| HB 2835 - DIGEST |
| (DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Finds that the safety of children in foster care depends upon receipt of comprehensive, accurate, and timely information about the background of prospective foster parents. |
Provides that during an emergency situation when a child must be placed in out-of-home care due to the absence of appropriate parents or custodians, the department of social and health services shall request a federal name-based criminal history record check of each adult residing in the home of the potential placement resource. |
| VETO MESSAGE ON HB 2835 |
| March 28, 2008 |
| To the Honorable Speaker and Members, |
| The House of Representatives of the State of Washington |
| Ladies and Gentlemen: |
| I am returning, without my approval as to Section 4, House Bill 2835 entitled: |
"AN ACT Relating to requiring federal name-based criminal history record checks when a child is placed in out-of-home care in an emergency situation." |
| Section 4 is an emergency clause providing the bill with an immediate effective date. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has notified the State that it will extend provisional access to its name/descriptor criminal background check database until this bill takes effect. An emergency clause is therefore unnecessary. |
| For this reason, I have vetoed Section 4 of House Bill 2835. |
| With the exception of Section 4, House Bill 2835 is approved. |
| Respectfully submitted, |
| Christine Gregoire |
| Governor |