| Passed by the House April 20, 2009 Yeas 69 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2009 Yeas 41 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1373 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 7, 2009, 2:17 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 8, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/02/09.
AN ACT Relating to equitable access to appropriate and effective children's mental health services; amending RCW 74.09.521; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 74.09.521 and 2007 c 359 s 11 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated for this
purpose the department shall revise its medicaid healthy options
managed care and fee-for-service program standards under medicaid,
Title XIX of the federal social security act to improve access to
mental health services for children who do not meet the regional
support network access to care standards. Effective July 1, 2008, the
program standards shall be revised to allow outpatient therapy services
to be provided by licensed mental health professionals, as defined in
RCW 71.34.020, or by a mental health professional regulated under Title
18 RCW who is under the direct supervision of a licensed mental health
professional, and up to twenty outpatient therapy hours per calendar
year, including family therapy visits integral to a child's treatment.
This section shall be administered in a manner consistent with federal early periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment requirements related
to the receipt of medically necessary services when a child's need for
such services is identified through developmental screening.
(2) ((This section expires July 1, 2010.)) The department and the
children's mental health evidence-based practice institute established
in RCW 71.24.061 shall collaborate to encourage and develop incentives
for the use of prescribing practices and evidence-based and research-based treatment practices developed under RCW 74.09.490 by mental
health professionals serving children under this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 If specific funding for the purposes of this
act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by
June 30, 2009, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and
void.