Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 43.216 RCW
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
43.216.005Findings.
43.216.010Definitions.
43.216.015Department of children, youth, and families—Created—Duties—Agency performance data—Oversight board for children, youth, and families—Powers and restrictions—Stakeholder meetings.
43.216.020Department duties.
43.216.021Opioid overdose reversal medication and training.
43.216.022Annual quality assurance report.
43.216.025Secretary—Appointment—Salary.
43.216.030Secretary's authority.
43.216.035Office of innovation, alignment, and accountability—Duties and focus.
43.216.040Family services and programs—Administration.
43.216.045Advisory committees or councils—Travel expenses.
43.216.050Evaluation and research materials and data on private nonprofit group homes—Availability.
43.216.055Federal and state cooperation—Rules—Construction.
43.216.060Policies to support children of incarcerated parents.
43.216.065Private-public partnership—Secretary's duties.
43.216.070Reports to the governor and legislature.
43.216.075Early learning advisory council—Policy development and implementation—Early achievers review subcommittee.
43.216.080Integration with other entities.
43.216.085Early achievers program—Quality rating and improvement system.
43.216.087Early achievers program—Participation of culturally diverse and low-income center, family home, and outdoor nature-based child care providers.
43.216.089Early achievers program—Final report—Mitigation plan for areas not achieving required rating levels—Data availability—Reports.
43.216.090Early achievers program—Mental health consultants.
43.216.091Early achievers program—Administrative policies—Rating and rerating.
43.216.092Early achievers program—Administrative policies—Various.
43.216.100Community information and involvement plan—Informing home-based, tribal, and family early learning providers of early achievers program.
43.216.105Native language development and retention—Dual language learning—Rules.
43.216.110Core competencies for early care and education professionals and child and youth development professionals—Adoption and implementation—Updating.
43.216.115Partnership responsibilities—Department's duties—Partnership's duties.
43.216.120Reduction of barriers for using local or private funds for early learning opportunities.
43.216.125Parental notification of report alleging sexual misconduct or abuse—Notice of parental rights.
43.216.130Home visiting services account—Purpose—Administration—Funding.
43.216.135Child care providers—Subsidy requirements—Tiered reimbursements—Copayments.
43.216.152Definitions.
43.216.155Home visitation programs—Findings—Intent.
43.216.157Home visitation programs—Definitions.
43.216.159Home visitation programs—Funding—Home visitation services coordination or consolidation plan.
43.216.162Home visitation—High-potency synthetic opioids substance use disorder.
43.216.165Early start account.
43.216.170Applicants for positions with the department—Investigation and background checks.
43.216.180Education of students in the custody of juvenile rehabilitation facilities—Duties—Creation of a comprehensive plan.
43.216.190Assistance with submission of Washington state identicard application materials.
43.216.195Child care centers—Negotiated rule making.
43.216.200Imagination library of Washington program.
43.216.205Youth and young adults exiting publicly funded system of care—Rapid response team.
LICENSING
43.216.250Secretary's licensing duties.
43.216.255Licensing standards.
43.216.260Minimum requirements for licensure.
43.216.265Fire protection—Powers and duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
43.216.270Character, suitability, and competence to provide child care and early learning services—Fingerprint criminal history record checks—Background check clearance card or certificate—Shared background checks—Capacity to perform checks.
43.216.271Background check clearance registry—Background application form.
43.216.280Licensed day care centers and outdoor nature-based child care providers—Notice of pesticide use.
43.216.285Articles of incorporation.
43.216.290Access to agencies—Records inspection.
43.216.295License required.
43.216.300License fees.
43.216.305License application—Nonexpiring licenses—Issuance, renewal, transfer, duration.
43.216.310License renewal.
43.216.315Initial licenses.
43.216.320Probationary licenses.
43.216.325Licenses—Denial, suspension, revocation, modification, nonrenewal—Proceedings—Penalties.
43.216.327Licenses—Denial, revocation, suspension, or modification—Notice—Effective date of action—Adjudicative proceeding.
43.216.335Civil fines—Notice—Adjudicative proceeding.
43.216.340Licensure pending compliance with state building code, chapter 19.27 RCW—Consultation with local officials.
43.216.345Adjudicative proceedings—Training for administrative law judges.
43.216.350License or certificate suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
43.216.355Actions against agencies.
43.216.360Unlicensed providers—Notification to agency—Penalty—Posting on website.
43.216.365Operating without a license—Penalty.
43.216.370Negotiated rule making.
43.216.375Negotiated rule making—Statewide unit of family child care licensees—Antitrust immunity, intent.
43.216.380Minimum licensing requirements—Window blind pull cords.
43.216.385Reporting—Actions against agency licensees—Agencies notified of licensing requirement—Posting on website.
43.216.390Reporting resignation or termination of individual working in child care agency.
43.216.395Child care inspection reports—Internal review process—Definitions—Final review.
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND ASSISTANCE
43.216.500Intent.
43.216.505Definitions.
43.216.5052Definition of "Indian"—Rule making.
43.216.510Admission and funding.
43.216.512Expanded enrollment—Risk factors—Participation in other programs.
43.216.513Early entry—Participation in other programs.
43.216.514Enrollment priority.
43.216.515Eligible providers—State-funded support—Requirements—Data collection—Pathways to early childhood education and assistance program.
43.216.520Advisory committee.
43.216.525Rules.
43.216.530Review of applications.
43.216.535Reports.
43.216.540State support—Priorities—Program funding levels.
43.216.545Reimbursement of advisory committee expenses.
43.216.550Authority to solicit gifts, grants, and support.
43.216.555Early learning program—Voluntary preschool opportunities—Program standards—Prioritizing programs—Rules.
43.216.556Early learning program—Funding and statewide implementation.
43.216.559Early learning program—Short title—2010 c 231.
43.216.565Findings—Intent—Early start program.
43.216.567Early therapeutic and preventative services and programs.
43.216.570Early intervention services—Findings.
43.216.572Early intervention services—Infants and toddlers with disabilities—Interagency coordinating council—Conditions and limitations.
43.216.574Early intervention services—Infants and toddlers with disabilities—Interagency coordinating council—Coordination with counties and communities.
43.216.576Early intervention services—Interagency agreements.
43.216.577Prenatal to three family engagement strategy.
43.216.578Birth to three early childhood education and assistance program—Pilot project—Reports.
43.216.579Infant child care incentives.
43.216.580Early intervention services—Funding.
43.216.585Program rates.
43.216.587Complex needs funds.
43.216.590Trauma-informed care supports.
43.216.592Dual language designation—Rate enhancement.
43.216.595Early childhood equity grants.
43.216.597Play and learn groups—Resources and supports.
43.216.600Professional development supports.
43.216.602Child care deserts grant program.
CHILD CARE AND WELFARE
43.216.650Child fatality reviews.
43.216.655Data collection and program evaluation—Reports.
43.216.660Child care services—Declaration of policy.
43.216.665Child care workers—Findings—Intent.
43.216.670Child care provider rules review.
43.216.675Child care workers—Career and wage ladder.
43.216.680Child care workers—Career and wage ladder—Wage increases.
43.216.685Child care—Toll-free information number.
43.216.687Child care—Required postings—Disclosure of complaints.
43.216.689Child care—Public access to reports and enforcement action notices.
43.216.690Child day care centers and outdoor nature-based child care providers—Immunization.
43.216.692Family home providers—Capacity flexibility.
43.216.695County regulation of family day-care centers—Twelve-month pilot projects.
43.216.700Day care insurance.
43.216.705Child care providers—Tiered-reimbursement system—Pilot sites.
43.216.710Child care services.
43.216.712Child care—High-potency synthetic opioids in the home.
43.216.713Legal liaison—Child abuse and neglect court cases.
43.216.715Child care partnership employer liaison.
43.216.720Child care expansion grant fund.
43.216.735Placement of children ages sixty months through six years.
43.216.742Outdoor nature-based child care program.
43.216.745Child care consultation program—Creation, operation, and duties.
43.216.750Child welfare workers—Department duties—Technical work group to develop workload model—Annual report to legislature.
43.216.755Child care providers—Community-based training pathway.
43.216.760Child care and early learning providers—Firearms, dangerous weapons.
43.216.762Child care and early learning providers—Firearms, dangerous weapons—Rules.
43.216.770Fair start for kids account.
43.216.772Fair start for kids account—Spending goals and strategies.
43.216.775Inflationary adjustments to rates.
SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE
43.216.800General policies.
43.216.802Eligibility—General requirements.
43.216.804Copayments.
43.216.806Exceptions to approved activity requirements.
43.216.808Categorical eligibility—Child protective, child welfare, or family assessment response services and participation in specialty courts.
43.216.810Expanded eligibility—Registered apprenticeships.
43.216.812Expanded eligibility—Child care employees.
43.216.814Expanded eligibility—High school students or students working toward a high school equivalency certificate.
43.216.820Working connections child care program—Notification of change in providers.
43.216.822Child care subsidy fraud—Referral—Collection of overpayments.
43.216.824Working connections child care program—Contracted child care slots and vouchers.
43.216.826Working connections child care program—Standards and guidelines—Duties of the department.
43.216.828Child care subsidy rates—Use of cost model.
TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
43.216.900Early childhood education and assistance program—Short title—1985 c 418.
43.216.901Contingency—Effective date—1985 c 418.
43.216.902Effective date—2006 c 265.
43.216.903Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
43.216.904Short title—2015 3rd sp.s. c 7.
43.216.905Transfer of powers, duties, and functions of the department of early learning.
43.216.906Transfer of child welfare provisions from the department of social and health services.
43.216.907Transfer of juvenile justice services provisions from the department of social and health services.
43.216.908Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6.
43.216.909Transfer of working connections child care and seasonal child care programs from the department of social and health services.
43.216.910Savings clause—2021 c 199.