RCW 74.13B.050: Express mandate.

(1) To achieve the service delivery improvements and efficiencies intended in RCW 74.13B.005 , 74.13B.020 , 74.13B.030 , and 74.13B.060 and in *RCW 74.13.370 , and pursuant to **RCW 41.06.142 (3), contracting with network administrators to provide services needed by children and families in the child welfare system, pursuant to RCW 74.13B.020 and 74.13B.030 , and execution and monitoring of individual provider contracts, pursuant to RCW 74.13B.020 , are expressly mandated by the legislature and are not subject to the processes set forth in **RCW 41.06.142 (1), (4), and (5). (2) The express mandate in subsection (1) of this section is limited to those services and activities provided in RCW 74.13B.020 and 74.13B.030 . If the department includes services customarily and historically performed by department employees in the classified service in a procurement for network administrators that exceeds the scope of services or activities provided in RCW 74.13B.020 and 74.13B.030 , such contracting is not specifically mandated and will be subject to all applicable contractual and legal obligations.