| Passed by the Senate March 1, 2011 YEAS 49 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2011 YEAS 90 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5105 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 15, 2011, 3:02 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 15, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/15/11.
AN ACT Relating to the conditional release of persons committed as criminally insane to their county of origin; and adding a new section to chapter 10.77 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 10.77 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) In determining whether to support an application for
conditional release on behalf of a person committed as criminally
insane which would permit the person to reside outside of a state
hospital, the secretary may not support a conditional release
application to a location outside the person's county of origin unless
it is determined by the secretary that the person's return to his or
her county of origin would be inappropriate considering any court-issued protection orders, victim safety concerns, the availability of
appropriate treatment, negative influences on the person, or the
location of family or other persons or organizations offering support
to the person. When the department assists in developing a placement
under this section which is outside of the county of origin, and there
are two or more options for placement, it shall endeavor to develop the
placement in a manner that does not have a disproportionate effect on
a single county.
(2) If the committed person is not conditionally released to his or
her county of origin, the department shall provide the law and justice
council of the county in which the person is conditionally released
with a written explanation.
(3) For purposes of this section, the offender's county of origin
means the county of the court which ordered the person's commitment.