BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 6469: Access to behavioral health

Improving access to behavioral health treatment in certified crisis facilities.

Summary

Requires an evaluation and treatment facility or secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility that has treatment capacity available to admit a person detained for involuntary treatment, or applying for transfer from a facility providing involuntary treatment pursuant to a single-bed certification, unless an exception applies.
Requires managed care organizations and behavioral health administrative services organizations to take action to secure a safe placement or safe discharge for a person who is detained for involuntary treatment during a 24-hour emergency hold period if no other placement is available.
Requires crisis facilities to provide medically necessary co-occurring disorder treatment to persons receiving involuntary treatment by July 1, 2021.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 6469), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to improving access to behavioral health treatment in certified crisis facilities;

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

Jan 17, 2020First reading, referred to Health & Long Term Care.
Jan 17, 2020Referred to Behavioral Health Subcommittee to Health & Long Term Care.

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

SB 6469 (2017–18) Opioid medications/schools · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2015–16) Teaching cursive in schools · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2013–14) Juvenile records access · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2011–12) Fire hydrant services · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2009–10) Racial dispr. advisory comm · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 6469 (2007–08) Urban forestry · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2005–06) Commission/health care costs · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 6469 (2003–04) WASL · Did not pass · died in committee