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Timestamp: 2014-08-23 09:26:40
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2', '§ 8', '§ 1', '§ 8', '§ 98', '§ 2']

RCWA 74.13.368 Title 74. Public Assistance (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 74.13. Child Welfare Services (Refs & Annos)
74.13.368. Performance-based contracts--Child welfare transformation design committee (Expires July 1, 2015)
(ii) Four private agencies that, as of May 18, 2009, provide child welfare services to children and families referred to them by the department. Two agencies must be headquartered in western Washington and two must be headquartered in eastern Washington. Two agencies must have an annual budget of at least one million state-contracted dollars and two must have an annual budget of less than one million state-contracted dollars;
(xi) Two currently elected or former superior court judges with significant experience in dependency matters, selected by the superior court judge's association;
(iii) The child welfare services including the use of evidence-based services and practices to be provided by contractors;
(vii) How to measure whether each contractor has met the goals listed in RCW 74.13.360(5); and
(b) A method by which the department will substantially reduce its current number of contracts for child welfare services;
(c) A method or methods by which clients will access community-based services, how private supervising agencies will engage other services or form local service networks, develop subcontracts, and share information and supervision of children;
(d) Methods to address the effects of racial disproportionality, as identified in the 2008 Racial Disproportionality Advisory Committee Report published by the Washington state institute for public policy in June 2008;
(e) Methods for inclusion of the principles and requirements of the centennial accord executed in November 2001, executed between the state of Washington and federally recognized tribes in Washington state;
(f) Methods for assuring performance-based contracts adhere to the letter and intent of the federal Indian child welfare act;
(g) Contract monitoring and evaluation procedures that will ensure that children and families are receiving timely and quality services and that contract terms are being implemented;
(h) A method or methods by which to ensure that the children's administration has sufficiently trained and experienced staff to monitor and manage performance-based contracts;
(i) A process by which to expand the capacity of supervising and other private agencies to meet the service needs of children and families in a performance-based contractual arrangement;
(j) A method or methods by which supervising and other private agencies can expand services in underserved areas of the state;
(k) The appropriate amounts and procedures for the reimbursement of supervising agencies given the proposed services restructuring;
(l) A method by which to access and enhance existing data systems to include contract performance information;
(m) A financing arrangement for the contracts that examines:
(n) A description of how the transition will impact the state's ability to obtain federal funding and examine options to further maximize federal funding opportunities and increased flexibility;
(o) A review of whether current administrative staffing levels in the regions should be continued when the majority of child welfare services are being provided by supervising agencies;
(p) A description of the costs of the transition, the initial start-up costs and the mechanisms to periodically assess the overall adequacy of funds and the fiscal impact of the changes, and the feasibility of the plan and the impact of the plan on department employees during the transition; and
(q) Identification of any statutory and regulatory revisions necessary to accomplish the transition.
(6) The committee shall also prepare as part of the plan a recommendation as to how to implement chapter 520, Laws of 2009 so that full implementation of chapter 520, Laws of 2009 is achieved no later than December 30, 2012.
(8) Beginning June 30, 2009, the committee shall report quarterly to the governor and the legislative children's oversight committee established in RCW 44.04.220. From June 30, 2012, until January 1, 2015, the committee need only report twice a year. The committee shall report on its progress in meeting its duties under subsections (2) and (3) of this section and on any other matters the committee or the legislative children's oversight committee or the governor deems appropriate. The portion of the plan required in subsection (6) of this section shall be due to the legislative children's oversight committee on or before June 1, 2010. The reports shall be in written form.
(12) Staff support for the committee shall be provided jointly by partners for our children and legislative staff.
(13) The committee is subject to chapters 42.30 (open public meetings act) and 42.52 (ethics in public service) RCW.
(14) This section expires July 1, 2015.
[2010 c 291 § 2, eff. June 10, 2010; 2009 c 520 § 8, eff. May 18, 2009.]
Findings--2010 c 291: "The legislature finds that, based upon the work of the child welfare transformation design committee established pursuant to 2SHB 2106 during the 2009 legislative session, several narrowly based amendments to that legislation need to be made, mainly for clarifying purposes. The legislature further finds that two deadlines need to be extended by six months, the first to allow the department of social and health services additional time to complete the conversion of its contracts to performance-based contracts and the second to allow the department additional time to gradually transfer existing cases to supervising agencies in the demonstration sites. The legislature finds that the addition of a foster youth on the child welfare transformation design committee will greatly assist the committee in its work.
The legislature recognizes that clarifying language regarding Indian tribes should be added regarding the government-to-government relationship the tribes have with the state. The legislature further recognizes that language is needed regarding the department's ability to receive federal funding based upon the recommendations made by the child welfare transformation design committee." [2010 c 291 § 1.]
Effective date--2009 c 520 § 8: "Section 8 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 18, 2009]." [2009 c 520 § 98.]
Laws 2010, ch. 291, § 2, inserted subsec. (1)(a)(xv) and made conforming changes; in subsec. (6), substituted "December" for "June".
RCWA 74.13.368, WA ST 74.13.368
Current with 2011 Legislation effective through May 31, 2011