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WA Rev Code § 71.09.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.280 - Transition facility—Release to less restrictive placement.

RCW 71.09.280 Transition facility—Release to less restrictive placement.When considering whether a person civilly committed under this chapter and conditionally released to a secure community transition facility is appropriate for release to a placement that is less restrictive than that facility, the court shall comply with the procedures set forth in RCW 71.09.090 through 71.09.096. In addition, the court shall consider whether the person has progressed in treatment to the point that a significant change in the person's routine, including but not limited to a change of employment, education, residence, or sex offender treatment provider will not cause the person to regress to the point that the person presents a greater risk to the community than can reasonably be addressed in the proposed placement.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 212.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.285 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.285 - Transition facility—Siting policy guidelines.

RCW 71.09.285 Transition facility—Siting policy guidelines.(1) Except with respect to the secure community transition facility established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250, the secretary shall develop policy guidelines that balance the average response time of emergency services to the general area of a proposed secure community transition facility against the proximity of the proposed site to risk potential activities and facilities in existence at the time the site is listed for consideration.(2) In no case shall the policy guidelines permit location of a facility adjacent to, immediately across a street or parking lot from, or within the line of sight of a risk potential activity or facility in existence at the time a site is listed for consideration. "Within the line of sight" means that it is possible to reasonably visually distinguish and recognize individuals.(3) The policy guidelines shall require that great weight be given to sites that are the farthest removed from any risk potential activity.(4) The policy guidelines shall specify how distance from the location is measured and any variations in the measurement based on the size of the property within which a proposed facility is to be located.(5) The policy guidelines shall establish a method to analyze and compare the criteria for each site in terms of public safety and security, site characteristics, and program components. In making a decision regarding a site following the analysis and comparison, the secretary shall give priority to public safety and security considerations. The analysis and comparison of the criteria are to be documented and made available at the public hearings prescribed in RCW 71.09.315.(6) Policy guidelines adopted by the secretary under this section shall be considered by counties and cities when providing for the siting of secure community transition facilities as required under RCW 36.70A.200.[ 2002 c 68 § 5; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 213.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.295 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.295 - Transition facilities—Security systems.

RCW 71.09.295 Transition facilities—Security systems.(1) Security systems for all secure community transition facilities shall meet the following minimum qualifications:(a) The security panel must be a commercial grade panel with tamper-proof switches and a key-lock to prevent unauthorized access.(b) There must be an emergency electrical supply system which shall include a battery backup system and a generator.(c) The system must include personal panic devices for all staff.(d) The security system must be capable of being monitored and signaled either by telephone through either a land or cellular telephone system or by private radio network in the event of a total dial-tone failure or through equivalent technologies.(e) The department shall issue photo-identification badges to all staff which must be worn at all times.(2) Security systems for the secure community transition facility established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250(1) shall also include a fence and provide the maximum protection appropriate in a civil facility for persons in less than total confinement.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 215.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.300 - Transition facilities—Staffing.

RCW 71.09.300 Transition facilities—Staffing.Secure community transition facilities shall meet the following minimum staffing requirements:(1) At any time the census of a facility is six or fewer residents, all staff shall be classified as residential rehabilitation counselor II or have a classification that indicates an equivalent or higher level of skill, experience, and training.(2)(a) For the secure transition facility located on McNeil Island, the direct care staffing level shall be at least three qualified, trained staff as described in subsection (3) of this section, unless there are no residents housed at the facility, in which case the facility need not staff to this ratio.(b) For the secure community transition facility located in Seattle, the direct care staffing level shall be at least two qualified, trained staff as described in subsection (3) of this section, unless there are no residents housed at the facility, in which case the facility need not staff to this ratio.(3) Before being assigned to a facility, all staff must have received training in sex offender issues, self-defense, and crisis de-escalation skills in addition to departmental orientation and, as appropriate, management training. All staff with resident treatment or care duties must participate in ongoing in-service training.(4) All staff must pass a departmental background check and the check is not subject to the limitations in chapter 9.96A RCW. A person who has been convicted of a felony, or any sex offense, may not be employed at the secure community transition facility or be approved as an escort for a resident of the facility.[ 2011 c 19 § 1; 2003 c 216 § 1; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 216.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 c 19: "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 [April 11, 2011]." [ 2011 c 19 § 2.]Severability—2003 c 216: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 2003 c 216 § 8.]Effective date—2003 c 216: "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 July 1, 2003." [ 2003 c 216 § 9.]Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.310 - Transition facility residents—Mandatory escorts.

RCW 71.09.310 Transition facility residents—Mandatory escorts.Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 71.09.305, residents of the secure community transition facility established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250(1) must be escorted at any time the resident leaves the facility.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 218.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.320 - Transition facilities—Operational advisory boards.

RCW 71.09.320 Transition facilities—Operational advisory boards.(1) The secretary shall develop a process with local governments that allows each community in which a secure community transition facility is located to establish operational advisory boards of at least seven persons for the secure community transition facilities. The department may conduct community awareness activities to publicize this opportunity. The operational advisory boards developed under this section shall be implemented following the decision to locate a secure community transition facility in a particular community.(2) The operational advisory boards may review and make recommendations regarding the security and operations of the secure community transition facility and conditions or modifications necessary with relation to any person who the secretary proposes to place in the secure community transition facility.(3) The facility management must consider the recommendations of the community advisory boards. Where the facility management does not implement an operational advisory board recommendation, the management must provide a written response to the operational advisory board stating its reasons for its decision not to implement the recommendation.(4) The operational advisory boards, their members, and any agency represented by a member shall not be liable in any cause of action as a result of its recommendations unless the advisory board acts with gross negligence or bad faith in making a recommendation.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 220.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.325 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.325 - Transition facilities—Conditional release—Reports—Violations.

RCW 71.09.325 Transition facilities—Conditional release—Reports—Violations.(1) The secretary shall adopt a violation reporting policy for persons conditionally released to less restrictive alternative placements. The policy shall require written documentation by the department and service providers of all violations of conditions set by the department, the department of corrections, or the court and establish criteria for returning a violator to the special commitment center or a secure community transition facility with a higher degree of security. Any conditionally released person who commits a serious violation of conditions shall be returned to the special commitment center, unless arrested by a law enforcement officer, and the court shall be notified immediately and shall initiate proceedings under RCW 71.09.098 to revoke or modify the less restrictive alternative placement. Nothing in this section limits the authority of the department to return a person to the special commitment center based on a violation that is not a serious violation as defined in this section. For the purposes of this section, "serious violation" includes but is not limited to:(a) The commission of any criminal offense;(b) Any unlawful use or possession of a controlled substance; and(c) Any violation of conditions targeted to address the person's documented pattern of offense that increases the risk to public safety.(2) When a person is conditionally released to a less restrictive alternative under this chapter and is under the supervision of the department of corrections, notice of any violation of the person's conditions of release must also be made to the department of corrections.(3) Whenever the secretary contracts with a service provider to operate a secure community transition facility, the contract shall include a requirement that the service provider must report to the department of social and health services any known violation of conditions committed by any resident of the secure community transition facility.(4) The secretary shall document in writing all violations, penalties, actions by the department of social and health services to remove persons from a secure community transition facility, and contract terminations. The secretary shall compile this information and submit it to the appropriate committees of the legislature on an annual basis. The secretary shall give great weight to a service provider's record of violations, penalties, actions by the department of social and health services or the department of corrections to remove persons from a secure community transition facility, and contract terminations in determining whether to execute, renew, or renegotiate a contract with a service provider.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 221.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.330 - Transition facilities—Contracted operation—Enforcement remedies.

RCW 71.09.330 Transition facilities—Contracted operation—Enforcement remedies.Whenever the secretary contracts with a provider to operate a secure community transition facility, the secretary shall include in the contract provisions establishing intermediate contract enforcement remedies.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 222.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.335 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.335 - Conditional release from total confinement—Community notification.

RCW 71.09.335 Conditional release from total confinement—Community notification.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 conditionally released to the secure community transition facility established pursuant to RCW 71.09.250(1), the sheriff must provide each household on McNeil Island with the community notification information provided for under RCW 4.24.550.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 223.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.340 - Conditionally released persons—Employment, educational notification.

RCW 71.09.340 Conditionally released persons—Employment, educational notification.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 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of RCW 9A.44.130 related to sex offenders enrolled in institutions of higher education and RCW 4.24.550. This section applies only to conditionally released persons whose court-approved treatment plan includes permission or a requirement for the person to obtain education or employment and to employment positions or educational programs that meet the requirements of the court-approved treatment plan.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 224.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.341 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.341 - Transition facilities—Authority of department—Effect of local regulations.

RCW 71.09.341 Transition facilities—Authority of department—Effect of local regulations.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 regulation imposes requirements more restrictive than those specifically addressed in RCW 71.09.285 through 71.09.340. Regulations that impose requirements more restrictive than those specifically addressed in these sections are void. Nothing in these sections prevents the department from adding requirements to enhance public safety.[ 2002 c 68 § 7.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.343 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.343 - Transition facilities—Contract between state and local governments.

RCW 71.09.343 Transition facilities—Contract between state and local governments.(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 for the operation of the facility. This contract shall be separate from any contract regarding mitigation due to the facility. The contract shall include a clause that states:(a) The contract does not obligate the state to continue operating any aspect of the civil commitment program under this chapter;(b) The operation of any secure community transition facility is contingent upon sufficient appropriation by the legislature. If sufficient funds are not appropriated, the department is not obligated to operate the secure community transition facility and may close it; and(c) This contract does not obligate the city or county to operate a secure community transition facility.(2) Any city or county may, at their option, contract with the department to operate a secure community transition facility.[ 2002 c 68 § 16.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.344 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.344 - Transition facilities—Mitigation agreements.

RCW 71.09.344 Transition facilities—Mitigation agreements.(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 persons from those facilities will reside or regularly spend time, pursuant to court orders, for regular work or education, or to receive social services, or through which the person or persons will regularly be transported to reach other communities; and(c) Educational institutions in the communities identified in (a) and (b) of this subsection.(2) Mitigation agreements are limited to the following:(a) One-time training for local law enforcement and administrative staff, upon the establishment of a secure community transition facility.(i) Training between local government staff and the department includes training in coordination, emergency procedures, program and facility information, legal requirements, and resident profiles.(ii) Reimbursement for training under this subsection is limited to:(A) The salaries or hourly wages and benefits of those persons who receive training directly from the department; and(B) Costs associated with preparation for, and delivery of, training to the department or its contracted staff by local government staff or contractors;(b) Information coordination:(i) Information coordination includes database infrastructure establishment and programming for the dissemination of information among law enforcement and the department related to facility residents.(ii) Reimbursement for information coordination is limited to start-up costs;(c) One-time capital costs:(i) One-time capital costs are off-site costs associated with the need for increased security in specific locations.(ii) Reimbursement for one-time capital costs is limited to actual costs; and(d) Incident response:(i) Incident response costs are law enforcement and criminal justice costs associated with violations of conditions of release or crimes by residents of the secure community transition facility.(ii) Reimbursement for incident response does not include private causes of action.[ 2002 c 68 § 17.]NOTES:Purpose—Severability—Effective date—2002 c 68: See notes following RCW 36.70A.200.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.345 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.345 - Alternative placement—Authority of court.

RCW 71.09.345 Alternative placement—Authority of court.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-ordered less restrictive alternative placement to a committed person's individual residence is not a less restrictive alternative placement to a secure community transition facility.[ 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 226.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.
WA Rev Code § 71.09.350 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.09 - Sexually Violent Predators.|71.09.350 - Examination and treatment only by certified providers—Exceptions.

RCW 71.09.350 Examination and treatment only by certified providers—Exceptions.(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 chapter 18.155 RCW unless the court or the department of social and health services finds that: (a) The treatment provider is employed by the department; or (b)(i) all certified sex offender treatment providers or certified affiliate sex offender treatment providers become unavailable to provide treatment within a reasonable geographic distance of the person's home, as determined in rules adopted by the department of social and health services; and (ii) the evaluation and treatment plan comply with the rules adopted by the department of social and health services.A treatment provider approved by the department of social and health services under (b) of this subsection, who is not certified by the department of health, shall consult with a certified sex offender treatment provider during the person's period of treatment to ensure compliance with the rules adopted by the department of health. The frequency and content of the consultation shall be based on the recommendation of the certified sex offender treatment provider.(2) A treatment provider, whether or not he or she is employed or approved by the department of social and health services under subsection (1) of this section or otherwise certified, may not perform or provide treatment of sexually violent predators under this section if the treatment provider has been:(a) Convicted of a sex offense, as defined in RCW 9.94A.030;(b) Convicted in any other jurisdiction of an offense that under the laws of this state would be classified as a sex offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030; or(c) Suspended or otherwise restricted from practicing any health care profession by competent authority in any state, federal, or foreign jurisdiction.(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a qualified expert from examining or evaluating a sexually violent predator who has been conditionally released for purposes of presenting an opinion in court proceedings.[ 2009 c 409 § 14; 2004 c 38 § 14; 2001 2nd sp.s. c 12 § 404.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2009 c 409: See notes following RCW 71.09.020.Effective date—2004 c 38: See note following RCW 18.155.075.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—2001 2nd sp.s. c 12: See notes following RCW 71.09.250.