(1)(a) The authority or its designee shall provide training to the designated crisis responders. (b)(i) To qualify as a designated crisis responder, a person must have received substance use disorder training as determined by the authority and be a: (A) Mental health professional with an advanced degree; (B) Person who meets the waiver criteria of RCW 71.24.260, which waiver was granted before 1986; or (C) Person who had an approved waiver to perform the duties of a mental health professional that was requested by the regional support network and granted by the department of social and health services before July 1, 2001. (ii) Training must include training specific to the duties of a designated crisis responder, including diagnosis of substance abuse and dependence and assessment of risk associated with substance use. (2)(a) The authority must ensure that at least one sixteen-bed secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility is operational by April 1, 2018, and that at least two sixteen-bed secure withdrawal management and stabilization facilities are operational by April 1, 2019. (b) If, at any time during the implementation of secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility capacity, federal funding becomes unavailable for federal match for services provided in secure withdrawal management and stabilization facilities, then the authority must cease any expansion of secure withdrawal management and stabilization facilities until further direction is provided by the legislature. [ 2023 c 425 s 22. Prior: 2019 c 446 s 16; 2019 c 325 s 3015; 2018 c 201 s 3035; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 14 s 21; 2016 sp.s. c 29 s 201.]
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