2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 26.44.230: Abuse of adolescents — Reviews and reports.

(1) The department shall review a sampling of the screening decisions by child protective services related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen on a quarterly basis through June 30, 2007. The sampling shall consist of not less than the proportionate share of the two and one-half percent of all screening decisions regularly reviewed by the department that are related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen. The sampling shall be representative of the diversity of screening decisions related to children between the ages of eleven and eighteen.

     (2) The department shall use the results of the quarterly reviews required by this section to improve practice and to improve the curriculum required by RCW 26.44.220. The department shall also report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature on the quarterly reviews required by this section on August 1, 2006, and August 1, 2007.

[2005 c 345 § 2.]