BILL · 2015–16 SESSION · LATEST VERSION E2SHB 2453
HB 2453: State hospital oversight
Improving oversight of the state hospitals.
Summary
Establishes the Select Committee on Quality Improvement in State Hospitals (select committee), which receives updates, monitors, and makes recommendations regarding the state hospitals.
Requires the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to contract for the services of external consultants in specified focus areas related to the state hospitals, who must make recommendations to the Legislature, the Governor, and the select committee.
Creates the Governor's Behavioral Health Innovation Fund, with funds dedicated to improving quality of care, patient outcomes, patient and staff safety, and the efficiency of operations at the state hospitals, and allows disbursements from the fund to the DSHS upon the approval of the OFM and input by the select committee.
Requires the DSHS to assure that the state hospitals have adopted certain best practice policies related to: staffing models; utilization of state hospital beds; staff safety training; and the discharge process.
Requires the DSHS to submit quarterly implementation and progress reports to the select committee and the OFM regarding completion of key activities, performance data, and the adoption and implementation of required best practice policies.
From the Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill Report (E2SHB 2453), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not passDid not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate