2164-S AMH ORWA HARO 192

SHB 2164 - H AMD 615

By Representative Orwall

ADOPTED 02/11/2014

    On page 6, after line 9, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 13.40 RCW to read as follows:

    (1)(a) The juvenile rehabilitation administration of the department of social and health services must compile and analyze data regarding juvenile offenders who have been found to have committed the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm under RCW 9.41.040 and made their initial contact with the criminal justice system between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2013. Information compiled and analyzed must include:

    (A) Previous and subsequent criminal offenses committed by the offenders as juveniles or adults;

    (B) Where applicable, treatment interventions provided to the offenders as juveniles, including the nature of provided interventions and whether the offenders completed the interventions, if known; and

    (C) Gang association of the offenders, if known.

    (b) The department of corrections and the caseload forecast council must provide any information necessary to assist the juvenile rehabilitation administration in compiling the data required for this purpose. Information provided may include individual identifier level data, however such data must remain confidential and must not be disseminated for purposes other than as identified in this section or otherwise permitted by law.

    (2) The juvenile rehabilitation administration shall report its findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than October 1, 2014."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT: The amendment does the following:

· Requires the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration to compile and analyze specific historical data regarding juvenile firearm offenders, including criminal history and treatment intervention data, and report its findings to the Legislature.

· Requires the Department of Corrections and the Caseload Forecast Council to provide the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration with information necessary for the data collection and analysis, which may include individual identifier level data.  

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