CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5048

 

 

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 16, 2001

  YEAS 43   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 4, 2001

  YEAS 92   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5048 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

                            Secretary

 

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below. 

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 5048

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senators Long, Hargrove, Winsley and Costa

 

Read first time 01/09/2001.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Changing provisions relating to less restrictive alternative commitments.


    AN ACT Relating to less restrictive alternative mental health commitments; and amending RCW 71.05.285.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 71.05.285 and 1997 c 112 s 23 are each amended to read as follows:

    ((For the purposes of continued)) In determining whether an inpatient or less restrictive alternative commitment under the process provided in RCW 71.05.280 and 71.05.320(2) is appropriate, ((in determining whether or not the person is gravely disabled,)) great weight shall be given to evidence of a prior history or pattern of decompensation and discontinuation of treatment resulting in:  (1) Repeated hospitalizations; or (2) repeated peace officer interventions resulting in juvenile offenses, criminal charges, diversion programs, or jail admissions.  Such evidence may be used to provide a factual basis for concluding that the individual would not receive, if released, such care as is essential for his or her health or safety.

 


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