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SENATE BILL 5343
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Senators Jacobsen, Shin, Kohl‑Welles, Costa, Thibaudeau and Gardner
Read first time 01/20/1999. Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to the education of foster children; and amending RCW 74.13.285.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 74.13.285 and 1997 c 272 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Within available resources, the department shall prepare a passport containing all known and available information concerning the mental, physical, health, and educational status of the child for any child who has been in a foster home for ninety consecutive days or more. The information about the educational status of the child shall include, at a minimum, the name, address, and phone number of each school attended by the child in the past three years. The passport shall be provided to a foster parent at any placement of a child covered by this section. The department shall update the passport during the regularly scheduled court reviews required under chapter 13.34 RCW.
New placements after July 1, 1997, shall have first priority in the preparation of passports. Within available resources, the department may prepare passports for any child in a foster home on July 1, 1997, provided that no time spent in a foster home before July 1, 1997, shall be included in the computation of the ninety days.
(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the department shall, within available resources, notify a foster parent before placement of a child of any known health conditions that pose a serious threat to the child and any known behavioral history that presents a serious risk of harm to the child or others.
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