To establish a foster parent critical support and retention program is established to retain foster parents who care for children who act out sexually, are physically assaultive, or have other high-risk behaviors. The bill appropriates $250,000 for this purpose. See companion SB 6749.   Official Text and Analysis.

To revise the intent section to reflect the benefit to special-needs children of being placed with well prepared, trained, and supported foster parents.

To create a foster parent critical support and retention program.

To create a foster parent critical support and retention program.

By the Senate Human Services & Corrections Committee, to change all references to "sexually reactive children" to "sexually aggressive youth." Services are required to consist of short-term therapeutic and educational interventions that are coordinated with the children's administration social worker. Children's administration is permitted to contract with entities that have experience with providing in-home case management and with working with caregivers of children with significant behavioral issues. Screened-out, inconclusive, and founded reports of child abuse and neglect are defined. Expungement periods and limitations on disclosure are outlined for each type of report. The department must disclose to a foster parent any behavioral and emotional problems of the child and whether the child is a sexually aggressive youth. A foster parent may not be found to have abused or neglected a child or be denied a foster care license if the child was not within the reasonable control of the foster parent at the time of the incident or, under certain circumstances, if prior conduct of the child was not disclosed to the foster parent. The amendment was ruled out of order on 3/3/06.

By the Senate Ways & Means Committee, to require that the department destroy all electronic records rather than all records regarding reports of child abuse and neglect. Eliminates the provision that permitted individuals subject to unfounded reports made prior to the effective date of the bill to request destruction of all records related to that report.

To require that disclosure of any relevant health care information be consistent with RCW 70.24.105 and any guidelines or recommendations established by the Department of Health concerning disclosure of such information, including testing for and disclosure of information related to blood-borne pathogens. S AMD 366. The amendment was pulled on 3/3/06.

To require that disclosure of any relevant health care information be consistent with RCW 70.24.105 and any guidelines or recommendations established by the Department of Health concerning disclosure of such information, including testing for and disclosure of information related to blood-borne pathogens. S AMD 370.

And the House refuses to concur in Senate amendments. The House asks the Senate to recede from amendments.

And the Senate recedes from amendments.

To strike everything after the enacting clause and insert a new bill. S AMD 422.

To concur in Senate amendments, for final passage of the bill.

To create a foster parent critical support and retention program. The governor vetoed Section 5, because the term “sexually reactive” is not defined in this bill or in existing statutes. The lack of clarity regarding what specific information is to be shared and the absence of a key definition might result in misunderstandings between the DSHS and care providers. This, in turn, might result in inadequate supervision of children or unnecessary litigation.