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WA Rev Code § 71.24.648 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.648 - Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities.

RCW 71.24.648 Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities.The secretary shall license or certify intensive behavioral health treatment facilities that meet state minimum standards. The secretary must establish rules working with the authority and the department of social and health services to create standards for licensure or certification of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities. The rules, at a minimum, must:(1) Clearly define clinical eligibility criteria in alignment with how "intensive behavioral health treatment facility" is defined in RCW 71.24.025;(2) Require twenty-four hour supervision of residents;(3) Establish staffing requirements that provide an appropriate response to the acuity of the residents, including a clinical team and a high staff to patient ratio;(4) Establish requirements for the ability to provide services and an appropriate level of care to individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The requirements must include staffing and training;(5) Require access to regular psychosocial rehabilitation services including, but not limited to, skills training in daily living activities, social interaction, behavior management, impulse control, and self-management of medications;(6) Establish requirements for the ability to use limited egress;(7) Limit services to persons at least eighteen years of age; and(8) Establish resident rights that are substantially similar to the rights of residents in long-term care facilities.[ 2019 c 324 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 324: "The legislature finds that there is a need for additional bed capacity and services for individuals with behavioral health needs. The legislature further finds that for many individuals, it is best for them to receive treatment in their communities and in smaller facilities that help them stay closer to home. The legislature further finds that the state hospitals are struggling to keep up with rising demand; there are challenges to finding appropriate placements for patients ready to discharge, and there are a shortage of appropriate facilities for individuals with complex behavioral health needs.Therefore, the legislature intends to provide more options in the continuum of care for behavioral health clients by creating new facility types and by expanding the capacity of current provider types in the community." [ 2019 c 324 § 1.]Mental health drop-in center services pilot program—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.649.Report—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 70.38.111.Recommendations—Residential intensive behavioral health and developmental disability services—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 74.39A.030.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.650 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.650 - Standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse.

RCW 71.24.650 Standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse.The secretary shall license or certify clubhouses that meet state minimum standards. The standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse by the department must at a minimum include:(1) The facilities may be peer-operated and must be recovery-focused;(2) Members and employees must work together;(3) Members must have the opportunity to participate in all the work of the clubhouse, including administration, research, intake and orientation, outreach, hiring, training and evaluation of staff, public relations, advocacy, and evaluation of clubhouse effectiveness;(4) Members and staff and ultimately the clubhouse director must be responsible for the operation of the clubhouse, central to this responsibility is the engagement of members and staff in all aspects of clubhouse operations;(5) Clubhouse programs must be comprised of structured activities including but not limited to social skills training, vocational rehabilitation, employment training and job placement, and community resource development;(6) Clubhouse programs must provide in-house educational programs that significantly utilize the teaching and tutoring skills of members and assist members by helping them to take advantage of adult education opportunities in the community;(7) Clubhouse programs must focus on strengths, talents, and abilities of its members;(8) The work-ordered day may not include medication clinics, day treatment, or other therapy programs within the clubhouse.[ 2018 c 201 § 4057; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 509.]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 § 71.24.660 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.660 - Recovery residences—Referrals by licensed or certified service providers.

RCW 71.24.660 Recovery residences—Referrals by licensed or certified service providers.Beginning January 1, 2023, a licensed or certified service provider may not refer a client who is appropriate for housing in a recovery residence, to support the client's recovery from a substance use disorder, to a recovery residence that is not included in the registry of approved recovery residences maintained by the authority under RCW 41.05.760. This section does not otherwise limit the discharge or referral options available for a person in recovery from a substance use disorder to any other appropriate placements or services.[ 2019 c 264 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—2019 c 264: See note following RCW 41.05.760.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.665 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.665 - Psychiatric treatment, evaluation, and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives—Report by authority.

RCW 71.24.665 Psychiatric treatment, evaluation, and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives—Report by authority.(1) The authority shall provide an annual report on psychiatric treatment and evaluation and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives starting on October 1, 2020. The report shall be available for review by the tribes, urban Indian health programs, and the American Indian health commission for Washington state.(2) Indian health care providers shall be included in any bed tracking system created by the authority.[ 2020 c 256 § 307.]
WA Rev Code § 71.24.700 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.700 - Long-term inpatient care and mental health placements—Contracting with community hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities.

RCW 71.24.700 Long-term inpatient care and mental health placements—Contracting with community hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities.(1) The authority and the entities identified in *RCW 71.24.310 and 71.24.380 shall: (a) Work with willing community hospitals licensed under chapters 70.41 and 71.12 RCW and evaluation and treatment facilities licensed or certified under chapter 71.05 RCW to assess their capacity to become licensed or certified to provide long-term inpatient care and to meet the requirements of this chapter; and (b) enter into contracts and payment arrangements with such hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities choosing to provide long-term mental health placements, to the extent that willing licensed or certified facilities are available.(2) Nothing in this section requires any community hospital or evaluation and treatment facility to be licensed or certified to provide long-term mental health placements.[ 2019 c 324 § 6.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 71.24.310 was repealed by 2019 c 325 § 6004, effective January 1, 2020.Findings—Intent—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.648.Mental health drop-in center services pilot program—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.649.Report—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 70.38.111.Recommendations—Residential intensive behavioral health and developmental disability services—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 74.39A.030.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.715 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.715 - Reentry services—Waiver application.

RCW 71.24.715 Reentry services—Waiver application.(1) The health care authority shall apply for a waiver allowing the state to provide medicaid services to persons who are confined in a correctional institution as defined in RCW 9.94.049 or confined in a state hospital or other treatment facility up to 30 days prior to the person's release or discharge to the community. The purpose is to create continuity of care and provide reentry services.(2) The health care authority shall consult with the work group established under RCW 71.24.710 about how to optimize the waiver application and its chance of success, including by limiting its scope if deemed appropriate.(3) The health care authority shall inform the governor and relevant committees of the legislature in writing when the waiver application is submitted and update them as to progress of the waiver at appropriate points.(4) No provision of this section may be interpreted to require the health care authority to provide medicaid services to persons who are confined in a correctional institution, state hospital, or other treatment facility up to 30 days prior to the person's release or discharge unless the health care authority obtains final approval for its waiver application from the centers for medicare and medicaid services.[ 2021 c 243 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—2021 c 243: See note following RCW 74.09.670.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.720 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.720 - Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.

RCW 71.24.720 Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.The authority shall coordinate with the department of social and health services to offer contracts to community behavioral health agencies to support the nonmedicaid costs entailed in fulfilling the agencies' role as transition team members for a person recommended for conditional release to a less restrictive alternative under RCW 10.77.150, or for a person who qualifies for multidisciplinary transition team services under RCW 71.05.320(6)(a)(i). The authority may establish requirements, provide technical assistance, and provide training as appropriate and within available funding.[ 2021 c 263 § 18.]NOTES:Application—2021 c 263: See note following RCW 10.77.150.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.845 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.845 - Transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations—Uniform transfer agreement.

RCW 71.24.845 Transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations—Uniform transfer agreement.The authority, in consultation with the established behavioral health administrative services organizations, shall develop a uniform transfer agreement to govern the transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations, taking into account the needs of the regional service area.[ 2019 c 325 § 1044; 2014 c 225 § 46; 2013 c 230 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.Effective date—2014 c 225: See note following RCW 71.24.016.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.850 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.850 - Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.

RCW 71.24.850 Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.(1) By December 1, 2018, the department of social and health services and the authority shall report to the governor and the legislature regarding the preparedness of each regional service area to provide mental health services, chemical dependency services, and medical care services to medicaid clients under a fully integrated managed care health system.(2) By January 1, 2020, the community behavioral health program must be fully integrated in a managed care health system that provides mental health services, chemical dependency services, and medical care services to medicaid clients.[ 2018 c 201 § 4060; 2014 c 225 § 8.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.852 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.852 - Intensive behavioral health treatment facilities—Resident rights and access to ombuds services—Recommendations to governor and legislature.

RCW 71.24.852 Intensive behavioral health treatment facilities—Resident rights and access to ombuds services—Recommendations to governor and legislature.By December 1, 2019, the secretary of health, in consultation with the department of social and health services, the department of commerce, the long-term care ombuds, and relevant stakeholders must provide recommendations to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature on providing resident rights and access to ombuds services to the residents of the intensive behavioral health treatment facilities.[ 2019 c 324 § 4.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.648.Mental health drop-in center services pilot program—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.649.Report—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 70.38.111.Recommendations—Residential intensive behavioral health and developmental disability services—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 74.39A.030.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.855 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.855 - Finding—Intent—State hospitals.

RCW 71.24.855 Finding—Intent—State hospitals.The legislature finds that the growing demand for state hospital beds has strained the state's capacity to meet the demand while providing for a sufficient workforce to operate the state hospitals safely. It is the intent of the legislature that the executive and legislative branches work collaboratively to maximize access to, safety of, and the therapeutic role of the state hospitals to best serve patients while ensuring the safety of patients and employees.[ 2016 sp.s. c 37 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 71.24.861 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.861 - Behavioral health system coordination committee.

RCW 71.24.861 Behavioral health system coordination committee.(1) The legislature finds that ongoing coordination between state agencies, the counties, and the behavioral health administrative services organizations is necessary to coordinate the behavioral health system. To this end, the authority shall establish a committee to meet quarterly to address systemic issues.(2) The committee established in subsection (1) of this section must be convened by the authority, meet quarterly, and include representatives from:(a) The authority;(b) The department of social and health services;(c) The department;(d) The office of the governor;(e) One representative from the behavioral health administrative services organization per regional service area; and(f) One county representative per regional service area.[ 2019 c 325 § 1047.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.872 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.872 - Regulatory parity between primary care and behavioral health care settings—Initial documentation requirements for patients—Administrative burdensomeness.

RCW 71.24.872 Regulatory parity between primary care and behavioral health care settings—Initial documentation requirements for patients—Administrative burdensomeness.(1) The legislature finds that behavioral health integration requires parity in the approach to regulation between primary care providers and behavioral health agencies.(2) Neither the authority nor the department may provide initial documentation requirements for patients receiving care in a behavioral health agency, either in contract or rule, which are substantially more administratively burdensome to complete than initial documentation requirements in primary care settings, unless such documentation is required by federal law or to receive federal funds.[ 2019 c 325 § 5032.]NOTES:Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.893 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.893 - National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy steering committee.

RCW 71.24.893 National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy steering committee. (Expires July 1, 2023.)(1) The steering committee of the crisis response improvement strategy committee established under RCW 71.24.892 must monitor and make recommendations related to the funding of crisis response services out of the account created in RCW 82.86.050. The crisis response improvement strategy steering committee must analyze:(a) The projected expenditures from the account created under RCW 82.86.050, taking into account call volume, utilization projections, and other operational impacts;(b) The costs of providing statewide coverage of mobile rapid response crisis teams or other behavioral health first responder services recommended by the crisis response improvement strategy committee, based on 988 crisis hotline utilization and taking into account existing state and local funding;(c) Potential options to reduce the tax imposed in RCW 82.86.020, given the expected level of costs related to infrastructure development and operational support of the 988 crisis hotline and crisis call center hubs; and(d) The viability of providing funding for in-person mobile rapid response crisis services or other behavioral health first responder services recommended by the crisis response improvement strategy committee funded from the account created in RCW 82.86.050, given the expected revenues to the account and the level of expenditures required under (a) of this subsection.(2) If the steering committee finds that funding in-person mobile rapid response crisis services or other behavioral health first responder services recommended by the crisis response improvement strategy committee is viable from the account given the level of expenditures necessary to support the infrastructure development and operational support of the 988 crisis hotline and crisis call center hubs, the steering committee must analyze options for the location and composition of such services given need and available resources with the requirement that funds from the account supplement, not supplant, existing behavioral health crisis funding.(3) The work of the steering committee under this section must be facilitated by the behavioral health institute at Harborview medical center through its contract with the office of financial management under RCW 71.24.892 with assistance provided by staff from senate committee services, the office of program research, and the office of financial management.(4) The steering committee shall submit preliminary recommendations to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 2022, and final recommendations to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 2023.(5) This section expires on July 1, 2023.[ 2021 c 302 § 104.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 302: See note following RCW 71.24.890.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.894 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.894 - National 988 system—Department reporting—Audit.

RCW 71.24.894 National 988 system—Department reporting—Audit.(1) The department and authority shall provide an annual report regarding the usage of the 988 crisis hotline, call outcomes, and the provision of crisis services inclusive of mobile rapid response crisis teams and crisis stabilization services. The report shall be submitted to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature each November beginning in 2023. The report shall include information on the fund deposits and expenditures of the account created in RCW 82.86.050.(2) The department and authority shall coordinate with the department of revenue, and any other agency that is appropriated funding under the account created in RCW 82.86.050, to develop and submit information to the federal communications commission required for the completion of fee accountability reports pursuant to the national suicide hotline designation act of 2020.(3) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall schedule an audit to begin after the full implementation of chapter 302, Laws of 2021, to provide transparency as to how funds from the statewide 988 behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention line account have been expended, and to determine whether funds used to provide acute behavioral health, crisis outreach, and stabilization services are being used to supplement services identified as baseline services in the comprehensive analysis provided under RCW 71.24.892, or to supplant baseline services. The committee shall provide a report by November 1, 2027, which includes recommendations as to the adequacy of the funding provided to accomplish the intent of the act and any other recommendations for alteration or improvement.[ 2021 c 302 § 105.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 302: See note following RCW 71.24.890.
WA Rev Code § 71.24.896 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 71 - Mental Illness|Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.|71.24.896 - National 988 system—Duties owed to public—Independent contractors.

RCW 71.24.896 National 988 system—Duties owed to public—Independent contractors.(1) When acting in their statutory capacities pursuant to chapter 302, Laws of 2021, the state, department, authority, state enhanced 911 coordination office, emergency management division, military department, any other state agency, and their officers, employees, and agents are deemed to be carrying out duties owed to the public in general and not to any individual person or class of persons separate and apart from the public. Nothing contained in chapter 302, Laws of 2021 may be construed to evidence a legislative intent that the duties to be performed by the state, department, authority, state enhanced 911 coordination office, emergency management division, military department, any other state agency, and their officers, employees, and agents, as required by chapter 302, Laws of 2021, are owed to any individual person or class of persons separate and apart from the public in general.(2) Each crisis call center hub designated by the department under any contract or agreement pursuant to chapter 302, Laws of 2021 shall be deemed to be an independent contractor, separate and apart from the department and the state.[ 2021 c 302 § 108.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2021 c 302: See note following RCW 71.24.890.