Crisis response improvement strategy overview
The Washington State Legislature passed House Bill 1477 which directs the Health Care Authority (HCA), the Department of Health (DOH), and the Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) at Harborview Medical Center to create the Crisis Response Improvement Strategy (CRIS) Committee and Steering Committee. Both committees include legislatures, providers, consumers, and partner agencies.
Read more about the committee members.
Meeting schedule and materials
Learn about public comments at CRIS meetings.
2024
- CRIS Committee
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Thursday, March 28
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Thursday, April 18
1 to 4 p.m.
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Tuesday, June 18
1 to 4 p.m.
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Tuesday, July 16
1 to 4 p.m.
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Tuesday, September 24
1 to 4 p.m.
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Wednesday, November 13
1 to 4 p.m.
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- Steering Committee
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How to join
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Meeting materials
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Tuesday, May 14
2 to 4 p.m.
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Tuesday, December 10
1 to 3 p.m.
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- Lived Experience Subcommittee
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Monday, April 8
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, May 13
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, June 10
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, July 8
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, August 12
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, September 9
1 to 3 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 15
1 to 3 p.m.
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Tuesday, November 12
1 to 3 p.m.
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Monday, December 9
1 to 3 p.m.
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Past meetings
- 2024
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Committee
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Meeting materials
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, March 11 |
Meeting focus: Continuing discussion of ways to elevate lived experience voices to improve Washington’s behavioral health crisis system, as well as highlighting behavioral health crisis bills in the 2024 legislative session and providing an update on the CRIS February 2024 meeting.
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, February 27 |
Meeting focus: Articulating a future state of performance metrics for the crisis response system.
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, February 12 |
Meeting focus: Continue the discussion of ways to elevate lived experience voices to improve Washington’s behavioral health crisis system, as well as highlight behavioral health crisis bills in the 2024 legislative session and provide an update on the CRIS January 2024 meeting.
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CRIS Committee
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Wednesday, January 31 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, January 22 |
Meeting focus: Key behavioral health crisis bills for the 2024 legislative session, state agency crisis system improvement focus areas, and discussion of ways to elevate lived experience voices to improve Washington’s behavioral health crisis system.
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- 2023
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Committee
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Meeting materials
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Steering Committee |
Monday, December 18 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, December 11 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, November 13 |
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, November 7
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, October 16 |
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, September 19 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, August 14 |
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CRIS Committee |
Monday, July 17 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, July 10 |
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, June 20 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, June 12 |
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Steering Committee |
Tuesday, June 6 |
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, May 16 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, May 8 |
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CRIS Committee |
Wednesday, April 26 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, April 10 |
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CRIS Committee |
Wednesday, March 22 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, March 13 |
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CRIS Committee |
Wednesday, February 15 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, February 13 |
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Tuesday, January 3 |
Meeting focus: Opportunity for individuals and families with lived experience to share behavioral health crisis system perspectives and priorities directly with Washington Legislators. In addition to Sen. Dhingra, Sen. Warnick, Rep. Orwall, and Rep. Dent who are on the 988 CRIS committee, many other legislators on both sides of the aisle were at this meeting to listen to feedback. |
- 2022
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Committee
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Meeting materials
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Wednesday, December 21
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Meeting focus: Reflecting on 988 in Washington in 2022 |
Steering Committee |
Thursday, December 15
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, December 13
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CRIS Committee |
Tuesday, November 15
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Steering Committee |
Tuesday, October 25
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, September 26
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CRIS Committee
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Tuesday, September 20
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, August 15
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Steering Committee |
Wednesday, July 20
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Lived Experience Subcommittee
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Wednesday, July 13
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CRIS Committee
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Tuesday, July 12
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Lived Experience Subcommittee
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Tuesday, June 7 |
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Steering Committee
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Thursday, May 19
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CRIS Committee
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Tuesday, May 10
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
Monday, April 18
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Steering Committee
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March 24
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Lived Experience Subcommittee |
March 21
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CRIS Committee
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March 15
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Steering Committee |
February 10
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CRIS Committee
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February 1
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- 2021
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CRIS Committee
Date
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Meeting materials
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November 16
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September 30
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Steering Committee
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Meeting materials |
November 9 |
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October 12 |
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Subcommittees
Name of meeting
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Date
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Meeting materials
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All-subcommittee kickoff
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December 2
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Committee members
CRIS Committee and Steering Committee
Members represent a diverse range of perspectives and serve in committee seats outlined by HB 1477. View the CRIS Committee and Steering Committee roster.
CRIS subcommittees
The Steering Committee formed seven CRIS subcommittees:
- Credentialing and Training Subcommittee
- Technology Subcommittee
- Cross-System Crisis Response Subcommittee
- Confidential Information Compliance and Coordination
- Rural and Agricultural Communities
- Lived Experience (open to all individuals and families with lived experience; subcommittee will not be limited in size)
- Tribal 988 Subcommittee (facilitated through the Tribal Centric Behavioral Health Advisory Board)
Subcommittees will help support implementation of the new 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and help develop recommendations for an integrated behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention system in Washington. The CRIS Steering Committee selected subcommittee members for their diverse community perspectives and professional expertise.
For information about subcommittee work, please see the HB 1477 2023 Subcommittee report.
View the 2022 HB 1477 Subcommittee report.
Public comment
All CRIS Committee and Steering Committee meetings are public meetings. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to share input. All public comments, whether submitted during or outside of committee meetings, will be considered by CRIS Committee and Steering Committee members.
How do I make a public comment?
There is an opportunity at each CRIS and Steering Committee meeting to share comments, and members of the public who wish to do so can email Nicola Pinson, by noon one business day before the meeting. In addition, if you would like to submit a written comment, please email HCA Program 1477.
Reports and documentation
- Legislative reports
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January 1, 2022: First legislative progress report, including result of a comprehensive assessment of the current behavioral health crisis response and suicide prevention services system, and preliminary recommendations related to funding of crisis response services from the Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response and Suicide Prevention Line Account (Account).
January 1, 2023: Second legislative progress report
January 1, 2024: Third legislative progress report, including recommendations in 13+ areas outlined by the legislation.
- Federal and State legislation
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- HCA / DOH reports
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HCA reports
DOH documents
DOH/Vibrant technical details
DOH presentations
- Resources
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Committee charters
Review the CRIS Committee charter and CRIS Steering Committee charter to learn more about their charge, roles and responsibilities, meeting guidelines, and more.