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Wash. Rev. Code ch. 71.34 – Behavioral health services for minors. | Midpage
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Revised Code of Washington
Title 71
Chapter 71.34
Wash. Rev. Code ch. 71.34
Behavioral health services for minors.
71.34.010
Purpose.
71.34.020
Definitions. (Contingent effective date.)
71.34.300
Evaluation and treatment program for minors—Authority's responsibility.
71.34.305
Notice to parents, school contacts for referring students to inpatient treatment.
71.34.310
Jurisdiction over proceedings under chapter—Venue.
71.34.312
Intervention by attorney representing a tribe.
71.34.313
Assertion of jurisdiction or authority over tribes prohibited.
71.34.315
Mental health commissioners—Authority.
71.34.320
Transfer of superior court proceedings to juvenile department.
71.34.325
Court proceedings under chapter subject to rules of state supreme court.
71.34.330
Attorneys appointed for minors—Compensation.
71.34.335
Court records and files confidential—Availability.
71.34.351
Delivery of minor to treatment facilities.
71.34.355
Rights of minors undergoing treatment—Posting—Waiver—Presumption of incompetency.
71.34.356
Possessions of minors undergoing treatment.
71.34.360
No detention of minors after eighteenth birthday—Exceptions.
71.34.365
Release of minor—Requirements.
71.34.375
Family-initiated treatment—Notice to parents of available treatment options.
71.34.377
Failure to notify parent or guardian of treatment options—Civil penalty.
71.34.379
Notice to parent or guardian—Treatment options—Policy and protocol adoption—Report.
71.34.380
Department, department of health, and authority to adopt rules to effectuate chapter.
71.34.385
Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
71.34.387
Online training for behavioral health providers—State law and best practices when providing behavioral health services to children, youth, and families.
71.34.390
Redirection of Title XIX funds to fund placements within the state.
71.34.395
Availability of treatment does not create right to obtain public funds.
71.34.400
Eligibility for medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW—Payment by authority.
71.34.405
Liability for costs of minor's treatment and care—Rules.
71.34.406
Liability of costs of minor's treatment—Involuntary detention—Rules.
71.34.410
Liability for performance of duties under this chapter limited.
71.34.415
Judicial services—Civil commitment cases—Reimbursement.
71.34.420
Evaluation and treatment services—Unavailability—Single bed certification.
71.34.430
Release of adolescent's mental health information to parent without adolescent's consent.
71.34.440
Detention of minors—Permission to leave facility.
71.34.445
Temporary detention for evaluation regarding involuntary commitment.
71.34.500
Self-admission of adolescent for inpatient behavioral health treatment or substance use disorder treatment—Requirements.
71.34.510
Notice to parents of adolescent voluntarily admitted to inpatient treatment—When required—Duties of professional person in charge—Form of notice.
71.34.520
Notice of intent to leave inpatient treatment by adolescent voluntarily admitted—Duties of receiving staff member—Time frame for discharge of adolescent.
71.34.530
Outpatient treatment of adolescent.
71.34.600
Parental request for determination of whether adolescent has a behavioral health disorder requiring inpatient treatment—Adolescent's consent not required for admission, evaluation, and treatment—Duties and obligations of professional person and facility.
71.34.610
Authority's review of medical necessity of inpatient treatment of adolescent admitted to a facility due to parental request—Required considerations in making determination—Procedures for release—At-risk youth petition—Costs—Public funds.
71.34.620
Adolescent's court petition for release from inpatient treatment facility—Judicial review of medical necessity.
71.34.630
Adolescent not released from inpatient treatment facility by court petition—Release within thirty days—Initiation of proceedings to stop release.
71.34.640
Evaluation of treatment of adolescents.
71.34.650
Parental request for determination of whether adolescent has a behavioral health disorder requiring outpatient treatment—Adolescent's consent not required for evaluation and certain treatment—Treatment reviews—Discharge.
71.34.660
Limitation on liability for admitting or accepting adolescent.
71.34.670
"Appropriately trained professional person" defined by rule.
71.34.680
Data collection and tracking system for adolescents receiving treatment.
71.34.700
Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Temporary detention. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.705
Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations.
71.34.706
Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations. (Contingent effective date.)
71.34.710
Adolescent who presents likelihood of serious harm or is gravely disabled—Transport to inpatient facility—Petition for initial detention—Notice—Facility to evaluate and admit or release adolescent. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.720
Examination and evaluation of minor approved for inpatient admission—Referral to a secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility or substance use disorder treatment program—Right to communication, exception—Evaluation and treatment period. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.730
Petition for fourteen-day commitment—Requirements. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
71.34.735
Commitment hearing—Continuance or postponement.
71.34.740
Commitment hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment—Release. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.750
Petition for one hundred eighty-day commitment—Hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment order—Release—Successive commitments. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.755
Less restrictive alternative treatment—Requirements. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
71.34.760
Placement of minor in state evaluation and treatment facility or substance use disorder treatment program—Placement committee—Facility or program to report to committee.
71.34.770
Release of minor—Conditional release—Discharge. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
71.34.780
Minor's failure to adhere to outpatient conditions—Deterioration of minor's functioning—Transport to facility or program—Order of apprehension and detention—Revocation of alternative treatment or conditional release—Hearings. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
71.34.790
Transportation for minors committed to state facility for one hundred eighty-day treatment.
71.34.795
Transferring or moving persons from juvenile correctional institutions or facilities to evaluation and treatment facilities.
71.34.796
Transfer of person committed to juvenile correction institution to institution or facility for juveniles with behavioral health disorders.
71.34.815
Assisted outpatient treatment—Findings—Petition, court order for less restrictive alternative treatment—Procedure. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
71.34.905
Rule making—Access to files and records of court proceedings.
71.34.910
Appearance by video technology.
71.34.915
Authority outreach—Law and policy communication—Accessibility.
71.34.918
Authority outreach—Parent portal—Report to legislature.