'Competency restoration falls solely on the shoulders of the Department of Social Health Services (DSHS).”
in 2022 found DSHS racked up potentially $300 million in fines over failing to comply with state law to move defendants deemed incompetent to stand trial into state psychiatric hospitals in a timely manner.
Manion and Davison — who also joined The Gee & Ursula Show to discuss this increasingly dire situation — wrote an op-ed in“It is the state’s responsibility to provide these services,” Davison said.
Davison and Manion opened their op-ed with a specific story that occurred in Seattle last year when a 63-year-old nurse was attacked and thrown down a flight of stairs at the International District/Chinatown light rail station by a dangerous repeat offender.Rantz: Prolific offender accused in brutal assault; media ignores that the suspect is homeless
According to both Manion and Davison, there are approximately 400 individuals who are waiting to be licensed and become mental health providers in Washington, but a backlog of licensing applications has been on hold.“That’s the question of the day, Gee,” Davison responded.
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