§ 72.05.020. Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Community facility" means a group care facility operated for the care of juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13.40.185. A county detention facility that houses juveniles committed to the department under RCW 13.40.185 pursuant to a contract with the department is not a community facility.
(2) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
(3) "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 13.40.185.
(4) "Service provider" means the entity that operates a community facility.
[1998 c 269 § 2; 1979 c 141 § 178; 1970 ex.s. c 18 § 58; 1959 c 28 § 72.05.020. Prior: 1951 c 234 § 2. Formerly RCW 43.19.260.]
Notes:
Intent -- Finding -- 1998 c 269: "It is the intent of the legislature to:
(1) Enhance public safety and maximize the rehabilitative potential of juvenile offenders through modifications to licensed community residential placements for juveniles;
(2) Ensure community support for community facilities by enabling community participation in decisions involving these facilities and assuring the safety of communities in which community facilities for juvenile offenders are located; and
(3) Improve public safety by strengthening the safeguards in placement, oversight, and monitoring of the juvenile offenders placed in the community, and by establishing minimum standards for operation of licensed residential community facilities. The legislature finds that community support and participation is vital to the success of community programming." [1998 c 269 § 1.]
Effective date -- 1998 c 269: "This act takes effect September 1, 1998." [1998 c 269 § 19.]
Effective date -- Severability -- 1970 ex.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 43.20A.010.
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