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; BOAItD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Grant County,Washington
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION No. 15- ���CC
EXECUTION OF IleiTERGOVERN-
MENTAL/JURISDICTIOl�TAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHEI,AN
� COUNTY,DOUGLAS COUNTY, AND
GRANT COUNTY RE: NORTH
CENTRAL WASHINGTON
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
WHEREAS, Chapter 39.34 RCW, the Interlocal Cooperation Act, permits local
governmental entities to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to
cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage, for the purposes of providing
services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will
accord best with geographic, economic, population and other factors influencing the needs and
development of local communities; and
WHEREAS, the counties of Chelan, Douglas, and Grant (hereafter collectively referred
to as the Counties) , are jurisdictions created and situated within the State of Washington and
' vested with authority to enter into an interlocal agreement pursuant to chapter 39.34 RCW; and
WHEREAS, the Chelan-Douglas Regional Support Networlc(CDRSN) was established
pursuant to RCW Chapter 71.24 and RCW Chapter 39.34 as a joint operation of Chelan County
and Douglas County, and serves the mental health service needs of the two counties, with
, Douglas County serving as lead agency; and
WHEREAS, Grant County is a member of the multi-county Spokane County Regional
Support Network, and that Regional Support Networlc serves the mantal health service needs of
Grant County, with Spokane County serving as lead agency; and
WHEREAS, the Washington State Legislature passed E2SSB 6312 pertaining to the
integxation of the State's purchasing of inental health, chemical dependency and physical health
treatment services, resulting in the realignment of counties into Regional Service Areas and
requiring adoption of a Behavioral Health Organization or Early Adopter model of services
integration; and
WHEREAS, THE Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Division
of Behavioral Health and Recovery, authorized a Regional Service Area comprised of Chelan,
Douglas, and Grant Counties, and the Counties have chosen to pursue a Behavioral Health
Organization model of service integration, effective April 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, THE Counties must submit a Detailed Plan to the Washington State
Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, for
establishment of the Behavioral Health Organization, subject to the review and approval of the
state;
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NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the attached Interlocal Cooperative
Agreement between Chelan County, Douglas County and Grant County Re: Noi-th Central
' Washington Behavioral Health, be executed by and between Grant County and the counties of
' Chelan and Douglaso
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14t�' day of December, 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Yea Nay Abstain GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Richard Stevens, Chair
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.,,�`"' ATTEST: Cindy rter, rce- air
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� � (r Carolann Swartz, Member
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