Requires the children and families services program of the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families to facilitate a stakeholder work group in an effort to design a behavioral rehabilitation services rate payment methodology that is based on actual provider costs of care.

Requires the caseload forecast council to forecast the number of youth expected to receive behavioral rehabilitation services while involved in the foster care system.

Requires expenditures for behavioral rehabilitation services placement to be forecasted and budgeted as maintenance level costs for purposes of the state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system (chapter 43.88 RCW).

Provides a December 31, 2018, expiration date for the stakeholder work group.