71.24.460 - Offenders with mental illnesses -- Report to legislature -- Contingent termination of program.

Offenders with mental illnesses — Report to legislature — Contingent termination of program.

The department, in collaboration with the department of corrections and the oversight committee created in RCW 71.24.455, shall track outcomes and submit to the legislature annual reports regarding services and outcomes. The reports shall include the following: (1) A statistical analysis regarding the reoffense and reinstitutionalization rate by the enrollees in the program set forth in RCW 71.24.455; (2) a quantitative description of the services provided in the program set forth in RCW 71.24.455; and (3) recommendations for any needed modifications in the services and funding levels to increase the effectiveness of the program set forth in RCW 71.24.455. By December 1, 2003, the department shall certify the reoffense rate for enrollees in the program authorized by RCW 71.24.455 to the office of financial management and the appropriate legislative committees. If the reoffense rate exceeds fifteen percent, the authorization for the department to conduct the program under RCW 71.24.455 is terminated on January 1, 2004.

[1999 c 10 § 13; 1997 c 342 § 4.]

Notes: Purpose -- Intent -- 1999 c 10: See note following RCW 71.24.025.

Severability -- 1997 c 342: See note following RCW 71.24.450.