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Parents have the right to initiate admittence of their 13+ aged youth if there is great concern for their mental health wellbeing into a psychiatric hospital in Washingon State, for an evaluation of their Mental Health Needs.
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Parent initiated Admissions
 
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A parent used RCW 71.34.600 (parent initiated admissions) to get his/her child admitted to a facility in Kitsap. 
 
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Sherri Axson
1/25/2007 9:46 PM
 
Parent's Discussion about which hospital to use or not...The choices can be diffuclut
 
Note: When you read this e-mail you might want to scroll down to the first posting. The first two here are actually the responses from other supportive parents.
 
Hi T,
we've been down this road before, and I know how it feels when you have to hospitalize your child, altho our daughter was at Children's Inpatient Psych. Unit for two weeks, not Fairfax.  My thoughts and prayers are with...
Sherri Axson
1/25/2007 9:59 PM
 
HB 1058 Law that allows Parent Initiated treatment with accompanying due process provisions
 
CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1058
Chapter 371, Laws of 2005
59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session
MENTAL HEALTH--MINORS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05
Passed by the House April 21, 2005
Yeas 97 Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 21, 2005
Yeas 42 Nays 1
BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk
of the House of Representatives...
Sherri Axson
1/25/2007 10:10 PM
 
Advocate Sherry Axson Letter to Legislative Representatives regarding the Parent Initiated Psychiatric Hospital Admissions
 
Dear Representative Dickerson, Representative Kagi, Jenny, and Sonja,

I would like to Thank-You for taking and hearing testimony from Parents and Caregivers of children and youth on the Parent Initiated commitment process. There were many people there that had many different kinds of concerns. I appreciate and respect the responsibility that you all and the committee has in listening to everyone and...
Sherri Axson
1/26/2007 12:07 AM