CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2654



60th Legislature
2008 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 13, 2008
  Yeas 96   Nays 1


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 5, 2008
  Yeas 47   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2654 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2654
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Passed Legislature - 2008 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2008 Regular Session

By House Health Care & Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Hinkle, Cody, Moeller, Green, and Kenney)

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/08.   



     AN ACT Relating to consumer-directed mental health care; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The department of social and health services shall prepare a report on strategies for developing consumer and family run services. The report shall include the following:
     (a) A plan for implementation of consumer and family run services in Washington;
     (b) Amendment of the mental health waiver and state plan related to utilization of medicaid for financing of services provided by community service agencies;
     (c) Identification of funding and resources needed for implementation of these services;
     (d) Recommendations related to licensing or certification requirements that should be applied to community service agencies;
     (e) Recommendations related to assuring the services provided by community service agencies are integrated with other treatment services; and
     (f) Technical assistance needed to assist community service agencies to organize and become licensed or certified and eligible for receipt of medicaid funding.
     (2) The department shall develop the report, including the amendment of the medicaid waiver and mental health state plan, in cooperation with a group of mental health consumers and family members. The report shall be provided to the appropriate committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 1, 2009.

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