BILL REQ. #:  H-2228.1 

Read first time 03/01/2005.   Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

     AN ACT Relating to the we care plan agency response matrix for drug endangered children; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the social and economic costs that substance abuse inflicts on individuals, families, and communities in the state of Washington is devastating. The legislature further finds that effective substance abuse reduction requires prevention efforts and chemical dependency treatment to help reduce the progressive disease that leads to behavioral problems and increased costs in the state's criminal justice system.
     The legislature has learned that the governor's council on substance abuse is currently in the process of reviewing federal legislation that would address methamphetamine impacts in local communities. The council is also continuing its study on the we care plan agency response matrix for drug endangered children.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The governor's council on substance abuse shall report its findings and recommendations on the we care plan agency response matrix for drug endangered children to the legislature by December 31, 2005.