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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2164

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By House Committee on Human Services (originally sponsored by Representatives Sommers, Ogden, H. Myers and Leonard; by request of Legislative Budget Committee)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Repealing the permanent establishment of residential habilitation centers.

    AN ACT Relating to residential habilitation centers; amending RCW 71A.20.020; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 71A.20.020 and 1988 c 176 s 702 are each amended to read as follows:

    The following residential habilitation centers are permanently established to provide services to persons with developmental disabilities:  ((Interlake School, located at Medical Lake, Spokane county;)) Lakeland Village, located at Medical Lake, Spokane county; Rainier School, located at Buckley, Pierce county; Yakima Valley School, located at Selah, Yakima county; Fircrest School, located at Seattle, King county; and Frances Haddon Morgan Children's Center, located at Bremerton, Kitsap county.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The legislature shall consider the amendment or repeal of RCW 71A.20.020 following the submission of the report by the secretary of the department of social and health services required by chapter . . . . (House Bill No. 2163), Laws of 1994.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

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