BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

HB 2761: Child welfare/placements

Improving placement stability for children and youth involved with child welfare services.

Summary

The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), and after July 1, 2018, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), is required to conduct an extensive family search beginning at the time a child is placed in out-of-home care.
The DSHS, and after July 1, 2018 the DCYF, is required to report efforts taken to identify relatives when filing a dependency petition and when seeking continued out-of-home placement of a child beyond 30 days.
Requires that courts give weight to the child's stability of placement, length of stay, and attachment to a long-term caregiver in determining what is in the best interest of a child during a permanency planning hearing.
Requires courts to weigh the benefits of relative placement with the stability provided by and attachment to a long-term caregiver after a child has remained in out-of-home care for one year.

From the House Bill Analysis 2018 (HB 2761), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving placement stability for children and youth involved with child welfare services;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Jan 15, 2018First reading, referred to Early Learning & Human Services (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 2761 (2019–20) Law enforcement technology · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2761 (2015–16) Alt. fuel vehicle tax credit · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2761 (2013–14) Psychiatric boarding · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2761 (2011–12) Public records disclosure · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2761 (2009–10) Dental hygienists · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2761 (2007–08) Children/families council · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2761 (2005–06) Money laundering · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 2761 (2003–04) Comm on student learning · Did not pass · died in committee