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Chapter 71.24 RCW

COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT

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(Formerly: Community mental health services act)

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HTMLPDF 71.24.011Short title.
HTMLPDF 71.24.015Legislative intent—Community behavioral health system.
HTMLPDF 71.24.016Intent—Management of services—Work group on long-term involuntary inpatient care integration.
HTMLPDF 71.24.025Definitions.
HTMLPDF 71.24.030Grants, purchasing of services, for community behavioral health programs.
HTMLPDF 71.24.035Director's powers and duties as state behavioral health authority.
HTMLPDF 71.24.037Licensed or certified behavioral health agencies—Minimum standards—Inspections.
HTMLPDF 71.24.038Investigations and inspections—Violations—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 71.24.045Behavioral health administrative services organization powers and duties.
HTMLPDF 71.24.061Children's mental health provider networks—Children's mental health evidence-based practice institute—Partnership access line pilot programs—Report to legislature.
HTMLPDF 71.24.062Psychiatry consultation line—Implementation.
HTMLPDF 71.24.063Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Data collection.
HTMLPDF 71.24.064Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Funding—Performance measures.
HTMLPDF 71.24.066Partnership access line pilot programs—Determination to be made permanent—Long-term funding.
HTMLPDF 71.24.067Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Review.
HTMLPDF 71.24.068Telebehavioral health access account.
HTMLPDF 71.24.100County-run behavioral health administrative services organizations—Joint operating agreements—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 71.24.112Health engagement hubs pilot program.
HTMLPDF 71.24.113Grant program—Employment and education opportunities for persons recovering from a substance use disorder.
HTMLPDF 71.24.115Recovery navigator programs.
HTMLPDF 71.24.125Grant program—Treatment services—Regional access standards.
HTMLPDF 71.24.135Expanded recovery support services program—Regional expanded recovery plans.
HTMLPDF 71.24.145Homeless outreach stabilization transition program—Psychiatric outreach—Contingency management resources—Substance misuse prevention effort—Grants.
HTMLPDF 71.24.155Grants to behavioral health administrative services, managed care organizations, and Indian health care providers—Accounting.
HTMLPDF 71.24.160Proof as to uses made of state funds—Use of maintenance of effort funds.
HTMLPDF 71.24.200Expenditures of county funds subject to county fiscal laws.
HTMLPDF 71.24.215Sliding-scale fee schedules for clients receiving behavioral health services.
HTMLPDF 71.24.220State grants may be withheld for noncompliance with chapter or related rules.
HTMLPDF 71.24.240Eligibility for funding—Community behavioral health program plans to be approved by director prior to submittal to federal agency.
HTMLPDF 71.24.250Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Receipt of gifts and grants.
HTMLPDF 71.24.260Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals.
HTMLPDF 71.24.300Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Advisory boards—Inclusion of tribes—Roles and responsibilities.
HTMLPDF 71.24.335Reimbursement for behavioral health services provided through telemedicine or store and forward technology—Coverage requirements—Audio-only telemedicine.
HTMLPDF 71.24.370Behavioral health services contracts—Limitation on state liability.
HTMLPDF 71.24.380Purchase of behavioral health services—Contracting—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 71.24.381Contracting for crisis services and medically necessary physical and behavioral health services.
HTMLPDF 71.24.383Managed care organization contracting—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 71.24.385Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations—Mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs—Development and design requirements.
HTMLPDF 71.24.400Streamlining delivery system—Finding.
HTMLPDF 71.24.405Streamlining delivery system.
HTMLPDF 71.24.415Streamlining delivery system—Authority duties to achieve outcomes.
HTMLPDF 71.24.420Expenditure of funds for operation of service delivery system—Appropriation levels—Outcome and performance measures—Report.
HTMLPDF 71.24.430Coordination of services for behavioral health clients—Collaborative service delivery.
HTMLPDF 71.24.432Coordination with regional crisis response systems—Regional protocols—Recommendations.
HTMLPDF 71.24.435Behavioral health system—Improvement strategy.
HTMLPDF 71.24.450Offenders with mental illnesses—Findings and intent.
HTMLPDF 71.24.455Offenders with mental illnesses—Contracts for specialized access and services.
HTMLPDF 71.24.460Offenders with mental illnesses—Report to legislature.
HTMLPDF 71.24.470Reentry community services program—Contract for case management—Use of appropriated funds.
HTMLPDF 71.24.480Reentry community services program—Limitation on liability due to treatment—Reporting requirements.
HTMLPDF 71.24.490Evaluation and treatment services—Capacity needs—Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations.
HTMLPDF 71.24.500Written guidance and trainings—Managed care—Incarcerated and involuntarily hospitalized persons.
HTMLPDF 71.24.510Integrated comprehensive screening and assessment process—Implementation.
HTMLPDF 71.24.520Substance use disorder program authority.
HTMLPDF 71.24.522Substance use disorder—Training for parents of adolescents and transition age youth.
HTMLPDF 71.24.525Agreements authorized under the interlocal cooperation act.
HTMLPDF 71.24.530Local funding and donative funding requirements—Facilities, plans, programs.
HTMLPDF 71.24.535Duties of authority.
HTMLPDF 71.24.540Drug courts.
HTMLPDF 71.24.545Comprehensive program for treatment—Regional facilities.
HTMLPDF 71.24.546Substance use recovery services plan—Substance use recovery services advisory committee—Rules—Report.
HTMLPDF 71.24.550City, town, or county without facility—Contribution of liquor taxes prerequisite to use of another's facility.
HTMLPDF 71.24.555Liquor taxes and profits—City and county eligibility conditioned.
HTMLPDF 71.24.560Opioid treatment programs—Pregnant individuals—Information and education.
HTMLPDF 71.24.565Acceptance for approved treatment—Rules.
HTMLPDF 71.24.570Emergency service patrol—Establishment—Rules.
HTMLPDF 71.24.575Criminal laws limitations.
HTMLPDF 71.24.580Criminal justice treatment account.
HTMLPDF 71.24.585Opioid and substance use disorder treatment—State response.
HTMLPDF 71.24.586Opioid treatment programs—Accreditation.
HTMLPDF 71.24.587Opioid use disorder treatment—Possession or use of lawfully prescribed medication—Declaration by state.
HTMLPDF 71.24.589Law enforcement assisted diversion—Grant program.
HTMLPDF 71.24.590Opioid treatment—Program licensing or certification by department, department duties—Use of medications by program—Definition.
HTMLPDF 71.24.593Opioid use disorder treatment—Care of individuals and their newborns—Authority recommendations required.
HTMLPDF 71.24.594Opioid overdose reversal medications—Education—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.
HTMLPDF 71.24.595Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.
HTMLPDF 71.24.597Opioid overdose reversal medication—Coordinated purchasing and distribution.
HTMLPDF 71.24.598Drug overdose response team.
HTMLPDF 71.24.599Opioid use disorder—City and county jails—Funding.
HTMLPDF 71.24.600Inability to contribute to cost of services no bar to admission—Authority may limit admissions for nonmedicaid clients.
HTMLPDF 71.24.605Fetal alcohol screening and assessment services.
HTMLPDF 71.24.610Interagency agreement on prenatal substance exposure programs.
HTMLPDF 71.24.612Prenatal substance exposure—Recommendations.
HTMLPDF 71.24.614Prenatal substance exposure—Contracting.
HTMLPDF 71.24.615Chemical dependency treatment expenditures—Prioritization.
HTMLPDF 71.24.618Withdrawal management services—Substance use disorder treatment services—Prior authorization—Utilization review—Medical necessity review.
HTMLPDF 71.24.619Standard set of criteria—Authority review.
HTMLPDF 71.24.621Withdrawal management services—Requirements for limiting medication usage.
HTMLPDF 71.24.625Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
HTMLPDF 71.24.630Integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders.
HTMLPDF 71.24.635Cannabis consumption—Health care provider guidance—Promotion of reduction and cessation programs for populations at risk of serious complications—Request for proposal—Report.
HTMLPDF 71.24.640Standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities.
HTMLPDF 71.24.645Standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units.
HTMLPDF 71.24.648Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities.
HTMLPDF 71.24.649Standards for certification or licensure of mental health peer-run respite centers.
HTMLPDF 71.24.650Standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse.
HTMLPDF 71.24.657Recovery residences—Funding—Voucher program—Outreach—Training.
HTMLPDF 71.24.660Recovery residences—Referrals by licensed or certified service providers.
HTMLPDF 71.24.665Psychiatric treatment, evaluation, and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives—Report by authority.
HTMLPDF 71.24.670Substance use disorder treatment facilities and entities—Record sharing.
HTMLPDF 71.24.700Long-term inpatient care and mental health placements—Contracting with community hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities.
HTMLPDF 71.24.710Reentry services—Work group.
HTMLPDF 71.24.715Reentry services—Waiver application.
HTMLPDF 71.24.720Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.
HTMLPDF 71.24.845Transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations—Uniform transfer agreement.
HTMLPDF 71.24.847Transfer of clients—Policy and statistic reporting.
HTMLPDF 71.24.850Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.
HTMLPDF 71.24.852Intensive behavioral health treatment facilities—Resident rights and access to ombuds services—Recommendations to governor and legislature.
HTMLPDF 71.24.855Finding—Intent—State hospitals.
HTMLPDF 71.24.861Behavioral health system coordination committee.
HTMLPDF 71.24.870Behavioral health services—Adoption of rules—Audit.
HTMLPDF 71.24.872Regulatory parity between primary care and behavioral health care settings—Initial documentation requirements for patients—Administrative burdensomeness.
HTMLPDF 71.24.880Interlocal leadership structure—Transition to fully integrated managed care within a regional service area.
HTMLPDF 71.24.885Medicaid rate increases—Review authority—Reporting.
HTMLPDF 71.24.887Training support grants for community mental health providers—Behavioral health workforce pilot program.
HTMLPDF 71.24.890National 988 system—Designated 988 contact hubs—Technology and platform development—Agency collaboration.
HTMLPDF 71.24.892National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy committee—Membership—Steering committee—Reports.
HTMLPDF 71.24.894National 988 system—Department reporting—Audit.
HTMLPDF 71.24.896National 988 system—Duties owed to public—Independent contractors.
HTMLPDF 71.24.898National 988 system—Technical and operational plan.
HTMLPDF 71.24.899National 988 system—Informational materials—Social media campaign.
HTMLPDF 71.24.903Mobile rapid response crisis team endorsement.
HTMLPDF 71.24.905Co-response services.
HTMLPDF 71.24.906National 988 system—Needs assessment—Recommendations—Report.
HTMLPDF 71.24.907National 988 system—Limitation of liability.
HTMLPDF 71.24.908Data integration platform to support diversion efforts—Development and implementation—Exempt from public disclosure.
HTMLPDF 71.24.909Washington state institute for public policy study on recovery navigator programs and law enforcement assisted diversion programs.
HTMLPDF 71.24.910Balance billing violations—Discipline.
HTMLPDF 71.24.911Statewide behavioral health treatment and recovery support services mapping tool.
HTMLPDF 71.24.912Work group—Systems, policies, and processes related to intake, screening, and assessment for substance use disorders.
HTMLPDF 71.24.913Substance use disorders—Comprehensive assessments, reports.
HTMLPDF 71.24.915Crisis continuum of care forum.
HTMLPDF 71.24.91623-hour crisis relief centers—Licensing and certification—Rules—Standards.
HTMLPDF 71.24.920Certified peer support specialists—Courses of instruction—Duties.
HTMLPDF 71.24.922Certified peer support specialists—Supervision caseload reduction.
HTMLPDF 71.24.924Certified peer support specialists—Billing.

Notes:

Comprehensive community health centers: Chapter 70.10 RCW.
Funding: RCW 43.79.201 and 79.02.410.