Any person admitted or committed to a state hospital for the mentally ill, and their estates and responsible relatives are liable for reimbursement to the state of the costs of hospitalization and/or outpatient services, as computed by the secretary, or his designee, in accordance with RCW 43.20B.325: PROVIDED, That such mentally ill person, and his or her estate, and the husband or wife of such mentally ill person and their estate shall be primarily responsible for reimbursement to the state for the costs of hospitalization and/or outpatient services; and, the parents of such mentally ill person and their estates, until such person has attained the age of eighteen years, shall be secondarily liable.
RCW 43.20B.330
Mental illness—Treatment costs—Liability.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Utter v. STATE, DEPT. OF SOC. & HEALTH SER. (2007)
Most recently applied in 140 Wash. App. 293 - Utter v. Department of Social & Health Services (August 2007)
1987 c 75 s 13; 1971 ex.s. c 292 s 64; 1967 ex.s. c 127 s 4
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