RCW 72.05.415
Establishing community placement oversight committees—Review and recommendations—Liability—Travel expenses—Notice to law enforcement of placement decisions.
(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.
(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.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 705; 1998 c 269 § 9.]
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.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.05 - Children and Youth Services.
72.05.010 - Declaration of purpose.
72.05.130 - Powers and duties of department—"Close security" institutions designated.
72.05.150 - "Minimum security" institutions.
72.05.152 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.
72.05.154 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance—Eligibility for benefits—Exceptions.
72.05.160 - Contracts with other divisions, agencies authorized.
72.05.170 - Counseling and consultative services.
72.05.200 - Parental right to provide treatment preserved.
72.05.210 - Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.
72.05.310 - Parental schools—Personnel.
72.05.410 - Violations by juveniles in community facility—Toll-free hotline for reporting.
72.05.420 - Placement in community facility—Necessary conditions and actions—Department's duties.
72.05.450 - Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.