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Senate committee hears bill to require legislative access to state correctional, juvenile and psychiatric facilities; DOC cites safety and staffing concerns
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee on Jan. 28 took testimony on Senate Bill 5342, which would require DOC, DCYF and DSHS to provide legislators access to state-run facilities within 48 hours of written request.
The Senate Human Services Committee held a public hearing Jan. 28 on Senate Bill 5342, which would require the Department of Corrections (DOC), Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) and Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide access to facilities they operate when requested in writing by an elected legislator.
Will Tronson, committee staff, summarized the bill and its scope. “Senate Bill 5342 requires the Department of Corrections, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, or the Department of Social and Health Services to provide access to a facility or institution when any currently elected member of the legislature requests,” Tronson said, and added the bill would require responses within 48 hours of receipt of such requests and set submission to each department’s legislative affairs office.
Jason Bennett, senior director of…
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