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Currently, a behavioral health patient needing an involuntary treatment screening by a designated crisis responder can only receive a screening in-person. A bill sponsored by Rep. Morgan Irwin would add video...

April 9, 2020

We continue to face unknown and difficult times. Our number one priority is to stop the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). I ask for your continued patience as tough decisions are made...

March 24, 2020

The 2020 legislative session ended the evening of Thursday, March 12. We left Olympia with an unsettling feeling of what the future holds. The coronavirus continues to threaten our health, lives,...

March 18, 2020

It’s been a marathon run in the Legislature these past couple of weeks. We reached a pivotal deadline known as house of origin cutoff. This means we’ve finished our first rounds...

March 20, 2019