In a rare move 22 counties across Washington state banded together to sue Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) over mental health services, or a lack thereof.
Hundreds of people across the state sit in jail waiting for mental health services from the state, and now officials with the Department of Social and Health Services say they may have to start refusing some patients.
While the move is being cheered, it will take time before the facility is online. In the meantime, people are being turned away from services. The counties have argued that the "Trueblood Order" had nothing to do with short-term evaluation admissions, and that the state has began citing the court order as a reason to decline mental health evaluations as ordered by courts.
Jones warned that of the estimated 200 people that are set to be released from state mental hospitals, roughly 20 were "nowhere near ready" to be released.
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