Youth adjudicated/sentenced by tribal court—Department may provide residential custody services in state juvenile rehabilitation facility—Contract between department and tribe.
(1) The department may provide residential custody services in a state juvenile rehabilitation facility to youth adjudicated and sentenced by a court of any federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state of Washington, pursuant to a contract between the department and the tribe that is entered into in compliance with the interlocal cooperation act, chapter
39.34 RCW.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Residential custody services" means a comprehensive program established pursuant to RCW
72.05.130 for the custody, care, education, treatment, instruction, guidance, control, and rehabilitation of youth committed to a state juvenile rehabilitation facility.
(b) "State juvenile rehabilitation facility" means an institution as defined in *RCW
13.40.020(13), a community facility as defined in RCW
72.05.020(1), or other juvenile rehabilitation facility operated by the department.
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW
13.40.020 was amended by 2021 c 328 s 5, changing subsection (13) to subsection (14), effective January 1, 2022.