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Committee debate centers on whether Behavioral Care Center should be on Division Street or adjacent to jail
Summary
Committee members and work group participants discussed a recommendation to locate a behavioral health campus at 2030 Division Street instead of LaBounty, and focused debate on whether a Behavioral Care Center (BCC) should be in‑custody or out‑of‑custody because that decision affects Medicaid billing, operations and who would use the facility.
Whatcom County committee members and several Division Street work group participants reported continuing planning for a behavioral health campus and said a recent recommendation to locate the behavioral care center (BCC) at 2030 Division Street rather than LaBounty has shifted the work group’s planning.
Members said the central decision is whether the BCC should operate as an in‑custody facility (adjacent to the jail) or as an out‑of‑custody, community‑based center. Hannah (committee member and presenter) and Melora (committee member) told the group that the in‑custody vs. out‑of‑custody decision is the animating question because it…
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