The authority shall operate the community behavioral health service delivery system authorized under this chapter within the following constraints:

Terms Used In Washington Code 71.24.420

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Authority: means the Washington state health care authority. See Washington Code 71.24.025
  • Community behavioral health service delivery system: means public, private, or tribal agencies that provide services specifically to persons with mental disorders, substance use disorders, or both, as defined under RCW 71. See Washington Code 71.24.025
(1) The full amount of federal funds for community behavioral health system services, plus qualifying state expenditures as appropriated in the biennial operating budget, shall be appropriated to the authority each year in the biennial appropriations act to carry out the provisions of the community behavioral health service delivery system authorized in this chapter.
(2) The authority may expend funds defined in subsection (1) of this section in any manner that will effectively accomplish the outcome measures established in RCW 71.24.435 and 71.36.025 and performance measures linked to those outcomes.
(3) The authority shall implement strategies that accomplish the outcome measures established in RCW 71.24.435, 70.320.020, and 71.36.025 and performance measures linked to those outcomes.
(4) The authority shall monitor expenditures against the appropriation levels provided for in subsection (1) of this section and report to the governor’s office and the appropriate committees of the legislature once every two years, on or about December 1st, on each even-numbered year.

NOTES:

Effective date2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.
FindingsIntentEffective date2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
Effective date2014 c 225: See note following RCW 71.24.016.