Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 06-07-145.

     Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Sections of chapter 388-865 WAC, Community mental health and involuntary treatment programs, amending WAC 388-865-0105, 388-865-0150, 388-865-0205, 388-865-0245, 388-865-0275, 388-865-0430, 388-865-0440, 388-865-0452, 388-865-0466, 388-865-0468, and 388-865-0575.

     In addition to these revisions, the mental health division anticipates additional rule making on the subject matter initiated by WSR 06-07-145, including but limited to, changes to WAC 388-865-0201 and 388-865-0203.

     Hearing Location(s): Blake Office Park East, Rose Room, 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503 (one block north of the intersection of Pacific Avenue S.E. and Alhadeff Lane. A map or directions are available at http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/docket.html or by calling (360) 664-6097), on July 25, 2006, at 10:00 a.m.

     Date of Intended Adoption: Not earlier than July 26, 2006.

     Submit Written Comments to: DSHS Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504, delivery 4500 10th Avenue S.E., Lacey, WA 98503, e-mail fernaax@dshs.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-6185, by July 25, 2006, at 5:00 p.m.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Stephanie Schiller, DSHS Rules Consultant, by July 21, 2006, TTY (360) 664-6178 or (360) 664-6097 or by e-mail at schilse@dshs.wa.gov.

     Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Multiple sections of chapter 388-865 WAC are no longer accurate because of the changes made to chapters 71.24 and 71.05 RCW by ESSB [ESHB] 1290, ESSB 5763 and 2SSB 6793 (chapters 503 and 504, Laws of 2005, and chapter 333, Laws of 2006 respectively). Amended rules are needed to be consistent with the statutes.

     The statutes changed the definition from "county designated mental health professional" to "designated mental health professional" - removing the reference to county. This is consistent with the other statutory changes that created the structure for allowing private entities to act as regional support networks (RSN). The rule changes remove the term "county" from designated mental health professional. The changes also implement the goal of allowing a private entity to become certified as an RSN.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: Amended rules are needed to be consistent with the statutes.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 71.24.035 and 71.05.560.

     Statute Being Implemented: Chapters 71.24 and 71.05 RCW as amended by chapters 503 and 504, Laws of 2005, and chapter 333, Laws of 2006.

     Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

     Name of Proponent: Department of social and health services, governmental.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Paul DesJardien, P.O. Box 45320, Olympia, WA 98504-5230, (360) 902-0873.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The mental health division has analyzed the proposed rules and concludes that the rule changes proposed do not impose any additional compliance costs or administrative burdens on small businesses. Therefore, preparation of a small business economic impact statement is not required.

     A cost-benefit analysis is required under RCW 34.05.328. A preliminary cost-benefit analysis may be obtained by contacting Paul DesJardien, P.O. Box 45320, Olympia, WA 98504-5230, phone (360) 902-0873, fax (360) 902-0809, e-mail desjajp@dshs.wa.gov.

Andy Fernando, Manager

Rules and Policies Assistance Unit

     (2) To request an organizational chart, contact the mental health division at 1-888-713-6010 or (360) 902-8070, or write to the Mental Health Division Director, PO Box 45320, Olympia, WA 98504.

     (3) Local services are administered by regional support networks (RSN), ((which are a county, or combination of counties,)) whose telephone number is located in the local telephone directory and can also be obtained by calling the mental health division at the above telephone number.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0105, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     "Certified peer counselor" is defined as a consumer of mental health services who has met the registration, experience, and training requirements, has satisfactorily passed the examination, and has been issued a certificate by the mental health division as specified in WAC 388-865-0107.

     "Child" means a person who has not reached his/her eighteenth birthday. For persons eligible for the Medicaid program, child means a person who has not reached his/her twenty-first birthday.

     "Clinical services" means those direct age and culturally appropriate consumer services which either:

     (1) Assess a consumer's condition, abilities or problems;

     (2) Provide therapeutic interventions which are designed to ameliorate psychiatric symptoms and improve a consumer's functioning.

     "Consumer" means a person who has applied for, is eligible for or who has received mental health services. For a child, under the age of thirteen, or for a child age thirteen or older whose parents or legal guardians are involved in the treatment plan, the definition of consumer includes parents or legal guardians.

     "Consultation" means the clinical review and development of recommendations regarding the job responsibilities, activities, or decisions of, clinical staff, contracted employees, volunteers, or students by persons with appropriate knowledge and experience to make recommendations.

     "Cultural competence" means a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system or agency and enable that system or agency to work effectively in cross-cultural situations. A culturally competent system of care acknowledges and incorporates at all levels the importance of language and culture, assessment of cross-cultural relations, knowledge and acceptance of dynamics of cultural differences, expansion of cultural knowledge and adaptation of services to meet culturally unique needs.

     "Ethnic minority" or "racial/ethnic groups" means, for the purposes of this chapter, any of the following general population groups:

     (1) African American;

     (2) An American Indian or Alaskan native, which includes:

     (a) A person who is a member or considered to be a member in a federally recognized tribe;

     (b) A person determined eligible to be found Indian by the secretary of interior, and

     (c) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaskan native.

     (d) A Canadian Indian, meaning a person of a treaty tribe, Metis community, or nonstatus Indian community from Canada.

     (e) An unenrolled Indian meaning a person considered Indian by a federally or nonfederally recognized Indian tribe or off reservation Indian/Alaskan native community organization.

     (3) Asian/Pacific Islander; or

     (4) Hispanic.

     "Medical necessity" or "medically necessary" - A term for describing a requested service which is reasonably calculated to prevent, diagnose, correct, cure, alleviate or prevent the worsening of conditions in the recipient that endanger life, or cause suffering or pain, or result in illness or infirmity, or threaten to cause or aggravate a handicap, or cause or physical deformity or malfunction, and there is no other equally effective, more conservative or substantially less costly course of treatment available or suitable for the person requesting service. For the purpose of this chapter "course of treatment" may include mere observation or, where appropriate, no treatment at all.

     "Mental health division" means the mental health division of the Washington state department of social and health services (DSHS). DSHS has designated the mental health division as the state mental health authority to administer the state and Medicaid funded mental health program authorized by chapters 71.05, 71.24, and 71.34 RCW.

     "Mental health professional" means:

     (1) A psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse or social worker as defined in chapters 71.05 and 71.34 RCW;

     (2) A person with a masters degree or further advanced degree in counseling or one of the social sciences from an accredited college or university. Such person shall have, in addition, at least two years of experience in direct treatment of persons with mental illness or emotional disturbance, such experience gained under the supervision of a mental health professional;

     (3) A person who meets the waiver criteria of RCW 71.24.260, which was granted prior to 1986;

     (4) A person who had an approved waiver to perform the duties of a mental health profession that was requested by the regional support network and granted by the mental health division prior to July 1, 2001; or

     (5) A person who has been granted a time-limited exception of the minimum requirements of a mental health professional by the mental health division consistent with WAC ((388-865-265)) 388-865-0265 [388-865-0265].

     "Mental health specialist" means:

     (1) A "child mental health specialist" is defined as a mental health professional with the following education and experience:

     (a) A minimum of one hundred actual hours (not quarter or semester hours) of special training in child development and the treatment of children and youth with serious emotional disturbance and their families; and

     (b) The equivalent of one year of full-time experience in the treatment of seriously emotionally disturbed children and youth and their families under the supervision of a child mental health specialist.

     (2) A "geriatric mental health specialist" is defined as a mental health professional who has the following education and experience:

     (a) A minimum of one hundred actual hours (not quarter or semester hours) of specialized training devoted to the mental health problems and treatment of persons sixty years of age or older; and

     (b) The equivalent of one year of full-time experience in the treatment of persons sixty years of age or older, under the supervision of a geriatric mental health specialist.

     (3) An "ethnic minority mental health specialist" is defined as a mental health professional who has demonstrated cultural competence attained through major commitment, ongoing training, experience and/or specialization in serving ethnic minorities, including evidence of one year of service specializing in serving the ethnic minority group under the supervision of an ethnic minority mental health specialist; and

     (a) Evidence of support from the ethnic minority community attesting to the person's commitment to that community; or

     (b) A minimum of one hundred actual hours (not quarter or semester hours) of specialized training devoted to ethnic minority issues and treatment of ethnic minority consumers.

     (4) A "disability mental health specialist" is defined as a mental health professional with special expertise in working with an identified disability group. For purposes of this chapter only, "disabled" means an individual with a disability other than a mental illness, including a developmental disability, serious physical handicap, or sensory impairment.

     (a) If the consumer is deaf, the specialist must be a mental health professional with:

     (i) Knowledge about the deaf culture and psychosocial problems faced by people who are deaf; and

     (ii) Ability to communicate fluently in the preferred language system of the consumer.

     (b) The specialist for consumers with developmental disabilities must be a mental health professional who:

     (i) Has at least one year's experience working with people with developmental disabilities; or

     (ii) Is a developmental disabilities professional as defined in RCW 71.05.020.

     "Older person" means an adult who is sixty years of age or older.

     "Regional Support Network (RSN)" means a county, a combination of counties, or a private non-profit entity that administers and provides publicly funded mental health services for a designated geographic area within the state.

     "Service recipient" means for the purposes of a mental health prepaid health plan, a consumer eligible for the Title XIX Medicaid program.

     "Substantial hardship" means that a consumer will not be billed for emergency involuntary treatment if he or she meets the eligibility standards of the psychiatric indigent inpatient program that is administered by the DSHS economic services administration.

     "Supervision" means monitoring of the administrative, clinical, or clerical work performance of staff, students, volunteers, or contracted employees by persons with the authority to give direction and require change.

     "Underserved" means consumers who are:

     (1) Minorities;

     (2) Children;

     (3) Older adults;

     (4) Disabled; or

     (5) Low-income persons.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.24.037. 05-17-156, § 388-865-0150, filed 8/22/05, effective 9/22/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035, 71.34.800, and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. 03-24-030, § 388-865-0150, filed 11/24/03, effective 12/25/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0150, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     Reviser's note: The brackets and enclosed material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-12-047, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01)

WAC 388-865-0205   Initial certification of a regional support network.   ((A regional support network is a county authority or group of county authorities that have a joint operating agreement)) An entity is initially certified if it is selected to be a regional support network for a designated geographic area through a Request for Proposal process. In order to gain certification as a regional support network under circumstances other than through a Request for Proposal, ((a county or group of counties)) an entity must submit to the department:

     (1) A statement of intent to become a regional support network;

     (2) ((Documentation that the total population in the county or group of counties is not less than forty thousand;

     (3) A joint operating agreement if the proposed regional support network is more than one county or includes a tribal authority. The agreement must include the following:

     (a) Identification of a single authority with final responsibility for all available resources and performance of the contract with the department consistent with chapters 71.05, 71.24, and 71.34 RCW;

     (b) Assignment of all responsibilities required by RCW 71.24.300; and

     (c) Participation of tribal authorities in the agreement at the request of the tribal authorities.

     (d))) A preliminary operating plan ((completed according to)) which meets departmental guidelines and complies with the requirements of RCW 71.24.045 and 71.24.300.

     (3) If the entity proposes to serve more than one county or the designated geographic area includes a tribal authority, the entity must also include a joint operating agreement that includes the following:

     (a) Identification of a single authority with final responsibility for all available resources and performance of the contract with the department consistent with chapters 71.05, 71.24, and 71.34 RCW;

     (b) Assignment of all responsibilities required by RCW 71.24.300; and

     (c) Participation of tribal authorities in the agreement at the request of the tribal authorities.

     (4) Within thirty days of the submission the department will provide a written response either:

     (a) Certifying the regional support network; or

     (b) Denying certification because the requirements are not met.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0205, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Designating mental health professionals to perform the duties of involuntary investigation and detention in accordance with the requirements of chapters 71.05 and 71.34 RCW.

     (2) Documenting consumer compliance with the conditions of less restrictive alternative court orders by:

     (a) Ensuring periodic evaluation of each committed consumer for release from or continuation of an involuntary treatment order. Evaluations must be recorded in the clinical record, and must occur at least monthly for ninety and one hundred eighty-day commitments.

     (b) Notifying the ((county)) designated mental health professional if noncompliance with the less restrictive order impairs the individual sufficiently to warrant detention or evaluation for detention and petitioning for revocation of the less restrictive alternative court order.

     (3) Ensuring that when a peace officer or ((county)) designated mental health professional escorts a consumer to a facility, the ((county)) designated mental health professional must take reasonable precautions to safeguard the consumer's property including:

     (a) Safeguarding the consumer's property in the immediate vicinity of the point of apprehension;

     (b) Safeguarding belongings not in the immediate vicinity if there may be possible danger to those belongings;

     (c) Taking reasonable precautions to lock and otherwise secure the consumer's home or other property as soon as possible after the consumer's initial detention.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0245, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Operate an information system and ensure that information about consumers who receive publicly funded mental health services is reported to the state mental health information system according to mental health division guidelines.

     (2) Ensure that the information reported is:

     (a) Sufficient to produce accurate regional support network reports; and

     (b) Adequate to locate case managers in the event that a consumer requires treatment by a service provider that would not normally have access to treatment information about the consumer.

     (3) Ensure that information about consumers is shared or released between service providers only in compliance with state statutes (see chapters 70.02, 71.05, and 71.34 RCW) and this chapter. Information about consumers and their individualized crisis plans must be available:

     (a) Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to ((county-))designated mental health professionals and inpatient evaluation and treatment facilities, as consistent with confidentiality statutes; and

     (b) To the state and regional support network staff as required for management information and program review.

     (4) Maintain on file a statement signed by regional support network, county or service provider staff having access to the mental health information systems acknowledging that they understand the rules on confidentiality and will follow the rules.

     (5) Take appropriate action if a subcontractor or regional support network employee willfully releases confidential information, as required by chapter 71.05 RCW.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0275, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) An intake evaluation;

     (2) Evidence that the consumer rights statement was provided to the consumer;

     (3) A copy of any advance directives, powers of attorney or letters of guardianship provided by the consumer;

     (4) The crisis treatment plan when appropriate;

     (5) The individualized service plan and all changes in the plan;

     (6) Documentation that services are provided by or under the clinical supervision of a mental health professional;

     (7) Documentation that services are provided by, or under the clinical supervision, or the clinical consultation of a mental health specialist. Consultation must occur within thirty days of admission and periodically thereafter as specified by the mental health specialist;

     (8) Periodic documentation of the course of treatment and objective progress toward established goals for rehabilitation, recovery and reintegration into the mainstream of social, employment and educational choices;

     (9) A notation of extraordinary events affecting the consumer;

     (10) Documentation of mandatory reporting of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of consumers consistent with chapters 26.44 and 74.34 RCW;

     (11) Documentation that the department of corrections was notified by the provider when a consumer on an less restrictive alternative or department of corrections order mental health treatment informs them that they are under supervision by department of corrections. Notification can be either written or oral. If oral notification, it must be confirmed by a written notice, including e-mail and fax. The disclosure to department of corrections does not require the person's consent;

     (12) If the consumer has been given relief by the committing court it must be confirmed in writing;

     (13) When the mental health provider becomes aware of a violation that relates to public safety of court ordered treatment of a consumer who is both in a less restrictive alternative and is being supervised by the department of corrections, documentation that an evaluation by a ((county)) designated mental health professional was requested;

     (14) Documentation of informed consent to treatment and medications by the consumer or legally responsible other;

     (15) Documentation of confidential information that has been released without the consent of the consumer including, but not limited to provisions in RCW 70.02.050, 71.05.390 and 71.05.630.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.445 and 71.05.390 as amended by 2004 c 166. 05-14-082, § 388-865-0430, filed 6/30/05, effective 7/31/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0430, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-12-047, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01)

WAC 388-865-0440   Availability of consumer information.   (1) Consumer individualized crisis plans as provided by the consumer must be available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week to ((county-))designated mental health professionals, crisis teams, and voluntary and involuntary inpatient evaluation and treatment facilities, as consistent with confidentiality statutes; and

     (2) Consumer information must be available to the state and regional support network staff as required for management information, quality management and program review.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0440, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Availability of staff to respond to crises twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, including:

     (a) Bringing services to the person in crisis when clinically indicated;

     (b) Requiring that staff remain with the consumer in crisis to stabilize and support him/her until the crisis is resolved or a referral to another service is accomplished;

     (c) Resolving the crisis in the least restrictive manner possible;

     (d) A process to include family members, significant others, and other relevant treatment providers as necessary to provide support to the person in crisis; and

     (e) Written procedures for managing assaultive and/or self-injurious patient behavior.

     (2) Crisis telephone screening;

     (3) Mobile outreach and stabilization services with trained staff available to provide in-home or in-community stabilization services, including flexible supports to the person where he/she lives.

     (4) Provide access to necessary services including:

     (a) Medical services, which means at least emergency services, preliminary screening for organic disorders, prescription services, and medication administration;

     (b) Interpretive services to enable staff to communicate with consumers who have limited ability to communicate in English, or have sensory disabilities;

     (c) Mental health specialists for children, elderly, ethnic minorities or consumers who are deaf or developmentally disabled;

     (d) Voluntary and involuntary inpatient evaluation and treatment services, including a written protocol to assure that consumers who require involuntary inpatient services are transported in a safe and timely manner;

     (e) Investigation and detention to involuntary services under chapter 71.05 RCW for adults and chapter 71.34 RCW for children who are thirteen years of age or older, including written protocols for contacting the ((county)) designated mental health professional.

     (5) Document all telephone and face-to-face crisis response contacts, including:

     (a) Source of referral;

     (b) Nature of crisis;

     (c) Time elapsed from the initial contact to face-to-face response; and

     (d) Outcomes, including basis for decision not to respond in person, follow-up contacts made, and referrals made.

     (6) The provider must have a written protocol for referring consumers to a voluntary or involuntary inpatient evaluation and treatment facility for admission on a seven-day-a-week, twenty-four-hour-a-day basis, including arrangements for contacting the ((county)) designated mental health professional and transporting consumers.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0452, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Document in the consumer clinical record and otherwise ensure:

     (a) Detained and committed consumers are advised of their rights under chapter 71.05 or 71.34 RCW and as follows:

     (i) To receive adequate care and individualized treatment;

     (ii) To make an informed decision regarding the use of antipsychotic medication and to refuse medication beginning twenty-four hours before any court proceeding that the consumer has the right to attend;

     (iii) To maintain the right to be presumed competent and not lose any civil rights as a consequence of receiving evaluation and treatment for a mental disorder;

     (iv) Of access to attorneys, courts, and other legal redress;

     (v) To have the right to be told statements the consumer makes may be used in the involuntary proceedings; and

     (vi) To have the right to have all information and records compiled, obtained, or maintained in the course of treatment kept confidential as defined in chapters 71.05 and 71.34 RCW.

     (b) A copy of the less restrictive alternative court order and any subsequent modifications are included in the clinical record;

     (c) Development and implementation of an individual service plan which addresses the conditions of the less restrictive alternative court order and a plan for transition to voluntary treatment;

     (d) That the consumer receives psychiatric treatment including medication management for the assessment and prescription of psychotropic medications appropriate to the needs of the consumer. Such services must be provided:

     (i) At least weekly during the fourteen-day period;

     (ii) Monthly during the ninety-day and one-hundred eighty day periods of involuntary treatment unless the attending physician determines another schedule is more appropriate, and they record the new schedule and the reasons for it in the consumer's clinical record.

     (2) Maintain written procedures for managing assaultive and/or self-destructive patient behavior, and provide training to staff in these interventions;

     (3) Have a written protocol for referring consumers to an inpatient evaluation and treatment facility for admission on a seven-day-a-week, twenty-four-hour-a-day basis;

     (4) For consumers who require involuntary detention the protocol must also include procedures for:

     (a) Contacting the ((county)) designated mental health professional regarding revocations and extension of less restrictive alternatives, and

     (b) Transporting consumers.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0466, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Be available seven-days-a-week, twenty-four-hours-per-day;

     (2) Follow a written protocol for holding a consumer and contacting the ((county)) designated mental health professional;

     (3) Provide or have access to necessary medical services;

     (4) Have a written agreement with a certified inpatient evaluation and treatment facility for admission on a seven day a week, twenty four hour per day basis; and

     (5) Follow a written protocol for transporting individuals to inpatient evaluation and treatment facilities.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.24.035 (5)(c), 71.34.800, 9.41.047, 43.20B.020, and 43.20B.335. 01-12-047, § 388-865-0468, filed 5/31/01, effective 7/1/01.]

     (1) Adults must be separated from children who are not yet thirteen years of age;

     (2) Children who have had their thirteenth birthday, but are under the age of eighteen, may be served with adults only if the child's clinical record contains a professional judgment saying that placement in an adult facility will not be harmful to the child or adult.

     (3) Examination and evaluation by a children's mental health specialist within twenty-four hours of admission.

     (4) Provisions for evaluation of children brought to the facility for evaluation by their parents.

     (5) Procedures to notify child protective services any time the facility has reasonable cause to believe that abuse, neglect, financial exploitation or abandonment of a child has occurred.

     (6) For a child thirteen years or older who is brought to an inpatient evaluation and treatment facility or hospital for immediate mental health services, the professional person in charge of the facility must evaluate the child's mental condition, determine a mental disorder, need for inpatient treatment, and willingness to obtain voluntary treatment. The facility may detain or arrange for the detention of the child up to twelve hours for evaluation by a ((county)) designated mental health professional to commence detention proceedings.

     (7) Admission of children thirteen years or older admitted without parental consent must have concurrence of the professional person in charge of the facility and written review and documentation no less than every one hundred eighty days.

     (8) Notice must be provided to parents when a child is voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment without parental consent within twenty four hours of admission in accordance with the requirements of RCW 71.34.044.

     (9) Children who have been admitted on the basis of a ((county)) designated mental health professional petition for detention must be evaluated by the facility providing seventy two hour evaluation and treatment to determine the child's condition and either admit or release the child. If the child is not approved for admission, the facility must make recommendations and referral for further care and treatment as necessary.

     (10) Examination and evaluation of a child approved for inpatient admission to include:

     (a) The needs to be served by placement in a chemical dependency facility;

     (b) Restricting the right to associate or communicate with parents; and

     (c) Advising the child of rights in accordance with chapter 71.34 RCW.

     (11) Petition for fourteen-day commitment in accordance with the requirements of RCW 71.34.070.

     (12) Commitment hearing requirements and release from further inpatient treatment which may be subject to reasonable conditions if appropriate in accordance with RCW 71.34.080.

     (13) Discharge and conditional release of a child in accordance with RCW 71.34.120, provided that the professional person in charge gives the court written notice of the release within three days of the release. If the child is on a one hundred eighty-day commitment, the children's long-term inpatient program administrator must also be notified.

     (14) Rights of children undergoing treatment and posting of such rights must be in accordance with RCW 71.34.160, 71.34.162, and 71.34.290.

     (15) Release of a child who is not accepted for admission or who is released by an inpatient evaluation and treatment facility in accordance with RCW 71.34.170.

     (16) Information concerning treatment of children and all information obtained through treatment under this chapter may be disclosed only in accordance with RCW 71.34.200.

     (17) Availability of court records and files in accordance with RCW 71.34.210.

     (18) Mental health services information must only be released in accordance with RCW 71.34.225 and other applicable state and federal statutes.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71.05.560, 71.34.800, and chapters 71.05 and 71.34 RCW. 04-07-014, § 388-865-0575, filed 3/4/04, effective 4/4/04.]

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