BILL REQ. #:  S-3595.1 

Read first time 01/12/12.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to juvenile detention intake standards for juveniles who are developmentally disabled; and amending RCW 13.40.038.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 13.40.038 and 1992 c 205 s 105 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) It is the policy of this state that all county juvenile detention facilities provide a humane, safe, and rehabilitative environment and that unadjudicated youth remain in the community whenever possible, consistent with public safety and the provisions of chapter 13.40 RCW.
     (2) The counties shall develop and implement detention intake standards and risk assessment standards to determine whether detention is warranted, whether the juvenile is developmentally disabled, and if ((so)) detention is warranted, whether the juvenile should be placed in secure, nonsecure, or home detention to implement the goals of this section.
     (3) Inability to pay for a less restrictive detention placement shall not be a basis for denying a respondent a less restrictive placement in the community. ((The detention and risk assessment standards shall be developed and implemented no later than December 31, 1992.))
     (4) The assessment standards to determine whether a juvenile entering detention is developmentally disabled must be developed and implemented no later than December 31, 2012.