2749 AMH KAGI WICK 224

HB 2749 - H AMD 693

By Representative Kagi

ADOPTED 02/12/2016

    On page 3, after line 4, insert the following:

    "Sec. 2.  RCW 74.13.370 and 2012 c 205 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Based upon the recommendations of the child welfare transformation design committee, including the two sets of outcomes developed by the committee under RCW 74.13.368(4)(b), the Washington state institute for public policy is to conduct a review of measurable effects achieved by the supervising agencies and compare those measurable effects with the existing services offered by the state. The report on the measurable effects shall be provided to the governor and the legislature no later than April 1, ((2018)) 2023.

(2) No later than December 1, 2014, the Washington state institute for public policy shall provide the legislature and the governor an initial report on the department's conversion to the use of performance-based contracts as provided in RCW 74.13B.020 and 74.13B.030. No later than June 30, 2016, the Washington state institute for public policy shall provide the governor and the legislature with a second report on the extent to which the use of performance-based contracting has resulted in:

(a) Increased use of evidence‑based, research‑based, and promising practices; and

(b) Improvements in outcomes for children, including child safety, child permanency, including reunification, and child well‑being.

(3) The department and network administrators shall respond to the Washington institute for public policy's request for data and other information with which to complete these reports in a timely manner.

(4) The Washington state institute for public policy must consult with a university-based child welfare research entity to evaluate performance-based contracting."

Correct the title.

EFFECT:   Delays the report conducted by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy regarding the measurable effects achieved by supervising agencies in demonstration sites and comparing those effects with those achieved by existing services provided by the state from April 1, 2018, to April 1, 2023.

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