RCW 71.24.898
National 988 system—Technical and operational plan.
For the purpose of development and implementation of technology and platforms by the department and the authority under RCW 71.24.890, the department and the authority shall create a sophisticated technical and operational plan. The plan shall not conflict with, nor delay, the department meeting and satisfying existing 988 federal requirements that are already underway and must be met by July 16, 2022, nor is it intended to delay the initial planning phase of the project, or the planning and deliverables tied to any grant award received and allotted by the department or the authority prior to April 1, 2021. To the extent that funds are appropriated for this specific purpose, the department and the authority must contract for a consultant to critically analyze the development and implementation technology and platforms and operational challenges to best position the solutions for success. Prior to initiation of a new information technology development, which does not include the initial planning phase of this project or any contracting needed to complete the initial planning phase, the department and authority shall submit the technical and operational plan to the governor, office of financial management, steering committee of the crisis response improvement strategy committee created under RCW 71.24.892, and appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature, which shall include the committees referenced in this section. The plan must be approved by the office of the chief information officer, the director of the office of financial management, and the steering committee of the crisis response improvement strategy committee, which shall consider any feedback received from the senate ways and means committee chair, the house of representatives appropriations committee chair, the senate environment, energy and technology committee chair, the senate behavioral health subcommittee chair, and the house of representatives health care and wellness committee chair, before any funds are expended for the solutions, other than those funds needed to complete the initial planning phase. A draft technical and operational plan must be submitted no later than January 1, 2022, and a final plan by August 31, 2022.
The plan submitted must include, but not be limited to:
(1) Data management;
(2) Data security;
(3) Data flow;
(4) Data access and permissions;
(5) Protocols to ensure staff are following proper health information privacy procedures;
(6) Cybersecurity requirements and how to meet these;
(7) Service level agreements by vendor;
(8) Maintenance and operations costs;
(9) Identification of what existing software as a service products might be applicable, to include the:
(a) Vendor name;
(b) Vendor offerings to include product module and functionality detail and whether each represent add-ons that must be paid separately;
(c) Vendor pricing structure by year through implementation; and
(d) Vendor pricing structure by year post implementation;
(10) Integration limitations by system;
(11) Data analytic and performance metrics to be required by system;
(12) Liability;
(13) Which agency will host the electronic health record software as a service;
(14) Regulatory agency;
(15) The timeline by fiscal year from initiation to implementation for each solution in chapter 302, Laws of 2021;
(16) How to plan in a manner that ensures efficient use of state resources and maximizes federal financial participation; and
(17) A complete comprehensive business plan analysis.
[ 2021 c 302 § 109.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 302: See note following RCW 71.24.890.
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.