1390-S AMH COUT WICM 675

SHB 1390 - H AMD 48

By Representative Couture

NOT ADOPTED 03/03/2025

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 71A.12 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The department shall monitor individuals who are placed in a less restrictive community setting under RCW 71A.12.260 to ensure that the individual does not present a risk to the community for one year following an individual's placement in a less restrictive community setting under RCW 71A.12.260.

(2) If the department determines that an individual does pose a risk to the community during the monitoring required under this section, the department must initiate an assessment of risk and/or dangerousness by a qualified professional under RCW 71A.12.230 to determine whether the person can be managed successfully in the community with reasonably available safeguards and that lesser restrictive residential placement alternatives have been considered and would not be reasonable for the person."

EFFECT: Removes the underlying bill's repeal of the community protection program and requires that the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) monitor people who are placed in a less restrictive community setting after receiving community protection program services to ensure that the person does not present a risk to the community for one year. If the DSHS determines that the person does pose a risk to the community, the DSHS must initiate an assessment to determine whether the person should receive community protection program services.

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