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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5234: Behavioral health services

Improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state.

Summary

  • Financing, administration, and delivery of public mental health services must be designed to achieve improved outcomes for adult clients through increased use and development of evidence-based, research-based, and promising practices.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5234), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 24, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Mike Carrell (R-28)
Introduced
January 24, 2013 in the Senate
Last action
January 13, 2014
Requested by
State agency
Companion bill
HB 1522
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to improving behavioral health services provided to adults in Washington state by defining outcomes for adult behavioral health services, increasing use of evidence-based, research-based, and promising practices for the provision of adult behavioral health services, implementing a strategy for the improvement of the adult behavioral health system, reviewing the provision of forensic mental health services, procuring enhanced services facility services, and requiring timely hospital discharge under the involuntary treatment act when a person no longer requires active psychiatric treatment in a hospital;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Mike Carrell (R-28)

5 co-sponsors (5 Democrats, 0 Republicans)

Jeannie Darneille D-27Jim Hargrove D-24Karen Keiser D-33Nathan Schlicher D-26Steve Conway D-29

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Human Services & Corrections.

SB 5234 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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