(1) Treatment providers shall
inquire of each person seeking treatment, at intake, whether the
person is subject to court ordered mental health or chemical
dependency treatment, whether civil or criminal, and document the
person's response in his or her record. If the person is in
treatment on July 1, 2005, and the treatment provider has not
inquired whether the person is subject to court ordered mental
health or chemical dependency treatment, the treatment provider
shall inquire on the person's next treatment session and document
the person's response in his or her record.
(2) Treatment providers shall inquire of each person seeking
treatment, at intake, whether the person is subject to
supervision of any kind by the department of corrections and
document the person's response in his or her record. If the
person is in treatment on July 1, 2005, and the treatment
provider has not inquired whether the person is subject to
supervision of any kind by the department of corrections, the
treatment provider shall inquire on the person's next treatment
session and document the person's response in his or her record.
(3) For all persons who are subject to both court ordered
mental health or chemical dependency treatment and supervision by
the department of corrections, the treatment provider shall
request an authorization to release records and notify the person
that, unless expressly excluded by the court order the law
requires treatment providers to share information with the
department of corrections and the person's mental health
treatment provider.
(4) If the treatment provider has reason to believe that a
person is subject to supervision by the department of corrections
but the person's record does not indicate that he or she is, the
treatment provider may call any department of corrections office
and provide the person's name and birth date. If the person is
subject to supervision, the treatment provider shall request, and
the department of corrections shall provide, the name and contact
information for the person's community corrections officer.
[2005 c 504 § 508.]
NOTES:
Findings -- Intent -- Severability -- Application -- Construction -- Captions, part headings, subheadings not law -- Adoption of rules -- Effective dates -- 2005 c 504: See notes following RCW 71.05.027.
Alphabetization -- Correction of references -- 2005 c 504: See note following RCW 71.05.020.