2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - STATE GOVERNMENT — EXECUTIVE
43.235 Domestic violence fatality review panels.
43.235.020 Coordination of review -- Authority of coordinating entity -- Regional and statewide domestic violence fatality review panels -- Citizen requests.

RCW 43.235.020 Coordination of review — Authority of coordinating entity — Regional and statewide domestic violence fatality review panels — Citizen requests.

(1) Subject to the availability of state funds, the department shall contract with an entity with expertise in domestic violence policy and education and with a statewide perspective to coordinate review of domestic violence fatalities. The coordinating entity shall be authorized to:

     (a) Convene regional review panels;

     (b) Convene statewide issue-specific review panels;

     (c) Gather information for use of regional or statewide issue-specific review panels;

     (d) Provide training and technical assistance to regional or statewide issue-specific review panels;

     (e) Compile information and issue reports with recommendations; and

     (f) Establish a protocol that may be used as a guideline for identifying domestic violence related fatalities, forming review panels, convening reviews, and selecting which cases to review. The coordinating entity may also establish protocols for data collection and preservation of confidentiality.

     (2)(a) The coordinating entity may convene a regional or statewide issue-specific domestic violence fatality review panel to review any domestic violence fatality.

     (b) Private citizens may request a review of a particular death by submitting a written request to the coordinating entity within two years of the death. Of these, the appropriate regional review panel may review those cases which fit the criteria set forth in the protocol for the project.

[2011 c 105 § 1; 2000 c 50 § 2.]