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Mayors, senators back bill to codify police partnerships at state psychiatric hospitals with funding caps
Summary
Witnesses told the House committee that codifying community policing partnerships between DSHS and the cities near Western and Eastern State Hospitals will improve safety; the bill sets reporting requirements and caps annual funding at up to $750,000 per facility per biennium.
Committee staff briefed members on Engrossed Senate Bill 52 86, which recognizes and establishes community partnership programs between the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and the cities hosting Western State Hospital (Lakewood) and Eastern State Hospital (Medical Lake). The bill adds a statutory framework, annual reporting to OFM and the Legislature, and a funding cap.
Corey Patton, staff to the committee,…
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