The coalition of 22 counties, including King, Pierce and Snohomish, filed a lawsuit against DSHS over the department’s decision to stop providing evaluations and treatments for people in need of behavioral health support when exiting the criminal legal system.
According to Casey McNerthney, a spokesperson for King County Prosecutor’s Office, DSHS has released 45 people who are accused of criminal charges due to the state’s inability to provide resources to those with behavioral issues. “It’s unfortunately, not the decision of prosecutors or even the county executive,” McNerthney said. “But that’s what this injunction has added another layer to say, ‘You can’t release somebody without treatment, particularly when they’re accused of a violent felony crime.’ So, that should happen. And if it doesn’t … that’s really the state’s responsibility.”finding DSHS officials breached a settlement agreement known as “Trueblood.
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