court shall consider the youth's offense, prior criminal history, security classification, risk level, and treatment needs and history when determining whether the youth is appropriate for the community commitment disposition alternative. If the court finds that a community commitment disposition alternative is appropriate, the court shall order the youth into secure detention while the details of the reintegration program are developed.
))
     (4) ((Upon approval of the treatment and community reintegration plan)) (a) The community commitment disposition alternative sentence shall include a treatment and community reintegration plan designed to address the needs of the juvenile that is approved by the court. The reintegration plan under this section shall include delivery of programs which meet the Washington state institute for public policy's effectiveness standards for juvenile accountability programs; and
     (b) If the court finds that a community commitment disposition alternative is appropriate, the court shall order the youth into secure county detention while the details of the reintegration program are developed.
     (5) If the court orders a sentence under this section
, the court may order the youth to serve the term of confinement in one or more of the following placements or combination of placements: Secure county detention, an alternative to secure county detention such as electronic home monitoring, county group care, day or evening reporting, or home detention. The court may order the youth to serve time in detention on weekends or intermittently. The court shall set periodic reviews to review the youth's progress in the program. ((At least fifty percent)) No more than a total of thirty days of the term of confinement shall be served in secure county detention.
     (((5))) (6)(a) If the youth violates the conditions of the community commitment program, the court may impose sanctions under RCW 13.40.200 or modify the terms of the reintegration plan and order the youth to serve all or a portion of ((the remaining confinement term)) any remaining thirty total days of confinement permitted under the disposition alternative in secure county detention or another alternative to secure county detention as described in subsection (5) of this section.
     (b) If the youth violates the terms of the disposition alternative a second time, the court shall revoke the community commitment disposition alternative and order the disposition's execution, with credit for time served, at a facility operated by the juvenile rehabilitation administration of the department of social and health services.
     (c) Except for a youth transferred to a facility operated by the juvenile rehabilitation administration, time not spent in secure county detention may be served in one of the alternative placements described in subsection (5) of this section. The court shall consider the youth's risk level in selecting alternative placements
.
     (((6))) (7) A county may enter into interlocal agreements with other counties to develop joint community commitment programs or to allow one county to send a youth appropriate for this alternative to another county that has a community commitment program.
     (((7))) (8) Implementation of this alternative is subject to available state funding for the costs of the community commitment program, including costs of detention ((and community)), supervision, treatment programs, and administration.
     (9) Each county or group of cooperating counties establishing a program to implement the community commitment disposition alternative under this act shall provide an interim report on a program to the Washington association of juvenile court administrators by November 1, 2006, and a final report by May 1, 2007. Each report shall include, but is not limited to, the number of offenders eligible for the program, the number of offenders sentenced to the program, evaluation and treatment costs for each participant, administrative costs, costs of detention, supervision, and other related costs, and whether an offender has reoffended after participation in the program. The Washington association of juvenile court administrators shall submit an interim report ((on)) analyzing the data submitted by each of the ((pilot)) programs established in this section to the legislature and appropriate committees by December 31, ((2004)) 2006, and submit a final report to the legislature and the appropriate committees by June 30, ((2005)) 2007.
     ((This section expires July 1, 2005.))"

     Correct the title.

EFFECT:  Removes the language stating that the juvenile court may retain jurisdiction under the disposition alternative.
     Clarifies that the juvenile may only be held in secure detention for a total of 30 days.
     Changes the requirements for revocation to state that the court must revoke the disposition alternative if the juvenile violates the terms of the disposition a second time.
     Reorganizes provisions to place the sections that deal with one another in the same subsections.

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