CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5048

                    Chapter 12, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

MENTAL HEALTH--LESS RESTRICTIVE ALTERNATIVE COMMITMENTS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the Senate February 16, 2001   YEAS 43   NAYS 0              ROSA FRANKLIN 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.

FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved April 13, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                     April 13, 2001 - 10:10 a.m.

GARY LOCKE 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.

    Passed the Senate February 16, 2001.

    Passed the House April 4, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 13, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 13, 2001.