Legal Opinion
Pierce County v. State
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 28, 2008No. 34423-8-IIPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
¶1 Pierce County contracted with the State to provide short-term mental health care services to county residents. The contracts required the county not to exceed the number of hospital beds at Western State Hospital allocated to it under former WAC 388-865-0203 (2001), and to pay liquidated damages if it exceeded its allocation at a time when the number of patients at the hospital exceeded its overall funded capacity. When the county exceeded its bed allocation, the State began “wait-listing” long-term patients for admission to the hospital and assessing liquidated damages against the county.…
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