Title 71 — Title 71 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
13 chapters · 468 sections in this title.
RCW 71.09.335 Conditional release from total confinement—Community notification.
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A conditional release from a total confinement facility to a less restrictive alternative is a release that subjects the conditionally released person to the registration requirements specified in RCW 9A.44.130 and to community notification under RCW 4.24.550.When a person is con…
RCW 71.09.340 Conditionally released persons—Employment, educational notification.
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An employer who hires a person who has been conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative must notify all other employees of the conditionally released person's status. Notification for conditionally released persons who enroll in an institution of higher education sha…
RCW 71.09.341 Transition facilities—Authority of department—Effect of local regulations.
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The minimum requirements set out in RCW 71.09.285 through 71.09.340 are minimum requirements to be applied by the department. Nothing in this section is intended to prevent a city or county from adopting development regulations, as defined in RCW 36.70A.030, unless the proposed r…
RCW 71.09.342 Transition facilities—Siting—Local regulations preempted, when—Consideration of public safety measures.
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(1) After October 1, 2002, notwithstanding RCW 36.70A.103 or any other law, this section preempts and supersedes local plans, development regulations, permitting requirements, inspection requirements, and all other laws as necessary to enable the department to site, construct, re…
RCW 71.09.343 Transition facilities—Contract between state and local governments.
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(1) At the request of the local government of the city or county in which a secure community transition facility is initially sited after January 1, 2002, the department shall enter into a long-term contract memorializing the agreements between the state and the city or county fo…
RCW 71.09.344 Transition facilities—Mitigation agreements.
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(1) Subject to funds appropriated by the legislature, the department may enter into negotiation for a mitigation agreement with:(a) The county and/or city in which a secure community transition facility sited after January 1, 2002, is located;(b) Each community in which the perso…
RCW 71.09.345 Alternative placement—Authority of court.
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Nothing in chapter 12, Laws of 2001 2nd sp. sess. shall operate to restrict a court's authority to make less restrictive alternative placements to a committed person's individual residence or to a setting less restrictive than a secure community transition facility. A court-order…
RCW 71.09.350 Examination and treatment only by certified providers—Exceptions.
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(1) Examinations and treatment of sexually violent predators who are conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative under this chapter shall be conducted only by certified sex offender treatment providers or certified affiliate sex offender treatment providers under cha…
RCW 71.09.360 Treatment of persons on conditional release by certified providers in underserved counties—Notification.
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To facilitate the equitable geographic distribution of conditional releases under this chapter, the department shall notify the secretary of health, or the secretary's designee, whenever a sex offender treatment provider in an underserved county has been contracted to provide tre…
RCW 71.09.370 Residents in total confinement—State identification cards.
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(1) The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the department of licensing to allow residents in total confinement at the special commitment center to obtain a state identification card through a written identification verification letter completed by the …
RCW 71.09.800 Rules.
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The secretary shall adopt rules under the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, for the oversight and operation of the program established pursuant to this chapter. Such rules shall include provisions for an annual inspection of the special commitment center; requireme…
RCW 71.09.903 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …