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House Bill 1661 — Pilot Project for Mobile Mental Health Crisis Intervention (Washington, 2023)

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House Bill 1661 of the State of Washington, 2023 Regular Session, sponsored by Representatives Maycumber, Springer, Robertson, Chapman, Mosbrucker, Rule, Eslick, Taylor, and Paul. It was read first time on January 30, 2023 and referred to the Committee on Innovation, Community & Economic Development, & Veterans. The title describes an act relating to establishing a pilot project for mobile mental health crisis intervention, creating new sections, and providing an expiration date. Subject to appropriation, the state military department's emergency management division is to establish the pilot project and a competitive grant program for two emergency crisis assistance teams by September 1, 2023. Section 2 expires January 1, 2025.

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                                HOUSE BILL 1661


     State of Washington        68th Legislature       2023 Regular Session

     By   Representatives   Maycumber,    Springer,   Robertson,     Chapman,
     Mosbrucker, Rule, Eslick, Taylor, and Paul

     Read first time 01/30/23.      Referred to Committee   on     Innovation,
     Community & Economic Development, & Veterans.




 1       AN ACT Relating to establishing a pilot project for mobile mental
 2   health crisis intervention; creating new sections; and providing an
 3   expiration date.


 4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 5       NEW SECTION.   Sec. 1.    (1) The legislature finds that trauma-
 6   informed de-escalation and harm reduction techniques are effective in
 7   ensuring the peaceful resolution of emergency crisis situations
 8   involving mental illness, homelessness, and addiction.
 9       (2) The legislature further finds that mobile mental health
10   crisis intervention programs that operate independently of law
11   enforcement agencies may be an effective alternative or supplement to
12   police response for nonviolent crises.
13       (3) The legislature intends to appropriate sufficient funding to
14   the state military department's emergency management division to
15   establish a program to support mental health first response efforts
16   in local communities by awarding grants for a pilot project to
17   establish two emergency crisis assistance teams.


18       NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) Subject to the availability of amounts
19   appropriated   for this  specific  purpose,   the  state   military
20   department's emergency management division shall establish the
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 1   emergency crisis assistance team pilot project. The purpose of the
 2   project is to create two emergency crisis assistance teams that
 3   support community-based public safety and provide mobile mental
 4   health crisis intervention for crises involving mental illness,
 5   homelessness, and addiction.
 6       (2)(a)   The   state  military   department shall   establish  a
 7   competitive grant program to award funding for two emergency crisis
 8   assistance teams by September 1, 2023.
 9       (b) The state military department shall award two grants, one to
10   an eligible applicant in a city west of the crest of the Cascade
11   mountains and one to an eligible applicant in a city east of the
12   crest of the Cascade mountains.
13       (3) Mental health care service providers are eligible to compete
14   for grant funding.
15       (4) Grant recipients shall use grant funds to establish an
16   emergency crisis assistance team that provides the following mobile
17   mental health crisis intervention programs and services:
18       (a) Crisis counseling;
19       (b) Suicide prevention, assessment, and intervention;
20       (c) Conflict resolution and mediation;
21       (d) Grief and loss counseling;
22       (e) Substance abuse prevention, assessment, and intervention;
23       (f) Housing crisis aid;
24       (g) First aid and nonemergency medical care;
25       (h) Resource connection and referrals; and
26       (i) Transportation to services.
27       (5) Grant recipients shall provide a report to the state military
28   department on the results of their emergency crisis assistance teams
29   by October 1, 2024. The state military department shall provide a
30   report on the emergency crisis assistance team pilot project to the
31   governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1,
32   2024.
33       (6) This section expires January 1, 2025.

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