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Spokane County officials outline new endorsed mobile rapid response team, MDU dispatch and state coordination work
Summary
Frontier Behavioral Health received endorsement for a mobile rapid response crisis team in Spokane County; county staff described an MDU dispatch unit, guidance to use 988 as the "front door," and ongoing state-level work on data standards required by House Bill 1813.
Jessica Thompson, behavioral health supervisor at the Administrative Services Organization (ASO), told the Spokane County Behavioral Health Advisory Board that Frontier Behavioral Health received notification, effective Aug. 1, to operate an endorsed mobile rapid response crisis team for Spokane County.
"They will be able to operate this specific mobile rapid response crisis team for our Spokane County 24/7 and be able to respond to behavioral health emergencies within 1 hour," Jessica said. She added that the endorsement allows Frontier to operate up to five vehicles that can assist with transporting people to stabilization services as needed.
The nut graf: ASO staff said the new team and a centralized mobile dispatch unit (MDU) are intended to provide faster triage and more coordinated dispatch across crisis teams, while state-level work on care-coordination standards under House Bill 1813 will require electronic data-sharing standards by Jan. 1, 2026.
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