Washington State Senate Bill 5432 Of 2019, Behavioral Health Integration

Washington State Senate Bill (SB) 5432 of 2019 was passed on May 9, 2019. SB 5432 concerns fully implementing behavioral health integration for January 1, 2020 in the following ways: removing behavioral health organizations from law; clarifying the roles and responsibilities among the Health Care Authority, Department of Social and Health Services, and Department of Health; and reworking the roles and responsibilities of behavioral health administrative services organizations. The bill also makes minor technical corrections to the role of Medicaid managed care organizations within the behavioral health system . . .