Title 71 — Title 71 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
13 chapters · 468 sections in this title.
RCW 71.34.710 Adolescent who presents likelihood of serious harm or is gravely disabled—Transport to inpatient facility—Petition for initial detention—Notice—Facility to evaluate and admit or release adolescent.
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(1)(a) When a designated crisis responder receives information that an adolescent as a result of a behavioral health disorder presents a likelihood of serious harm or is gravely disabled, has investigated the specific facts alleged and of the credibility of the person or persons …
RCW 71.34.720 Examination and evaluation of minor approved for inpatient admission—Referral to a secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility or substance use disorder treatment program—Right to communication, exception—Evaluation and treatment period.
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(1) Each minor approved by the facility for inpatient admission shall be examined and evaluated by a children's mental health specialist, for minors admitted as a result of a mental disorder, or by a substance use disorder professional or co-occurring disorder specialist, for min…
RCW 71.34.730 Petition for fourteen-day commitment—Requirements.
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(1) The professional person in charge of an evaluation and treatment facility, secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility, or approved substance use disorder treatment program where a minor has been admitted involuntarily for the initial one hundred twenty hour treat…
RCW 71.34.735 Commitment hearing—Continuance or postponement.
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(1) In any proceeding for involuntary commitment under this chapter, the court may continue or postpone such proceeding for a reasonable time on motion of the respondent for good cause, or on motion of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general if:(a) The respondent express…
RCW 71.34.740 Commitment hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment—Release.
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(1) A commitment hearing shall be held within one hundred twenty hours of the minor's admission, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, unless a continuance is ordered under RCW 71.34.735.(2) The commitment hearing shall be conducted at the superior court or an appropriate pla…
RCW 71.34.750 Petition for one hundred eighty-day commitment—Hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment order—Release—Successive commitments.
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(1) At any time during the minor's period of fourteen-day commitment, the professional person in charge may petition the court for an order requiring the minor to undergo an additional one hundred eighty-day period of treatment. The evidence in support of the petition shall be pr…
RCW 71.34.755 Less restrictive alternative treatment—Requirements.
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(1) Less restrictive alternative treatment, at a minimum, must include the following services:(a) Assignment of a care coordinator;(b) An intake evaluation with the provider of the less restrictive alternative treatment;(c) A psychiatric evaluation, a substance use disorder evalu…
RCW 71.34.760 Placement of minor in state evaluation and treatment facility or substance use disorder treatment program—Placement committee—Facility or program to report to committee.
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(1) If a minor is committed for one hundred eighty-day inpatient treatment and is to be placed in a state-supported program, the director shall accept immediately and place the minor in a state-funded long-term evaluation and treatment facility or state-funded approved substance …
RCW 71.34.770 Release of minor—Conditional release—Discharge.
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(1) The professional person in charge of the inpatient treatment facility may authorize release for the minor under such conditions as appropriate. Conditional release may be revoked pursuant to RCW 71.34.780 if leave conditions are not met or the minor's functioning substantiall…
RCW 71.34.780 Minor's failure to adhere to outpatient conditions—Deterioration of minor's functioning—Transport to facility or program—Order of apprehension and detention—Revocation of alternative treatment or conditional release—Hearings.
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(1) If the professional person in charge of an outpatient treatment program, a designated crisis responder, or the director or secretary, as appropriate, determines that a minor is failing to adhere to the conditions of the court order for less restrictive alternative treatment o…
RCW 71.34.790 Transportation for minors committed to state facility for one hundred eighty-day treatment.
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Necessary transportation for minors committed to the director under this chapter for one hundred eighty-day treatment shall be provided by the authority in the most appropriate and cost-effective means.[ 2018 c 201 s 5022; 1985 c 354 s 15. Formerly RCW 71.34.150.]Notes:Findings—I…
RCW 71.34.795 Transferring or moving persons from juvenile correctional institutions or facilities to evaluation and treatment facilities.
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When in the judgment of the department of children, youth, and families the welfare of any person committed to or confined in any state juvenile correctional institution or facility necessitates that the person be transferred or moved for observation, diagnosis, or treatment to a…
RCW 71.34.796 Transfer of person committed to juvenile correction institution to institution or facility for juveniles with behavioral health disorders.
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When, in the judgment of the department of social and health services, the welfare of any person committed to or confined in any state juvenile correctional institution or facility necessitates that such a person be transferred or moved for observation, diagnosis or treatment to …
RCW 71.34.815 Assisted outpatient treatment—Findings—Petition, court order for less restrictive alternative treatment—Procedure.
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(1) An adolescent is in need of assisted outpatient treatment if the court finds by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence in response to a petition filed under this section that:(a) The adolescent has a behavioral health disorder;(b) Based on a clinical determination and in view…
RCW 71.34.905 Rule making—Access to files and records of court proceedings.
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The legislature recognizes the inherent authority of the judiciary under Article IV, section 1 of the state Constitution to establish rules regarding access to court records, and respectfully requests the Washington state supreme court to adopt rules regarding potential access fo…
RCW 71.34.910 Appearance by video technology.
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For purposes of this chapter, at any hearing the petitioner, the respondent, the witnesses, the interpreters, and the presiding judicial officer may be present and participate either in person or by video, as determined by the court. The term "video" as used in this section inclu…
RCW 71.34.915 Authority outreach—Law and policy communication—Accessibility.
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The authority shall dedicate at least one full-time employee to:(1) Connecting families, behavioral health providers, educators, and other stakeholders with current information about law and policy related to behavioral health services for minors;(2) Creating shareable content ap…
RCW 71.34.918 Authority outreach—Parent portal—Report to legislature.
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(1) The authority shall convene stakeholders to design, further define, and implement a parent portal. The authority shall work with stakeholders including Washington state community connectors and consider the website prototype already under development by that organization. The…