On page 2, line 38, after "(5)" insert "(a)"

On page 3, after line 9, insert the following:

"(b) Nothing in this section requires a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 or 71.12 RCW to contract or become certified to treat patients on ninety or one hundred eighty day involuntary commitment orders as a condition for continuing to treat adults who are waiting for placement at either the state hospital or in certified facilities that voluntarily contract to provide treatment to patients on ninety or one hundred eighty day involuntary commitment orders."

EFFECT: Allows hospitals, without having to contract or become certified, to treat adults who are subject to a 90- or 180-day involuntary commitment order if they are waiting for placement at the state hospital or a certified facility that voluntarily contracts to provide treatment to patients on a 90- or 180-day involuntary commitment order.