reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
WA Rev Code § 71.24.593 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.593 - Opioid use disorder treatment—Care of individuals and their newborns—Authority recommendations required.

RCW 71.24.593 Opioid use disorder treatment—Care of individuals and their newborns—Authority recommendations required.(1) Recognizing that treatment strategies and modalities for the treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder and their newborns continue to evolve, and that improved health outcomes are seen when birth parents and their infants are allowed to room together, the authority must provide recommendations to the office of financial management by October 1, 2019, to better support the care of individuals who have recently delivered and their newborns.(2) These recommendations must support:(a) Successful transition from the early postpartum and newborn period for the birth parent and infant to the next level of care;(b) Reducing the risk of parental infant separation; and(c) Increasing the chance of uninterrupted recovery of the parent and foster the development of positive parenting practices.(3) The authority's recommendations must include:(a) How these interventions could be supported in hospitals, birthing centers, or other appropriate sites of care and descriptions as to current barriers in providing these interventions;(b) Estimates of the costs needed to support this enhanced set of services; and(c) Mechanisms for funding the services.[ 2019 c 314 § 25.]NOTES:Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.595 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.595 - Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.

RCW 71.24.595 Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.(1) To achieve more medication options, the authority must work with the department and the authority's medicaid managed care organizations, to eliminate barriers and promote access to effective medications known to address opioid use disorders at state-certified opioid treatment programs. Medications include, but are not limited to: Methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone. The authority must encourage the distribution of naloxone to patients who are at risk of an opioid overdose.(2) The department, in consultation with opioid treatment program service providers and counties and cities, shall establish statewide treatment standards for licensed or certified opioid treatment programs. The department shall enforce these treatment standards. The treatment standards shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable provisions for all appropriate and necessary medical procedures, counseling requirements, urinalysis, and other suitable tests as needed to ensure compliance with this chapter.(3) The department, in consultation with opioid treatment programs and counties, shall establish statewide operating standards for certified opioid treatment programs. The department shall enforce these operating standards. The operating standards shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable provisions necessary to enable the department and counties to monitor certified or licensed opioid treatment programs for compliance with this chapter and the treatment standards authorized by this chapter and to minimize the impact of the opioid treatment programs upon the business and residential neighborhoods in which the program is located.(4) The department shall analyze and evaluate the data submitted by each treatment program and take corrective action where necessary to ensure compliance with the goals and standards enumerated under this chapter. Opioid treatment programs are subject to the oversight required for other substance use disorder treatment programs, as described in this chapter.[ 2019 c 314 § 31; 2018 c 201 § 4046; 2017 c 297 § 16; 2003 c 207 § 6; 2001 c 242 § 3; 1998 c 245 § 135; 1995 c 321 § 3; 1989 c 270 § 22. Formerly RCW 70.96A.420.]NOTES:Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Contingent effective date—2017 c 297 §§ 14 and 16: See note following RCW 71.24.590.Findings—Intent—2017 c 297: See note following RCW 18.22.800.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.597 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.597 - Opioid overdose reversal medication—Coordinated purchasing and distribution.

RCW 71.24.597 Opioid overdose reversal medication—Coordinated purchasing and distribution.By October 1, 2019, the authority must work with the department, the accountable communities of health, and community stakeholders to develop a plan for the coordinated purchasing and distribution of opioid overdose reversal medication across the state of Washington. The plan must be developed in consultation with the University of Washington's alcohol and drug abuse institute and community agencies participating in the federal demonstration grant titled Washington state project to prevent prescription drug or opioid overdose.[ 2019 c 314 § 32.]NOTES:Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.598 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.598 - Drug overdose response team.

RCW 71.24.598 Drug overdose response team.(1) The department, in coordination with the authority, must develop a strategy to rapidly deploy a response team to a local community identified as having a high number of fentanyl-related or other drug overdoses by the local emergency management system, hospital emergency department, local health jurisdiction, law enforcement agency, or surveillance data. The response team must provide technical assistance and other support to the local health jurisdiction, health care clinics, hospital emergency departments, substance use disorder treatment providers, and other community-based organizations, and are expected to increase the local capacity to provide medication-assisted treatment and overdose education.(2) The department and the authority must reduce barriers and promote medication treatment therapies for opioid use disorder in emergency departments and same-day referrals to opioid treatment programs, substance use disorder treatment facilities, and community-based medication treatment prescribers for individuals experiencing an overdose.[ 2019 c 314 § 33.]NOTES:Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.599 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.599 - Opioid use disorder—City and county jails—Funding.

RCW 71.24.599 Opioid use disorder—City and county jails—Funding.(1) Subject to funds appropriated by the legislature, or approval of a section 1115 demonstration waiver from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, to fund opioid treatment medications for persons eligible for medicaid at or during the time of incarceration and juvenile detention facilities, the authority shall establish a methodology for distributing funds to city and county jails to provide medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder to individuals in the custody of the facility in any status. The authority must prioritize funding for the services required in (a) of this subsection. To the extent that funding is provided, city and county jails must:(a) Provide medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder to individuals in the custody of the facility, in any status, who were receiving medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder through a legally authorized medical program or by a valid prescription immediately before incarceration; and(b) Provide medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder to incarcerated individuals not less than thirty days before release when treatment is determined to be medically appropriate by a health care practitioner.(2) City and county jails must make reasonable efforts to directly connect incarcerated individuals receiving medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder to an appropriate provider or treatment site in the geographic region in which the individual will reside before release. If a connection is not possible, the facility must document its efforts in the individual's record.[ 2019 c 314 § 34.]NOTES:Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.600 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.600 - Inability to contribute to cost of services no bar to admission—Authority may limit admissions for nonmedicaid clients.

RCW 71.24.600 Inability to contribute to cost of services no bar to admission—Authority may limit admissions for nonmedicaid clients.The authority shall not refuse admission for diagnosis, evaluation, guidance[,] or treatment to any applicant because it is determined that the applicant is financially unable to contribute fully or in part to the cost of any services or facilities available under the community behavioral health program.For nonmedicaid clients, through its contracts with the behavioral health administrative services organizations, the authority may limit admissions of such applicants or modify its programs in order to ensure that expenditures for services or programs do not exceed amounts appropriated by the legislature and are allocated by the authority for such services or programs. For nonmedicaid clients, the authority may establish admission priorities in the event that the number of eligible applicants exceeds the limits set by the authority.[ 2019 c 325 § 1041; 2018 c 201 § 4047. Prior: 1989 c 271 § 308; 1959 c 85 § 15. Formerly RCW 70.96A.430, 70.96.150.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Severability—1989 c 271: See note following RCW 9.94A.510.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.605 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.605 - Fetal alcohol screening and assessment services.

RCW 71.24.605 Fetal alcohol screening and assessment services.The authority shall contract with the University of Washington fetal alcohol syndrome clinic to provide fetal alcohol exposure screening and assessment services. The University indirect charges shall not exceed ten percent of the total contract amount. The contract shall require the University of Washington fetal alcohol syndrome clinic to provide the following services:(1) Training for health care staff in community-based fetal alcohol exposure clinics to ensure the accurate diagnosis of individuals with fetal alcohol exposure and the development and implementation of appropriate service referral plans;(2) Development of written or visual educational materials for the individuals diagnosed with fetal alcohol exposure and their families or caregivers;(3) Systematic information retrieval from each community clinic to (a) maintain diagnostic accuracy and reliability across all community clinics, (b) facilitate the development of effective and efficient screening tools for population-based identification of individuals with fetal alcohol exposure, (c) facilitate identification of the most clinically efficacious and cost-effective educational, social, vocational, and health service interventions for individuals with fetal alcohol exposure;(4) Based on available funds, establishment of a network of community-based fetal alcohol exposure clinics across the state to meet the demand for fetal alcohol exposure diagnostic and referral services; and(5) Preparation of an annual report for submission to the authority, the department of health, the department of social and health services, the department of corrections, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction which includes the information retrieved under subsection (3) of this section.[ 2018 c 201 § 4048; 1998 c 245 § 136; 1995 c 54 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.96A.500.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Findings—Purpose—1995 c 54: "The legislature finds that fetal alcohol exposure is among the leading known causes of mental retardation in the children of our state. The legislature further finds that individuals with undiagnosed fetal alcohol exposure suffer substantially from secondary disabilities such as child abuse and neglect, separation from families, multiple foster placements, depression, aggression, school failure, juvenile detention, and job instability. These secondary disabilities come at a high cost to the individuals, their family, and society. The legislature finds that these problems can be reduced substantially by early diagnosis and receipt of appropriate, effective intervention.The purpose of this act is to support current public and private efforts directed at the early identification of and intervention into the problems associated with fetal alcohol exposure through the creation of a fetal alcohol exposure clinical network." [ 1995 c 54 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 71.24.610 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.610 - Interagency agreement on fetal alcohol exposure programs.

RCW 71.24.610 Interagency agreement on fetal alcohol exposure programs.The authority, the department of social and health services, the department of health, the department of corrections, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall execute an interagency agreement to ensure the coordination of identification, prevention, and intervention programs for children who have fetal alcohol exposure, and for women who are at high risk of having children with fetal alcohol exposure.The interagency agreement shall provide a process for community advocacy groups to participate in the review and development of identification, prevention, and intervention programs administered or contracted for by the agencies executing this agreement.[ 2018 c 201 § 4049; 1995 c 54 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.96A.510.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Findings—Purpose—1995 c 54: See note following RCW 71.24.605.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.615 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.615 - Chemical dependency treatment expenditures—Prioritization.

RCW 71.24.615 Chemical dependency treatment expenditures—Prioritization.The authority shall prioritize expenditures for treatment provided under RCW 13.40.165. The authority shall provide funds for inpatient and outpatient treatment providers that are the most successful, using the standards developed by the University of Washington under section 27, chapter 338, Laws of 1997. The authority may consider variations between the nature of the programs provided and clients served but must provide funds first for those programs that demonstrate the greatest success in treatment within categories of treatment and the nature of the persons receiving treatment.[ 2018 c 201 § 4050; 2003 c 207 § 7; 1997 c 338 § 28. Formerly RCW 70.96A.520.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Finding—Evaluation—Report—1997 c 338: See note following RCW 13.40.0357.Severability—Effective dates—1997 c 338: See notes following RCW 5.60.060.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.625 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.625 - Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.

RCW 71.24.625 Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.The authority shall ensure that the provisions of this chapter are applied by behavioral health administrative services organizations and managed care organizations in a consistent and uniform manner. The authority shall also ensure that, to the extent possible within available funds, the designated crisis responders are specifically trained in adolescent substance use disorder issues, the substance use disorder commitment laws, and the criteria for commitment.[ 2019 c 325 § 1042; 2018 c 201 § 4052; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 521; 1992 c 205 § 306. Formerly RCW 70.96A.905.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.Part headings not law—Severability—1992 c 205: See notes following RCW 13.40.010.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.630 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.630 - Integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders.

RCW 71.24.630 Integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders.(1) The authority shall maintain an integrated and comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders and co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.(a) The process adopted shall include, at a minimum:(i) An initial screening tool that can be used by intake personnel systemwide and which will identify the most common types of co-occurring disorders;(ii) An assessment process for those cases in which assessment is indicated that provides an appropriate degree of assessment for most situations, which can be expanded for complex situations;(iii) Identification of triggers in the screening that indicate the need to begin an assessment;(iv) Identification of triggers after or outside the screening that indicate a need to begin or resume an assessment;(v) The components of an assessment process and a protocol for determining whether part or all of the assessment is necessary, and at what point; and(vi) Emphasis that the process adopted under this section is to replace and not to duplicate existing intake, screening, and assessment tools and processes.(b) The authority shall consider existing models, including those already adopted by other states, and to the extent possible, adopt an established, proven model.(c) The integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process shall be implemented statewide by all substance use disorder and mental health treatment providers and designated crisis responders.(2) The authority shall provide for adequate training to effect statewide implementation and, upon request, shall report the rates of co-occurring disorders [and] the stage of screening or assessment at which the co-occurring disorder was identified to the appropriate committees of the legislature.(3) The authority shall establish performance-based contracts with managed care organizations and behavioral health administrative services organizations and implement the integrated screening and assessment process.[ 2019 c 325 § 1043; 2018 c 201 § 4053; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 513; 2014 c 225 § 77; 2005 c 504 § 601. Formerly RCW 70.96C.010.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.Effective date—2014 c 225: See note following RCW 71.24.016.Findings—Intent—Severability—Application—Construction—Captions, part headings, subheadings not law—Adoption of rules—Effective dates—2005 c 504: See notes following RCW 71.05.027.Alphabetization—Correction of references—2005 c 504: See note following RCW 71.05.020.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.640 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.640 - Standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities.

RCW 71.24.640 Standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities.The secretary shall license or certify evaluation and treatment facilities that meet state minimum standards. The standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities by the department must include standards relating to maintenance of good physical and mental health and other services to be afforded persons pursuant to this chapter and chapters 71.05 and 71.34 RCW, and must otherwise assure the effectuation of the purposes of these chapters.[ 2018 c 201 § 4054; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 507.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.645 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.645 - Standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units.

RCW 71.24.645 Standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units.The secretary shall license or certify crisis stabilization units that meet state minimum standards. The standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units by the department must include standards that:(1) Permit location of the units at a jail facility if the unit is physically separate from the general population of the jail;(2) Require administration of the unit by mental health professionals who direct the stabilization and rehabilitation efforts; and(3) Provide an environment affording security appropriate with the alleged criminal behavior and necessary to protect the public safety.[ 2018 c 201 § 4055; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 508.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.647 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.647 - Standards for certification or licensure of triage facilities.

RCW 71.24.647 Standards for certification or licensure of triage facilities.The secretary shall license or certify triage facilities that meet state minimum standards. The standards for certification or licensure of triage facilities by the department must include standards related to the ability to assess and stabilize an individual or determine the need for involuntary commitment of an individual.[ 2018 c 201 § 4056.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.