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SENATE BILL 5318
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senators Kauffman, Nobles, Orwall, and C. Wilson; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Read first time 01/17/25. Referred to Committee on Human Services.
AN ACT Relating to fingerprint-based background checks; and reenacting and amending RCW 43.43.837 .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.43.837 and 2023 c 437 s 1 and 2023 c 223 s 3 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) In order to determine (( the )) an applicant's character, competence, and suitability (( of any applicant or service provider to have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults, children, or juveniles, the secretary of the department of social and health services shall require the )) for working unsupervised as a department of social and health services or department of children, youth, and families long-term care service provider, direct care worker, child placement provider, individuals over 16 years old living in home of child placement provider, individuals over 16 years old living in home of companion home provider, high-risk provider, residential habilitation center worker, transitional care facility worker, or a contracted home and community-based service provider, the applicant shall be fingerprinted.