Washington Code 72.05.415 – Establishing community placement oversight committees — Review and recommendations — Liability — Travel expenses — Notice to law enforcement of placement decisions
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(1) The secretary shall develop a process with local governments that allows each community to establish a community placement oversight committee. The department may conduct community awareness activities. The community placement oversight committees developed pursuant to this section shall be implemented no later than September 1, 1999.
Terms Used In Washington Code 72.05.415
- Community facility: means a group care facility operated for the care of juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13. See Washington Code 72.05.020
- Department: means the department of children, youth, and families. See Washington Code 72.05.020
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Juvenile: means a person under the age of twenty-one who has been sentenced to a term of confinement under the supervision of the department under RCW 13. See Washington Code 72.05.020
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Secretary: means the secretary of the department. See Washington Code 72.05.020
(2) The community placement oversight committees may review and make recommendations regarding the placement of any juvenile who the secretary proposes to place in the community facility.
(3) The community placement oversight committees, their members, and any agency represented by a member shall not be liable in any cause of action as a result of its decision in regard to a proposed placement of a juvenile unless the committee acts with gross negligence or bad faith in making a placement decision.
(4) Members of the committee shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(5) Except as provided in RCW 13.40.215, at least seventy-two hours prior to placing a juvenile in a community facility the secretary shall provide to the chief law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction in which the community facility is sited: (a) The name of the juvenile; (b) the juvenile’s criminal history; and (c) such other relevant and disclosable information as the law enforcement officer may require.
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 601-631, 701-728, and 804: See note following RCW 13.04.011.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
Intent—Finding—Effective date—1998 c 269: See notes following RCW 72.05.020.