RCW 71.24.520
Substance use disorder program authority.
The authority, in the operation of the substance use disorder program, may:
(1) Plan, establish, and maintain prevention and treatment programs as necessary or desirable;
(2) Make contracts necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers, including managed care contracts for behavioral health services, contracts entered into under RCW 74.09.522, and contracts with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals to pay them for services rendered or furnished to persons with substance use disorders, persons incapacitated by alcohol or other psychoactive chemicals, or intoxicated persons;
(3) Enter into agreements for monitoring of verification of qualifications of counselors employed by approved treatment programs;
(4) Adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter and contract, cooperate, and coordinate with other public or private agencies or individuals for those purposes;
(5) Solicit and accept for use any gift of money or property made by will or otherwise, and any grant of money, services, or property from the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof or any private source, and do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government or any of its agencies in making an application for any grant;
(6) Administer or supervise the administration of the provisions relating to persons with substance use disorders and intoxicated persons of any state plan submitted for federal funding pursuant to federal health, welfare, or treatment legislation;
(7) Coordinate its activities and cooperate with substance use disorder programs in this and other states, and make contracts and other joint or cooperative arrangements with state, local, or private agencies in this and other states for the treatment of persons with substance use disorders and their families, persons incapacitated by alcohol or other psychoactive chemicals, and intoxicated persons and for the common advancement of substance use disorder programs;
(8) Keep records and engage in research and the gathering of relevant statistics;
(9) Do other acts and things necessary or convenient to execute the authority expressly granted to it;
(10) Acquire, hold, or dispose of real property or any interest therein, and construct, lease, or otherwise provide treatment programs.
[ 2019 c 325 § 1034; 2018 c 201 § 4036; 2014 c 225 § 22; 1989 c 270 § 5; 1988 c 193 § 2; 1972 ex.s. c 122 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.96A.040.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
Effective date—2014 c 225: See note following RCW 71.24.016.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.
71.24.015 - Legislative intent—Community behavioral health system.
71.24.030 - Grants, purchasing of services, for community behavioral health programs.
71.24.035 - Director's powers and duties as state behavioral health authority.
71.24.045 - Behavioral health administrative services organization powers and duties.
71.24.062 - Psychiatry consultation line—Implementation.
71.24.063 - Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Data collection.
71.24.064 - Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Funding—Performance measures.
71.24.067 - Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Review.
71.24.068 - Telebehavioral health access account.
71.24.115 - Recovery navigator programs—Reports.
71.24.125 - Grant program—Treatment services—Regional access standards.
71.24.135 - Expanded recovery support services program—Regional expanded recovery plans.
71.24.160 - Proof as to uses made of state funds—Use of maintenance of effort funds.
71.24.200 - Expenditures of county funds subject to county fiscal laws.
71.24.215 - Sliding-scale fee schedules for clients receiving behavioral health services.
71.24.220 - State grants may be withheld for noncompliance with chapter or related rules.
71.24.250 - Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Receipt of gifts and grants.
71.24.260 - Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals.
71.24.350 - Behavioral health ombuds office.
71.24.370 - Behavioral health services contracts—Limitation on state liability.
71.24.380 - Purchase of behavioral health services—Managed care contracting—Requirements.
71.24.383 - Managed care organization contracting—Requirements.
71.24.400 - Streamlining delivery system—Finding.
71.24.405 - Streamlining delivery system.
71.24.415 - Streamlining delivery system—Authority duties to achieve outcomes.
71.24.430 - Coordination of services for behavioral health clients—Collaborative service delivery.
71.24.435 - Behavioral health system—Improvement strategy.
71.24.450 - Offenders with mental illnesses—Findings and intent.
71.24.455 - Offenders with mental illnesses—Contracts for specialized access and services.
71.24.460 - Offenders with mental illnesses—Report to legislature.
71.24.510 - Integrated comprehensive screening and assessment process—Implementation.
71.24.520 - Substance use disorder program authority.
71.24.525 - Agreements authorized under the interlocal cooperation act.
71.24.530 - Local funding and donative funding requirements—Facilities, plans, programs.
71.24.535 - Duties of authority.
71.24.545 - Comprehensive program for treatment—Regional facilities.
71.24.555 - Liquor taxes and profits—City and county eligibility conditioned.
71.24.560 - Opioid treatment programs—Pregnant individuals—Information and education.
71.24.565 - Acceptance for approved treatment—Rules.
71.24.570 - Emergency service patrol—Establishment—Rules.
71.24.575 - Criminal laws limitations.
71.24.580 - Criminal justice treatment account.
71.24.585 - Opioid and substance use disorder treatment—State response.
71.24.589 - Substance use disorders—Law enforcement assisted diversion—Pilot project.
71.24.594 - Opioid overdose reversal medications—Education—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.
71.24.597 - Opioid overdose reversal medication—Coordinated purchasing and distribution.
71.24.598 - Drug overdose response team.
71.24.599 - Opioid use disorder—City and county jails—Funding.
71.24.605 - Fetal alcohol screening and assessment services.
71.24.610 - Interagency agreement on fetal alcohol exposure programs.
71.24.615 - Chemical dependency treatment expenditures—Prioritization.
71.24.625 - Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
71.24.640 - Standards for certification or licensure of evaluation and treatment facilities.
71.24.645 - Standards for certification or licensure of crisis stabilization units.
71.24.647 - Standards for certification or licensure of triage facilities.
71.24.649 - Standards for certification or licensure of mental health peer-run respite centers.
71.24.650 - Standards for certification or licensure of a clubhouse.
71.24.660 - Recovery residences—Referrals by licensed or certified service providers.
71.24.710 - Reentry services—Work group.
71.24.715 - Reentry services—Waiver application.
71.24.720 - Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.
71.24.850 - Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.
71.24.855 - Finding—Intent—State hospitals.
71.24.861 - Behavioral health system coordination committee.
71.24.870 - Behavioral health services—Adoption of rules—Audit.
71.24.885 - Medicaid rate increases—Review authority—Reporting.
71.24.893 - National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy steering committee.
71.24.894 - National 988 system—Department reporting—Audit.
71.24.896 - National 988 system—Duties owed to public—Independent contractors.
71.24.898 - National 988 system—Technical and operational plan.