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13.32A.125 Temporary out-of-home placement in semi-secure crisis residential center.

WA Rev Code § 13.32A.125 (2019) (N/A)
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RCW 13.32A.125 Temporary out-of-home placement in semi-secure crisis residential center.

In approving a petition under this chapter, a child may be placed in a semi-secure crisis residential center as a temporary out-of-home placement under the following conditions: (1) No other suitable out-of-home placement is available; (2) space is available in the semi-secure crisis residential center; and (3) no child will be denied access for a five-day placement due to this placement.

Any child referred to a semi-secure crisis residential center by a law enforcement officer, the department, or himself or herself shall have priority over a temporary out-of-home placement in the facility. Any out-of-home placement order shall be subject to this priority, and the administrator of the semi-secure crisis residential center shall transfer the temporary out-of-home placement youth to a new out-of-home placement as necessary to ensure access for youth needing the semi-secure crisis residential center.

[ 1995 c 312 § 44.]

NOTES:

Short title—1995 c 312: See note following RCW 13.32A.010.

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