BILL REQ. #:  S-4707.1 

Read first time 02/23/12.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to child protective services workers; and adding a new section to chapter 26.44 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:
     Any child protective services worker who is directly engaged in:
     (1) Investigation of reports of alleged child abuse or neglect,
     (2) Assessment of risk of abuse or neglect to children, or
     (3) Provision of and/or referral to services, including law enforcement, to remedy conditions that endanger the health, safety, and welfare of children,
must be licensed in good standing in a social work classification under chapter 18.225 RCW, and bonded.