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The Trump administration said recently that it plans to review Biden-era rules related to mental health insurance coverage and potentially suspend them.
A wave of new laws across the country will go into effect on July 1. They include everything from wage increases to crank ...
During that period a mental health professional decides if they need to be committed for longer or referred to treatment. Petitions filed under Joel’s Law comprise only a small portion of all ...
Joel's Law, passed in Washington state in 2015, allows families to ... highlighting the challenges of navigating the mental health system. Tatiana Leone never leaves her Bremerton apartment ...
A city in Washington will pay $2 million to the family of 30-year-old Katelynn Rose Smith, who was shot to death by police ...
A Washington state senator says a quote of his that ... have a “complete right” to make their own decisions about mental health care without parental consent. His full quote was in response ...
Participation in the peer support networks would be confidential so officers would not have to worry that what they say will ...
Disability Rights Oregon’s case can proceed against Washington ... s argument that mental health crises pose different emergency safety concerns that require a law enforcement response ...
Dave Boyer: Yeah, if someone calls 911 in Washington County in a mental health crisis, they will receive a law enforcement response ... than the rest of the state? Boyer: No, we also considered ...
In Washington State, the city of Longview ... under the federal civil rights law, as the officers knew she was experiencing “a severe mental health crisis, including suicidal ideation and ...