The bill creates a new section in chapter 13.40 RCW requiring the establishment of a comprehensive body scanner program at Green Hill school. Scanners must detect contraband under clothing and within body cavities and meet applicable federal radiation and safety standards. The department must adopt gender-responsive and trauma-informed policies for security screenings of employees, contractors, visitors, volunteers, inmates, and others entering the secure perimeter, with alternative search methods for minors, health‑compromised people, persons with disabilities, people who may be pregnant, and people likely to reach maximum allowable radiation dosage limits. The measure imposes operational and procedural requirements: staffing levels for custody and nursing to operate scanners and conduct follow-up searches, mandatory radiation safety and scanner operation training (only trained staff may operate or review scans), routine scanning of employees/contractors/visitors/volunteers at each entry, recordkeeping to track individual scan frequency to comply with dosage limits, and a mandate that the secretary adopt rules and policies. It requires that inmates whose scans show substance‑related contraband be assessed for substance use disorder and receive treatment when appropriate (including medication‑assisted treatment), and directs that non‑inmate persons with positive scans be disciplined according to department policy and referred to law enforcement. The department must report annually by December 1 to the governor and legislature on specified scan, contraband, confiscation, and treatment metrics. “Contraband” is defined by reference to RCW 9A.76.010 and substance use disorder treatment services are tied to Department of Health licensing or approval. This is a new statutory program and procedural law added to chapter 13.40 RCW rather than a new criminal offense or explicit penalty change; it creates operational requirements, training requirements, reporting duties, screening procedures, and treatment referral obligations. Several items are unclear from the provided text: which specific “department” and which “secretary” the section refers to, the exact new RCW section number, which federal radiation standards apply, whether the five‑year confiscation count refers specifically to Green Hill or to a broader scope, and specific definitions or criteria for “substance‑related contraband” and for disciplinary actions.

If enacted, the school at Green Hill would get a mandatory body scanner program that means almost everyone entering the secure perimeter — staff, contractors, visitors, volunteers — must be scanned each time they enter, with specially developed, trauma-informed policies and alternatives for minors, pregnant people, people with disabilities, or those who might exceed radiation limits. Practically, the department running the program will need trained operators and more custody and nursing staff to perform scans and follow-up searches, handle positive scans by disciplining and referring non-inmates to law enforcement, and provide assessments and likely increased substance use disorder treatment for inmates whose scans show substance-related contraband; the department is asked to use existing funding and equipment where possible but will face new training, staffing, and reporting work. The rules leave some important details unclear, including which specific agency and secretary must implement the program, exactly which federal radiation standards apply, and whether five-year confiscation counts refer only to Green Hill or a wider set of seizures; those unknowns affect how much new money or equipment will actually be required. Annual reporting to the governor and legislature will add administrative work and make the program’s detection rates, treatment referrals, and confiscations public, which could increase oversight and law enforcement involvement.