The secretary shall license or certify mental health peer-run respite centers that meet state minimum standards. In consultation with the authority and the department of social and health services, the secretary must: (1) Establish requirements for licensed and certified community behavioral health agencies to provide mental health peer-run respite center services and establish physical plant and service requirements to provide voluntary, short-term, noncrisis services that focus on recovery and wellness; (2) Require licensed and certified agencies to partner with the local crisis system including, but not limited to, evaluation and treatment facilities and designated crisis responders; (3) Establish staffing requirements, including rules to ensure that facilities are peer-run; (4) Limit services to a maximum of seven days in a month; (5) Limit services to individuals who are experiencing psychiatric distress, but do not meet legal criteria for involuntary hospitalization under chapter 71.05 RCW; and (6) Limit services to persons at least eighteen years of age. [ 2021 c 302 s 403; 2019 c 324 s 5.]
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