Select Committee on Quality Improvement in State Hospitals
The Select Committee on Improving Quality in State Hospitals was established in 2016 by ESSB 6656. The select committee comprises eight voting members of the Legislature and one voting member appointed by the Governor. The committee also includes the heads of the Department of Social and Health Services and the Department of Labor and Industries, who are both nonvoting members. The committee is tasked with receiving updates, monitoring and making recommendations to the Governor, the Office of Financial Management and the Legislature on several topics including:
- State hospital structure, financing, staff composition, and workforce development needs
- Use of funds from the Governor’s Behavioral Health Innovation Fund, also established in ESSB 6656
- Monitoring progress on implementation of legislative policies
- Reviewing survey findings concerning the safety of state hospitals
The select committee must convene at least quarterly through its expiration on July 1, 2019.
Recommendations
Preliminary recommendations (Jan. 2017)
Resources
Modernizing Washington's Mental Health System (Oct. 2018)
Forensic Risk Modeling in the Medicaid Population
Members
See list of members
- Sen. Ann Rivers
- Sen. Annette Cleveland
- Rep. Eileen Cody
- Rep. Jay Rodne
- Sen. Jeannie Darneille
- Rep. Joe Schmick
- Rep. Laurie Jinkins
- Sen. Steve O'Ban
- Secretary Cheryl Strange, Department of Social and Health Services
- Director Joel Sacks, Department of Labor and Industries
- Rashi Gupta, Governor's Policy Advisor
Past meetings and materials
January 7, 2019
- Agenda
- Update on Trueblood settlement agreement
- Presentation: Select Committee on Quality Improvements in State Hospitals
- Current oversight of Western State Hospital
- DSHS briefing paper: State Hospital Staffing Model
October 18, 2018
April 17, 2018
- Agenda
- Staffing tied to CMS Requirements
- Enacted RecSum_2017-19_BHA 030
- DSHS WSH Accomplishments
- New MH Beds Map
- WA State Hospitals Performance Accountability Standards
- 6656-S.SL
- 041718-SCQISH_FINAL
- Enacted RecSum_2018_BHA 030
- Measuring Acuity-Acuity Scale
December 15, 2017
- Agenda
- Capital Budget Overview
- ALTSA Cover Letter
- ALTSA Workplan
- Governor's Budget
- Updated Matrix
- Diversion Programs
- Competency Evaluation
- PCG SQISH
- BH Capital Summary
- UW WSH Training Programs
- BH Budget Briefing
- Trueblood Diversion Services Overview
- Community Beds and Projects Update
October 30, 2017
December 20, 2016
November 22, 2016
- Agenda
- Video Recordings
- Behavioral Health (BH) Consultant Deliverables
- BH System Assessment Final Recommendations
- State Hospitals Staffing Model Presentation
- Clinical Staffing Model Analysis and Recommendations
- Clinical Staffing Model
- Jail Diversion for People with Mental Illness
- BH Workforce Analysis Presentation
- BH Workforce Phase 1 Report
- BH Workforce Executive Summary
- Summary of BH Workforce Recommendations
- BH Integration Update
- Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6656 Update
- Data Dashboard Periodic Reporting
October 27, 2016
- Agenda
- TVW Video
- Carla Reyes presentation: root cause analysis status report
- Root cause analysis: recommendations and workgroup detail
- Behavioral Health Assessment Project Plan
- Alice Huber presentation
- Western State Hospital Staff Kudos, Sept. 2016
- Behavioral Health Finance
September 12, 2016
- Agenda
- Mental Health Finance 101 Presentation
- Mental Health Finance 101 Payment Methodologies
- Mental Health Initiatives Overview and Updates
- Washington Behavioral Health Assessment Project Overview
- Data Dashboard Quarterly Reporting Presentation
- Employee Satisfaction Survey ESH
- Employee Satisfaction Survey WSH
- Outcomes for Persons Discharged from Community Psychiatric Hospitals
- Outcomes for Persons Discharged from State Psychiatric Hospitals
- Behavioral Health Innovation Fund Summary
June 30, 2016
- Agenda for June 30 meeting (PDF)
- Meeting Recording (Audio)
- Documents
- Psychiatric clinical care model consultant scope of work
- Mental health consultants update
- Navos: Step-down beds update
- Mental health system improvement scope of work
- Safety and security update
- Systems improvement agreement update
- Western State Hospital staffing model update
- Mental health system work plan, deliverables, price
- Behavioral Health Salaries and Market Analysis
- Distribution of Local Sales Use Taxes
- WA Mental Health Taxes
May 31, 2016
- Agenda for May 31 meeting (PDF)
- Meeting Recording (Audio)
- Documents
April 29, 2016
- Agenda (PDF)
- Presentation - overview and scope (.pptx)
