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(3) Staff support for the task force must be provided by the 1 office of the attorney general. 2 (4)(a) Legislative members of the task force may be reimbursed 3 for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120. Except as 4 provided in (b) of this subsection, nonlegislative members are not 5 entitled to be reimbursed for travel expenses if they are elected 6 officials or are participating on behalf of an employer, governmental 7 entity, or other organization. Any reimbursement for other 8 nonlegislative members is subject to chapter 43.03 RCW. 9 (b) Nonlegislative members of the task force who demonstrate 10 financial hardship must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided 11 in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, as well as other expenses as needed 12 for each day a nonlegislative task force member attends a task force 13 meeting to provide consultative assistance. 14 (5) The expenses of the task force must be paid jointly by the 15 senate and the house of representatives. Task force expenditures are 16 subject to approval by the senate facilities and operations committee 17 and the house executive rules committee, or their successor 18 committees. 19 (6) The task force shall review the following issues: 20 (a) The adequacy of standards adopted and used by jails 21 including, but not limited to, standards for conditions and 22 operations, inspections, enforcement, and oversight; 23 (b) Current data on jails in the state including, but not limited 24 to, square footage of living space per individual, jail capacity, 25 average daily population over the previous five years, medical and 26 dental services, mental health services, treatment programming 27 options, accreditation status, use of force incidents over the 28 previous five years, and in-custody deaths and the causes of those 29 deaths; 30 (c) How the jails in the state compare to jail standards and 31 practices in other states regarding safety and physical conditions; 32 health and welfare; access to medical, mental health, dental care, 33 and substance use disorder treatment; food quality and quantity; use 34 of force; use of solitary confinement; and recreational activities 35 and programming; 36 (d) The revenue sources and funding mechanisms used by other 37 states to pay for local jails and the kinds of services that are 38 provided to inmates in jails in other states, including identifying 39 the entity that is responsible for financing those services; 40 p. 681 ESSB 5187.SL