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Clerk 08/03/2026
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A MOTION approving the 2025 annual mental illness and drug dependency annual summary report.
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WHEREAS, in 2005, the state Legislature authorized counties to implement a one-tenth of one percent sales and use tax to support new or expanded chemical dependency or mental health treatment programs and services and for the operation of new or expanded therapeutic court programs and services, and
WHEREAS, in 2007, Ordinance 15949 authorized the levy collection of and legislative policies for the expenditure of revenues from an additional sales and use tax of one-tenth of one percent for the delivery of mental health and chemical dependency services and therapeutic courts, and
WHEREAS, in 2016, Ordinance 18333 extended the expiration date of this sales and use tax to January 1, 2026, and
WHEREAS, the council called for and approved in 2016 and 2018 a service improvement plan, an implementation plan, and an evaluation plan to guide the investment of renewed mental illness and drug dependency sales tax revenue, and
WHEREAS, in 2025, Ordinance 19976 extended the expiration date of the sales and use tax to January 1, 2035, and
WHEREAS, in the 2026-2027 Biennial Budget Ordinance 20023, Section 70, Expenditure Restriction ER6, the council called for expenditures through 2027 to continue to be consistent with the 2016 and 2018 plans' processes and practices, and
WHEREAS, the mental illness and drug dependency fund’s processes and practices under the 2016 and 2018 plans include annual reports that are submitted to the Council by August 1 of each year, for council review and approval by motion, and
WHEREAS, the 2025 mental illness and drug dependency behavioral health sales tax fund annual summary report, which is Attachment A to this motion, has been developed in coordination with the mental illness and drug dependency advisory committee and is supported by the committee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The 2025 mental illness and drug dependency behavioral health sales tax fund annual summary report is hereby approved.