{"id":1443,"date":"2020-01-27T23:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T07:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc.wastateleg.org\/dhingra\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2020-10-20T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:58:39","slug":"what-theyre-watching-sen-manka-dhingra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2020\/01\/27\/what-theyre-watching-sen-manka-dhingra\/","title":{"rendered":"What They\u2019re Watching: Sen. Manka Dhingra"},"content":{"rendered":"

From State of Reform<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sen. Manka Dhingra<\/a> represents Washington\u2019s 45th Legislative District in King County. Dhingra is the Chair of the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee, Vice Chair of the Law & Justice Committee, and is a member of both the Health & Long Term Care Committee and the Ways & Means Committee. She joins us in this edition of \u201cWhat They\u2019re Watching\u201d to discuss SB 5720<\/a> \u2013 a bill she is sponsoring that would make changes to Washington\u2019s Involuntary Treatment Act.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited about my civil commitment bill \u2013 it\u2019s taking a look at our Involuntary Treatment Act. It\u2019s something that we haven\u2019t looked at comprehensively for decades. And so, this really takes a look at the entire makeup of the statute, cleans out language that is no longer relevant, and really makes sure that we\u2019re addressing the problems so that the people who need this high level of care can actually get access to it, and the people who don\u2019t meet that criteria aren\u2019t the ones that are scooped up in it. I\u2019m actually very excited about that bill. It does make some dramatic changes in separating out the adult section with the juvenile section \u2014 really making sure that we\u2019re taking a look at medicine and science and what makes sense in terms of the way we\u2019re serving our individuals who are in the hospital for civil commitment.<\/p>\n

Right now, we actually have people that are boarded. That means they\u2019re strapped on a gurney without any rooms waiting for hospital beds because they are so severely decompensated that they may be presenting as a danger to self, or others, or gravely disabled. So, we\u2019re really taking a look at what is the definition of gravely disabled?\u2026<\/p>\n

Right now, you have a hearing at the 3-day mark. And what we\u2019ve been finding out is that people continue that hearing multiple times, which makes sense from a science point of view because it takes 3 to 5 days for people to stabilize. If you want to plan for aftercare, if you really want to be able to discharge them in a thoughtful way, we\u2019re actually expanding that 3 days to 5 days so that you do get a right to a hearing, but you have that at the 5-day mark and not the 3-day mark. And that again is about making sure we\u2019re putting the science first, the medical needs first, and really understanding that a lot of people need the 3 to 5 days to even detoxify. A lot of individuals who show up to our hospitals have a lot of different issues going on and substance use disorder is one of them. And, frankly, the 3 days is simply not enough for doctors to do a full assessment to really understand what the whole picture is, or for anyone to do discharge planning. So, the hope really is that the 5 days will give people that additional time to really be patient-focused, patient-centered and come up with discharge planning.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

By Emily Boerger<\/p>\n

Watch the video here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From State of Reform<\/p>\n

Sen. Manka Dhingra represents Washington\u2019s 45th Legislative District in King County. Dhingra is the Chair of the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee, Vice Chair of the Law & Justice Committee, and is a member of both the Health & Long Term Care Committee and the Ways & Means Committee. She joins us in this edition of \u201cWhat They\u2019re Watching\u201d to discuss SB 5720 \u2013 a bill she is sponsoring that would make changes to Washington\u2019s Involuntary Treatment Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat They\u2019re Watching: Sen. Manka Dhingra - Sen. 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