Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=71.24.045
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4006', '§ 7', '§ 421', '§ 13', '§ 12', '§ 105', '§ 8', '§ 12', '§ 5', '§ 147', '§ 5', '§ 2', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 7', '§ 4006', '§ 5', '§ 8']

RCW 71.24.045: Behavioral health organization powers and duties.
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71.24.037 << 71.24.045 >> 71.24.049
RCW 71.24.045
Behavioral health organization powers and duties.
(1) Contract as needed with licensed or certified service providers. The behavioral health organization may, in the absence of a licensed or certified service provider entity, become a licensed or certified service provider entity pursuant to minimum standards required for licensing or certification by the department for the purpose of providing services not available from licensed or certified service providers;
(2) Operate as a licensed or certified service provider if it deems that doing so is more efficient and cost effective than contracting for services. When doing so, the behavioral health organization shall comply with rules adopted by the director that shall provide measurements to determine when a behavioral health organization provided service is more efficient and cost effective;
(3) Monitor and perform biennial fiscal audits of licensed or certified service providers who have contracted with the behavioral health organization to provide services required by this chapter. The monitoring and audits shall be performed by means of a formal process which insures that the licensed or certified service providers and professionals designated in this subsection meet the terms of their contracts;
(6) Maintain patient tracking information in a central location as required for resource management services and the authority's information system;
(8) Work with the authority to expedite the enrollment or reenrollment of eligible persons leaving state or local correctional facilities and institutions for mental diseases;
(9) Work closely with the designated crisis responder to maximize appropriate placement of persons into community services;
(10) Coordinate services for individuals who have received services through the community mental health system and who become patients at a state psychiatric hospital to ensure they are transitioned into the community in accordance with mutually agreed upon discharge plans and upon determination by the medical director of the state psychiatric hospital that they no longer need intensive inpatient care; and
(11) Allow reimbursement for time spent supervising persons working toward satisfying supervision requirements established for the relevant practice areas pursuant to RCW 18.225.090.
[ 2018 c 201 § 4006; 2018 c 175 § 7; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 421; 2014 c 225 § 13; 2014 c 225 § 12; 2006 c 333 § 105; 2005 c 503 § 8; 2001 c 323 § 12; 1992 c 230 § 5. Prior: 1991 c 363 § 147; 1991 c 306 § 5; 1991 c 29 § 2; 1989 c 205 § 4; 1986 c 274 § 5; 1982 c 204 § 5.]
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2018 c 175 § 7 and by 2018 c 201 § 4006, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Effective date—1992 c 230 § 5: "Section 5 of this act shall take effect July 1, 1995." [ 1992 c 230 § 8.]