CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2568
Chapter
208, Laws of 2002
57th
Legislature
2002
Regular Session
SCHOOL FOR THE
DEAF--INVESTIGATIONS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/13/02
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Passed by the House March 11, 2002
Yeas 94 Nays 0
 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 7, 2002
Yeas 49 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the
State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2568 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate
on the dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved March 28, 2002 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 28, 2002 - 8:41 a.m.
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 GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2568
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/06/2002. Referred to Committee on .
Formalizing the relationship between the department of
social and health services and the state school for the deaf.
AN
ACT Relating to formalizing the relationship between the department of social
and health services and the state school for the deaf; adding a new section to
chapter 26.44 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 72.40 RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 26.44 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The department must investigate referrals of alleged child abuse or neglect
occurring at the state school for the deaf, including alleged incidents
involving students abusing other students; determine whether there is a finding
of abuse or neglect; and determine whether a referral to law enforcement is
appropriate under this chapter.
(2)
The department must send a copy of the investigation report, including the
finding, regarding any incidents of alleged child abuse or neglect at the state
school for the deaf to the school's superintendent. The department may include
recommendations to the superintendent and the board of trustees or its
successor board for increasing the safety of the school's students.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 72.40 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The department of social and health services must periodically monitor the
residential program at the state school for the deaf, including but not limited
to examining the residential-related policies and procedures as well as the
residential facilities. The department of social and health services must make
recommendations to the school's superintendent and the board of trustees or its
successor board on health and safety improvements related to child safety and
well-being. The department of social and health services must conduct the
monitoring reviews at least quarterly until December 1, 2006.
(2)
The department of social and health services must conduct a comprehensive child
health and safety review, as defined in rule, of the residential program at the
state school for the deaf every three years. The department of social and
health services must deliver the first health and safety review to the
governor, the legislature, the school's superintendent, and the school's board
of trustees or successor board by December 1, 2004.
(3)
The state school for the deaf must provide the department of social and health
services' staff with full and complete access to all records and documents that
the department staff may request to carry out the requirements of this
section. The department of social and health services must have full and
complete access to all students and staff of the state school for the deaf to
conduct interviews to carry out the requirements of this section.
(4)
For the purposes of this section, the department of social and health services
must use the safety standards established in this chapter when conducting the
reviews.
Passed the House March 11, 2002.
Passed the Senate March 7, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 28, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 28, 2002.