SB 5887: Resid. habilitation centers

Summary

• Requires Yakima Valley School (YVS) to provide crisis stabilization, respite, mental health treatment, and secure detoxification services as the capacity of the school allows and as the needs of the community require.
• Removes the prohibition on new admissions to YVS and the requirement that YVS cease operating when its census reaches 16 persons.
• Caps the census of long-term admissions at each of the Residential Habilitation Centers (RHC).
• Requires the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to complete an appraisal of Charitable, Educational, Penal, and Reform Institutions (CEP&RI) land on the Fircrest campus by June 30, 2018, and submit a report outlining options for transferring the CEP&RI land from the Department of Natural Resources to DSHS by October 1, 2018.
• Requires that the net proceeds from the use, or sale, of excess property on the RHC campuses must be placed in the Developmental Disabilities Community Trust account.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5887), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗