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Inslee signs supplemental budgets, behavioral-health and crisis-response bills at UW Medicine
Summary
At a bill-signing ceremony at the UW Medicine Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, Governor Inslee signed the supplemental operating and capital budgets and a package of bills aimed at expanding behavioral-health services, crisis response (988), workforce supports and school safety.
Governor Inslee on Saturday signed a supplemental operating and capital budget and a slate of bills aimed at expanding behavioral-health services, supporting the behavioral-health workforce and strengthening the state's crisis-response system.
The ceremony at the UW Medicine Center for Behavioral Health and Learning opened with remarks from Tim Dellit, CEO of UW Medicine, who thanked the governor and legislative budget chairs for helping build the new facility. "It is my privilege and honor to welcome you to UW Medicine Center for Behavioral Health and Learning," Dellit said. Governor Inslee called the building "such a beautiful building" and credited the partnership between state government and UW Medicine in creating what he called the nation’s first behavioral-health teaching hospital.
Why it matters: The bills Inslee signed include measures to build out community crisis services connected to the 988…
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