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72.09.730 | Schools—Notice to designated recipient of offender release. | (1) The provisions of this section apply only to an offender released from confinement who: (a) Was convicted of a violent offense or sex offense as those terms are defined in RCW 9.94A.030 ; (b) Is twenty-one years of age or younger at the time of release; and (c) Has not received a high school diploma or its equivale... |
72.09.740 | Reimbursement for state patrol expenses towards water line construction for Shelton academy. | Prior to connection of the Washington correction center in Shelton to the city water system and consistent with Article II, section 40 of the state Constitution, the department must reimburse the state patrol highway account created in RCW 46.68.030 for any expenses incurred by the Washington state patrol for the depar... |
72.09.745 | Security threat groups—Information collection. | (1) The department may collect, evaluate, and analyze data and specific investigative and intelligence information concerning the existence, structure, activities, and operations of security threat groups and the participants involved therein under the jurisdiction of the department. The data compiled may aid in addres... |
72.09.750 | Access to reentry programs and services for wrongly convicted persons. | When a court refers a person to the department under RCW 4.100.060 as part of the person's award in a wrongful conviction claim, the department must provide reasonable access to existing reentry programs and services. Nothing in this section requires the department to establish new reentry programs or services.
[ 2013 ... |
72.09.755 | Department of corrections—Use of screening and assessment process. | The department of corrections shall, to the extent that resources are available for this purpose, utilize the integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for chemical dependency and mental disorders developed under RCW 71.24.630 .
[ 2016 sp.s. c 29 s 528 ; 2005 c 504 s 602 . Formerly RCW 70.96C.020 .]
Ef... |
72.09.760 | Facility commissary program—Access. | (1) In providing access to the facility commissary program in state correctional facilities, the department is strongly encouraged to provide, at a minimum, weekly access to the facility commissary program across all departmental institutions of total confinement. The department may not reduce frequency at departmental... |
72.09.765 | Inmate access to telecommunication services—Contracting—Reporting. | (1) Any contract to provide inmates with access to telecommunication services and electronic media services in state correctional facilities shall be made publicly available and posted on the department's website. (2) The information in this subsection from the contract shall be prominently displayed on the department'... |
72.09.770 | Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery. | (1)(a) The department shall conduct an unexpected fatality review in any case in which the death of an incarcerated individual is unexpected, or any case identified by the office of the corrections ombuds for review. (b) The department shall convene an unexpected fatality review team and determine the membership of the... |
72.09.780 | Abortion medications—Practice of pharmacy and wholesale distribution. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5917-S.SL ) ***
(1) The department is authorized to acquire, receive, possess, sell, resell, deliver, dispense, distribute, and engage in any activity constituting the practice of pharmacy or wholesale distribution with respect to abortion medications. (2) The department may exercise the aut... |
72.09.900 | Effective date—1981 c 136. | This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981.
[ 1981 c 136 s 124 .] |
72.09.901 | Short title. | This chapter may be known and cited as the corrections reform act of 1981.
[ 1981 c 136 s 1 .] |
72.09.902 | Construction—1981 c 136. | All references to the department or secretary of social and health services in other chapters of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning the department or secretary of corrections when referring to the functions established by this chapter.
[ 1981 c 136 s 29 .] |
72.09.903 | Savings—1981 c 136. | All rules and all pending business before the secretary of social and health services and the department of social and health services pertaining to matters transferred by RCW 72.09.040 shall be continued and acted upon by the department of corrections. All existing contracts and obligations pertaining to the powers, d... |
72.09.904 | Construction—1999 c 196. | Nothing in chapter 196, Laws of 1999 shall be construed to create an immunity or defense from liability for personal injury or wrongful death based solely on availability of funds.
[ 1999 c 196 s 17 .] |
72.09.905 | Short title—1999 c 196. | This act may be known and cited as the offender accountability act.
[ 1999 c 196 s 18 .] |
72.09.906 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | 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 marital relationships and married person... |
72.10.005 | Intent—Application. | It is the intent of the legislature that inmates in the custody of the department of corrections receive such basic medical services as may be mandated by the federal Constitution and the Constitution of the state of Washington. Notwithstanding any other laws, it is the further intent of the legislature that the depart... |
72.10.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of corrections. (2) "Health care practitioner" means an individual or firm licensed or certified to actively engage in a regulated health profession. (3) "Health profession" means those licensed or regulated professions set forth in RCW 18.120.020 (4). (4) ... |
72.10.020 | Health services delivery plan—Reports to the legislature—Policy for distribution of personal hygiene items. | (1) Upon entry into the correctional system, offenders shall receive an initial medical examination. The department shall prepare a health profile for each offender that includes at least the following information: (a) An identification of the offender's serious medical and dental needs; (b) an evaluation of the offend... |
72.10.030 | Contracts for services. | (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the secretary may enter into contracts with health care practitioners, health care facilities, and other entities or agents as may be necessary to provide medical, behavioral health, and chemical dependency treatment care to inmates. The contracts shall not cause the ter... |
72.10.040 | Rules. | The secretary shall have the power to make rules necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.
[ 1989 c 157 s 5 .] |
72.10.050 | Rules to implement RCW72.10.020. | The department shall adopt rules to implement RCW 72.10.020 .
[ 1995 1st sp.s. c 19 s 18 .]
Findings — Purpose — Short title — Severability — Effective date — 1995 1st sp.s. c 19: See notes following RCW 72.09.450 . |
72.10.060 | Inmates who have received mental health treatment—Notification to treatment provider at time of release. | The secretary shall, for any person committed to a state correctional facility after July 1, 1998, inquire at the time of commitment whether the person had received outpatient mental health treatment within the two years preceding confinement and the name of the person providing the treatment. The secretary shall inqui... |
72.10.070 | Prison medical director—Qualifications. | (1) The department shall establish minimum job qualifications for the position of prison medical director in accordance with best practices. (2) A candidate for prison medical director must meet the established minimum qualifications to be considered for the position. (3) The established minimum qualifications shall be... |
72.11.010 | Definitions. | Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereafter used in this chapter shall have the following meanings: (1) "Court-ordered legal financial obligation" means a sum of money that is ordered by a superior court of the state of Washington for payment of restitutio... |
72.11.020 | Inmate funds—Legal financial obligations—Disbursal by secretary. | The secretary shall be custodian of all funds of a convicted person that are in his or her possession upon admission to a state institution, or that are sent or brought to the person, or earned by the person while in custody, or that are forwarded to the superintendent on behalf of a convicted person. All such funds sh... |
72.11.030 | Inmate accounts—Legal financial obligations—Priority—Deductions. | (1) Except as otherwise provided herein, all court-ordered legal financial obligations shall take priority over any other statutorily imposed mandatory withdrawals from inmate's accounts. (2) For those inmates who are on work release pursuant to chapter 72.65 RCW, before any legal financial obligations are withdrawn fr... |
72.16.010 | School established. | There is established at Chehalis, Lewis county, an institution which shall be known as the Green Hill school.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.16.010 . Prior: 1955 c 230 s 1 . (i) 1909 c 97 p 256 s 1; RRS s 4624. (ii) 1907 c 90 s 1 ; 1890 p 271 s 1 ; RRS s 10299.] |
72.16.020 | Purpose of school. | The said school shall be for the keeping and training of all boys between the ages of eight and eighteen years who are residents of the state of Washington and who are lawfully committed to said institution.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.16.020 . Prior: (i) 1909 c 97 p 256 s 2; RRS s 4625. (ii) 1890 p 272 s 2 ; RRS s 10300.] |
72.19.010 | Institution established—Location. | There is hereby established under the supervision and control of the secretary of children, youth, and families a correctional institution for the confinement and rehabilitation of juveniles committed by the juvenile courts to the department of children, youth, and families. Such institution shall be situated upon publ... |
72.19.020 | Rules. | The secretary of children, youth, and families may make, amend, and repeal rules for the administration of the juvenile correctional institution established by this chapter in furtherance of the provisions of this chapter and not inconsistent with law.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 709 ; 1979 c 141 s 223 ; 1961 c 183 s 4 .]
E... |
72.19.030 | Superintendent—Appointment. | The superintendent of the correctional institution established by this chapter shall be appointed by the secretary of children, youth, and families.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 s 710 ; 1983 1st ex.s. c 41 s 27 ; 1979 c 141 s 224 ; 1963 c 165 s 3 .]
Effective date — 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 ss 601-631, 701-728, and 804: See note fol... |
72.19.040 | Associate superintendents—Appointment—Acting superintendent. | The superintendent, subject to the approval of the secretary of children, youth, and families, shall appoint such associate superintendents as shall be deemed necessary. In the event the superintendent shall be absent from the institution, or during periods of illness or other situations incapacitating the superintende... |
72.19.050 | Powers and duties of superintendent. | The superintendent shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities: (1) Subject to the rules of the department of children, youth, and families, the superintendent shall have the supervision and management of the institution, of the grounds and buildings, the subordinate officers and employees, and of the ... |
72.19.060 | Male, female, juveniles—Residential housing, separation—Correctional programs, separation, combination. | The plans and construction of the juvenile correctional institution established by this chapter shall provide for adequate separation of the residential housing of the male juvenile from the female juvenile. In all other respects, the juvenile correctional programs for both boys and girls may be combined or separated a... |
72.20.001 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: "Department" means the department of social and health services; and "Secretary" means the secretary of social and health services.
[ 1981 c 136 s 98 .]
Effective date — 1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900 . |
72.20.010 | School established. | There is established at Grand Mound, Thurston county, an institution which shall be known as the Maple Lane school.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.20.010 . Prior: 1955 c 230 s 2 ; 1913 c 157 s 1 ; RRS s 4631.] |
72.20.020 | Management—Superintendent. | The government, control and business management of such school shall be vested in the secretary. The secretary shall, with the approval of the governor, appoint a suitable superintendent of said school, and shall designate the number of subordinate officers and employees to be employed, and fix their respective salarie... |
72.20.040 | Duties of superintendent. | The superintendent, subject to the direction and approval of the secretary shall: (1) Have general supervision and control of the grounds and buildings of the institution, the subordinate officers and employees, and the inmates thereof, and all matters relating to their government and discipline; (2) Make such rules, r... |
72.20.050 | Parole or discharge—Behavior credits. | The department, acting with the superintendent, shall, under a system of marks, or otherwise, fix upon a uniform plan by which girls may be paroled or discharged from the school, which system shall be subject to revision from time to time. Each girl shall be credited for personal demeanor, diligence in labor or study a... |
72.20.060 | Conditional parole—Apprehension on escape or violation of parole. | Every girl shall be entitled to a trial on parole before reaching the age of twenty years, such parole to continue for at least one year unless violated. The superintendent and resident physician, with the approval of the secretary, shall determine whether such parole has been violated. Any girl committed to the school... |
72.20.065 | Intrusion—Enticement away of girls—Interference—Penalty. | Any person who shall go upon the school grounds except on lawful business, or by consent of the superintendent, or who shall entice any girl away from the school, or who shall in any way interfere with its management or discipline, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.20.065 . Prior: 1913 c 157 s 9, part;... |
72.20.070 | Eligibility restricted. | No girl shall be received in the Maple Lane school who is not of sound mind, or who is subject to epileptic or other fits, or is not possessed of that degree of bodily health which should render her a fit subject for the discipline of the school. It shall be the duty of the court committing her to cause such girl to be... |
72.20.090 | Hiring out—Apprenticeships—Compensation. | The superintendent shall have power to place any girl under the age of eighteen years at any employment for account of the institution or the girl employed, and receive and hold the whole or any part of her wages for the benefit of the girl less the amount necessary for her board and keep, and may also, with the consen... |
72.23.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Court" means the superior court of the state of Washington. (2) "Department" means the department of social and health services. (3) "Employee" means an employee as defined in RCW 49.17.020 . (4) "Licensed... |
72.23.020 | State hospitals designated. | There are hereby permanently located and established the following state hospitals: Western state hospital at Fort Steilacoom, Pierce county; eastern state hospital at Medical Lake, Spokane county; and the child study and treatment center at Fort Steilacoom, Pierce county.
[ 2025 c 226 s 9 ; 1959 c 28 s 72.23.020 . Pri... |
72.23.025 | Eastern and western state hospitals—Primary diagnosis of mental disorder—Duties—Institutes for the study and treatment of mental disorders established. | (1) It is the intent of the legislature to improve the quality of service at state hospitals, eliminate overcrowding, and more specifically define the role of the state hospitals. The legislature intends that eastern and western state hospitals shall become clinical centers for handling the most complicated long-term c... |
72.23.027 | Integrated service delivery—Incentives to discourage inappropriate placement—Specialized care programs. | The secretary shall develop a system of more integrated service delivery, including incentives to discourage the inappropriate placement of persons with developmental disabilities, head injury, and substance abuse, at state mental hospitals and encourage their care in community settings. By December 1, 1992, the depart... |
72.23.030 | Superintendent—Powers—Direction of clinical care, exception. | The superintendent of a state hospital subject to rules of the department, shall have control of the internal government and economy of a state hospital and shall appoint and direct all subordinate officers and employees. If the superintendent is not a psychiatrist, clinical care shall be under the direction of a quali... |
72.23.035 | Background checks of prospective employees. | In consultation with law enforcement personnel, the secretary shall have the power and duty to investigate the conviction record and the protection proceeding record information under chapter 43.43 RCW of each prospective employee of a state hospital.
[ 1989 c 334 s 12 .] |
72.23.040 | Seal of hospital. | The superintendent shall provide an official seal upon which shall be inscribed the statutory name of the hospital under his or her charge and the name of the state. He or she shall affix the seal of the hospital to any notice, order of discharge, or other paper required to be given by him or her or issued.
[ 2012 c 11... |
72.23.050 | Superintendent as witness—Exemptions from military duty. | The superintendent shall not be required to attend any court as a witness in a civil or juvenile court proceedings, but parties desiring his or her testimony can take and use his or her deposition; nor shall he or she be required to attend as a witness in any criminal case, unless the court before which his or her test... |
72.23.060 | Gifts—Record—Use. | The superintendent is authorized to accept and receive from any person or organization gifts of money or personal property on behalf of the state hospital under his or her charge, or on behalf of the patients therein. The superintendent is authorized to use such money or personal property for the purposes specified by ... |
72.23.080 | Voluntary patients—Legal competency—Record. | Any person received and detained in a state hospital under chapter 71.34 RCW is deemed a voluntary patient and, except as chapter 9.41 RCW may limit the right of a person to purchase or possess a firearm or to qualify for a concealed pistol license, shall not suffer a loss of legal competency by reason of his or her ap... |
72.23.100 | Voluntary patients—Policy—Duration. | It shall be the policy of the department to permit liberal use of the foregoing sections for the admission of those cases that can be benefited by treatment and returned to normal life and mental condition, in the opinion of the superintendent, within a period of six months. No person shall be carried as a voluntary pa... |
72.23.110 | Voluntary patients—Limitation as to number. | If it becomes necessary because of inadequate facilities or staff, the department may limit applicants for voluntary admission in accordance with such rules and regulations as it may establish. The department may refuse all applicants for voluntary admission where lack of adequate facilities or staff make such action n... |
72.23.120 | Voluntary patients—Charges for hospitalization. | Payment of hospitalization charges shall not be a necessary requirement for voluntary admission: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, The department may request payment of hospitalization charges, or any portion thereof, from the patient or relatives of the patient within the following classifications: Spouse, parents, or children. Wher... |
72.23.125 | Temporary residential observation and evaluation of persons requesting treatment. | The department is directed to establish at each state hospital a procedure, including the necessary resources, to provide temporary residential observation and evaluation of persons who request treatment, unless admitted under *RCW 72.23.070 . Temporary residential observation and evaluation under this section shall be... |
72.23.130 | History of patient. | It shall be the duty of the superintendent to ascertain by diligent inquiry and correspondence, the history of each and every patient admitted to his or her hospital.
[ 2012 c 117 s 466 ; 1959 c 28 s 72.23.130 . Prior: 1951 c 139 s 40 . Formerly RCW 71.02.530 .] |
72.23.160 | Escape—Apprehension and return. | If a patient shall escape from a state hospital the superintendent shall cause immediate search to be made for him or her and return him or her to said hospital wherever found. Notice of such escape shall be given to the committing court who may issue an order of apprehension and return directed to any peace officer wi... |
72.23.170 | Escape of patient—Penalty for assisting. | Any person who procures the escape of any patient of any state hospital for the mentally ill, or institutions for psychopaths to which such patient has been lawfully committed, or who advises, connives at, aids, or assists in such escape or conceals any such escape, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished b... |
72.23.175 | Identicard—Release. | (1) The following entities must each ensure that every consenting patient possesses a valid identicard, issued by the department of licensing under chapter 46.20 RCW, prior to the individual's release from care in the applicable facility: (a) State hospitals licensed under chapter 72.23 RCW; (b) The special commitment ... |
72.23.180 | Discharge, parole, death, escape—Notice—Certificate of discharge. | Whenever a patient dies, escapes, or is paroled or discharged from a state hospital, the superintendent shall immediately notify the clerk of the court which ordered such patient's hospitalization. A copy of such notice shall be given to the next of kin or next friend of such patient if their names or addresses are kno... |
72.23.190 | Death—Report to coroner. | In the event of the sudden or mysterious death of any patient at a state hospital, not on parole or escape therefrom, such fact shall be reported by the superintendent thereof to the coroner of the county in which the death occurs.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.23.190 . Prior: 1951 c 139 s 45 . Formerly RCW 71.02.660 .] |
72.23.200 | Persons under eighteen—Confinement in adult wards. | No mentally ill person under the age of sixteen years shall be regularly confined in any ward in any state hospital which ward is designed and operated for the care of the mentally ill eighteen years of age or over. No person of the ages of sixteen and seventeen shall be placed in any such ward, when in the opinion of ... |
72.23.210 | Persons under eighteen—Special wards and attendants. | The department may designate one or more wards at one or more state hospitals as may be deemed necessary for the sole care and treatment of persons under eighteen years of age admitted thereto. Nurses and attendants for such ward or wards shall be selected for their special aptitude and sympathy with such young people,... |
72.23.230 | Patient's property—Superintendent as custodian—Management and accounting. | The superintendent of a state hospital shall be the custodian without compensation of such personal property of a patient involuntarily hospitalized therein as may come into the superintendent's possession while the patient is under the jurisdiction of the hospital. As such custodian, the superintendent shall have auth... |
72.23.240 | Patient's property—Delivery to superintendent as acquittance—Defense, indemnity. | Upon receipt of a written request signed by the superintendent stating that a designated patient of such hospital is involuntarily hospitalized therein, and that no guardian of his or her estate has been appointed, any person, bank, firm, or corporation having possession of any money, bank accounts, or choses in action... |
72.23.250 | Funds donated to patients. | The superintendent shall also have authority to receive funds for the benefit of individual patients and may disburse such funds according to the instructions of the donor of such funds.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.23.250 . Prior: 1951 c 139 s 50 . Formerly RCW 71.02.580 .] |
72.23.260 | Federal patients—Agreements authorized. | The department shall have the power, in the name of the state, to enter into contracts with any duly authorized representative of the United States government, providing for the admission to, and the separate or joint observation, maintenance, care, treatment and custody in, state hospitals of persons entitled to or re... |
72.23.280 | Nonresidents—Hospitalization. | Nonresidents of this state conveyed or coming herein while mentally ill shall not be hospitalized in a state hospital, but this prohibition shall not prevent the hospitalization and temporary care in said hospitals of such persons stricken with mental illness while traveling or temporarily sojourning in this state, or ... |
72.23.290 | Transfer of patients—Authority of transferee. | Whenever it appears to be to the best interests of the patients concerned, the department shall have the authority to transfer such patients among the various state hospitals pursuant to rules and regulations established by said department. The superintendent of a state hospital shall also have authority to transfer pa... |
72.23.300 | Bringing narcotics, intoxicating liquors, weapons, etc., into institution or its grounds prohibited—Penalty. | Any person not authorized by law so to do, who brings into any state institution for the care and treatment of mental illness or within the grounds thereof, any opium, morphine, cocaine or other narcotic, or any intoxicating liquor of any kind whatever, except for medicinal or mechanical purposes, or any firearms, weap... |
72.23.390 | Safe patient handling. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Lift team" means hospital employees specially trained to conduct patient lifts, transfers, and repositioning using lifting equipment when appropriate. (b) "Safe patient handling" means the use of eng... |
72.23.400 | Workplace safety plan. | (1) By November 1, 2000, each state hospital shall develop a plan, for implementation by January 1, 2001, to reasonably prevent and protect employees from violence at the state hospital. The plan shall be developed with input from the state hospital's safety committee, which includes representation from management, uni... |
72.23.410 | Violence prevention training. | By July 1, 2001, and at least annually thereafter, as set forth in the plan developed under RCW 72.23.400 , each state hospital shall provide violence prevention training to all its affected employees as determined by the plan. Initial training shall occur prior to assignment to a patient unit, and in addition to his o... |
72.23.420 | Record of violent acts. | Beginning no later than July 1, 2000, each state hospital shall keep a record of any violent act against an employee or a patient occurring at the state hospital. Each record shall be kept for at least five years following the act reported during which time it shall be available for inspection by the department of labo... |
72.23.430 | Noncompliance—Citation under chapter49.17RCW. | Failure of a state hospital to comply with this chapter shall subject the hospital to citation under chapter 49.17 RCW.
[ 2000 c 22 s 6 .]
Findings — 2000 c 22: See note following RCW 72.23.400 . |
72.23.440 | Technical assistance and training. | A state hospital needing assistance to comply with RCW 72.23.400 through 72.23.420 may contact the department of labor and industries for assistance. The state departments of labor and industries, social and health services, and health shall collaborate with representatives of state hospitals to develop technical assis... |
72.23.451 | Annual report to the legislature. | By September 1st of each year, the department shall report to the house committee on commerce and labor and the senate committee on commerce and trade, or successor committees, on the department's efforts to reduce violence in the state hospitals.
[ 2005 c 187 s 1 .] |
72.23.460 | Provisions applicable to hospitals governed by chapter. | The provisions of RCW 70.41.410 and 70.41.420 apply to hospitals governed by this chapter.
[ 2008 c 47 s 4 .]
Findings — Intent — 2008 c 47: See note following RCW 70.41.410 . |
72.23.900 | Construction—Purpose—1959 c 28. | The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed so that persons who are in need of care and treatment for mental illness shall receive humane care and treatment and be restored to normal mental condition as rapidly as possible with an avoidance of loss of civil rights where not necessary, and with as little... |
72.23.910 | Construction—Effect on laws relating to the criminally insane—"Insane" as used in other statutes. | Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the laws of this state relating to the criminally insane or insane inmates of penal institutions. Where the term "insane" is used in other statutes of this state its meaning shall be synonymous with mental illness as defined in this chapter.
[ 1959 c 28 s 72.23.91... |
72.23.920 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | 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 marital relationships and married person... |
72.25.010 | Deportation of aliens—Return of residents. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2632.SL ) ***
It shall be the duty of the secretary of the department of social and health services, in cooperation with the United States bureau of immigration and/or the United States department of the interior, to arrange for the deportation of all alien sexual psychopaths, psychopathic d... |
72.25.020 | Return of nonresidents—Reciprocity—Expense—Resident of this state defined. | The secretary shall also return all nonresident sexual psychopaths, psychopathic delinquents, or mentally ill persons who are now confined in or who may hereafter be committed to a state hospital for the sexual psychopath, psychopathic delinquent, or the mentally ill in this state to the states or state in which they m... |
72.25.030 | Assistance—Payment of expenses. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2632.SL ) ***
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the secretary may employ all help necessary in arranging for and transporting such alien and nonresident sexual psychopaths, psychopathic delinquents, or mentally ill persons, and the cost and expense of providing s... |
72.27.010 | Compact enacted. | The Interstate Compact on Mental Health is hereby enacted into law and entered into by this state with all other states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: The contracting states solemnly agree that: ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill ... |
72.27.020 | Secretary is compact administrator—Rules and regulations—Cooperation with other agencies. | Pursuant to said compact provided in RCW 72.27.010 , the secretary of social and health services shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. The compact a... |
72.27.030 | Supplementary agreements. | The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state... |
72.27.040 | Financial arrangements. | The compact administrator, subject to the moneys available therefor, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 26 s 4 .] |
72.27.050 | Prerequisites for transfer of person to another party state—Release or return of residents, jurisdiction, laws applicable. | No person shall be transferred to another party state pursuant to this chapter unless the compact administrator first shall have obtained either: (a) [(1)] The written consent to such transfer by the proposed transferee or by others on his or her behalf, which consent shall be executed in accordance with the requiremen... |
72.27.060 | Transmittal of copies of chapter. | Duly authorized copies of this chapter shall, upon its approval be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the administrator of general services of the United States, and the council of state governments.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 26 s 6 .] |
72.27.070 | Right to deport aliens and return residents of nonparty states preserved. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2632.SL ) ***
Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the secretary of social and health services to deport aliens and return residents of nonparty states as provided in chapter 72.25 RCW.
[ 1979 c 141 s 234 ; 1965 ex.s. c 26 s 7 .] |
72.29.010 | Multi-use facility for persons with mental or physical disabilities or mental illness—Harrison Memorial Hospital. | After the acquisition of Harrison Memorial Hospital, the department of social and health services is authorized to enter into contracts for the repair or remodeling of the hospital to the extent they are necessary and reasonable, in order to establish a multi-use facility for persons with mental or physical disabilitie... |
72.36.010 | Establishment of soldiers' home—Long-term leases. | (1) There is established at Orting, Pierce county, an institution which shall be known as the Washington soldiers' home. (2) The department is authorized to work with public or private entities on projects to make the best use of the soldiers' home property and facilities. These projects may include, but are not limite... |
72.36.020 | Appointment of administrator and director of nursing services for state veterans' homes—Licensed nursing home administrator. | The director of the department of veterans affairs shall appoint an administrator and director of nursing services for each state veterans' home. The administrator shall exercise management and control of the institution in accordance with either policies or procedures promulgated by the director of the department of v... |
72.36.030 | Admission—Applicants must apply for federal and state benefits. | All of the following persons who have been actual bona fide residents of this state at the time of their application may be admitted to a state veterans' home under rules as may be adopted by the director of the department, unless sufficient facilities and resources are not available to accommodate these people: (1)(a)... |
72.36.035 | Definitions. | For purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Actual bona fide residents of this state" means persons who have a domicile in the state of Washington immediately prior to application for admission to a state veterans' home. (2) "Department" means the Washington state department of ve... |
72.36.037 | Resident rights. | Chapter 70.129 RCW applies to this chapter and persons regulated under this chapter.
[ 1994 c 214 s 23 .]
Conflict with federal requirements — 1994 c 214: See RCW 70.129.901 . |
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