CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 2684

 

 

                    Chapter 88, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES--ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL RECORDS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House March 6, 2000

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate February 29, 2000

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2684  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 24, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.            

                                FILED                

 

           March 24, 2000 - 2:39 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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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 Representatives D. Sommers and Tokuda; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

 

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.