With passage of the Engrossed 2nd Substitute House Bill – E2SHB 1688 by the Washington state legislature in 2022, Commercial Carriers, along with Managed Medicaid Organizations (MCOs), will now provide insurance coverage for Behavioral Health Crisis Services as emergency services:

• Mobile Crisis Response Services

• Crisis Facility Services; Hospital Emergency Room, Evaluation & Treatment (E&T), Crisis Stabilization, Crisis Triage and Withdrawal Management

The OIC and HCA pulled together a multi-stakeholder workgroup to recommend how to build upon the current Behavioral Health Crisis System to implement the new law: