§ 71.34.010 Purpose
§ 71.34.020 Definitions
§ 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
§ 71.34.315 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
§ 71.34.3871 Stakeholder engagement efforts to measure impacts of the adolescent behavioral health care access act (2019 c 381) — Reports to governor and legislature
§ 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
§ 71.34.500 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 obligati
§ 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 you
§ 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 &mda
§ 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
§ 71.34.705 Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment — Considerations
§ 71.34.706 Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment — Considerations
§ 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
§ 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, excepti
§ 71.34.730 Petition for fourteen-day commitment — Requirements
§ 71.34.735 Commitment hearing — Continuance or postponement
§ 71.34.740 Commitment hearing — Requirements — Findings by court — Commitment — Release
§ 71.34.750 Petition for one hundred eighty-day commitment — Hearing — Requirements — Findings by court — Commitment order — Release — Successive commitments
§ 71.34.755 Less restrictive alternative treatment — Requirements
§ 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
§ 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 co
§ 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
§ 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
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 71.34 - Behavioral health services for minors

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
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  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
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  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
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  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
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  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.