Washington § 71A.12.360 - Duty to track, monitor, and make available certain deidentified information about clients taken or admitted to a hospital — Notification by provider required.

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§ 71A.12.360. Duty to track, monitor, and make available certain deidentified information about clients taken or admitted to a hospital — Notification by provider required.

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services shall track and monitor the following items and make the deidentified information available to the office of the developmental disabilities ombuds created in RCW 43.382.005, the legislature, the Washington state hospital association, and the public upon request:
(a) Information about clients receiving services from a provider who are taken or admitted to a hospital. This includes:
(i) The number of clients who are taken or admitted to a hospital for services without a medical need;
(ii) The number of clients who are taken or admitted to a hospital with a medical need, but are unable to discharge once the medical need is met;
(iii) Each client's length of hospital stay for nonmedical purposes;
(iv) The reason each client was unable to be discharged from a hospital once the client's medical need was met;
(v) The location, including the type of provider, where each client was before being taken or admitted to a hospital; and
(vi) The location where each client is discharged.
(b) Information about clients who are taken or admitted to a hospital once the client's provider terminates services. This includes:
(i) The number of clients who are taken or admitted to a hospital for services without a medical need;
(ii) The number of clients who are taken or admitted to a hospital with a medical need, but are unable to discharge once the medical need is met;
(iii) Each client's length of hospital stay for nonmedical purposes;
(iv) The reason each client was unable to be discharged from a hospital once the client's medical need was met;
(v) For each client, the reason the provider terminated services;
(vi) The location, including the type of provider, where each client was before being taken or admitted to a hospital; and
(vii) The location where each client is discharged.
(2) A provider must notify the department when a client is taken or admitted to a hospital for services without a medical need and when a client is taken or admitted to a hospital with a medical need but is unable to discharge back to the provider, so that the department may track and collect data as required under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Hospital" means a facility licensed under chapter 70.41 or 71.12 RCW.
(b) "Provider" means a certified residential services and support program that contracts with the developmental disabilities administration of the department of social and health services to provide services to administration clients. "Provider" also includes the state-operated living alternatives program operated by the administration.
[ 2019 c 324 s 13.]

Notes

Findings—Intent—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.648.
Mental health drop-in center services pilot program—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 71.24.649.
Report—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 70.38.111.
Recommendations—Residential intensive behavioral health and developmental disability services—2019 c 324: See note following RCW 74.39A.030.

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