Revised Code of Washington
2023 Archive

Chapter 71.24 RCW
COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT
(Formerly: Community mental health services act)
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71.24.011Short title.
71.24.015Legislative intent—Community behavioral health system.
71.24.016Intent—Management of services—Work group on long-term involuntary inpatient care integration.
71.24.025Definitions.
71.24.030Grants, purchasing of services, for community behavioral health programs.
71.24.035Director's powers and duties as state behavioral health authority.
71.24.037Licensed or certified behavioral health agencies—Minimum standards—Investigations and enforcement actions—Inspections.
71.24.045Behavioral health administrative services organization powers and duties.
71.24.061Children's mental health provider networks—Children's mental health evidence-based practice institute—Partnership access line pilot programs—Report to legislature.
71.24.062Psychiatry consultation line—Implementation.
71.24.063Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Data collection.
71.24.064Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Funding—Performance measures.
71.24.066Partnership access line pilot programs—Determination to be made permanent—Long-term funding.
71.24.067Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Review.
71.24.068Telebehavioral health access account.
71.24.100County-run behavioral health administrative services organizations—Joint operating agreements—Requirements.
71.24.112Health engagement hubs pilot program.
71.24.113Grant program—Employment and education opportunities for persons recovering from a substance use disorder.
71.24.115Recovery navigator programs.
71.24.125Grant program—Treatment services—Regional access standards.
71.24.135Expanded recovery support services program—Regional expanded recovery plans.
71.24.145Homeless outreach stabilization transition program—Psychiatric outreach—Contingency management resources—Substance misuse prevention effort—Grants.
71.24.155Grants to behavioral health administrative services, managed care organizations, and Indian health care providers—Accounting.
71.24.160Proof as to uses made of state funds—Use of maintenance of effort funds.
71.24.200Expenditures of county funds subject to county fiscal laws.
71.24.215Sliding-scale fee schedules for clients receiving behavioral health services.
71.24.220State grants may be withheld for noncompliance with chapter or related rules.
71.24.240Eligibility for funding—Community behavioral health program plans to be approved by director prior to submittal to federal agency.
71.24.250Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Receipt of gifts and grants.
71.24.260Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals.
71.24.300Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Advisory boards—Inclusion of tribes—Roles and responsibilities.
71.24.335Reimbursement for behavioral health services provided through telemedicine or store and forward technology—Coverage requirements—Audio-only telemedicine.
71.24.370Behavioral health services contracts—Limitation on state liability.
71.24.380Purchase of behavioral health services—Contracting—Requirements.
71.24.381Contracting for crisis services and medically necessary physical and behavioral health services.
71.24.383Managed care organization contracting—Requirements.
71.24.385Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations—Mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs—Development and design requirements.
71.24.400Streamlining delivery system—Finding.
71.24.405Streamlining delivery system.
71.24.415Streamlining delivery system—Authority duties to achieve outcomes.
71.24.420Expenditure of funds for operation of service delivery system—Appropriation levels—Outcome and performance measures—Report.
71.24.430Coordination of services for behavioral health clients—Collaborative service delivery.
71.24.435Behavioral health system—Improvement strategy.
71.24.450Offenders with mental illnesses—Findings and intent.
71.24.455Offenders with mental illnesses—Contracts for specialized access and services.
71.24.460Offenders with mental illnesses—Report to legislature.
71.24.470Reentry community services program—Contract for case management—Use of appropriated funds.
71.24.480Reentry community services program—Limitation on liability due to treatment—Reporting requirements.
71.24.490Evaluation and treatment services—Capacity needs—Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations.
71.24.500Written guidance and trainings—Managed care—Incarcerated and involuntarily hospitalized persons.
71.24.510Integrated comprehensive screening and assessment process—Implementation.
71.24.520Substance use disorder program authority.
71.24.522Substance use disorder—Training for parents of adolescents and transition age youth.
71.24.525Agreements authorized under the interlocal cooperation act.
71.24.530Local funding and donative funding requirements—Facilities, plans, programs.
71.24.535Duties of authority.
71.24.540Drug courts.
71.24.545Comprehensive program for treatment—Regional facilities.
71.24.546Substance use recovery services plan—Substance use recovery services advisory committee—Rules—Report.
71.24.550City, town, or county without facility—Contribution of liquor taxes prerequisite to use of another's facility.
71.24.555Liquor taxes and profits—City and county eligibility conditioned.
71.24.560Opioid treatment programs—Pregnant individuals—Information and education.
71.24.565Acceptance for approved treatment—Rules.
71.24.570Emergency service patrol—Establishment—Rules.
71.24.575Criminal laws limitations.
71.24.580Criminal justice treatment account.
71.24.585Opioid and substance use disorder treatment—State response.
71.24.587Opioid use disorder treatment—Possession or use of lawfully prescribed medication—Declaration by state.
71.24.589Law enforcement assisted diversion—Grant program.
71.24.590Opioid treatment—Program licensing or certification by department, department duties—Use of medications by program—Definition.
71.24.593Opioid use disorder treatment—Care of individuals and their newborns—Authority recommendations required.
71.24.594Opioid overdose reversal medications—Education—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.
71.24.595Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.
71.24.597Opioid overdose reversal medication—Coordinated purchasing and distribution.
71.24.598Drug overdose response team.
71.24.599Opioid use disorder—City and county jails—Funding.
71.24.600Inability to contribute to cost of services no bar to admission—Authority may limit admissions for nonmedicaid clients.
71.24.605Fetal alcohol screening and assessment services.
71.24.610Interagency agreement on prenatal substance exposure programs.
71.24.612Prenatal substance exposure—Recommendations.
71.24.614Prenatal substance exposure—Contracting.
71.24.615Chemical dependency treatment expenditures—Prioritization.
71.24.618Withdrawal management services—Substance use disorder treatment services—Prior authorization—Utilization review—Medical necessity review.
71.24.625Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
71.24.630Integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders.
71.24.640Standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities.
71.24.645Standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units.
71.24.648Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment facilities.
71.24.649Standards for certification or licensure of mental health peer-run respite centers.
71.24.650Standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse.
71.24.657Recovery residences—Funding—Voucher program—Outreach—Training.
71.24.660Recovery residences—Referrals by licensed or certified service providers.
71.24.665Psychiatric treatment, evaluation, and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives—Report by authority.
71.24.670Substance use disorder treatment facilities and entities—Record sharing.
71.24.700Long-term inpatient care and mental health placements—Contracting with community hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities.
71.24.710Reentry services—Work group.
71.24.715Reentry services—Waiver application.
71.24.720Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.
71.24.845Transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations—Uniform transfer agreement.
71.24.850Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.
71.24.852Intensive behavioral health treatment facilities—Resident rights and access to ombuds services—Recommendations to governor and legislature.
71.24.855Finding—Intent—State hospitals.
71.24.861Behavioral health system coordination committee.
71.24.870Behavioral health services—Adoption of rules—Audit.
71.24.872Regulatory parity between primary care and behavioral health care settings—Initial documentation requirements for patients—Administrative burdensomeness.
71.24.880Interlocal leadership structure—Transition to fully integrated managed care within a regional service area.
71.24.885Medicaid rate increases—Review authority—Reporting.
71.24.887Training support grants for community mental health providers—Behavioral health workforce pilot program.
71.24.890National 988 system—Designated 988 contact hubs—Technology and platform development—Agency collaboration.
71.24.892National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy committee—Membership—Steering committee—Reports.
71.24.894National 988 system—Department reporting—Audit.
71.24.896National 988 system—Duties owed to public—Independent contractors.
71.24.898National 988 system—Technical and operational plan.
71.24.899National 988 system—Informational materials—Social media campaign.
71.24.903Mobile rapid response crisis team endorsement.
71.24.905Co-response services.
71.24.906National 988 system—Needs assessment—Recommendations—Report.
71.24.907National 988 system—Limitation of liability.
71.24.908Data integration platform to support diversion efforts—Development and implementation—Exempt from public disclosure.
71.24.909Washington state institute for public policy study on recovery navigator programs and law enforcement assisted diversion programs.
71.24.910Balance billing violations—Discipline.
71.24.911Statewide behavioral health treatment and recovery support services mapping tool.
71.24.912Work group—Systems, policies, and processes related to intake, screening, and assessment for substance use disorders.
71.24.913Substance use disorders—Comprehensive assessments, reports.
71.24.915Crisis continuum of care forum.
71.24.91623-hour crisis relief centers—Licensing and certification—Rules—Standards.
71.24.920Certified peer specialists—Courses of instruction—Duties.
71.24.922Certified peer specialists—Supervision caseload reduction.
71.24.924Certified peer specialists—Billing.
NOTES:
Comprehensive community health centers: Chapter 70.10 RCW.
Funding: RCW 43.79.201 and 79.02.410.