Governor: Funding is provided for a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to serve violent and assaultive patients at both Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital. The PICUs will house high acuity patients for short-term stays with a transition back to a standard ward after stabilization. These patients will receive specialized patient care and treatment targeted at reduction of violence and assaults, thereby increasing patient and staff safety.
House/Senate: Funding is provided for a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) to serve assaultive patients at both Western State Hospital and Eastern State Hospital. The PICUs will house high acuity patients for short-term stays with a transition back to a standard ward after stabilization. These patients will receive specialized patient care and treatment. This provides ongoing funding for a step in the early action supplemental operating budget, Chapter 3, Laws of 2015 (SHB 1105).