(1) The foster parent liability fund authorized under RCW
74.14B.080 allows for insurance coverage for foster parents licensed under chapter
74.15 RCW. The coverage includes personal injury and property damage caused by foster parents or foster children that occurred while the children were in foster care.
(2) Such insurance covers acts of ordinary negligence but does not cover illegal conduct or bad faith acts taken by foster parents in providing foster care. Moneys paid from liability insurance for any claim are limited to the amount by which the claim exceeds the amount available to the claimant from any valid and collectible liability insurance.
[WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-50-0900, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW
74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-25-0300, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]