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HOUSE
BILL 2684
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Passed
Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/19/2000. Referred to Committee on Children & Family
Services.
Clarifying what records are available to the department of
social and health services.
AN
ACT Relating to records that are accessible by the department of social and
health services; amending RCW 74.13.285; and adding a new section to chapter
28A.150 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:
In
order to effectively serve students who are under the jurisdiction of the
juvenile justice system as dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW, education
records shall be released upon request to the department of social and health
services provided that the department of social and health services certifies
that it will not disclose to any other party the education records without
prior written consent of the parent or student unless authorized to disclose
the records under state law. The department of social and health services is
authorized to disclose education records it obtains pursuant to this section to
a foster parent, guardian, or other entity authorized by the department of
social and health services to provide residential care to the student.
Sec.
2. 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 passport shall contain education
records obtained pursuant to section 1 of this act. 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.
(3)
The department shall hold harmless the provider for any unauthorized
disclosures caused by the department.
Passed the House March 6, 2000.
Passed the Senate February 29, 2000.
Approved by the Governor
March 24, 2000.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2000.
