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Spokane region to keep Frontier as 988 hub; board hears legislative proposals altering ITA timeframes and provider rules
Summary
Regional staff told the board that Frontier Behavioral Health was selected to continue as the Spokane 988 hub; members also heard multiple bills under tracking, including proposals to extend initial involuntary detention from 120 to 168 hours, alter assisted outpatient treatment standards, require clinician badging, and fund pediatric transitional care centers.
Ashley McGee provided administrative and crisis-system updates to the Spokane Regional Behavioral Health Advisory Board, reporting that Frontier Behavioral Health was selected to serve as the 988 hub for the Spokane region and that existing contracts run through June 30, 2025 with new hub transitions expected in July depending on readiness.
McGee said Frontier’s vertical integration supports a mobile dispatch model and that the region will pilot a state Scribe Care Acuity Guide to standardize response levels; Frontier will participate in the pilot to help define when mobile dispatch, scheduling within 24 hours, or immediate first-responder…
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