Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.
71.24.590 - Opioid treatment—Program licensing or certification by department, department duties—Use of medications by program—Definition.

RCW 71.24.590
Opioid treatment—Program licensing or certification by department, department duties—Use of medications by program—Definition.

(1) When making a decision on an application for licensing or certification of a program, the department shall:
(a) Consult with the county legislative authorities in the area in which an applicant proposes to locate a program and the city legislative authority in any city in which an applicant proposes to locate a program;
(b) License or certify only programs that will be sited in accordance with the appropriate county or city land use ordinances. Counties and cities may require conditional use permits with reasonable conditions for the siting of programs. Pursuant to RCW 36.70A.200, no local comprehensive plan or development regulation may preclude the siting of essential public facilities;
(c) Not discriminate in its licensing or certification decision on the basis of the corporate structure of the applicant;
(d) Consider the size of the population in need of treatment in the area in which the program would be located and license or certify only applicants whose programs meet the necessary treatment needs of that population;
(e) Consider the availability of other certified opioid treatment programs near the area in which the applicant proposes to locate the program;
(f) Consider the transportation systems that would provide service to the program and whether the systems will provide reasonable opportunities to access the program for persons in need of treatment;
(g) Consider whether the applicant has, or has demonstrated in the past, the capability to provide the appropriate services to assist the persons who utilize the program in meeting goals established by the legislature in RCW 71.24.585. The department shall prioritize licensing or certification to applicants who have demonstrated such capability and are able to measure their success in meeting such outcomes;
(h) Hold one public hearing in the community in which the facility is proposed to be located. The hearing shall be held at a time and location that are most likely to permit the largest number of interested persons to attend and present testimony. The department shall notify all appropriate media outlets of the time, date, and location of the hearing at least three weeks in advance of the hearing.
(2) A county may impose a maximum capacity for a program of not less than three hundred fifty participants if necessary to address specific local conditions cited by the county.
(3) A program applying for licensing or certification from the department and a program applying for a contract from a state agency that has been denied the licensing or certification or contract shall be provided with a written notice specifying the rationale and reasons for the denial.
(4) Opioid treatment programs may order, possess, dispense, and administer medications approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder, alcohol use disorder, tobacco use disorder, and reversal of opioid overdose. For an opioid treatment program to order, possess, and dispense any other legend drug, including controlled substances, the opioid treatment program must obtain additional licensure as required by the department, except for patient-owned medications.
(5) Opioid treatment programs may accept, possess, and administer patient-owned medications.
(6) Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses may dispense up to a thirty-one day supply of medications approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder to patients of the opioid treatment program, under an order or prescription and in compliance with 42 C.F.R. Sec. 8.12.
(7) For the purpose of this chapter, "opioid treatment program" means a program that:
(a) Engages in the treatment of opioid use disorder with medications approved by the United States food and drug administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder and reversal of opioid overdose; and
(b) Provides a comprehensive range of medical and rehabilitative services.

[ 2019 c 314 § 30; 2018 c 201 § 4045; 2017 c 297 § 14; 2001 c 242 § 2; 1995 c 321 § 2; 1989 c 270 § 21. Formerly RCW 70.96A.410.]
NOTES:

Declaration—2019 c 314: See note following RCW 18.22.810.


Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.


Contingent effective date—2017 c 297 §§ 14 and 16: "Sections 14 and 16 of this act take effect only if neither Substitute House Bill No. 1388 (including any later amendments or substitutes) nor Substitute Senate Bill No. 5259 (including any later amendments or substitutes) is signed into law by the governor by July 23, 2017." [ 2017 c 297 § 18.] Neither Substitute House Bill No. 1388 nor Substitute Senate Bill No. 5259 was signed into law by July 23, 2017.


Findings—Intent—2017 c 297: See note following RCW 18.22.800.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 71 - Behavioral Health

Chapter 71.24 - Community Behavioral Health Services Act.

71.24.011 - Short title.

71.24.015 - Legislative intent—Community behavioral health system.

71.24.016 - Intent—Management of services—Work group on long-term involuntary inpatient care integration.

71.24.025 - Definitions.

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.

71.24.037 - Licensed or certified behavioral health agencies and providers—Minimum standards—Investigations and enforcement actions—Inspections.

71.24.045 - Behavioral health administrative services organization powers and duties.

71.24.061 - Children's mental health provider networks—Children's mental health evidence-based practice institute—Partnership access line pilot programs—Report to legislature.

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.

71.24.066 - Partnership access line pilot programs—Determination to be made permanent—Long-term funding.

71.24.067 - Partnership access lines—Psychiatric consultation lines—Review.

71.24.068 - Telebehavioral health access account.

71.24.100 - County-run behavioral health administrative services organizations—Joint operating agreements—Requirements.

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.

71.24.145 - Homeless outreach stabilization transition program—Psychiatric outreach—Contingency management resources—Substance misuse prevention effort—Grants.

71.24.155 - Grants to behavioral health administrative services, managed care organizations, and Indian health care providers—Accounting.

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.

71.24.240 - Eligibility for funding—Community behavioral health program plans to be approved by director prior to submittal to federal agency.

71.24.250 - Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Receipt of gifts and grants.

71.24.260 - Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals.

71.24.300 - Behavioral health administrative services organizations—Advisory boards—Inclusion of tribes—Roles and responsibilities.

71.24.335 - Reimbursement for behavioral health services provided through telemedicine or store and forward technology—Coverage requirements—Audio-only telemedicine.

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.

71.24.381 - Contracting for crisis services and medically necessary physical and behavioral health services.

71.24.383 - Managed care organization contracting—Requirements.

71.24.385 - Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations—Mental health and substance use disorder treatment programs—Development and design 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.

71.24.420 - Expenditure of funds for operation of service delivery system—Appropriation levels—Outcome and performance measures—Report.

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.

71.24.470 - Reentry community services program—Contract for case management—Use of appropriated funds.

71.24.480 - Reentry community services program—Limitation on liability due to treatment—Reporting requirements.

71.24.490 - Evaluation and treatment services—Capacity needs—Behavioral health administrative services and managed care organizations.

71.24.500 - Written guidance and trainings—Managed care—Incarcerated and involuntarily hospitalized persons.

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.

71.24.540 - Drug courts.

71.24.545 - Comprehensive program for treatment—Regional facilities.

71.24.546 - Substance use recovery services plan—Substance use recovery services advisory committee—Rules—Report.

71.24.550 - City, town, or county without facility—Contribution of liquor taxes prerequisite to use of another's facility.

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.

71.24.587 - Opioid use disorder treatment—Possession or use of lawfully prescribed medication—Declaration by state.

71.24.589 - Substance use disorders—Law enforcement assisted diversion—Pilot project.

71.24.590 - Opioid treatment—Program licensing or certification by department, department duties—Use of medications by program—Definition.

71.24.593 - Opioid use disorder treatment—Care of individuals and their newborns—Authority recommendations required.

71.24.594 - Opioid overdose reversal medications—Education—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.

71.24.595 - Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.

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.

71.24.600 - Inability to contribute to cost of services no bar to admission—Authority may limit admissions for nonmedicaid clients.

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.

71.24.618 - Withdrawal management services—Substance use disorder treatment services—Prior authorization—Utilization review—Medical necessity review.

71.24.625 - Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.

71.24.630 - Integrated, comprehensive screening and assessment process for substance use and mental disorders.

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.

71.24.648 - Standards for certification or licensure of intensive behavioral health treatment 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.

71.24.665 - Psychiatric treatment, evaluation, and bed utilization for American Indians and Alaska Natives—Report by authority.

71.24.700 - Long-term inpatient care and mental health placements—Contracting with community hospitals and evaluation and treatment facilities.

71.24.710 - Reentry services—Work group.

71.24.715 - Reentry services—Waiver application.

71.24.720 - Less restrictive alternative treatment—Transition teams.

71.24.845 - Transfer of clients between behavioral health administrative services organizations—Uniform transfer agreement.

71.24.850 - Regional service areas—Report—Managed care integration.

71.24.852 - Intensive behavioral health treatment facilities—Resident rights and access to ombuds services—Recommendations to governor and legislature.

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.

71.24.872 - Regulatory parity between primary care and behavioral health care settings—Initial documentation requirements for patients—Administrative burdensomeness.

71.24.880 - Interlocal leadership structure—Transition to fully integrated managed care within a regional service area.

71.24.885 - Medicaid rate increases—Review authority—Reporting.

71.24.887 - Training support grants for community mental health providers—Behavioral health workforce pilot program.

71.24.890 - National 988 system—Crisis call center hubs—Technology and platform development—Agency collaboration.

71.24.892 - National 988 system—Crisis response improvement strategy committee—Membership—Steering committee—Reports.

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.

71.24.905 - Co-response services.

71.24.910 - Balance billing violations—Discipline.