RCW 71.24.908 — Data integration platform to support diversion efforts—Development and implementation—Exempt from public disclosure.

1. (1) The authority must develop and implement a data integration platform by June 30, 2025, to support recovery navigator programs, law enforcement assisted diversion programs, arrest and jail alternative programs, and similar diversion efforts. The data integration platform shall:

   1. (a) Serve as a statewide common database available for tracking diversion efforts across the state;
   2. (b) Serve as a data collection and management tool for practitioners, allowing practitioners to input data and information relating to the utilization and outcomes of pretrial diversions, including whether such diversions were terminated, were successfully completed and resulted in dismissal, or are still ongoing;
   3. (c) Assist in standardizing definitions and practices; and
   4. (d) Track pretrial diversion participants by race, ethnicity, gender, gender expression or identity, disability status, and age.
2. (2) If possible, the authority must leverage and interact with existing platforms already in use in efforts funded by the authority. The authority must establish a quality assurance process for behavioral health administrative services organizations and employ data validation for fields in the data collection workbook. The authority must engage and consult with the law enforcement assisted diversion national support bureau on data integration approaches, platforms, quality assurance protocols, and validation practices.
3. (3) Information submitted to the data integration platform is exempt from public disclosure requirements under chapter 42.56 RCW.

[ 2023 sp.s. c 1 s 22.]