SB 5166

Z-0238.3
  SENATE BILL 5166
State of Washington  69th Legislature       2025 Regular Session
By Senators Robinson and Nobles; by request of Office of Financial
Management
Prefiled 01/08/25.    Read first time 01/13/25.   Referred to Committee
on Ways & Means.
1     AN ACT Relating to fiscal matters; amending RCW 28B.76.525,
2 34.12.130, 38.40.200, 38.40.210, 38.40.220, 51.44.170, and 72.09.780;
3 amending 2024 c 376 ss 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 119, 120, 121, 122,
4 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 139, 141, 142, 144, 146, 149, 150,
5 153, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213,
6 214, 215, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
7 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 401, 402, 501, 504, 506,
8 507, 508, 509, 512, 513, 515, 516, 517, 518, 519, 520, 523, 601, 602,
9 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 609, 612, 613, 702, 703, 704, 706, 707, 713,
10 717, 801, 802, 803, and 804 (uncodified); amending 2023 c 475 s 712
11 (uncodified); adding new sections to 2024 c 376 (uncodified); making
12 appropriations; and declaring an emergency.
13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
14PART I
15GENERAL GOVERNMENT
16     Sec. 101.   2024 c 376 s 112 (uncodified) is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS
19 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $28,173,000
20 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($27,771,000))
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1$28,649,000
2TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .  (($55,944,000))
3$56,822,000
4     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
5 conditions   and     limitations:   $764,000    of   the   general    fund—state
6  appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $764,000 of the general fund—
7  state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
8  implementation   of   Second  Substitute   Senate   Bill   No.   5046
9  (postconviction counsel).
10     Sec. 102.   2024 c 376 s 113 (uncodified) is amended to read as
11 follows:
12 FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE COURTS
13 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .  $125,457,000
14 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .  (($125,109,000))
15$125,701,000
16 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . .  $2,209,000
17 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . .  $681,000
18 Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State
19     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $122,817,000
20 Judicial Information Systems Account—State
21     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $79,530,000
22 Opioid Abatement Settlement Account—State
23     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000
24TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($456,282,000))
25$456,874,000
26     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
27 conditions and limitations:
28     (1) The distributions made under this section and distributions
29 from the county criminal justice assistance account made pursuant to
30 section 801 of this act constitute appropriate reimbursement for
31 costs for any new programs or increased level of service for purposes
32 of RCW 43.135.060.
33     (2)(a) $7,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal   year      2024   and   $7,000,000     of    the   general    fund—state
35 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
36 distribution to county juvenile court administrators for the costs
37 associated with processing and case management of truancy, children
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1 in need of services, and at-risk youth referrals. The administrator
2 for   the    courts,  in   conjunction  with    the   juvenile  court
3 administrators, shall develop an equitable funding distribution
4 formula. The formula must neither reward counties with higher than
5 average per-petition/referral processing costs nor shall it penalize
6 counties with lower than average per-petition/referral processing
7 costs.
8     (b) Each fiscal year during the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, each
9 county shall report the number of petitions processed and the total
10 actual costs of processing truancy, children in need of services, and
11 at-risk youth petitions. Counties shall submit the reports to the
12 administrator for the courts no later than 45 days after the end of
13 the   fiscal    year.  The  administrator   for   the   courts  shall
14 electronically transmit this information to the chairs and ranking
15 minority members of the house of representatives and senate fiscal
16 committees no later than 60 days after a fiscal year ends. These
17 reports are informational in nature and are not for the purpose of
18 distributing funds.
19     (3) $1,094,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024 and $1,094,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the statewide fiscal impact
22 on Thurston county courts. It is the intent of the legislature that
23 this policy will be continued in subsequent fiscal biennia.
24     (4) $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 and $3,000,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—
26 state appropriation are provided solely for distribution to local
27 courts for costs associated with the court-appointed attorney and
28 visitor requirements set forth in the uniform guardianship act,
29 chapter 11.130 RCW. If the amount provided in this subsection is
30 insufficient to fully fund the local court costs, distributions must
31 be reduced on a proportional basis to ensure that expenditures remain
32 within the available funds provided in this subsection. No later than
33 December 31, 2023, the administrative office of the courts will
34 provide a report on distributions to local courts including, but not
35 limited to, the amount provided to each court, the number of
36 guardianship cases funded at each court, costs segregated by attorney
37 appointments and court visitor appointments, the amount of any pro
38 rata   reductions,  and   a   recommendation   on  how   to   forecast
39 distributions for potential future funding by the legislature.
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1    (5) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 and $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the administrative office of
4 the courts to use as matching funds to distribute to small municipal
5 and county courts, located in a rural county as defined in RCW
6 43.160.020,    for   the   purpose   of     increasing   security   for    court
7 facilities. Grants must be used solely for security equipment and
8 services for municipal, district, and superior courts and may not be
9 used for staffing or administrative costs.
10     (6) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 is provided solely for the administrative office of the
12 courts to provide grants to superior courts for the purpose of
13 creating or expanding sanitary lactation spaces or pods that provide
14 privacy for courthouse visitors needing to breastfeed or express
15 breast milk.
16     (7)(a) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
17 fiscal year 2024 and $1,100,000 of the judicial stabilization trust
18 account—state    appropriation   are    provided   solely   for   the
19 administrative office of the courts to contract with an equity and
20 justice nonprofit organization to expand the capacity of the existing
21 equity dashboard program. The contract must review and organize newly
22 available criminal case data with the goal of consolidating and
23 collecting adult felony case data to determine disparities in the
24 legal justice system. The equity dashboard program must be expanded
25 to include adult felony case data that is consolidated, interactable,
26 transparent, and accessible to the public.
27     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection for fiscal year
28 2025, the $1,000,000 in funding shall be split evenly between two
29 equity and justice nonprofit organizations for the purpose of
30 continuing the work of the existing public equity data dashboard on
31 the collection of sentencing data and expanding their work to partner
32 with a nonprofit organization that advocates for equity in technology
33 and education to provide the public with data on social determinants
34 that impact education outcomes. The organization that promotes equity
35 in education must be a coalition that advocates for an educational
36 system that promotes racial equity and focuses on ensuring that the
37 race of a child and the child's address are not the predicating
38 factors in defining their success.
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1     (8) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
4  Substitute House Bill No. 1766 (protection orders/hope cards).
5      (9) $1,090,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6  year 2024 and $1,090,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to address data quality issues
8  across Washington state court management systems.
9     (10) $51,428,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—
10 state appropriation is provided solely to establish a direct refund
11 process to individuals to refund legal financial obligations,
12 collection costs, and document-verified costs paid to third parties
13 previously paid by defendants whose convictions have been vacated by
14 court order due to the State v. Blake ruling. Superior court clerks,
15 district court administrators, and municipal court administrators
16 must certify and send to the office the amount of any refund ordered
17 by the court. The court order must either contain the amount of the
18 refund or provide language for the clerk or court administrator to
19 certify to the office the amount to be refunded to the individual.
20     (11)   $1,627,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
21 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,812,000   of  the   general  fund—state
22 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for activities
23 of the office relating to the resentencing or vacating convictions of
24 individuals and refund of legal financial obligations and costs
25 associated with the State v. Blake ruling. In addition to contracting
26 with cities and counties for the disbursement of funds appropriated
27 for resentencing costs, the office must:
28     (a) Collaborate with superior court clerks, district court
29 administrators, and municipal court administrators to prepare
30 comprehensive reports, based on available court records, of all cause
31 numbers impacted by State v. Blake going back to 1971. Such reports
32 must include the refund amount related to each cause number;
33     (b) In collaboration with the office of public defense and the
34 office of civil legal aid, establish a process that can be used by
35 individuals seeking a refund, provide individuals information
36 regarding the application process necessary to claim a refund, and
37 issue payments from the refund bureau to individuals certified in
38 subsection (10) of this section; and
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1     (c) Collaborate with counties and municipalities to adopt
2 standard coding for application to State v. Blake convictions and to
3 develop a standardized practice regarding vacated convictions.
4     (12) $38,000,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—
5 state appropriation is provided solely to assist counties with costs
6 of complying with the State v. Blake decision that arise from the
7 county's role in operating the state's criminal justice system,
8 including resentencing, vacating prior convictions for simple drug
9 possession, and certifying refunds of legal financial obligations and
10 collections costs. The office shall contract with counties for
11 judicial, clerk, defense, and prosecution expenses for these purposes
12 if requested by a county. A county may designate the office to use
13 available funding to administer a vacate process, or a portion of the
14 vacate process, on behalf of the county. The office must collaborate
15 with counties to adopt standard coding for application to Blake
16 convictions and to develop a standardized practice regarding vacated
17 convictions.
18     (13) $11,500,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—
19 state appropriation is provided solely to assist cities with costs of
20 complying with the State v. Blake decision that arise from the city's
21 role in operating the city's criminal justice system, including
22 vacating prior convictions for simple drug possession, to include
23 cannabis and possession of paraphernalia, and certifying refunds of
24 legal financial obligations and collections costs. The office shall
25 contract with cities for judicial, clerk, defense, and prosecution
26 expenses for these purposes if requested by a city. A city may
27 designate the office to use available funding to administer a vacate
28 process, or a portion of the vacate process, on behalf of the city.
29 The office must collaborate with cities to adopt standard coding for
30 application to Blake convictions and to develop a standardized
31 practice regarding vacated convictions.
32    (14) $439,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2024 and $304,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
35 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5128 (jury diversity).
36    (15) $40,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024, $1,520,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025, and $169,000 of the judicial stabilization trust
39 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the office to
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1 administer a jury pay pilot program in Pierce county. Funding must be
2 used to increase jury pay up to $100 for each day served in Pierce
3 county superior court. The funds provided in this subsection must
4 supplement, and not supplant, existing local funding for juror pay.
5 The office must compare juror demographics after the pay increase as
6 compared to data collected from the 2022 jury demographic survey to
7 measure the impact increasing juror pay has on jury diversity and
8 juror response rates.
9     (16) $1,800,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
10 appropriation is provided solely for distribution to counties to help
11 cover the cost of electronic monitoring with victim notification
12 technology when an individual seeking a protection order requests
13 electronic monitoring with victim notification technology from the
14 court and the respondent is unable to pay. Of the amount provided in
15 this subsection, up to five percent of the funding each fiscal year
16 may be used by the office for education and outreach to the courts
17 regarding this technology.
18    (17) $18,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $18,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of House Bill
21 No. 1102 (judge pro tempore compensation).
22     (18) $20,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
24 Bill No. 1562 (violence).
25     (19) $109,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed House
27 Bill No. 1324 (prior juvenile offenses).
28    (20) $659,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $639,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the development and
31 expansion of online and on-demand eLearning courses offered through
32 the WACOURTS education portal for judicial officers, administrators,
33 clerks, assistants, and other staff employed in state and local
34 courts.
35    (21) $686,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $686,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the administrative office of
38 the courts to fund public guardianship services provided by the
39 office of public guardianship.
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1    (22) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the administrative office of
4  the courts to develop a sequential intercept model pilot program. The
5  intercept model pilot program must include the establishment of a
6  coordinated care and services network in courts of limited
7  jurisdiction located in two counties, one county east of the crest of
8  the Cascade mountains and one county west of the crest of the Cascade
9  mountains.
10     (a) In developing the pilot program, the administrative office of
11 the courts must consult local government, the district and municipal
12 court judges' association, the health care authority, the department
13 of social and health services, the department of health, law
14 enforcement agencies, and other impacted stakeholders as identified
15 by the administrative office of the courts.
16     (((ii))) (b) The pilot project shall include any sequential
17 intercept mapping that is necessary to determine the availability of
18 willing stakeholders and to determine gaps in services and programs
19 in the geographic area served by the proposed coordinated care and
20 services network.
21     (((iii))) (c) The pilot project may include the use of a common
22 source of peer support services as the means to link affected persons
23 to the coordinated care and services network from the various
24 intercepts in the sequential intercept model.
25     (((iv))) (d) No court may be required by the administrative
26 office of the courts to participate in the pilot program.
27     (((v))) (e) For the purposes of this pilot project, "stakeholder"
28 may include any public or private entity or individual that provides
29 services, funds, or goods related to housing, shelter, education,
30 employment, substance use disorder treatment or other behavioral
31 health treatment, medical treatment, dental treatment, peer support,
32 self-help, crisis care, income assistance, nutritional assistance,
33 clothing, assistance with public benefits, or financial management
34 and other life skills education.
35     (((vi))) (f) The pilot project ends June 1, 2025. The
36 administrative office of the courts shall submit a report to the
37 legislature detailing the work of the pilot program project, which
38 must include recommendations, if any, for continuation, modification,
39 or expansion of the pilot program to other regions of the state, no
40 later than June 30, 2025.
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1     (23) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 is provided solely for the Washington state center for
3 court research of the administrative office of the courts to conduct
4 a study of legal financial obligations (LFO) charged by superior
5 courts, juvenile courts, and courts of limited jurisdiction,
6 including the reviews required in Engrossed Substitute House Bill No.
7 1169 (legal financial obligations). The administrative office of the
8 courts must submit a report of the findings to the appropriate
9 committees of the legislature by November 30, 2023. At a minimum, the
10 study must include statewide and county-level data that shows, during
11 the previous five state fiscal years that data is available:
12     (a) The total number of juvenile and criminal cases handled by
13 court, the number of cases where legal financial obligations were
14 imposed pursuant to chapter 13.40 RCW, the percentage of cases where
15 legal financial obligations were not imposed, and the total amount of
16 legal financial obligations that were collected;
17     (b) The total amount assessed to, collected from, and waived for
18 all individuals, in fees, court costs, fines, and restitution,
19 disaggregated by the defendants' age at the time of adjudication or
20 conviction, the underlying charge, race, gender, LFO type, and
21 charging court, for each of the last five years data is available;
22     (c) The average amount assessed, collected, and waived per case
23 by fines, fees, and restitution, disaggregated by defendants' age at
24 the time of adjudication or conviction, the underlying charge, race,
25 gender, LFO type, and charging court for each of the last five years
26 data is available;
27     (d) The average amount collected per case by fines, fees, and
28 restitution, disaggregated by defendants' age at the time of
29 adjudication or conviction, race, gender, LFO type, and      charging
30 court, for each of the last five years data is available;
31     (e) The estimated annual collection rate for restitution and
32 nonrestitution LFOs for the last five years data is available;
33     (f) An estimate of the proportion of restitution assessed,
34 disaggregated by victim type including natural persons, businesses,
35 state agencies, and insurance companies, for each of the last five
36 years data is available;
37     (g) The percentage, number of cases, and total amount of legal
38 financial obligations that are uncollectible pursuant to RCW
39 13.40.190 or 13.40.192, or other statutory authority for the
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1 expiration of legal financial obligation debt including debt assessed
2 in criminal cases; and
3     (h) The total amount of outstanding debt owed in fees, court
4 costs, fines, and restitution, disaggregated by the defendants' age
5 at the time of adjudication or conviction, race, gender, legal
6 financial obligation type, charging court, and date of assessment.
7    (24) $653,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 and $264,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
10 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1715 (domestic violence).
11     (25) Funding in this section is sufficient to reimburse courts
12 participating in the interpreter program for up to 100 percent of
13 interpreter costs in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
14    (26) $60,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2025 is provided solely for the administrative office of the
16 courts to compile and submit a report to the fiscal and appropriate
17 committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024. The report must
18 include:
19     (a) A summary of the count of individuals whose juvenile points
20 were used in calculating their current offender score in total, and
21 by county, as identified by the department of corrections in section
22 223(2)(v) of this act;
23     (b) The estimated cost per county on how much resentencing for
24 the individuals identified by the department of corrections in
25 section 223(2)(v) of this act, would cost the county;
26     (c) Each county's assumptions for the cost per individual case,
27 how long each case is estimated to take, and how many cases the
28 county assumes they can complete by fiscal year given staffing levels
29 in fiscal years 2025 through 2027.
30     (27)(a) $165,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the Washington state center
32 for court research of the administrative office of the courts to
33 continue the study on legal financial obligations (LFO) charged by
34 superior   courts   and   courts   of   limited   jurisdiction.  The
35 administrative office of the courts must submit a preliminary report
36 to the appropriate committees of the legislature by November 30,
37 2024, and a final report by June 30, 2025. At a minimum, the report
38 must include statewide data that shows, disaggregated by court type,
39 LFO type, charge type, court user demographics, and community
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1 characteristics, during the previous five state fiscal years that
2 data is available:
3     (i) The total number of juvenile and criminal cases handled by
4 court, the number of cases where legal financial obligations were
5 imposed pursuant to chapter 13.40 RCW, the percentage of cases where
6 LFOs were imposed, and the total amount of LFOs that were collected;
7     (ii) The total amount assessed to, collected from, and waived for
8 all individuals, in fees, court costs, fines, and restitution
9 disaggregated by the defendants' age at the time of adjudication or
10 conviction, the underlying charge, race, gender, LFO type, and
11 charging court;
12     (iii) An estimate of the proportion of restitution owed in all
13 cases, disaggregated by victim type including natural persons,
14 businesses, state agencies, and insurance companies; and
15     (iv) A description of community level impact of LFO imposition
16 measured as a ratio of aggregate debt to household income.
17     (b) Superior courts and courts of limited jurisdiction that do
18 not enter their LFO data into a statewide data management system must
19 provide their LFO data to the administrative office of the courts at
20 dates to be set by the office to be included in the statewide report.
21     (c) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the
22 administrative office of the courts shall form a stakeholder group to
23 review the report and make recommendations for data development and
24 reporting topics.
25     (28) $218,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Senate Bill No.
27 5836 (Clark county superior court). If the bill is not enacted by
28 June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
29     (29) $850,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
30 appropriation is provided solely for additional education and
31 training for judicial officers and staff, and partial reimbursement
32 for pro tempore coverage for judicial officers' education attendance.
33 Of the amount provided in this subsection, $350,000 shall be solely
34 used for the training and education activities of the courts of
35 limited jurisdiction and $500,000 shall be solely used for the
36 training and education activities for superior courts.
37     (30) $8,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
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1 House Bill No. 1241 (harassment). If the bill is not enacted by June
2 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
3      (31) $70,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4  year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed House
5  Bill No. 1964 (prorate & fuel tax collect). If the bill is not
6  enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
7  shall lapse.
8     (32) $218,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No.
10 1992 (superior court/Whatcom). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
11 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
12     (33) $560,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
13 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
14 Substitute House Bill No. 2384 (traffic safety cameras). If the bill
15 is not enacted by June     30,   2024,   the   amount   provided   in   this
16 subsection shall lapse.
17     (34) $2,094,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
18 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
19 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5825 (guardianship). During the fiscal
20 biennium, in conformity with RCW 2.72.030, the administrative office
21 of the courts shall collect uniform and consistent data on decision
22 making assistance to include, but not limited to: The number of
23 requests for decision making assistance received from hospitals, the
24 number of guardianships and less restrictive alternatives to
25 guardianships provided, the support and housing provided, and any
26 other data related to case monitoring and management. If the bill is
27 not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
28 shall lapse.
29     (35) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
31 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5828 (water rights commissioners). If the
32 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
33 subsection shall lapse.
34     (36) $51,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
36 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5974 (unenforceable LFOs). If the bill is
37 not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
38 shall lapse.
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1     (37) $248,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
2 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
3 Second   Substitute  Senate   Bill   No. 6068  (dependency   outcome
4 reporting). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
5 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
6     (38) $479,000 of the opioid abatement settlement account—state
7 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
8 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6109 (children and families). If
9 the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
10 subsection shall lapse.
11     Sec. 103.   2024 c 376 s 114 (uncodified) is amended to read as
12 follows:
13 FOR THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE
14 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $66,902,000
15 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($70,781,000))
16$73,838,000
17 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . .    $385,000
18 Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State
19     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($16,218,000))
20$15,818,000
21TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($154,286,000))
22$156,943,000
23     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
24 conditions and limitations:
25    (1) $900,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $900,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the purpose of improving the
28 quality of trial court public defense services as authorized by
29 chapter 10.101 RCW. The office of public defense must allocate these
30 amounts so that $450,000 per fiscal year is distributed to counties,
31 and $450,000 per fiscal year is distributed to cities, for grants
32 under chapter 10.101 RCW.
33     (2) $8,863,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
34 appropriation is provided solely to assist counties with public
35 defense services related to vacating the convictions of defendants
36 and/or resentencing for defendants whose convictions or sentences are
37 affected by the State v. Blake decision. Of the amount provided in
38 this subsection:
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1     (a) $1,863,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
2 appropriation is provided solely for the office of public defense to
3 provide statewide attorney training, technical assistance, data
4 analysis and reporting, and quality oversight, to administer
5 financial assistance for public defense costs related to State v.
6 Blake impacts, and to maintain a triage team to provide statewide
7 support to the management and flow of hearings for individuals
8 impacted by the State v. Blake decision.
9     (b) $7,000,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
10 appropriation is provided solely to assist counties in providing
11 counsel for defendants seeking to vacate a conviction and/or be
12 resentenced under State v. Blake. Assistance shall be allocated to
13 all counties based upon a formula established by the office of public
14 defense. Counties may receive assistance by: (i) Applying for grant
15 funding; and/or (ii) designating the office of public defense to
16 contract directly with counsel.
17    (3) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024 and $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to provide prefiling legal
20 representation to pregnant parents and parents of newborns at risk of
21 removal by the department of children, youth, and families.
22    (4) $623,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $1,165,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
25 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5046 (postconviction counsel).
26    (5) $6,863,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 and $6,602,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Substitute
29 Senate Bill No. 5415 (public defense/insanity).
30    (6) $1,434,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $1,434,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the parents for parents
33 program.
34    (7) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024 and $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of public defense
37 to establish and operate a telephone consultation line to provide
38 contracted legal counsel for parents, guardians, or legal custodians
39 when the department of children, youth, and families proposes a
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1 voluntary placement agreement when there is no pending dependency
2 proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW pursuant to RCW 13.34.090(4).
3     (8) $442,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
4 appropriation is provided solely for the office of public defense to
5 administer a public defense recruitment program to recruit and retain
6 a sufficient pool of qualified attorneys and other public defense
7 professionals. The recruitment program shall engage with students and
8 faculty at colleges and law schools on topics relating to public
9 defense and other public law practices; provide technical assistance
10 and training to county and city public defense coordinators on
11 recruitment strategies including establishment of law clerk programs;
12 and administer a public defense internship program.
13    (9) $10,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $40,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of public defense
16 to address emergency safety assistance and other urgent needs for
17 clients served by the parents representation program. Temporary,
18 limited assistance may be made available for short-term housing,
19 utilities, transportation, food assistance, and other urgent needs
20 that, if unaddressed, could adversely impact case outcomes and impede
21 successful family reunification. The office of public defense shall
22 establish eligibility criteria and an expedited process for reviewing
23 financial assistance requests submitted by parents representation
24 program contractors.
25     (((11))) (10) $1,108,000 of the judicial stabilization trust
26 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
27 Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6109 (children and
28 families). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
29 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
30     (((12))) (11) $611,000 of the judicial       stabilization    trust
31 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
32 Second   Substitute  Senate   Bill   No.  5780   (public  defense   &
33 prosecution). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
34 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
35     (12) $2,195,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of public defense
37 to administer contracts for appellate attorneys to cover a backlog of
38 case assignments and increasing workload associated with indigent
39 appeals. The office shall provide training for contracted attorneys.
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1     Sec. 104.   2024 c 376 s 115 (uncodified) is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 FOR THE OFFICE OF CIVIL LEGAL AID
4 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $54,376,000
5 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($62,001,000))
6$62,851,000
7 Judicial Stabilization Trust Account—State
8     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,698,000
9TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($123,075,000))
10$123,925,000
11     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
12 conditions and limitations:
13     (1) $3,917,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $7,711,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the appointed counsel
16 program for children and youth in dependency cases under RCW
17 13.34.212(3) in accordance with revised practice, caseload, and
18 training standards adopted by the supreme court commission on
19 children in foster care and includes a vendor rate increase for
20 contracted attorneys. By October 1, 2023, the office must develop a
21 revised implementation schedule based on a caseload assumption of
22 adding no more than 1,250 new dependency cases to the program each
23 fiscal year for consideration by the governor and the legislature.
24     (2) $2,408,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 and $2,579,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the provision of civil legal
27 information, advice, and representation for tenants at risk of
28 eviction but not yet eligible for appointed counsel services under
29 RCW 59.18.640.
30     (3)   $16,542,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
31 fiscal    year   2024   and   $17,965,000     of   the   general   fund—state
32 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
33 appointed counsel program for tenants in unlawful detainer cases
34 established in RCW 59.18.640 and includes a vendor rate increase for
35 contracted attorneys. The office of civil legal aid shall assign
36 priority to providing legal representation to indigent tenants in
37 those counties in which the most evictions occur and to indigent
38 tenants who are disproportionately at risk of eviction, as provided
39 in RCW 59.18.640.
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1     (4) $5,234,000 of the judicial stabilization trust account—state
2 appropriation is provided solely to continue legal information,
3 advice, assistance, and representation for individuals eligible for
4 civil relief under the supreme court's ruling in State v. Blake.
5     (5) An amount not to exceed $40,000 of the general fund—state
6 appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and an amount not to exceed
7 $40,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025
8 may be used to provide telephonic legal advice and assistance to
9 otherwise eligible persons who are 60 years of age or older on
10 matters authorized by RCW 2.53.030(2) (a) through (k) regardless of
11 household income or asset level.
12    (6) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
14 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to the office of civil legal aid
15 to establish a legal advice phone line to provide guidance and legal
16 advice for kinship caregivers. The phone line must be staffed by two
17 FTE contracted attorneys that have experience with kinship care,
18 guardianship statutes, the child welfare system, and issues relating
19 to legal custody.
20    (7) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2024 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
22 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of civil legal
23 aid to expand civil legal aid services for survivors of domestic
24 violence, including legal services for protection order proceedings,
25 family law cases, immigration assistance, and other civil legal
26 issues arising from or related to the domestic violence they
27 experienced.
28    (8) $1,009,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $1,022,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of civil legal
31 aid to continue the statewide reentry legal aid project as
32 established in section 115(12), chapter 357, Laws of 2020.
33     (9) $156,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
35 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6109 (children and families). If the bill
36 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
37 subsection shall lapse.
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1     Sec. 105.   2024 c 376 s 116 (uncodified) is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
4 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $24,808,000
5 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($30,250,000))
6$28,518,000
7 Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State
8     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $10,850,000
9 GOV Central Service Account—State Appropriation. . .  (($19,538,000))
10$19,038,000
11 Performance Audits of Government Account—State
12     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $827,000
13 Workforce Education Investment Account—State
14     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $100,000
15TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .  (($86,373,000))
16$84,141,000
17     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
18 conditions and limitations:
19(1) $1,146,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024 and (($1,841,000)) $1,146,000 of the general fund—state
21 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
22 of the education ombuds.
23     (2) (($19,238,000)) $18,738,000 of the GOV central service
24 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the office of
25 equity. Within the amounts provided in this subsection, $571,000 of
26 the   GOV    central   service    account—state
  appropriation is provided
27 solely for the office of equity for additional staffing resources to
28 provide effective communication  and    meaningful   access    to    state
29 information and services.
30     (3) $100,000 of the workforce education investment account—state
31 appropriation is provided solely to the office of the governor to
32 implement career connected learning.
33(4)(a)   $554,000   of     the   general   fund—state    appropriation     for
34 fiscal year 2024 and $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
35 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the governor to invite
36 federally   recognized   tribes,    local   governments,    agricultural
37 producers, commercial and recreational fisher organizations, business
38 organizations,    salmon   recovery    organizations,    forestry    and
39 agricultural   organizations,  and    environmental   organizations   to
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1 participate in a process facilitated by an independent entity to
2 develop recommendations on proposed changes in policy and spending
3 priorities to improve riparian habitat to ensure salmon and steelhead
4 recovery.
5     (i) The independent entity must develop recommendations on
6 furthering riparian funding and policy, including but not limited to,
7 strategies that can attract private investment in improving riparian
8 habitat, and developing a regulatory or compensation strategy if
9 voluntary programs do not achieve concrete targets.
10     (ii) Preliminary recommendations shall be submitted to the
11 legislature and governor by May 1, 2024, with a final report by June
12 30, 2024.
13     (b) The amounts provided in fiscal year 2025 are provided solely
14 for   the  task   force  to   develop  proposals   to  implement  the
15 recommendations submitted in (a) of this subsection. The independent
16 entity must convene a group of interested members of the legislature
17 to provide the task force with background information regarding the
18 recommendations submitted to the legislature, and to support the
19 development of the implementation proposals. A report outlining the
20 implementation proposals is due to the governor and the appropriate
21 committees of the legislature by November 15, 2024.
22     (c) The office of the governor may contract for an independent
23 facilitator. The contract is exempt from the competitive procurement
24 requirements in chapter 39.26 RCW.
25    (5) $3,020,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $2,980,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
28 Substitute House Bill No. 1580 (children in crisis). Within the
29 amounts provided in this subsection:
30     (a) $2,359,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $2,359,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for flexible funding to support
33 children in crisis. Uses of the flexible funding include, but are not
34 limited to:
35     (i) Residential, housing, or wraparound supports that facilitate
36 the safe discharge of children in crisis from hospitals;
37     (ii) Support for families and caregivers to mitigate the risk of
38 a child going into or returning to a state of crisis;
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1     (iii) Respite and relief services for families and caregivers
2 that would assist in the safe discharge of a child in crisis from a
3 hospital, or prevent or mitigate a child's future hospitalization due
4 to crisis; or
5     (iv) Any support or service that would expedite a safe discharge
6 of a child in crisis from an acute care hospital or that would
7 prevent or mitigate a child's future hospitalization due to crisis.
8     (b)   Flexible  funding   expenditures  may   not   be  used   for
9 administrative expenses.
10     (c) The care coordinator created in Second Substitute House Bill
11 No. 1580 (children in crisis) must approve any expenditures of
12 flexible funding.
13     (6)   $300,000  of    the  GOV    central   service   account—state
14 appropriation is provided solely for the office of equity to conduct
15 community engagement and develop an equity toolkit. Within the
16 amounts provided in this subsection:
17     (a) The office of equity must consult with state boards and
18 commissions   that   support   the    participation   of   people   from
19 underrepresented populations in policy-making processes, and may
20 consult with other relevant state agencies, departments, and offices,
21 to identify:
22     (i)   Barriers  to   access    and   meaningful   participation   in
23 stakeholder engagement by people from underrepresented populations
24 who have lived experience;
25     (ii) Tools to support access and meaningful participation in
26 stakeholder engagement;
27     (iii) Modifications to stakeholder engagement processes that
28 promote an increase in access and opportunities for participation by
29 people from underrepresented populations who have lived experience in
30 policy-making processes. Any modifications identified may not
31 restrict or otherwise prevent compliance with requirements under
32 federal statute or regulations; and
33     (iv) Changes to law or agency rules that will promote increased
34 access and participation in the policy-making process.
35     (b) The office of equity must submit a report, in compliance with
36 RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of the legislature that
37 details its findings under (a) of this subsection by July 1, 2024.
38     (c) By November 30, 2024, the office of equity must develop a
39 toolkit on best practices for supporting meaningful engagement of
40 underrepresented individuals with lived experience participating on
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1 statutory entities. The toolkit must be transmitted to all state
2 agencies, including the office of the governor, members of the
3 legislature, the secretary of the senate, and the chief clerk of the
4 house of representatives. The toolkit must include:
5     (i)    Best    practices   for    identifying   and   recruiting
6 underrepresented individuals with lived experience;
7     (ii) Best practices for appropriately and meaningfully engaging
8 individuals from underrepresented populations with lived experience.
9 Recommendations of these best practices may include suggestions from
10 engagement conducted under (a) of this subsection;
11     (iii) Information on how to plan the work of a statutory entity
12 using the principles of universal design, which may include
13 suggestions from community engagement conducted under (a) of this
14 subsection;
15     (iv) Best practices for onboarding all statutory entity members
16 including how to support underrepresented individuals with lived
17 experience in accessing compensation in accordance with chapter 43.03
18 RCW; and
19     (v) A list of state entities that appointing authorities may
20 consult with when considering appointments to statutory entities for
21 the purpose of increasing meaningful participation by people from
22 underrepresented populations who have lived experience.
23     (d) For purposes of this subsection:
24     (i) "Lived experience" has the same meaning as provided in RCW
25 43.03.220.
26     (ii) "Statutory entity" means a multimember task force, work
27 group, or advisory committee, that is temporary, established by
28 legislation adopted after January 1, 2025, established for the
29 specific purpose of examining a particular policy or issue which
30 directly   and  tangibly   affects   one  or   more   underrepresented
31 populations, and is required to report to the legislature on the
32 policy or issues it is tasked with examining. "Statutory entity" does
33 not include legislative select committees or other statutorily
34 created legislative entities composed of only legislative members.
35     (iii) "Underrepresented population" means a population group that
36 is more likely to be at higher risk for disenfranchisement due to
37 adverse socioeconomic factors such as unemployment, high housing and
38 transportation costs relative to income, effects of environmental
39 harms, limited access to nutritious food and adequate health care,
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1  linguistic isolation, and any other factors that may be barriers for
2  participating in policy-making processes.
3      (7) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
4  Washington state office of equity must cofacilitate the Washington
5  digital equity forum with the statewide broadband office.
6     (8)(a) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the office of the corrections
8 ombuds to prepare a report on incarcerated persons who have been in
9 solitary confinement or any other form of restrictive housing more
10 than 120 days in total during their period of incarceration or have
11 been in solitary confinement or any other form of restrictive housing
12 more than 45 consecutive days in the prior fiscal year. The report
13 must:
14     (i) Include the basis on which each person was placed in
15 restrictive housing;
16     (ii) Define the types of restrictive housing used by the
17 department of corrections including, but not limited to, solitary
18 confinement, administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation,
19 protective custody, and maximum custody;
20     (iii) Identify the specific type of restrictive housing each
21 incarcerated person was placed in and the reason for such placement;
22     (iv) Provide information regarding each incarcerated person's
23 underlying offenses;
24     (v) Identify any sanctions imposed during the incarceration of
25 each person;
26     (vi) State the amount of time each person has remaining in total
27 confinement;
28     (vii) Document any attempted suicides by each individual in
29 restrictive housing over the past 10 years and the reason, if known;
30     (viii) Describe the programming offered to and accepted by each
31 incarcerated person during the person's period of restrictive
32 confinement; and
33     (ix) Identify any short-term policies identified, implemented, or
34 improved by the department for the restrictive housing population
35 including, but not limited to, lighting, ventilation, and access to
36 personal property, communication, and visitation.
37     (b) The department shall provide a report to the governor and
38 appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2024.
39     (9) Within existing resources, the governor's office of results
40 Washington must conduct a review of the provisions in state law
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1 relating to statewide performance management in RCW 43.88.090 and
2 43.17.380 through 43.17.390 and other statutes as applicable. The
3 office must produce a report to the governor and appropriate
4 committees of the legislature by October 31, 2024, including
5 recommendations for legislative actions to provide meaningful
6 performance information and oversight for decision makers in the
7 governor's office and other agencies responsible for enterprise-wide
8 initiatives. Results Washington should consult with the office of
9 financial management and other agencies as applicable to ensure that
10 recommendations minimize duplication of effort and support their
11 statutory oversight roles.
12     (10) $559,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Fourth
14 Substitute House Bill No. 1239 (educator ethics & complaints). If the
15 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
16 subsection shall lapse.
17     (11) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
19 Substitute House Bill No. 2000 (international leadership). If the
20 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
21 subsection shall lapse.
22     (12) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
24 House Bill No. 2071 (residential housing). If the bill is not enacted
25 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
26     (13) $618,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
28 House Bill No. 2084 (construction training/DOC). If the bill is not
29 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
30 shall lapse.
31     Sec. 106.   2024 c 376 s 119 (uncodified) is amended to read as
32 follows:
33 FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
34 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $56,190,000
35 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($62,517,000))
36$65,262,000
37 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . .   $8,606,000
38 Public Records Efficiency, Preservation, and Access
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1     Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . .  $11,702,000
2 Charitable Organization Education Account—State
3     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $1,233,000
4 Washington State Library Operations Account—State
5     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $14,765,000
6 Local Government Archives Account—State
7     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $12,089,000
8 Election Account—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . .  $4,487,000
9 Personnel Service Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . $2,262,000
10TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($173,851,000))
11$176,596,000
12     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
13 conditions and limitations:
14    (1)   $16,998,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
15 fiscal year 2024 and (($21,450,000)) $24,430,000 of the general fund—
16 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to
17 reimburse counties for the state's share of primary and general
18 election costs, the state's share of presidential primary costs, and
19 the costs of conducting mandatory recounts on state measures. Funds
20 may also be used by the secretary of state for costs associated with
21 the printing and distribution of the presidential primary voters
22 pamphlet. Counties shall be reimbursed only for those costs that the
23 secretary of state validates as eligible for reimbursement. Of the
24 amounts provided in this subsection, $470,000 of the general fund—
25 state   appropriation  for   fiscal   year 2025  is  provided   for
26 reimbursement for election security costs.
27     (2)(a) $4,052,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal   year   2024   and    $6,052,000     of   the   general   fund—state
29 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
30 contracting with a nonprofit organization to produce gavel-to-gavel
31 television coverage of state government deliberations and other
32 events statewide. The funding level for each year of the contract
33 shall be based on the amount provided in this subsection. The
34 nonprofit organization shall be required to raise contributions or
35 commitments to make contributions, in cash or in kind, in an amount
36 equal to forty percent of the state contribution. The office of the
37 secretary of state may make full or partial payment once all criteria
38 in this subsection have been satisfactorily documented.
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1     (b) The legislature finds that the commitment of on-going funding
2 is necessary to ensure continuous, autonomous, and independent
3 coverage of public affairs. For that purpose, the secretary of state
4 shall enter into a contract with the nonprofit organization to
5 provide public affairs coverage.
6     (c)   The  nonprofit   organization   shall  prepare   an  annual
7 independent audit, an annual financial statement, and an annual
8 report, including benchmarks that measure the success of the
9 nonprofit organization in meeting the intent of the program.
10     (d) No portion of any amounts disbursed pursuant to this
11 subsection may be used, directly or indirectly, for any of the
12 following purposes:
13     (i) Attempting to influence the passage or defeat of any
14 legislation by the legislature of the state of Washington, by any
15 county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state of
16 Washington, or by the congress, or the adoption or rejection of any
17 rule, standard, rate, or other legislative enactment of any state
18 agency;
19     (ii) Making contributions reportable under chapter 42.17 RCW; or
20     (iii) Providing any: (A) Gift; (B) honoraria; or (C) travel,
21 lodging, meals, or entertainment to a public officer or employee.
22     (3) Any reductions to funding for the Washington talking book and
23 Braille library may not exceed in proportion any reductions taken to
24 the funding for the library as a whole.
25    (4) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for humanities Washington
28 speaker's bureau community conversations.
29    (5) $114,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 and $114,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for election reconciliation
32 reporting. Funding provides for one staff to compile county
33 reconciliation reports, analyze the data, and to complete an annual
34 statewide election reconciliation report for every state primary and
35 general election. The report must be submitted annually on July 31,
36 to legislative policy and fiscal committees. The annual report must
37 include statewide analysis and by county analysis on the reasons for
38 ballot rejection and an analysis of the ways ballots are received,
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1 counted, rejected and cure data that can be used by policymakers to
2 better understand election administration.
3    (6) $896,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $870,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for staff dedicated to the
6 maintenance and operations of the voter registration and election
7 management system. These staff will manage database upgrades,
8 database maintenance, system training and support to counties, and
9 triage and customer service to system users.
10    (7) $8,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 and $8,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for:
13     (a) Funding the security operations center, including identified
14 needs for expanded operations, systems, technology tools, training
15 resources;
16     (b) Additional staff dedicated to the cyber and physical security
17 of election operations at the office and county election offices;
18     (c) Expanding security assessments, threat monitoring, enhanced
19 security training; and
20     (d) Providing grants to county partners to address identified
21 threats and expand existing grants and contracts with other public
22 and private organizations such as the Washington military department,
23 national guard, private companies providing cyber security, and
24 county election offices.
25     (8) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
27 Senate Bill No. 5128 (jury diversity).
28    (9) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
30 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5112 (voter registration).
31     (10) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
33 Bill No. 5182 (candidate filing).
34     (11) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
36 Bill No. 5208 (online voter registration).
37     (12)   $616,000   of    the   personnel service account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
39 Senate Bill No. 5015 (productivity board).
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1    (13) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a contract with humanities
4  Washington to expand the prime time family reading program.
5      (14) The office of the secretary of state must conduct a
6  feasibility study of replacing the combined fund drive donor
7 management system. The office must report its findings and a plan for
8 replacement to the appropriate committees of the legislature by
9 December 31, 2023.
10     (15) $850,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 is provided solely for legal services costs for Vet Voice
12 Foundation et al. v. Hobbs.
13    (16)   $3,724,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
14 fiscal   year  2024   and  $2,674,000  of   the  general  fund—state
15 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the agency
16 to design and implement strategies and products to counter false
17 narratives surrounding election security and integrity, including
18 community engagement with underserved populations such as young
19 voters, voters with disabilities, tribal communities, and non-
20 English-speaking voters. Of the amounts provided in this subsection,
21 $500,000 per fiscal year are provided solely for grants to county
22 auditors for the same purposes.
23     (17) The office of the secretary of state must work with the
24 office of the chief information officer to evaluate the office of the
25 secretary of state's information technology infrastructure and
26 applications to determine the appropriate candidates for the location
27 of data and the systems that could be exempt from consolidated
28 technology services oversight. The office shall report its findings
29 to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31,
30 2023.
31    (18) $83,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 and $67,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely the office of the secretary of
34 state to assist businesses and nonprofits providing therapeutic
35 rehabilitation within Washington state's juvenile secure residential
36 facilities. It is well established that providing outreach and
37 therapeutic education among incarcerated youth remains critical to
38 successful community reentry. The amounts provided under this
39 subsection are subject to the following conditions and limitations:
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1 To be eligible for a grant under this subsection, a business must (a)
2 apply for or have applied for the grant; (b) be registered as a
3 Washington state business or non-profit; (c) reported annual gross
4 receipts are no more than $1,000,000 in the most recent calendar
5 year; (d) must have ability to conduct in-person business operations
6 at one of Washington's juvenile correctional facilities; (e) of the
7 total grant amount awarded, no more than 10 percent may be awarded
8 for travel expenses; (f) agree to operate in-person, in accordance
9 with the requirements of applicable federal, state, and local
10 directives and guidance; and (g) at least one principal of entity
11 must demonstrate the following educational credential, minimum
12 masters degree in related field, and professional experience of
13 conducting therapeutic gaming. The office of the secretary of state
14 may use up to 10 percent of the amount provided in this subsection
15 for administrative costs.
16    (19) $730,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $580,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office's migration of
19 its applications and systems to Azure cloud environments, and is
20 subject to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of
21 section 701 of this act.
22     (20) $160,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 is provided solely for a contract with the University of
24 Washington Evans school of public policy and governance to complete a
25 study based on the preliminary report and research design submitted
26 to the office on June 30, 2022. The preliminary report analyzed the
27 2022   state   auditor's   performance   audit   titled   "evaluating
28 Washington's ballot rejection rates." The study must be reported to
29 the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by
30 November 1, 2023.
31    (21) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to continue
34 developing a statewide digital assessment tool and protocol for the
35 tool's usage. The office must use the tool and protocol it developed
36 to reach additional underserved audiences and make improvements to
37 the tool and protocol. The office must develop and publish
38 recommendations to improve implementation of the tool by June 30,
39 2025.
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1    (22) $198,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 ((and $154,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3 fiscal year 2025 are)) is provided solely to establish a Washington
4 state library branch at Green Hill school.
5     (23) $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year 2024 and $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7  fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office to contract with
8 the University of Washington Evans school of public policy and
9 governance to examine processes for providing voting registration,
10 voting materials, and voting assistance for people held in Washington
11 jails.
12     (a) The study must:
13     (i) Identify challenges and obstacles to voting in Washington
14 jails;
15     (ii) Examine how election offices and jails can ensure that voter
16 registration, materials, and assistance are provided to registered
17 voters and eligible citizens who are in jail prior to each election;
18     (iii) Develop recommendations for facilitating voter registration
19 for eligible citizens and voting for registered voters in Washington
20 jails; and
21     (iv) Develop recommendations for identifying individuals who are
22 registered to vote upon jail admission and for providing voter
23 assistance upon release from jail.
24     (b) The study is due to the office, the governor, and the
25 appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.
26     (24) $148,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No.
28 1962 (voter address changes). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
29 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
30     (25) $137,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 is provided solely for costs associated with verifying
32 signatures on initiatives to the legislature.
33     (26) (($81,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Senate Bill No.
35 5843 (election security breaches). If the bill is not enacted by June
36 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
37     (27))) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
39 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5890 (ballot rejections). If the bill is
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1  not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
2  shall lapse.
3     (((28))) (27) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
4 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of
5 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6125 (Lakeland Village records). If the
6 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
7 subsection shall lapse.
8     Sec. 107.   2024 c 376 s 120 (uncodified) is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
11 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . .       $802,000
12 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . .       (($987,000))
13$787,000
14 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . $658,000
15TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (($2,447,000))
16$2,247,000
17     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
18 conditions and limitations:
19     (1) The office shall assist the department of enterprise services
20 on providing the government-to-government training sessions for
21 federal, state, local, and tribal government employees. The training
22 sessions shall cover tribal historical perspectives, legal issues,
23 tribal sovereignty, and tribal governments. Costs of the training
24 sessions shall be recouped through a fee charged to the participants
25 of each session. The department of enterprise services shall be
26 responsible for all of the administrative aspects of the training,
27 including the billing and collection of the fees for the training.
28    (2)(a)   $125,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
30 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to engage a
31 contractor to:
32     (i) Conduct a detailed analysis of the opportunity gap for native
33 American students;
34     (ii) Analyze the progress in developing effective government-to-
35 government relations and identification and adoption of curriculum
36 regarding tribal history, culture, and government as provided under
37 RCW 28A.345.070;
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1     (iii) Develop recommendations for continuing efforts to close the
2 educational opportunity gap while meeting the state's academic
3 achievement indicators as identified in the state's every student
4 succeeds act consolidated plan; and
5     (iv) Identify performance measures to monitor adequate yearly
6 progress.
7     (b) The contractor shall submit a study update by December 1,
8 2024, and submit a final report by June 30, 2025, to the educational
9 opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, the governor,
10 the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of
11 education, and the education committees of the legislature.
12     (3)(a)   $404,000   of   the  climate   commitment  account—state
13 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
14 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1216 (clean energy siting). Within
15 amounts provided in this subsection, the governor's office of Indian
16 affairs, in consultation with the department of ecology, the
17 department of commerce, and the department of archaeology and
18 historic   preservation,   must  coordinate   government-to-government
19 engagement with federally recognized Indian tribes who have treaty
20 rights in Washington. Topics of engagement may include:
21     (i) Implementation of environmental and energy laws, policy
22 regulations, programs, and finances;
23     (ii) The climate commitment act, chapter 316, Laws of 2021;
24     (iii) Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1216 (clean
25 energy siting); and
26     (iv) Other related policy.
27     (b) Funding provided within this subsection may support:
28     (i) Participation on the interagency clean energy siting
29 coordinating council;
30     (ii) Creation and maintenance of a list of contacts of federally
31 recognized tribes, and tribal preferences regarding outreach about
32 clean energy siting and permitting; and
33     (iii) Development and delivery of training to clean energy
34 project developers on consultation and engagement processes for
35 federally recognized Indian tribes.
36     (4) The office must report to and coordinate with the department
37 of ecology to track expenditures from climate commitment accounts, as
38 defined and described in RCW 70A.65.300 and section 302(13) of this
39 act.
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1     Sec. 108.   2024 c 376 s 121 (uncodified) is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 FOR THE COMMISSION ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS
4 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . .       $943,000
5 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . .       (($920,000))
6$1,020,000
7TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . .       (($1,863,000))
8$1,963,000
9     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
10 conditions and limitations:
11    (1)(a)   $125,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
12 fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
13 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the commission to engage
14 a contractor to:
15     (i) Conduct a detailed analysis of the opportunity gap for Asian
16 American students;
17     (ii) Develop recommendations for continuing efforts to close the
18 educational opportunity gap while meeting the state's academic
19 achievement indicators as identified in the state's every student
20 succeeds act consolidated plan; and
21     (iii) Identify performance measures to monitor adequate yearly
22 progress.
23     (b) The contractor shall submit a study update by December 1,
24 2024, and submit a final report by June 30, 2025, to the educational
25 opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, the governor,
26 the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of
27 education, and the education committees of the legislature.
28    (2)(a)   $125,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
30 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the commission to engage
31 a contractor to:
32     (i) Conduct a detailed analysis of the opportunity gap for Native
33 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students;
34     (ii) Develop recommendations for continuing efforts to close the
35 educational opportunity gap while meeting the state's academic
36 achievement indicators as identified in the state's every student
37 succeeds act consolidated plan; and
38     (iii) Identify performance measures to monitor adequate yearly
39 progress.
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1     (b) The contractor shall submit a study update by December 1,
2 2024, and submit a final report by June 30, 2025, to the educational
3 opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, the governor,
4 the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of
5 education, and the education committees of the legislature.
6      Sec. 109.   2024 c 376 s 122 (uncodified) is amended to read as
7  follows:
8  FOR THE STATE TREASURER
9 State Treasurer's Service Account—State
10     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($24,541,000))
11$24,591,000
12TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($24,541,000))
13$24,591,000
14     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
15 conditions and limitations:
16     (1) $500,000 of the state treasurer's service account—state
17 appropriation is provided solely for the office to study existing and
18 proposed laws in other jurisdictions that limit consideration of
19 material factors in public financing and investments. The study must
20 consider any investment risk and economic risk to Washington
21 associated with identified laws. Authorized uses of the amount
22 provided in this subsection include, but are not limited to,
23 staffing, consulting fees, travel expenditures, or other goods and
24 services. The office must submit the study to the appropriate
25 committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024.
26     (2) Pursuant to RCW 82.08.225, the legislature authorizes the
27 state treasurer to deposit up to $3,000,000 of taxes collected
28 pursuant to RCW 82.08.020(1) into the statewide tourism marketing
29 account created in RCW 43.384.040 for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium.
30     (3) $280,000 of the state treasurer's service account—state
31 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
32 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6069 (retirement savings). If the bill is
33 not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
34 shall lapse.
35     Sec. 110.   2024 c 376 s 125 (uncodified) is amended to read as
36 follows:
37 FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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1  General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $48,659,000
2  General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($42,377,000))
3$42,676,000
4  General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . (($25,263,000))
5$25,838,000
6  Public Service Revolving Account—State Appropriation.   (($4,742,000))
7$5,242,000
8  New Motor Vehicle Arbitration Account—State
9      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $1,897,000
10 Medicaid Fraud Penalty Account—State Appropriation. . . .     $6,584,000
11 Child Rescue Fund—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $200,000
12 Legal Services Revolving Account—State Appropriation (($409,394,000))
13$409,854,000
14 Local Government Archives Account—State
15    Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $1,123,000
16 Tobacco Prevention and Control Account—State
17     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $276,000
18 Washington State Attorney General Charitable Asset
19    Protection Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $100,000
20TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($540,515,000))
21$542,449,000
22     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
23 conditions and limitations:
24     (1) The attorney general shall report each fiscal year on actual
25 legal services expenditures and actual attorney staffing levels for
26 each agency receiving legal services. The report shall be submitted
27 to the office of financial management and the fiscal committees of
28 the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety days
29 after the end of each fiscal year. As part of its by agency report to
30 the legislative fiscal committees and the office of financial
31 management, the office of the attorney general shall include
32 information detailing the agency's expenditures for its agency-wide
33 overhead and a breakdown by division of division administration
34 expenses.
35     (2) Prior to entering into any negotiated settlement of a claim
36 against the state that exceeds five million dollars, the attorney
37 general shall notify the director of the office of financial
38 management and the chairs and ranking members of the senate committee
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1 on ways and means and the house of representatives committee on
2 appropriations.
3     (3) The attorney general shall annually report to the fiscal
4 committees of the legislature all new cy pres awards and settlements
5 and all new accounts, disclosing their intended uses, balances, the
6 nature of the claim or account, proposals, and intended timeframes
7 for the expenditure of each amount. The report shall be distributed
8 electronically and posted on the attorney general's web site. The
9 report shall not be printed on paper or distributed physically.
10    (4) $1,806,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 and $1,981,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for multi-year arbitrations of
13 the state's diligent enforcement of its obligations to receive
14 amounts withheld from tobacco master settlement agreement payments.
15    (5) $6,189,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2024 and $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
17 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter
18 326, Laws of 2021 (law enforcement data).
19    (6) $1,458,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024 and $1,458,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of a program
22 for receiving and responding to tips from the public regarding risks
23 or potential risks to the safety or well-being of youth, called the
24 YES tip line program. Risks to safety or well-being may include, but
25 are not limited to, harm or threats of harm to self or others, sexual
26 abuse, assault, rape, bullying or cyberbullying, substance use, and
27 criminal acts. Any person contacting the YES tip line, whether for
28 themselves or for another person, must receive timely assistance and
29 not be turned away. The program must operate within the guidelines of
30 this subsection.
31     (a) During the development and implementation of the YES tip line
32 program the attorney general shall convene an advisory committee
33 consisting of representatives from the Washington state patrol, the
34 department of health, the health care authority, the office of the
35 superintendent   of  public   instruction,  the   Washington  student
36 achievement council, the Washington association of educational
37 service districts, and other participants the attorney general
38 appoints.
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1     (b) The attorney general shall develop and implement policies and
2 processes for:
3     (i) Assessing tips based on the level of severity, urgency, and
4 assistance needed using best triage practices including the YES tip
5 line;
6     (ii) Risk assessment for referral of persons contacting the YES
7 tip line to service providers;
8     (iii) Threat assessment that identifies circumstances requiring
9 the YES tip line to alert law enforcement, mental health services, or
10 other first responders immediately when immediate emergency response
11 to a tip is warranted;
12     (iv) Referral and follow-up on tips to schools or postsecondary
13 institution teams, local crisis services, law enforcement, and other
14 entities;
15     (v) YES tip line information data retention and reporting
16 requirements;
17     (vi) Ensuring the confidentiality of persons submitting a tip and
18 to allow for disclosure when necessary to respond to a specific
19 emergency threat to life; and
20     (vii) Systematic review, analysis, and reporting by the YES tip
21 line program of YES tip line data including, but not limited to,
22 reporting program utilization and evaluating whether the YES tip line
23 is being implemented equitably across the state.
24     (c) The YES tip line shall be operated by a vendor selected by
25 the attorney general through a competitive contracting process. The
26 attorney general shall ensure that the YES tip line program vendor
27 and its personnel are properly trained and resourced. The contract
28 must require the vendor to be bound by confidentiality policies
29 developed by the office. The contract must also provide that the
30 state of Washington owns the data and information produced from the
31 YES tip line and that vendor must comply with the state's data
32 retention, use, and security requirements.
33     (d) The YES tip line program must develop and maintain a
34 reference and best practices tool kit for law enforcement and mental
35 health officials that identifies statewide and community mental
36 health resources, services, and contacts, and provides best practices
37 and strategies for investigators to use in investigating cases and
38 assisting youths and their parents and guardians.
39     (e) The YES tip line program must promote and market the program
40 and YES tip line to youth, families, community members, schools, and
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1 others statewide to build awareness of the program's resources and
2 the YES tip line. Youth perspectives must be included and consulted
3 in tip line development and implementation including creating
4 marketing campaigns and materials required for the YES tip line
5 program. The insights of youth representing marginalized and minority
6 communities must be prioritized for their invaluable insight. Youths
7 are   eligible   for   stipends   and   reasonable   allowances   for
8 reimbursement, lodging, and travel expenses as provided in RCW
9 43.03.220.
10    (7) $561,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 and $508,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of the attorney
13 general to support the Washington state missing and murdered
14 indigenous women and people task force in section 912 of this act.
15     (8) $9,188,000 of the legal services revolving fund—state
16 appropriation is provided solely for additional legal services to
17 address additional legal services necessary for dependency actions
18 where the state and federal Indian child welfare act apply. The
19 office must report to the fiscal committees of the legislature within
20 90 days of the close of the fiscal year the following information for
21 new cases initiated in the previous fiscal year to measure quantity
22 and use of this funding:
23     (a) The number and proportion of cases where the state and
24 federal Indian child welfare act (ICWA) applies as compared to non-
25 ICWA new cases;
26     (b) The amount of time spent advising on, preparing for court,
27 and litigating issues and elements related to ICWA's requirements as
28 compared to the amount of time advising on, preparing for court, and
29 litigating issues and elements that are not related to ICWA's
30 requirements;
31     (c) The length of state and federal Indian child welfare act
32 cases as compared to non-ICWA cases measured by time or number of
33 court hearings; and
34     (d) Any other information or metric the office determines is
35 appropriate to measure the quantity and use of the funding in this
36 subsection.
37    (9)(a)   $250,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
38 fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
39 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the establishment of a
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1 truth and reconciliation tribal advisory committee to conduct
2 research and outreach to understand the operations and impact of
3 Indian boarding schools in Washington run by public and faith-based
4 institutions, and to develop recommendations for the state to
5 acknowledge and address the historical and intergenerational harms
6 caused by Indian boarding schools and other cultural and linguistic
7 termination practices.
8     (b) The advisory committee shall consist of five members
9 nominated by the attorney general. The committee members must be
10 citizens from federally recognized tribes in diverse geographic areas
11 across the state that possess personal, policy, or specific expertise
12 with Indian boarding school history and policies, or who have
13 expertise in truth and healing endeavors that are traditionally and
14 culturally appropriate.
15     (c) The advisory committee must hold its first meeting by
16 September 30, 2023, and shall meet at least quarterly. The advisory
17 committee may conduct meetings in person or virtually and must accept
18 written testimony. The advisory committee may, when feasible, invite
19 and consult with any entity, agency, or individual deemed necessary
20 to further its work, or with experts or professionals involved,
21 having expertise, or having lived experience regarding Indian
22 boarding schools or tribal engagement.
23     (d) The office and the advisory committee must conduct at least
24 six listening sessions in collaboration with tribes and Native-led
25 organizations. The listening sessions must be held with consideration
26 of the cultural, emotional, spiritual, and psychological well-being
27 of survivors, family members, and community members. In planning and
28 facilitating the listening sessions, the office must seek to avoid
29 imposing undue burdens on survivors, family members, or community
30 members.
31     (e) The office of the attorney general must administer and
32 provide staff support for the advisory committee.
33     (f) By June 30, 2025, the office must submit a final report to
34 the appropriate committees of the legislature that includes, but is
35 not limited to:
36     (i) A summary of activities undertaken by the advisory committee;
37     (ii) Findings regarding the extent and types of support provided
38 by the state to Indian boarding schools;
39     (iii) Findings regarding current state policies and practices
40 that originate from Indian boarding schools or other assimilationist
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1 policies and practices and that cause disproportionate harm to
2 American Indian and Alaska Native people and communities; and
3     (iv) Recommendations regarding how the state can address the harm
4 done by Indian boarding schools and other cultural and linguistic
5 termination practices through a truth and reconciliation model,
6 including but not limited to:
7     (A) Resources and assistance that the state may provide to aid in
8 the healing of trauma caused by Indian boarding school policies; and
9     (B) Actions to correct current state policies and practices with
10 origins in assimilationist policies or that cause disproportionate
11 harm to Native people and communities.
12     (10) $1,381,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for legal services and other
14 costs   related  to voter  rights  and  redistricting  commission
15 litigation.
16    (11) $566,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $436,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for legal services related to
19 litigation challenging chapter 104, Laws of 2022 (ESSB 5078).
20    (12) $749,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2024 and $689,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
22 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for legal services related to
23 the defense of the state and its agencies in a federal environmental
24 cleanup action involving the Quendall terminals superfund site.
25    (13) $731,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $1,462,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for additional resources for the
28 prosecution of sexually violent predator cases pursuant to chapter
29 71.09 RCW.
30    (14) $699,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $699,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for additional resources for the
33 criminal litigation unit to address increased wrongfully convicted
34 person claims under chapter 4.100 RCW and increased workload and
35 complexity of cases referred to the unit.
36    (15) $755,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and $1,510,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to create a
39 centralized statewide  organized  retail crime  task  force  to
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1 coordinate,      investigate,    and     prosecute     multijurisdictional   retail
2 crime.
3(16)   $1,399,000   of   the    general    fund—state    appropriation   for
4 fiscal   year  2024  and   $1,399,000  of  the  general   fund—state
5 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
6 implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5078 (firearms industry
7 duties).
8     (17) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year ((2024)) 2025 is provided solely for the office of the attorney
10 general to update the introduction to Washington water law legal
11 primer. The updated primer must cover subjects including, but not
12 limited to, municipal water law, the trusts water rights program,
13 instream flows, and significant appellate water law cases that have
14 been decided since the previous introduction to Washington water law
15 was prepared in 2000. The office must complete the updated primer by
16 June 30, 2025.
17    (18) $39,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024, $39,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2025, and $30,000 of the legal services revolving fund—state
20 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Second
21 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5263 (psilocybin).
22     (19) $2,071,000 of the legal services revolving fund—state
23 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
24 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5080 (cannabis social equity).
25     (20) $204,000 of the legal services revolving fund—state
26 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
27 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5236 (hospital staffing standards).
28     (21) $2,316,000 of the legal services revolving fund—state
29 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
30 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5272 (speed safety cameras).
31     (22) $138,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 is provided solely for staff support to the joint
33 legislative task force on jail standards authorized by RCW 70.48.801.
34 The task force shall report finding and recommendations to the
35 governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature no later
36 than December 1, 2023.
37     (23) $463,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year     2024,    (($454,000))        $895,000    of    the   general   fund—state
39 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, $398,000 of the general fund—
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1 federal    appropriation,    $91,000    of     the   public   service   revolving
2 account—state appropriation, $133,000 of the medicaid fraud penalty
3 account—state appropriation, and $6,740,000 of the legal services
4 revolving   fund—state  appropriation   are  provided   solely  for
5 implementation of the legal matter management system and is subject
6 to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section
7 701 of this act.
8     (24) $50,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
9 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
10 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1181 (climate change/planning).
11    (25) $138,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 and $138,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
14 Substitute House Bill No. 1028 (crime victims and witnesses).
15     (26) $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2024 and $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
17 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
18 Substitute House Bill No. 1469 (health care services/access).
19    (27) $158,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024 and $153,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of House Bill
22 No. 1512 (missing persons).
23     (28)   $1,005,000   of   the   general     fund—state     appropriation   for
24 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,005,000   of  the   general  fund—state
25 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
26 implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1177 (indigenous women).
27     (29) $26,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
28 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
29 Substitute House Bill No. 1470 (private detention facilities).
30     (30) $75,000 of the legal services revolving  account—state
31 appropriation is provided solely for implementation  of Substitute
32 House Bill No. 1570 (TNC insurance programs).
33     (31) $106,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
34 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
35 Substitute House Bill No. 1762 (warehouse employees).
36     (32) $338,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
37 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
38 Substitute House Bill No. 1175 (petroleum storage tanks).
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1     (33)(a)   $50,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
2  fiscal year 2024 and $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3  for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the attorney general, in
4  collaboration with the office of the insurance commissioner, to study
5  approaches to improve health care affordability including, but not
6  limited to:
7     (i) Health provider price or rate regulation policies or
8 programs, other than traditional health plan rate review, in use or
9 under consideration in other states to increase affordability for
10 health insurance purchasers and enrollees. At a minimum, this shall
11 include:
12     (A) Analysis of payment rate or payment rate increase caps and
13 reference pricing strategies;
14     (B) Analysis of research or other findings related to the
15 outcomes of the policy or program, including experience in other
16 states;
17     (C) A preliminary analysis of the regulatory authority and
18 administrative capacity necessary to implement each policy or program
19 reviewed in Washington state;
20     (D) Analysis of such approaches used in Washington state
21 including, but not limited to, the operation of the hospital
22 commission, formerly established under chapter 70.39 RCW; and
23     (E) A feasibility analysis of implementing a global hospital
24 budget strategy in one or more counties or regions in Washington
25 state, including potential impacts on spending and access to health
26 care services if such a strategy were adopted;
27     (ii) Regulatory approaches in use or under consideration by other
28 states   to  address   any  anticompetitive   impacts  of   horizontal
29 consolidation and vertical integration in the health care marketplace
30 to supplement federal antitrust law. At a minimum, this regulatory
31 review shall include:
32     (A) Analysis of research, case law, or other findings related to
33 the outcomes of the state's activities to encourage competition,
34 including implementation experience;
35     (B)   A   preliminary  analysis  of   regulatory   authority  and
36 administrative capacity necessary to implement each policy or program
37 reviewed in Washington state; and
38     (C) Analysis of recent health care consolidation and vertical
39 consolidation activity in Washington state, to the extent information
40 is available;
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1     (iii) Recommended actions based on other state approaches and
2 Washington data, if any; and
3     (iv) Additional related areas of data or study needed, if any.
4     (b) The office of the insurance commissioner or office of the
5 attorney general may contract with third parties and consult with
6 other state entities to conduct all or any portion of the study.
7     (c) The attorney general and office of the insurance commissioner
8 shall submit a preliminary report to the relevant policy and fiscal
9 committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, and a final report
10 by August 1, 2024.
11     (34) $9,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
12 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
13 House Bill No. 1069 (mental health counselor compensation).
14    (35)   $526,000   of   the   legal   services   revolving   account—state
15 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
16 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1216 (clean energy siting).
17     (36) $801,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2025 is provided solely for the office to create a permanent
19 sexual assault kit initiative program.
20     (37)(a) $247,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of the attorney
22 general, jointly with the department of health, to form a task force
23 to provide recommendations to establish a comprehensive public health
24 and community-based framework to combat extremism and mass violence.
25     (b) The office of the attorney general must, in consultation with
26 the department of health, appoint a minimum of 10 members to the task
27 force representing different stakeholder groups including, but not
28 limited to:
29     (i) Community organizations working to address the impacts of or
30 to assist those who are affected by extremism and mass violence;
31     (ii) Law enforcement organizations that gather data about or work
32 to combat extremism and mass violence; and
33     (iii) Public health and nonprofit organizations that work to
34 address the impacts of extremism and mass violence.
35     (c) The office of the attorney general and the department of
36 health may each have no more than one voting member on the task
37 force.
38     (d) The office of the attorney general must provide staff support
39 for the task force.
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1     (e) Any reimbursement for nonlegislative members of the task
2 force is subject to chapter 43.03 RCW.
3     (f) The first meeting of the task force must be held by December
4 31, 2024. The task force must submit a preliminary report to the
5 governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 1,
6 2025, and a final report by December 1, 2026. The final report must
7 include legislative and policy recommendations for establishing the
8 comprehensive framework. It is the intent of the legislature to
9 provide funding for the task force to complete the final report in
10 the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
11     (g) No aspect of this subsection should be construed as a
12 directive to alter any aspect of criminal law, create new criminal
13 penalties, or increase criminal law enforcement.
14     (38) $61,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
15 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
16 House Bill No. 1905 (equal pay/protected classes). If the bill is not
17 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
18 shall lapse.
19     (39) $30,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
20 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
21 House Bill No. 2061 (health employees/overtime). If the bill is not
22 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
23 shall lapse.
24     (40) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
26 Substitute House Bill No. 1618 (childhood sexual abuse/SOL). If the
27 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
28 subsection shall lapse.
29     (41) $73,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
30 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
31 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 6058 (carbon market linkage). If
32 the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
33 subsection shall lapse.
34     (42) $1,100,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
35 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
36 Substitute House Bill No. 1205 (service by pub./dependency). If the
37 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
38 subsection shall lapse.
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1      (43) $106,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
2  appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
3  Second Substitute House Bill No. 2301 (waste material management). If
4  the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
5  subsection shall lapse.
6     (44)   $33,000   of   the   legal   services   revolving   account—state
7  appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
8  House Bill No. 2467 (LTSS portability). If the bill is not enacted by
9  June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
10     (45) $216,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2025 is provided solely for personnel and associated costs to
12 implement and maintain functional operations such as support, records
13 management   and   disclosure,  victim   liaisons,  and   information
14 technology for the clemency and pardons board.
15     (46) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 is provided solely for the office, in collaboration with
17 the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, to support
18 the Washington state indigenous demographic data collection work
19 group of the Washington state missing and murdered indigenous women
20 and people task force established in section 912, chapter 475, Laws
21 of 2023.
22     (47) $743,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
24 Bill No. 5427 (hate crimes & bias incidents). If the bill is not
25 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
26 shall lapse.
27    (48) $131,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2024 and $528,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
29 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
30 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5838 (AI task force). If the bill
31 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this
32 subsection shall lapse.
33     (49) $45,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for the office to support the
35 underground economy task force created in section 906 of this act.
36     (50) $3,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
37 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
38 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5271 (DOH/facilities enforcement). If the
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1 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
2 subsection shall lapse.
3     (51) $30,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
4 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
5 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5793 (paid sick leave). If the bill is not
6 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
7 shall lapse.
8     (52) $40,000 of the legal services revolving account—state
9 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
10 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6105 (adult entertainment workers). If the
11 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
12 subsection shall lapse.
13     (53) $1,694,000 of the general fund—state appropriation  for
14 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of  the
15 homicide investigations tracking system (HITS) and is subject to the
16 conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 701,
17 chapter 376, Laws of 2024.
18     Sec. 111.   2024 c 376 s 127 (uncodified) is amended to read as
19 follows:
20 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HOUSING
21 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .     $409,465,000
22 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .    (($492,261,000))
23$496,278,000
24 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . .     $281,789,000
25 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .     $5,252,000
26 Affordable Housing for All Account—State
27     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($109,227,000))
28$109,419,000
29 Apple Health and Homes Account—State Appropriation. . . . $28,452,000
30 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . $35,000,000
31 Community Reinvestment Account—State Appropriation. . .     $200,000,000
32 Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State
33     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($3,159,000))
34$4,289,000
35 Covenant Homeownership Account—State Appropriation. . .     $150,000,000
36 Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Crimes
37    Investigation and Prosecution Account—State
38    Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (($2,631,000))
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1$2,678,000
2 Home Security Fund Account—State Appropriation. . .  (($290,410,000))
3$291,859,000
4 Lead Paint Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . .  (($233,000))
5$264,000
6 Prostitution Prevention and Intervention Account—
7     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $26,000
8 Washington Housing Trust Account—State Appropriation.  (($9,863,000))
9$11,061,000
10TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . .  (($2,017,768,000))
11$2,025,832,000
12     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
13 conditions and limitations:
14    (1)     $10,500,000     of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
15 fiscal year 2024 and $10,500,000 of the general fund—state
16 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to
17 resolution Washington to build statewide capacity for alternative
18 dispute resolution centers and dispute resolution programs that
19 guarantee that citizens have access to low-cost resolution as an
20 alternative to litigation.
21(2) $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to the retired
24 senior volunteer program.
25     (3) Within existing resources, the department shall provide
26 administrative and other indirect support to the developmental
27 disabilities council.
28(4) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the Washington new Americans
31 program. The department may require a cash match or in-kind
32 contributions to be eligible for state funding.
33    (5) $768,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024 and $797,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract
36 with a private, nonprofit organization to provide developmental
37 disability ombuds services.
38    (6) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year    2024,   $500,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
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1 fiscal    year   2025,   $1,000,000    of     the    home   security   fund—state
2 appropriation, $2,000,000 of the Washington housing trust account—
3 state appropriation, and $1,000,000 of the affordable housing for all
4 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the department of
5 commerce for services to homeless families and youth through the
6 Washington youth and families fund.
7     (7) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024, $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025, and $2,000,000 of the home security fund—state
10 appropriation are provided solely for the administration of the grant
11 program required in chapter 43.185C RCW, linking homeless students
12 and their families with stable housing.
13     (8)$11,844,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $11,844,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for housing assistance,
16 including long-term rental subsidies, permanent supportive housing,
17 and low and no barrier housing beds, for unhoused individuals.
18 Priority must be given to individuals with a mental health disorder,
19 substance use disorder, or other complex conditions; individuals with
20 a criminal history; and individuals transitioning from behavioral
21 health treatment facilities or local jails.
22     (9) $557,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $557,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to design and
25 administer the achieving a better life experience program.
26    (10)    $8,000,000    of   the   general    fund—state     appropriation   for
27 fiscal   year    2024  and  $8,000,000  of     the  general  fund—state
28 appropriation    for fiscal year 2025  are    provided solely for the
29 department to contract with organizations and attorneys to provide
30 either   legal  representation   or  referral   services  for   legal
31 representation, or both, to indigent persons who are in need of legal
32 services for matters related to their immigration status. Persons
33 eligible for assistance under any contract entered into pursuant to
34 this subsection must be determined to be indigent under standards
35 developed under chapter 10.101 RCW.
36     (11)(a) $12,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2024, $12,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
38 for fiscal year 2025, and $37,000,000 of the affordable housing for
39 all account—state appropriation are provided solely for grants to
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1  support the building operation, maintenance, and service costs of
2  permanent supportive housing projects or units within housing
3  projects that have or will receive funding from the housing trust
4 fund—state account or other public capital funding that:
5     (i) Is dedicated as permanent supportive housing units;
6     (ii) Is occupied by low-income households with incomes at or
7 below 30 percent of the area median income; and
8     (iii) Requires a supplement to rent income to cover ongoing
9 property operating, maintenance, and service expenses.
10     (b) Permanent supportive housing projects receiving federal
11 operating subsidies that do not fully cover the operation,
12 maintenance, and service costs of the projects are eligible to
13 receive grants as described in this subsection.
14     (c) The department may use a reasonable amount of funding
15 provided in this subsection to administer the grants.
16     (d) Within amounts provided in this subsection, the department
17 must provide staff support for the permanent supportive housing
18 operations, maintenance, and services forecast. The department must
19 develop a model to estimate demand for operating, maintenance, and
20 services costs for permanent supportive housing units that qualify
21 for grant funding under (a) of this subsection. The model shall
22 incorporate factors including the number of qualifying units
23 currently in operation; the number of new qualifying units assumed to
24 come online since the previous forecast and the timing of when those
25 units will become operational; the impacts of enacted or proposed
26 investments in the capital budget on the number of new potentially
27 qualifying units; the number of units supported through a grant
28 awarded under (a) of this subsection; the historical actuals for per
29 unit average grant awards under (a) of this subsection; reported data
30 from housing providers on actual costs for operations, maintenance,
31 and services; and other factors identified as appropriate for
32 estimating the demand for maintenance, operations, and services for
33 qualifying   permanent  supportive   housing   units.  The   forecast
34 methodology, updates, and methodology changes must be conducted in
35 coordination with staff from the department, the office of financial
36 management, and the appropriate fiscal committees of the state
37 legislature. The forecast must be updated each February and November
38 during the fiscal biennium and the department must submit a report to
39 the legislature summarizing the updated forecast based on actual
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1 awards made under (a) of this subsection  and   the   completed
2 construction of new qualifying units.
3     (12) $7,000,000 of the home security fund—state appropriation is
4 provided solely for the office of homeless youth prevention and
5 protection programs to:
6     (a) Expand outreach, services, and housing for homeless youth and
7 young adults including but not limited to secure crisis residential
8 centers, crisis residential centers, and HOPE beds, so that resources
9 are equitably distributed across the state;
10     (b) Contract with other public agency partners to test innovative
11 program models that prevent youth from exiting public systems into
12 homelessness; and
13     (c) Support the development of an integrated services model,
14 increase performance outcomes, and enable providers to have the
15 necessary skills and expertise to effectively operate youth programs.
16     (13)   $4,000,000   of   the   general   fund—state    appropriation    for
17 fiscal   year  2024   and  $4,000,000   of  the   general  fund—state
18 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
19 of homeless youth to build infrastructure and services to support a
20 continuum of interventions, including but not limited to prevention,
21 crisis response, and long-term housing, to reduce youth homelessness
22 in communities identified as part of the anchor community initiative.
23     (14)   $2,125,000   of   the   general   fund—state    appropriation    for
24 fiscal   year  2024   and   $2,125,000   of the   general   fund—state
25 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
26 of   homeless  youth   to   contract   with one   or   more   nonprofit
27 organizations to provide youth services and young adult housing on a
28 multi-acre youth campus located in the city of Tacoma. Youth services
29 include, but are not limited to, HOPE beds and crisis residential
30 centers to provide temporary shelter and permanency planning for
31 youth under the age of 18. Young adult housing includes, but is not
32 limited to, rental assistance and case management for young adults
33 ages 18 to 24. The department shall submit an annual report to the
34 legislature on the use of the funds. The report is due annually on
35 June 30th. The report shall include but is not limited to:
36     (a) A breakdown of expenditures by program and expense type,
37 including the cost per bed;
38     (b) The number of youth and young adults helped by each program;
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1     (c) The number of youth and young adults on the waiting list for
2 programs, if any; and
3     (d) Any other metric or measure the department deems appropriate
4 to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of the funds.
5    (15)     $65,310,000     of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
6 fiscal     year     2024   and   $65,310,000     of   the   general   fund—state
7 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
8 essential needs and housing support program and related services. The
9 department may use a portion of the funds provided in this subsection
10 to continue the pilot program established in section 127(106) of
11 chapter 357, Laws of 2020 (addressing the immediate housing needs of
12 low or extremely low-income elderly or disabled adults in certain
13 counties who receive social security disability or retirement
14 income). The department must ensure the timely redistribution of the
15 funding provided in this subsection among entities or counties to
16 reflect   actual   caseload  changes   as   required  under   RCW
17 43.185C.220(5)(c).
18     (16) $5,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to King county for
20 costs to provide transitional and long-term housing supports for
21 unsheltered, recently-arrived individuals and families.
22    (17) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract
25 with an entity located in the Beacon hill/Chinatown international
26 district area of Seattle to provide low income housing, low income
27 housing support services, or both. To the extent practicable, the
28 chosen location must be colocated with other programs supporting the
29 needs of children, the elderly, or persons with disabilities.
30     (18)    $4,740,000     of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
31 fiscal year 2024, $4,740,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
32 for fiscal year 2025, and $4,500,000 of the home security fund—state
33 appropriation are provided solely for the consolidated homeless grant
34 program.
35     (a) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $4,500,000 of the
36 home     security    fund—state
  appropriation is provided solely for
37 permanent supportive housing targeted at those families who are
38 chronically homeless and where at least one member of the family has
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1  a disability. The department will also connect these families to
2  medicaid supportive services.
3      (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $1,000,000 of the
4  general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $1,000,000
5  of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are
6  provided solely for diversion services for those families and
7 individuals who are at substantial risk of losing stable housing or
8 who have recently become homeless and are determined to have a high
9 probability of returning to stable housing.
10     (c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $3,240,000 of the
11 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $3,240,000
12 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are
13 provided solely for up to nine months of rental assistance for
14 individuals   enrolled  in   the  foundational   community  supports
15 initiative who are transitioning off of benefits under RCW 74.04.805
16 due to increased income or other changes in eligibility. The health
17 care authority, department of social and health services, and
18 department of commerce shall collaborate on this effort.
19     (19)    $1,258,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
20 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,332,000   of  the   general fund—state
21 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
22 operations of the long-term care ombudsman program.
23     (20)    $1,007,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
24 fiscal   year    2024  and   $1,007,000  of   the   general   fund—state
25 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
26 department    to   administer   a  transitional   housing   program  for
27 nondependent homeless youth.
28     (21) $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to establish
31 an identification assistance and support program to assist homeless
32 persons in collecting documentation and procuring an identicard
33 issued by the department of licensing. This program may be operated
34 through a contract for services. The program shall operate in one
35 county west of the crest of the Cascade mountain range with a
36 population of 1,000,000 or more and one county east of the crest of
37 the Cascade mountain range with a population of 500,000 or more.
38     (22)(a) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
39 fiscal     year   2024   and    $2,500,000     of   the   general   fund—state
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1 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
2 of homeless youth prevention and protection programs to administer
3 flexible funding to support the anchor community initiative and
4 anchor communities through the homeless prevention and diversion fund
5 and serve eligible youth and young adults. The flexible funding
6 administered under this subsection may be used for the immediate
7 needs of eligible youth or young adults. An eligible youth or young
8 adult may receive support under this subsection more than once.
9     (b) Flexible funding provided under this subsection may be used
10 for purposes including but not limited to:
11     (i) Car repair or other transportation assistance;
12     (ii) Rental application fees, a security deposit, or short-term
13 rental assistance;
14     (iii) Offsetting costs for first and last month's rent and
15 security deposits;
16     (iv) Transportation costs to go to work;
17     (v) Assistance in obtaining photo identification or birth
18 certificates; and
19     (vi) Other uses that will support the eligible youth or young
20 adult's housing stability, education, or employment, or meet
21 immediate basic needs.
22     (c) The flexible funding provided under this subsection may be
23 provided to:
24     (i) Eligible youth and young adults. For the purposes of this
25 subsection, an eligible youth or young adult is a person under age 25
26 who is experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness,
27 including but not limited to those who are unsheltered, doubled up or
28 in unsafe living situations, exiting inpatient programs, or in
29 school;
30     (ii) Community-based providers assisting eligible youth or young
31 adults in attaining safe and stable housing; and
32     (iii) Individuals or entities, including landlords, providing
33 safe housing or other support designed to lead to housing for
34 eligible youth or young adults.
35    (23) $607,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $3,607,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to assist
38 homeowners at risk of foreclosure pursuant to chapter 61.24 RCW.
39 Funding provided in this section may be used for activities to
40 prevent mortgage or tax lien foreclosure, housing counselors, a
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1  foreclosure prevention hotline, legal services for low-income
2  individuals,   mediation,   and   other    activities   that promote
3  homeownership. The department may contract with other foreclosure
4  fairness program state partners to carry out this work.
5    (24) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6  year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract
8 with a nonprofit entity located in Seattle that focuses on poverty
9 reduction and racial equity to convene and staff a poverty reduction
10 workgroup steering committee comprised of individuals that have lived
11 experience with poverty. Funding provided in this section may be used
12 to reimburse steering committee members for travel, child care, and
13 other costs associated with participation in the steering committee.
14    (25) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024 and $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for capacity-building grants
17 through the Latino community fund for emergency response services,
18 educational programs, and human services support for children and
19 families in rural and underserved communities.
20    (26)    $1,400,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
21 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,400,000   of  the   general  fund—state
22 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
23 of homeless youth to administer a competitive grant process to award
24 funding to licensed youth shelters, HOPE centers, and crisis
25 residential centers to provide behavioral health support services for
26 youth in crisis, and to increase funding for current grantees.
27     (27) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to the city of
29 Tukwila for costs incurred related to unsheltered, recently-arrived
30 individuals and families. Of the amount provided in this subsection,
31 $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year
32 2025 is provided solely for transitional and long-term housing
33 supports, on the condition that the city of Tukwila contract with the
34 office of refugee and immigrant assistance for the use of a location
35 for providing tiered support services for unsheltered, recently-
36 arrived individuals and families. The office may subcontract to
37 provide the support services.
38    (28)    $9,575,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
39 fiscal    year   2024   and    $9,575,000     of   the   general   fund—state
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1 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
2 department to continue the Washington state office of firearm safety
3 and violence prevention, including the creation of a state and
4 federal grant funding plan to direct resources to cities that are
5 most impacted by community violence. Of the amounts provided in this
6 subsection:
7    (a) $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 and $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for community-based violence
10 prevention and intervention services to individuals identified
11 through the King county shots fired social network analysis. The
12 department must complete an evaluation of the program and provide a
13 report to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees by
14 June 30, 2023.
15    (b) $5,318,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2024 and $5,318,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
17 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to support existing
18 programs and capacity building for new programs providing evidence-
19 based violence prevention and intervention services to youth who are
20 at high risk to perpetrate or be victims of firearm violence and who
21 reside in areas with high rates of firearm violence as provided in
22 RCW 43.330A.050.
23     (i) Priority shall be given to programs that partner with the
24 University   of  Washington,   school  of   medicine, department  of
25 psychiatry and behavioral sciences for training and support to
26 deliver culturally relevant family integrated transition services
27 through use of credible messenger advocates.
28     (ii) The office may enter into agreement with the University of
29 Washington or another independent entity with expertise in evaluating
30 community-based grant-funded programs to evaluate the grant program's
31 effectiveness.
32     (iii) The office shall enter into agreement to provide funding to
33 the University of Washington, school of medicine, department of
34 psychiatry and behavioral sciences to directly deliver trainings and
35 support to programs providing culturally relevant family integrated
36 transition services through use of credible messenger and to train a
37 third-party organization to similarly support those programs.
38     (iv) Of the amounts provided under (b) of this subsection,
39 $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024
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1 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year
2 2025 are provided solely for a certified credible messenger program
3 that does work in at least three regions of Washington state to train
4 and certify credible messengers to implement a culturally responsive,
5 evidence-based    credible   messenger   violence    prevention   and
6 intervention services program.
7    (c) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025 are provided to further support firearm violence
10 prevention and intervention programs and initiatives consistent with
11 the duties of the office as set forth in RCW 43.330A.020.
12    (d) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
14 fiscal year 2025 are provided to support safe storage programs and
15 suicide prevention outreach and education efforts across the state.
16    (29)   $2,500,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
17 fiscal   year  2024   and  $2,500,000   of  the   general  fund—state
18 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
19 department to administer grants to diaper banks for the purchase of
20 diapers, wipes, and other essential baby products, for distribution
21 to families in need. The department must give priority to providers
22 serving or located in marginalized, low-income communities or
23 communities of color; and providers that help support racial equity.
24    (30)   $4,500,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
25 fiscal   year  2024   and  $4,500,000   of  the   general  fund—state
26 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to
27 counties to stabilize newly arriving refugees, including those from
28 the 2021 Afghanistan conflict and the 2022 Ukraine-Russia conflict.
29    (31) $120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 and $120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
32 resource center in King county that provides sexual assault advocacy
33 services, therapy services, and prevention and outreach to begin a
34 three-year, multigrade sexual violence prevention program in the
35 Renton school district.
36    (32) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of homeless youth
39 prevention and protection programs to colead a prevention work group
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1 with the department of children, youth, and families. The work group
2 must focus on preventing youth and young adult homelessness and other
3 related negative outcomes. The work group shall consist of members
4 representing the department of social and health services, the
5 employment security department, the health care authority, the office
6 of the superintendent of public instruction, the Washington student
7 achievement council, the interagency work group on homelessness,
8 community-based organizations, and young people and families with
9 lived experience of housing instability, child welfare involvement,
10 justice   system   involvement,    or   inpatient   behavioral  health
11 involvement.
12     (a) The work group shall help guide implementation of:
13     (i)   The  state's   strategic    plan  on   prevention  of  youth
14 homelessness;
15     (ii) Chapter 157, Laws of 2018 (SSB 6560);
16     (iii) Chapter 312, Laws of 2019 (E2SSB 5290);
17     (iv) Efforts to reform family reconciliation services; and
18     (v) Other state initiatives addressing the prevention of youth
19 homelessness.
20     (b) The office of homeless youth prevention and protection
21 programs must use the amounts provided in this subsection to contract
22 with a community-based organization to support the involvement with
23 the work group of young people and families with lived experience of
24 housing instability, child welfare involvement, justice system
25 involvement,   or  inpatient   behavioral   health  involvement.  The
26 community-based organization must serve and be substantially governed
27 by marginalized populations. The amounts provided in this subsection
28 must supplement private funding to support the work group.
29     (33)   $22,802,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
30 fiscal year 2024 and $22,803,000 of the general fund—state
31 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to increase
32 existing grantee contracts providing rental or housing subsidy and
33 services for eligible tenants in housing and homeless programs. The
34 department must distribute funding in a manner that will prioritize
35 maintaining current levels of homeless subsidies and services and
36 stabilizing the homeless service provider workforce.
37     (34)(a) $35,000,000 of the climate commitment account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer
39 grant funding through the existing network of federal low-income home
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1 energy assistance program grantees to provide low-income households
2 with energy utility bill assistance.
3     (b) To qualify for assistance, a household must be below 80
4 percent of the area median income and living in a community that
5 experiences high environmental health disparities.
6     (c) Under the grant program, each household accessing energy bill
7 assistance must be offered an energy assessment that includes
8 determining the household's need for clean cooling and heating system
9 upgrades   that   improve   safety   and  efficiency   while   meeting
10 Washington's climate goals. If beneficial, households may be offered
11 grant funding to cover the replacement of inefficient, outdated, or
12 unsafe home heating and cooling systems with more energy efficient
13 electric heating and cooling technologies, such as heat pumps.
14     (d) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, no more than 60
15 percent of the funding may be utilized by the department to target
16 services to multifamily residential buildings across the state that
17 experience high energy use, where a majority of the residents within
18 the building are below 80 percent of the area median income and the
19 community experiences high environmental health disparities.
20     (e) In serving low-income households who rent or lease a
21 residence, the department must establish processes to ensure that the
22 rent for the residence is not increased and the tenant is not evicted
23 as a result of receiving assistance under the grant program.
24     (f) The department must incorporate data collected while
25 implementing this program into future energy assistance reports as
26 required under RCW 19.405.120. The department may publish information
27 on its website on the number of furnace or heating and cooling system
28 replacements, including replacements within multifamily housing
29 units.
30     (g) The department may utilize a portion of the funding provided
31 within this subsection to create an electronic application system.
32     (35)   $55,500,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
33 fiscal year 2024 and $55,500,000 of the general fund—state
34 appropriation for fiscal year 2025are provided solely for the
35 department to continue grant funding for emergency housing and
36 shelter capacity and associated supports such as street outreach,
37 diversion services, short-term rental assistance, hotel and motel
38 vouchers, housing search and placement, and housing stability case
39 management. Entities eligible for grant funding include local
40 governments and nonprofit entities. The department may use existing
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1 programs, such as the consolidated homelessness grant program, to
2 award funding under this subsection. Grants provided under this
3 subsection must be used to maintain or increase current emergency
4 housing capacity, funded by the shelter program grant and other
5 programs, as practicable due to increased costs of goods, services,
6 and   wages.   Emergency   housing   includes   transitional   housing,
7 congregate or noncongregate shelter, sanctioned encampments, or
8 short-term hotel or motel stays. Of the amount provided in this
9 subsection for fiscal year 2025, $1,500,000 must be granted to a
10 housing    readiness   program    serving   individuals    experiencing
11 homelessness in the city of Longview. Funding may be used to operate
12 severe weather shelters, housing navigation, case management, laundry
13 and hygiene facilities, connection to other social services, and
14 other programs serving unhoused individuals in Cowlitz county.
15     (36)(a) $75,050,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2024 and $75,050,000 of the general fund—state
17 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a targeted
18 grant program to transition persons residing in encampments to safer
19 housing opportunities, with an emphasis on ensuring individuals
20 living unsheltered reach permanent housing solutions. Eligible grant
21 recipients include local governments and nonprofit organizations
22 operating to provide housing or services. The department may provide
23 funding to state agencies to ensure individuals accessing housing
24 services are also able to access other wrap-around services that
25 enable them to obtain housing such as food, personal identification,
26 and other related services. Local government and nonprofit grant
27 recipients may use grant funding to provide outreach, housing, case
28 management, transportation, site monitoring, and other services
29 needed to assist individuals residing in encampments and on public
30 rights-of-way with moving into housing.
31     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
32     (i) No less than $120,000,000 must be used for housing services
33 for persons residing on state-owned rights-of-way; and
34     (ii) All remaining funds may be used for housing services for
35 persons residing in encampments, including encampments located on
36 public lands, as defined in RCW 79.02.010, or state parks and
37 parkways.
38     (c) Grant criteria must include, but are not limited to:
39     (i) Whether a site where the grantee will conduct outreach and
40 engagement has been identified as a location where individuals
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1 residing in encampments or on the public right-of-way are in specific
2 circumstances or physical locations that expose them to especially or
3 imminently unsafe conditions;
4     (ii) A commitment to resolve encampments through extensive
5 outreach followed by matching individuals with temporary lodging or
6 permanent housing that is reasonably likely to fit with their actual
7 needs and situation, is noncongregate whenever possible, and takes
8 into consideration individuals' immediate and long-term needs and
9 abilities to achieve and maintain housing stability;
10     (iii) A commitment to transition individuals who are initially
11 matched to temporary lodging into a permanent housing placement
12 within six months except under unusual circumstances;
13     (iv) Local government readiness and capacity to enter into and
14 fulfill the grant requirements as applicable; and
15     (v) Other criteria as identified by the department.
16     (d) When awarding grants under (a) of this subsection, the
17 department must prioritize applicants that focus on ensuring an
18 expeditious path to sustainable permanent housing solutions, and that
19 demonstrate an understanding of working with individuals to identify
20 their optimal housing type and level of ongoing services through the
21 effective use of outreach, engagement, and temporary lodging and
22 permanent housing placement.
23     (e) Grant recipients under (a) of this subsection must enter into
24 a memorandum of understanding with the department, and other state
25 agencies if applicable, as a condition of receiving funds. Memoranda
26 of understanding must specify the responsibilities of the grant
27 recipients and the state agencies, consistent with the requirements
28 of (c) of this subsection, and must include specific measurable
29 outcomes for each entity signing the memorandum. The department must
30 publish all signed memoranda on the department's website and must
31 publish updates on outcomes for each memorandum at least every 90
32 days, while taking steps to protect the privacy of individuals served
33 by the program. At a minimum, outcomes must include:
34     (i) The number of people actually living in any encampment
35 identified for intervention by the department or grantees;
36     (ii) The demographics of those living in any encampment
37 identified for intervention by the department or grantees;
38     (iii) The duration of engagement with individuals living within
39 encampments;
40     (iv) The types of housing options that were offered;
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1     (v) The number of individuals who accepted offered housing;
2     (vi) Any reasons given for why individuals declined offered
3 housing;
4     (vii) The types of assistance provided to move individuals into
5 offered housing;
6     (viii) Any services and benefits in which an individual was
7 successfully enrolled; and
8     (ix) The housing outcomes of individuals who were placed into
9 housing six months and one year after placement.
10     (f) Grant recipients under (a) of this subsection may not
11 transition individuals from encampments or close encampments unless
12 they have provided extensive outreach and offered each individual
13 temporary lodging or permanent housing that matches the actual
14 situation and needs of each person, is noncongregate whenever
15 possible, and takes into consideration individuals' immediate and
16 long-term needs and abilities to achieve and maintain housing
17 stability. Grant recipients who initially match an individual to
18 temporary lodging must make efforts to transition the person to a
19 permanent housing placement within six months except under unusual
20 circumstances. The department must establish criteria regarding the
21 safety, accessibility, and habitability of housing options to be
22 offered by grant recipients to ensure that such options are private,
23 sanitary, healthy, and dignified, and that grant recipients provide
24 options that are well-matched to an individual's assessed needs.
25     (g) Funding granted to eligible recipients under (a) of this
26 subsection may not be used to supplant or replace existing funding
27 provided for housing or homeless services.
28    (37)   $2,000,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal   year  2024   and  $2,000,000   of  the   general fund—state
30 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to increase
31 funding for the community services block grant program. Distribution
32 of these funds to community action agencies shall prioritize racial
33 equity and undoing inequity from historic underinvestment in Black,
34 indigenous, and people of color, and rural communities.
35    (38) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide a
38 grant to a nonprofit organization to identify opportunities for
39 cities in Whatcom county to improve access to affordable housing
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1 through conducting market research, engaging stakeholders, and
2 developing tools and implementation strategies for cities that will
3 increase access to affordable housing. The grant recipient must be a
4 nonprofit organization based in Bellingham that promotes affordable
5 housing solutions and with a mission to create thriving communities.
6     (39) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024 and $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide a
9 grant to a nonprofit organization located in the city of Redmond that
10 serves Latino low-income, immigrant, and Spanish-speaking communities
11 in King and Snohomish counties through arts and culture events and
12 community services. The grant funding may be used to expand existing
13 programs including, but not limited to, support for small businesses,
14 rent assistance, vaccination and COVID-19 outreach, programs aimed at
15 increasing postsecondary enrollments in college and trade schools,
16 and other community services and programs.
17    (40)    $2,000,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
18 fiscal    year   2024   and    $6,000,000     of   the   general   fund—state
19 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
20 department to administer grants to community-based organizations that
21 serve historically disadvantaged populations to conduct outreach and
22 to assist community members in applying for state and federal
23 assistance programs including, but not limited to, those administered
24 by the department of social and health services, department of
25 commerce, and department of children, youth, and families.
26    (41) $110,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 and $40,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide a
29 grant to a nonprofit organization located in the city of Issaquah to
30 provide cultural programs and navigational supports for individuals
31 and families who may face language or other cultural barriers when
32 engaging with schools, public safety, health and human services, and
33 local government agencies.
34     (42) $200,000,000 of the community reinvestment account—state
35 appropriation is provided solely for the department to distribute
36 grants for economic development, civil and criminal legal assistance,
37 community-based violence intervention and prevention services, and
38 reentry services programs. Grants must be distributed in accordance
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1 with the recommendations of the community reinvestment plan developed
2 pursuant to section 128(134), chapter 297, Laws of 2022 (ESSB 5693).
3    (43) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $150,000,000 of the covenant homeownership account—
5 state appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Second
6 Substitute House Bill No. 1474 (covenant homeownership prg.).
7    (44) $140,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 and $140,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for additional staffing for the
10 developmental disabilities council.
11    (45) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
14 organization located in the city of Spokane to provide transitional
15 housing, educational programs, and other resources for refugee and
16 immigrant families.
17    (46)   $1,169,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
18 fiscal   year  2024  and  $1,169,000 of   the  general  fund—state
19 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
20 implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1715
21 (domestic violence).
22    (47) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a dispute
25 resolution center located in Snohomish county to provide mediation
26 and resolution services for landlords and tenants, with the goal of
27 avoiding evictions.
28    (48) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 is provided solely for grants to nonprofit organizations to
30 operate hunger relief response programs serving individuals living in
31 permanent supportive housing. Of the amounts provided in this
32 subsection:
33     (a) $275,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
35 located in King county.
36     (b) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
38 located in Spokane county.
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1     (49) $180,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
3 operating a teen center in the city of Issaquah to provide case
4 management and counseling services for youth ages 12 to 19.
5    (50)(a)   $375,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
6 fiscal year 2024 and $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
7 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
8 community-based organization for the coordination of a gang violence
9 prevention   consortium  with   entities   including  community-based
10 organizations, law enforcement, and members of the faith community,
11 and to continue and expand after-school activities and social
12 services for students and young adults in the Yakima valley. Social
13 services may include, but are not limited to, employment, mental
14 health, counseling, tutoring, and mentoring services. The grant
15 recipient must be a community-based organization located in Granger
16 operating a Spanish language public radio station and with the
17 mission of addressing the social, educational, and health needs of
18 economically disadvantaged Spanish-speaking residents of central and
19 eastern Washington.
20     (b) By June 30, 2025, the department must provide a report to the
21 appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must include:
22 (i) A description of the gang violence prevention programs conducted
23 by the consortium and how they were implemented; and (ii) The number
24 of individuals who participated in or received services through the
25 programs conducted by the consortium, including any relevant
26 demographic data for those individuals.
27     (51) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract with a
29 nonprofit   organization    to   develop   an    affordable   housing
30 predevelopment plan. The affordable housing predevelopment plan must
31 assess the feasibility of using surplus public land located at or
32 near north Seattle Community College and Highline Community College
33 for the development of affordable colocated housing that could serve
34 low and moderate-income state workers. The contract recipient must be
35 an organization that provides consultation services on affordable
36 housing development. In creating the predevelopment plan, the
37 contract recipient must solicit input from interested parties
38 including, but not limited to, low-income and affordable housing
39 experts, policy staff in the office of the governor, state public
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1 employee unions, and legislators. The contract recipient may also use
2 funds   provided   under this   subsection  for   affordable  housing
3 predevelopment work at North Seattle Community College or Highline
4 Community College.
5      (52) $781,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year 2024 and $781,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Substitute
8 House Bill No. 1406 (youth seeking housing assist).
9      (53)(a) $1,750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
10 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,750,000  of   the  general  fund—state
11 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
12 of firearm safety and violence prevention to continue a healthy youth
13 and violence prevention initiative demonstration program serving
14 south King county, with the goal of preventing violence, decreasing
15 involvement with the juvenile justice system, and encouraging health
16 and wellbeing for youth and young adults ages 12 to 24. As part of
17 the demonstration program, the office must provide grant funding to
18 and partner with a community-based organization to serve as a
19 regional coordinator to:
20     (i) Connect youth and young adults ages 12 to 24 who are most
21 vulnerable to violence with programs that provide services including,
22 but   not  limited   to,   street   outreach,   youth   employment   and
23 preapprenticeship   programs,   case   management,   behavioral   health
24 services, and other services as appropriate; and
25     (ii) Assist local governments, service providers, and nonprofit
26 organizations in accessing and leveraging federal, state, and local
27 funding for violence prevention and related services.
28     (b) The grant recipient under (a) of this subsection must be a
29 nonprofit health system currently administering a violence prevention
30 initiative in King and Pierce counties. The grant recipient may
31 subgrant or subcontract funds to programs providing services as
32 described in (a)(i) of this subsection.
33     (54) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit sexual
35 assault resource center located in Renton. Grant funding may be used
36 for information technology improvements focused on client data
37 management that will improve client access to health services,
38 cybersecurity, and data privacy.
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1     (55)(a)   $850,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
2  fiscal year 2024 and $850,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3  for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the continuation of
4  existing contracts with a nonprofit organization to increase housing
5  supply and equitable housing outcomes by advancing affordable housing
6  developments, including supportive housing, transitional housing,
7 shelter, or housing funded through the apple health and homes
8 program, that are colocated with community services such as education
9 centers, health clinics, nonprofit organizations, social services, or
10 community spaces or facilities, available to residents or the public,
11 on underutilized or tax-exempt land.
12     (b) The contract recipient must use the funding provided under
13 this subsection to:
14     (i) Implement strategies to accelerate development of affordable
15 housing with space for education centers, health clinics, nonprofit
16 organizations, social services, or community space or facilities,
17 available to residents or the public, on underutilized or tax-exempt
18 land;
19     (ii) Analyze the suitability of properties and sites for
20 affordable housing as described under (b)(i) of this subsection,
21 including   existing   buildings   for    supportive   housing,   through
22 completing due diligence, conceptual design, and financial analysis
23 activities, and applying and implementing an equity lens in site
24 selection, program planning, development, and operations;
25     (iii) Work with elected officials, local governments, educational
26 institutions,   public    agencies,    local   housing    and   community
27 development partners, early learning partners, health care providers,
28 and nonprofit service organizations to:
29     (A) Identify and catalyze surplus, underutilized, or tax-exempt
30 properties for the development of affordable housing;
31     (B) Provide catalytic funding and technical assistance to advance
32 the development of affordable housing, including by identifying
33 funding sources to support the needs of specific projects; and
34     (C) Identify impediments to the development of affordable housing
35 and   develop  recommendations   and  strategies   to  address  those
36 impediments, reduce costs, advance community vision and equitable
37 outcomes, and accelerate predevelopment and development times
38 associated with affordable housing;
39     (iv) Organize community partners and build capacity to develop
40 affordable housing sites;
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1     (v) Facilitate collaboration and codevelopment between affordable
2 housing    and   education   centers,    health  clinics,   nonprofit
3 organizations, social services, or community spaces and facilities
4 available to residents or the public;
5     (vi) Provide technical assistance and predevelopment services to
6 support future development of sites; and
7     (vii) Catalyze the redevelopment of at least 20 sites to create
8 approximately 2,000 affordable homes.
9     (c) Funding may also be used to:
10     (i) Partner with state, regional, and local public entities,
11 nonprofit housing developers, and service providers to develop a
12 broad range of housing types for supportive housing for populations
13 authorized to receive the housing benefit under the apple health and
14 homes act;
15     (ii) Provide technical assistance on the constructive alignment
16 of state or local capital funds and other services for the
17 construction,   acquisition,  refurbishment,    redevelopment,  master
18 leasing of properties for noncongregate housing, or conversion of
19 units from nonresidential to residential, of dwelling units for
20 supportive housing funded through the apple health and homes program;
21     (iii) Advise on local community engagement, especially with
22 populations with lived experience of homelessness and housing
23 insecurity, for supportive housing funded through the apple health
24 and homes program;
25     (iv) Subcontract for specialized predevelopment services, as
26 needed, and subgrant to reimburse for supportive housing funded
27 through the apple health and homes program; and
28     (v) Hire staff necessary to implement activities under (b) and
29 (c) of this subsection.
30     (56)(a)   $375,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
31 fiscal year 2024 and $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
32 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to
33 continue a lifeline support system pilot project to assist
34 individuals who have experienced or are at risk of entering into
35 public systems of care. Public systems of care include office of
36 homeless youth prevention and protection shelter and housing
37 programs, the juvenile justice system, dependency under chapter 13.34
38 RCW, and inpatient behavioral health treatment.
39     (b)(i) The lifeline must function as a no-wrong-door access point
40 for support and connections to services for qualifying individuals
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1 who require assistance to overcome a life challenge that could
2 escalate into a crisis, or who are in need of general mentorship and
3 counsel. The lifeline support system must facilitate and promote
4 partnerships across state agencies, federally recognized tribes,
5 counties, and community-based providers to coordinate trauma-informed
6 and culturally responsive services for youth and young adults and
7 their supports. The department is authorized to implement lifeline
8 services through contracts with community partners and nonprofit
9 organizations.
10     (ii) From amounts provided in this subsection, the department
11 must allocate funding to establish a lifeline fund program. The
12 department may use moneys allocated for the fund program to assist
13 community partners and nonprofit organizations to implement lifeline
14 services when those providers cannot identify an existing resource to
15 resolve a recipient's need. The department must establish an
16 application process and criteria for the fund program.
17     (c) By June 30, 2025, the department shall report to the
18 legislature regarding the success and shortcomings of the lifeline
19 support system, request-for-service outcomes, and the demographics of
20 beneficiaries.
21     (57) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
24 organization to provide legal aid in subjects including, but not
25 limited to, criminal law and civil rights cases for underserved
26 populations focusing on Black gender-diverse communities. The grant
27 recipient must be a nonprofit organization with offices in Seattle
28 and Tacoma and with a mission to provide intersectional legal and
29 social services for Black intersex and gender-diverse communities in
30 Washington.
31     (58) $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 and $773,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
34 organization within the city of Tacoma that provides social services
35 and   educational  programming   to  assist   Latino  and   indigenous
36 communities in honoring heritage and culture through the arts, and in
37 overcoming barriers to social, political, economic, and cultural
38 community development. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
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1    (a) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $535,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for education and training
4  programming in community health organizing, "promotora" health
5  education, grassroots organizing, leadership development, college
6  preparedness and financial aid outreach, small business technical
7  support and education, and civic engagement focused on Latino and
8  indigenous community members; and
9    (b) $38,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2024 and $238,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for family support services for
12 bilingual, bicultural clients.
13    (59) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide
16 grants to nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to,
17 religious nonprofits, "by and for" organizations, or cultural
18 community centers, to fund the physical security or repair of such
19 institutions. Grant recipients must substantiate that their site or
20 sites have been subject to or at risk of physical attacks, threats,
21 vandalism, or damages based on their mission, ideology, or beliefs
22 and demonstrate a need for investments in physical security
23 enhancements,   construction   or    renovation, target   hardening,
24 preparedness planning, training, or exercises.
25    (60) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide
28 grant funding to a nonprofit organization to provide supports,
29 including   behavioral  health   resources,  housing   services,  and
30 parenting education, to parents with substance use disorder. The
31 grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization located in the south
32 Puget Sound region that provides a parent child assistance program
33 and focuses on building parenting skills and confidence to ensure
34 children have safe and healthy childhoods.
35    (61) $450,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $450,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for costs to develop and operate
38 community-based residential housing and services for youth wellness
39 spanning a range of needs and circumstances at the Pacific hospital
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1 preservation and development authority quarters, buildings three
2 through 10 in Seattle. The amounts provided in this subsection may be
3 used for planning, lease payments, and other related expenses for the
4 development and operation of comprehensive residential programs
5 providing housing, on-site social services, and community-based
6 resources for youth identified by the department of commerce, the
7 department of children, youth, and families, or the health care
8 authority. The funding may also be used for the preparation and
9 issuance of a request for qualifications for a site operator, or
10 lease management and related administrative functions. The department
11 is authorized to enter into a lease, with an option to enter into
12 multiyear extensions, for the Pacific hospital preservation and
13 development authority quarters, buildings three through 10.
14    (62) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
17 organization based in the city of Seattle that works to improve the
18 quality of life for low-income families and members of the refugee
19 and immigrant community, with a focus on the Somali and Oromos
20 community. The grant funding may be used to expand current programs
21 including, but not limited to, case management and referral services
22 for immigrants and refugees, youth programs, and services for
23 seniors.
24    (63) $270,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 and $270,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
27 organization headquartered in Mount Vernon for costs to operate and
28 provide homeless services at a low-barrier emergency temporary
29 homeless center located in Burlington.
30     (64) $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
33 organization located in the city of Seattle that provides legal
34 assistance and representation to survivors of sexual and gender-based
35 violence to expand their current services including, but not limited
36 to, legal assistance and representation; technical assistance for
37 advocates,   providers,  and   attorneys;  community  education   and
38 trainings; and other legal support services. In providing services,
39 the grant recipient must protect the privacy, safety, and civil
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1 rights of survivors and utilize trauma-informed practices and equity
2 principles.
3    (65) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide a
6 grant to a nonprofit organization serving King and Snohomish counties
7 for a program conducted in partnership with King county, which serves
8 individuals who are involved in the criminal justice system and who
9 have experienced domestic, sexual, or gender-based violence. The
10 grant recipient may use the funding for costs including, but not
11 limited to, legal advocacy, outreach, connecting clients to housing
12 and other resources, data analytics, and staffing.
13    (66) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of crime victims
16 advocacy to contract for a study of the impacts of the commercial sex
17 industry on Black and African American communities in Washington,
18 with a focus on Black and African American persons who identify as
19 female. The office must contract with an organization that has
20 expertise on the topic of the commercial sex industry and Black
21 communities in Washington. The study must include a review of the
22 impacts of the commercial sex industry on Black and African American
23 residents of Washington, and culturally informed and survivor-
24 informed policy recommendations for reducing sex trafficking and
25 sexual exploitation of Black and African American Washingtonians. The
26 department must submit a report of the study findings to the
27 appropriate committees of the legislature by September 1, 2024.
28    (67)   $20,656,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal year 2024 and $20,655,000 of the general fund—state
30 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to
31 crime victims service providers to ensure continuity of services
32 impacted by reductions in federal victims of crime act funding and to
33 help address increased demand for services attributable to the
34 COVID-19 pandemic. The department must distribute the funding in a
35 manner that is consistent with the office of crime victims advocacy's
36 state plan. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
37    (a) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2024 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
39 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to programs operated by and for
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1 historically marginalized populations to support "by and for"
2 culturally specific services for victims of domestic violence, sexual
3 assault, and other crimes in historically marginalized populations.
4 Marginalized populations can include, but are not limited to,
5 organizations or groups composed along racial, ethnic, religious,
6 sexual orientation, and gender lines.
7     (b) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 and $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
9 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to programs developed to support
10 the enhancement and development of additional services for tribal
11 members, including programs to address needs of crime victims,
12 including strategies which integrate services or multiple crime
13 types.
14     (68) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to the city of Seattle for
16 start-up costs for the Seattle social housing developer and to meet
17 the requirements of the city of Seattle initiative 135, which
18 concerns developing and maintaining affordable social housing in
19 Seattle. The funding provided under this subsection may only be used
20 for costs associated with creating social housing developments,
21 operating   costs   associated   with   maintaining   social   housing
22 developments, and administrative costs of operating social housing.
23     (69) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024 is provided solely to contract with a nonprofit to provide
25 wraparound services for homeless families with children, including
26 prevention, shelter, and stabilization services. The nonprofit must
27 be located in Pierce county and be an affiliate of a national
28 organization dedicated to preventing and ending family homelessness
29 by providing prevention, shelter, and stabilization services.
30     (70) Within existing resources, the department must submit an
31 interim and a final report to the appropriate committees of the
32 legislature on efforts taken by the department to stabilize rents for
33 tenants of affordable housing units financed through the housing
34 assistance program created under RCW 43.185A.020 including, but not
35 limited to, efforts to limit or mitigate the impacts of rent
36 increases for tenants of qualifying units. The department must submit
37 the interim report by December 1, 2023, and the final report by
38 December 1, 2024.
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1     (71) Before awarding or entering into grants or contracts for the
2 2023-2025 fiscal biennium for homeless housing and service programs
3 that are funded from the home security fund account or the affordable
4 housing for all account, the department must first consult with local
5 governments and eligible grantees to ensure that funding from these
6 accounts is used to maintain the quantity and types of homeless
7 housing and services funded in local communities as of February 28,
8 2023. The department may take into consideration local document
9 recording fee balances and individual county fluctuations in
10 recording fee collections when allocating state funds. The department
11 must redeploy funds to other nonprofit and county grantees if
12 originally granted amounts are not expended or committed within a
13 reasonable timeline. The department may then provide funding to
14 eligible entities to undertake the activities described in RCW
15 36.22.250(4)(b), such as funding for project-based vouchers and other
16 assistance necessary to support permanent supportive housing as
17 defined in RCW 36.70A.030 or as administered by the office of apple
18 health and homes created in RCW 43.330.181.
19     (72) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to an Everett-based
21 affiliate of a national nonprofit human services organization to
22 stabilize newly arriving refugees from the 2021 Afghanistan conflict
23 and the 2022 Ukraine conflict.
24    (73) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a contract with a nonprofit
27 organization to expand private capacity to provide legal services for
28 indigent foreign nationals in contested domestic relations and family
29 law cases. The contract recipient must be a nonprofit organization
30 headquartered in the city of Seattle that provides training to
31 attorneys and judges on international family law issues and provides
32 direct representation to qualified indigent clients. Amounts provided
33 in this subsection may not be expended for direct private legal
34 representation of clients in domestic relations and family law cases.
35    (74) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a youth
38 development organization providing civic engagement and education
39 through a youth and government program. The grant is provided solely
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1 for support of the organization's mock trial and youth legislature
2 programs.
3     (75) $252,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $229,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
6 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5198 (mobile home community sales).
7     (76)    $1,694,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
8 fiscal   year  2024  and  $1,694,000  of  the  general fund—state
9 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
10 implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5561 (law enforcement
11 community grants).
12     (77)    $1,000,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
13 fiscal   year   2024   and   $1,000,000   of  the   general  fund—state
14 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
15 implementation    of   Engrossed   Substitute  Senate   Bill  No.   5599
16 (protected health care/youth). The entirety of this amount is
17 provided for the office of homeless youth for prevention and
18 protection    programs    to   provide   supportive   care   grants   to
19 organizations to address the needs of youth seeking protected health
20 care services.
21     (78) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to the city of
24 Monroe to continue existing pilot projects that enable the city to
25 dispatch human services and social services staff in conjunction with
26 law enforcement staff to support unhoused residents and residents in
27 crisis.
28     (79)    $2,574,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal     year   2024   and    $3,126,000     of   the   general   fund—state
30 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
31 implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5114 (sex trafficking).
32     (80) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to the city of
35 Bellevue for one-time expenses required for the operation of an
36 expanded community service center to help low-income individuals and
37 immigrant and refugee community members. The center will join with
38 community partners to provide utility rate and rent relief; health
39 care access; energy assistance; food access; medical, legal and
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1  financial   services;   housing;   childcare   resources;   employment
2  assistance; and resources for starting a business.
3     (81) $215,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4  year 2024 and $345,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to produce a
6  report to the legislature detailing the scope of work, cost
7 estimates, and implementation timeline to create or procure an online
8 registry of rental units in Washington state subject to state
9 information system planning and oversight requirements. The online
10 rental unit registry must have the capacity to collect and report out
11 timely information on each rental unit in the state. Information to
12 collect includes, but is not limited to, the rental unit's physical
13 address, identity of the property owner, monthly rent charged, and
14 vacancy status. The scope of work must assume integration with
15 existing rental registries operated by local governments. Cost and
16 timeline estimates must provide two alternatives with one assuming
17 statewide implementation and the other assuming implementation in the
18 six largest counties of the state. The department shall consult with
19 landlord representatives, tenant representatives, local governments
20 operating   existing   rental   registries,   and   other  interested
21 stakeholders as part of the process of developing the scope of work
22 and timeline for the online rental unit registry. The department must
23 submit the report to the legislature by December 1, 2024.
24     (82) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 is provided solely for a Seattle based nonprofit to create
26 a temporary space to allow youth and low-income populations to
27 participate in ice rink related events during the 2024 national
28 hockey league winter classic.
29     (83) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
32 organization based in Kitsap county that partners with the Bremerton
33 and central Kitsap school districts, first responders, and other
34 organizations to expand implementation of the handle with care
35 program.
36     (84) $371,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and $371,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for Pacific county to operate or
39 participate in a drug task force to enhance coordination and
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1 intelligence    while        facilitating     multijurisdictional   criminal
2 investigations.
3     (85)   $1,000,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
4  fiscal   year 2024  and  $1,000,000  of  the  general  fund—state
5  appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
6  distribution to statewide and community asset building coalitions
7 across   Washington  to   support capacity   in  organizations  that
8 coordinate financial health services and outreach efforts around
9 poverty reduction resources such as the earned income tax credit and
10 the working families tax credit.
11     (86) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 and $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a community based
14 organization in Whatcom county to expand services to unhoused and
15 low-income residents of Ferndale and north Whatcom county and to
16 provide a safe parking program.
17     (87) $155,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024 ((and $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 are)) is provided solely for a grant to an
20 organization in Pierce county experienced in providing peer-to-peer
21 training, to develop and implement a program aimed at reducing
22 workplace sexual harassment in the agricultural sector. Funding will
23 be used to continue peer-to-peer trainings for farmworkers in Yakima
24 county and expand services into Grant and Benton counties. Funding
25 may also be used to support an established network of farmworker peer
26 trainers whose primary purpose is to prevent workplace sexual
27 harassment and assault through leadership and education. The
28 organization is expected to share best practices from their peer-to-
29 peer model at a statewide conference.
30     (88) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a Seattle-based
33 nonprofit that provides holistic services to help refugee and
34 immigrant women. Funds must be used to expand an existing program
35 that increases equity in ice skating and hockey by providing skate
36 lessons to preschoolers from diverse and low-income families.
37     (89)(a) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal   year   2024  and  $2,000,000  of    the  general  fund—state
39 appropriation   for fiscal year 2025  are   provided solely for the
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1 department to administer grants to strengthen family resource center
2 services and increase capacity statewide. Grant funding may be used:
3 For an organization to provide new services in order to meet the
4 statutory requirements of a family resource center, as defined in RCW
5 43.216.010; to increase capacity or enhance service provision at
6 current family resource centers, including but not limited to direct
7 staffing and administrative costs; and to conduct data collection,
8 evaluation, and quality improvement activities. The department may
9 award an amount from $30,000 up to $200,000 per grant recipient.
10     (b) Eligible applicants for a grant under (a) of this subsection
11 include current family resource centers, as defined in RCW
12 43.330.010, or organizations in the process of becoming qualified as
13 family resource centers. Applicants must affirm their ability and
14 willingness to serve all families requesting services in order to
15 receive a grant. Applicants must currently be or agree to become a
16 member of a statewide family resource center network during the grant
17 award period in order to receive a grant. Applicants must provide
18 proof of certification in the standards of quality for family
19 strengthening and support developed by the national family support
20 network for one member of the applicant's organizational leadership
21 in order to receive a grant.
22     (c) In distributing grant funding, the department must, to the
23 extent   it  is   practicable,  award   75  percent  of   funding  to
24 organizations located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, and
25 25 percent of funding to organizations located east of the crest of
26 the Cascade mountains.
27     (d) By July 1, 2025, grant recipients must submit a report to the
28 department on the use of grant funding, including, but not limited
29 to, progress in attaining status as a family resource center, if
30 applicable; the number and type of services offered to families;
31 demographic and income data for families served; and family post-
32 service outcomes. By September 1, 2025, the department must submit a
33 report to the Legislature on topics including, but not limited to,
34 the grant application process; needs identified by family resource
35 centers; and use of funds by grant recipients.
36     (e) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $250,000
37 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and
38 $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025
39 are provided solely for the department to provide a grant to the
40 statewide nonprofit organization that serves as the registered
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1  Washington state network member of the national family support
2  network. The grant recipient may use the grant funding for costs
3  including, but not limited to, outreach and engagement, data and
4  evaluation, and providing training and development opportunities in
5  support of family resource centers statewide.
6     (90)    $9,000,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
7 fiscal year 2024 and $34,000,000 of the general fund—state
8 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
9 department for grants to local governments for maintaining programs
10 and investments which are primarily funded through the document
11 recording fee collected pursuant to RCW 36.22.250. In allocating
12 grant funding to local jurisdictions, awards must be based on a
13 formula, determined by the department, to ensure that grants are
14 distributed equitably among cities and counties.
15     (91)(a) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal    year   2024   and    $1,500,000     of   the   general   fund—state
17 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a law
18 enforcement technology grant program for the purpose of providing law
19 enforcement with modern vehicle pursuit management technology
20 including, but not limited to, global positioning system tracking
21 equipment, automated license plate reading technology, aircraft, and
22 nonarmed and nonarmored drone technology.
23     (b) Grants must be awarded to local law enforcement agencies
24 based on locally developed proposals. The department shall establish
25 policies for applications under this subsection in addition to
26 criteria for evaluating and selecting grant recipients. A proposal
27 must include a request for specific technology and a specific plan
28 for the implementation, use, and effectiveness reporting of that
29 technology.
30     (c) Before grants are awarded, each local law enforcement agency
31 seeking to acquire vehicle pursuit technology must:
32     (i) Establish data-sharing and management policies including
33 policies related to sharing data between law enforcement agencies and
34 other third parties; and
35     (ii) Establish policies ensuring all personnel who operate the
36 vehicle pursuit technology, or access the vehicle pursuit technology
37 data, are trained to use that technology and are able to comply with
38 the data-sharing and management policies prior to the operational use
39 of the vehicle pursuit technology.
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1    (92) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $1,600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the distribution of grants
4  to   cities,  counties,   or  nonprofit   organizations to   support
5  individuals in need of emergency housing assistance. Emergency
6  housing assistance may include, but is not limited to, short-term
7 rental assistance, moving costs, other one-time costs associated with
8 identifying and obtaining housing, or temporary shelter in the event
9 of a crisis or when people have been displaced. Funding provided
10 under this subsection must be prioritized for entities that can
11 demonstrate that the population served includes families with
12 children, pregnant individuals, or other medically vulnerable
13 individuals. The department may only distribute funding under this
14 subsection upon coordination with the office of the governor.
15     (93)(a) $2,700,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to continue to
17 provide grant funding to local multijurisdictional task forces that
18 previously received funding through the federal Edward Byrne memorial
19 justice assistance grant program. Grants provided under this section
20 must be used consistent with the requirements of Edward Byrne
21 memorial justice assistance grants and with national best practices
22 for law enforcement.
23     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $50,000 of the
24 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 is provided
25 solely for the department, with the office of the governor, to
26 coordinate three roundtables to review policies, regulations, and
27 fiscal investments regarding multijurisdictional drug task forces in
28 Washington state. The roundtables must include representatives from
29 state, tribal, and local governments, and invite representatives from
30 the federal government. By June 30, 2025, the department must submit
31 a summary report of the roundtable's findings to the appropriate
32 committees of the legislature.
33     (94) $475,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
35 located in King county that develops training and support for low-
36 income individuals, with a focus on women and people of color, to
37 move into the construction industry for living wage jobs. The grant
38 funding must be used to support a preapprenticeship program that,
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1  through the construction of units, integrates housing and workforce
2  development in service of the following goals:
3      (a) Creating a blueprint to integrating workforce development and
4  housing for local jurisdictions;
5      (b) Providing construction training to underserved populations;
6      (c) Creating a pathway for trainees to enter construction
7  careers; and
8      (d) Addressing the effects of sexism and racism in housing,
9  education, training, employment, and career development.
10     (95) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
12 to assist local law enforcement agencies throughout the state in
13 establishing community-supported programs for officers to provide
14 short-term assistance such as food, clothing, fuel, and other means
15 of support during interactions with community members in need. The
16 grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization headquartered in
17 Puyallup with experience in assisting local law enforcement agencies
18 in administering such programs. Local law enforcement agencies that
19 establish community-supported programs under this subsection may also
20 pursue private funding to support the provision of assistance.
21    (96) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to nonprofit
24 organizations to provide homeownership assistance to homeowners and
25 first-time homebuyers from communities served by those organizations.
26 Homeownership assistance activities may include, but are not limited
27 to, housing counseling for current homeowners; housing counseling for
28 first-time homebuyers; financial literacy education for homeowners
29 and homebuyers; and outreach. Of the amounts provided in this
30 subsection:
31    (a) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 are for a grant to a nonprofit community land trust
34 headquartered in the city of Seattle with a mission to acquire,
35 develop, and steward land in the greater Seattle area to empower and
36 preserve the Black diaspora community; and
37    (b) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
39 fiscal year 2025 are for a grant to a nonprofit community-based
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1 organization based in the city of Seattle with a mission to provide
2 resources, education, and advocacy to help Black homeowners achieve
3 and sustain homeownership.
4     (97) $240,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
6 to provide holistic reentry support to persons formerly incarcerated
7 in prisons in Washington state. The grant recipient must be a
8 nonprofit organization based in King county that promotes healing,
9 relationships,   and   humanity  by   providing  services  including
10 community-based reintegration support, gun violence intervention
11 processes, and healing work through antioppression and culturally-
12 responsive compassionate communication workshops, and which uses the
13 evidence-based credible messengers model.
14    (98) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
16 to provide essential social services for low-income families and
17 individuals. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit community action
18 agency based in the city of Seattle that provides safety-net services
19 for low-income families and individuals and that has a history of
20 serving the African American community in the Central District.
21     (99) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2025 is provided solely to contract with a social purpose
23 corporation that operates a cultural community center located in the
24 city of Tumwater to provide a trauma-informed cultural and job
25 training program for people of color and those facing barriers to
26 employment.
27     (100) $395,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to provide a grant to
29 the Yakima valley local crime lab for analysis and data collection on
30 firearm crimes, support for investigations for deaths related to
31 fentanyl, and to support the rapid DNA work group.
32     (101) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract
34 with the housing finance commission for activities related to the
35 implementation of the covenant homeownership program created in
36 chapter 43.181 RCW. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
37     (a) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2025 is provided solely for the commission to contract through a
39 request for proposals process with nonprofit community organizations,
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1 public housing agencies, or public development authorities across the
2 state who are focused on increasing homeownership or are serving
3 communities    eligible   for   assistance    through   the   covenant
4 homeownership program to:
5     (i) Provide the full spectrum of housing counseling services,
6 including prepurchase counseling, assistance in the home buying
7 process,   and   support  to   maintain   homeownership   and  prevent
8 foreclosure, including community outreach efforts; and
9     (ii) Provide technical assistance to "by and for" homeownership
10 developers in areas such as site identification and predevelopment
11 activities in order to increase the quantity of starter homes for
12 first-time homebuyers who are eligible for assistance through the
13 covenant homeownership program.
14     (b)(i) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the commission to draft a
16 plan with specific strategies to:
17     (A) Reduce the cost of starter homes for first-time homebuyers
18 and lessen other costs associated with purchasing a home;
19     (B) Acquire publicly owned and other sites that can be dedicated
20 to homeownership;
21     (C) Identify other ways to further enable first-time homebuyers
22 to afford their home purchase; and
23     (D) Encourage a variety of design and development options for
24 starter homes.
25     (ii) The commission must submit the plan developed under (b)(i)
26 of this subsection to the governor and the appropriate committees of
27 the legislature by January 15, 2025.
28     (102) $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
30 to complete the acquisition of property for a community center to
31 provide services to residents in south King county. The grant
32 recipient must be a community action agency headquartered in the city
33 of Seattle with an office in the city of Federal Way, and that is
34 grounded in the Latino community of Washington state.
35     (103)   (($1,000,000))  $100,000  of   the  general   fund—state
36 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely to administer
37 housing assistance for persons who are fleeing or who have recently
38 fled intimate partner violence. The department must allocate funding
39 through contracts with service providers that have current contracts
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1  with the office of crime victims advocacy to provide services for
2  survivors of intimate partner or domestic violence. A provider must
3  use at least 80 percent of contracted funds for rental payments to
4  landlords and the remainder for other program operation costs.
5  Priority for assistance must be provided to survivors who face the
6  greatest risk of serious violence and have the least access to
7  housing resources.
8     (104) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
10 that operates a community resource center in the city of Ferndale to
11 maintain and expand services for families and individuals, including
12 but not limited to providing one-on-one navigation services to access
13 housing and other assistance; providing clothing, food, and other
14 forms of immediate assistance; and conducting direct outreach to
15 unhoused individuals and families.
16     (105) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
18 to conduct planning and site development activities for building
19 affordable housing in the city of Roslyn. The grant recipient must be
20 a nonprofit organization with offices in Seattle and Roslyn and with
21 a mission to innovate and scale land-based solutions to address the
22 climate   crisis  and   support  equitable,  green,   and  prosperous
23 communities.
24     (106) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
26 to provide culturally competent legal services, training, outreach,
27 and education to immigrant workers regarding a federal deferred
28 action program for workers who are victims or witnesses of violations
29 of labor rights during labor disputes. The grant recipient must be a
30 nonprofit organization that operates a free civil legal aid clinic in
31 partnership with Seattle University and the University of Washington
32 that educates, advises, and represents workers in employment law
33 cases.
34     (107) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract with two
36 nongovernmental   organizations   to    host   a   Washington   state
37 developmental disabilities intersectional summit in October 2024. The
38 purpose of the summit is to analyze systemic barriers impacting the
39 lives of BIPOC individuals with intellectual and developmental
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1  disabilities and their families, and to identify solutions for
2  addressing   those  barriers.   The   contract recipients  must  be
3  nongovernmental organizations that are BIPOC-led and that have
4  demonstrated skills and experience working for and with people with
5  developmental disabilities and their families.
6     (108) $787,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2025 is provided solely for the statewide reentry council to
8 implement a pilot project to operate a trauma-informed, peer-based,
9 human dignity model reentry program at the Lynnwood municipal jail.
10 The reentry program must provide peer-led intensive case management
11 services for participants that are both prerelease and postrelease.
12     (109) $34,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for grants to local governments
14 for homeless housing programs and services, including but not limited
15 to emergency housing and shelter, temporary housing, and permanent
16 supportive housing   programs.   Of   the   amounts   provided   in   this
17 subsection:
18     (a) $12,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to King county to
20 maintain shelter, emergency housing, and permanent supportive housing
21 programs.
22     (b) $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to the city of Tacoma to
24 prevent the closure of temporary and emergency shelter beds.
25     (c) $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to the city of Spokane to
27 provide temporary emergency shelter for homeless individuals and for
28 costs associated with transitioning individuals from their current
29 shelter location to smaller shelters and inclement weather centers.
30     (d) $15,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for grants to local jurisdictions
32 who are not eligible for funding under (a), (b), or (c) of this
33 subsection. Grant funds must be prioritized for maintaining existing
34 levels of service and preventing the closure of existing beds or
35 programs.
36     (110) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
38 to expand support services and mentorship programs serving at-risk
39 youth, with a focus on BIPOC and transgender youth, in Kitsap county.
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1 The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization based in Kitsap
2 county that provides advocacy and other support services for at-risk
3 youth and their families, with a focus on BIPOC and LGBTQ youth.
4     (111) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
6 to support the development of and outreach for community-led mental
7 health support groups and classes serving individuals and families
8 throughout   Washington   state,  with   special  focus   on   Latino
9 communities, rural areas, and tribes. The grant recipient must be a
10 nonprofit organization that serves as the Washington state office of
11 a national grassroots mental health organization dedicated to
12 building better lives for individuals affected by mental health
13 conditions.
14    (112) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
16 to provide support to self-advocates, caregivers, and others in
17 attending a summit addressing the topic of federal and state funding
18 for programs that benefit people with developmental disabilities in
19 2025. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization that
20 advocates for and beside children and adults with intellectual and
21 developmental disabilities and their families that is headquartered
22 in the city of Olympia.
23     (113) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract with a
25 nonprofit organization to maintain and increase access to technical
26 assistance, advice, fundraising services, and foundational support
27 such as human resources, information technology, and financial
28 services for community-based nonprofit organizations in Washington.
29 The contract recipient must be a nonprofit organization headquartered
30 in the city of Seattle that provides management and technology
31 consulting; training; and free advisory services for nonprofit and
32 community-based organizations.
33     (114) $230,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
35 to expand an existing gang prevention program that provides
36 mentoring, education, and drug awareness services for elevated-risk
37 youth in middle and elementary schools in Yakima county, with the
38 goals   of  reducing   youth  gang   involvement, increasing   school
39 enrollment and reducing truancy, and reducing the accessibility and
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1  usage of drugs by elevated-risk youth. The grant recipient must be a
2  nonprofit organization based in Yakima that provides outreach,
3  education, and prevention services to improve community safety in the
4  Yakima valley, including a drug-free coalition and a youth mentoring
5  program.
6     (115) $120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2025 is provided solely for grants to two nonprofit entities to
8 establish 4-H curriculum-based initiatives for students and foster
9 educational opportunities tied to the land grant university knowledge
10 base. One grant recipient must be a nonprofit entity operating
11 multiple locations in Skagit county and have at least 25 years of
12 experience serving youth in the region, and one grant recipient must
13 be a nonprofit entity operating multiple locations in Snohomish
14 county with at least 75 years of experience serving youth in the
15 region.
16     (116) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
18 to expand their mentoring, job training, and internship programs for
19 at-risk youth. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization
20 who serves at-risk youth in the Snoqualmie and Issaquah valleys
21 through mentoring, job skill development, and teen internship
22 programs in coordination with local school districts.
23     (117) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to the Vancouver housing
25 authority for the operational and services costs of a licensed
26 residential care facility located in Vancouver that provides housing
27 and other services for low-income, disabled, and homeless and
28 formerly homeless individuals.
29     (118) $198,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
31 for activities to develop affordable housing units and permanent
32 supportive housing units for individuals with intellectual and
33 developmental disabilities in rural Snohomish and Skagit counties.
34 The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization headquartered in
35 Arlington that offers client housing, residential supported living
36 services, employment services, job readiness and life skills
37 training, and arts and music enrichment programs to individuals with
38 intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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1      (119) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to Whatcom county to
3  increase the number of families served through a family motel shelter
4  program.
5     (120) $81,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
7 Bill No. 2329 (insurance market/housing). If the bill is not enacted
8 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
9     (121) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
11 to provide technical assistance and direct resident support to
12 residents of manufactured and mobile home communities immediately
13 following a notice of sale issued pursuant to RCW 59.20.300. The
14 grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization headquartered in the
15 city of Olympia that assists new and existing cooperative businesses,
16 with emphasis on resident owned communities, home care agencies, and
17 converting existing businesses into worker-owned or community-owned
18 cooperatives.
19     (122) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to conduct a
21 comprehensive study to identify and analyze funding structures to
22 preserve manufactured and mobile home communities as nonprofit or
23 cooperatively-run affordable housing projects. In conducting the
24 study, the department must consult with financial experts, conduct
25 field interviews, and identify existing and innovative funding
26 options to support the creation of resident-owned communities. The
27 department must submit a report summarizing the study's findings to
28 the governor and the legislature by June 30, 2025.
29     (123) $54,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
31 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6175 (existing structures/tax). If the
32 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
33 subsection shall lapse.
34     (124)(a) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for a contract with a statewide
36 organization with a mission of developing new and innovative ways to
37 combat organized retail crime to implement a pilot program to respond
38 to organized retail crime, with a focus on diversion-oriented
39 programs.
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1     (b) The contract recipient must establish three pilot program
2 sites. The contract recipient must make a reasonable effort to
3 establish at least one site east of the Cascade mountains. No single
4 pilot site may use more than $300,000 of the funding provided under
5 this subsection.
6     (c) The contract recipient must use the funds to coordinate
7 community efforts to enhance responses to organized retail crime
8 within each pilot site area. Coordination must include the following
9 entities: Cities, counties, or affiliated associations with programs
10 focused on diversion and restitution; local retail stores; law
11 enforcement agencies; local prosecutors and public defense; and
12 therapeutic courts. Funding may also be used for planning and other
13 activities to achieve a targeted response to reported retail crimes
14 from diversion programs or law enforcement agencies.
15     (d) The contract recipient must provide a report to the
16 department by June 15, 2025, on the number of responses to retail
17 crime and the number of diversions initiated for each pilot site,
18 data regarding the role of local prosecutors at each site, and
19 opportunities and challenges in retail crime response and diversion
20 identified by pilot participants. The department must submit the
21 report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30,
22 2025.
23     (125) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
25 to continue sexual assault prevention education programming to K-12
26 schools in Tacoma and expand services to the Franklin Pierce school
27 district. The grant recipient must be a state-accredited community
28 sexual   assault  program   serving   Pierce  county  that   provides
29 professional   training, prevention  education, intervention,  and
30 advocacy programs for victims of sexual assault, sexual abuse, and
31 sex trafficking.
32     (126) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
34 to   provide   community-based    healing-centered   arts   engagement
35 programming for populations including, but not limited to, survivors
36 of gender-based violence and individuals working to reintegrate after
37 incarceration. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization
38 based in the city of Seattle with experience in providing arts
39 engagement programming, including serving veteran and Latino cohorts.
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1     (127) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit based in King
3 county that exclusively serves foreign-trained physicians to help
4 foreign-trained physicians prepare to work in a United States
5 clinical setting and obtain a medical doctor: clinical experience
6 license in Washington state. The nonprofit may use the amount
7 provided in this subsection to:
8     (a) Provide stipends of up to $2,000 per foreign-trained
9 physician to:
10     (i) Take medical exams or English as a second language classes;
11     (ii) Obtain a professional resume review or interview skill
12 development; or
13     (iii) Defray any other expenses that may limit their ability to
14 become hire-ready physicians; and
15     (b) Operate an educational outreach program to help medical
16 providers and institutions understand the medical doctor: clinical
17 experience program including eligibility, licensure laws, and details
18 of working with foreign-trained physicians in their facilities.
19     (128) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit in east King
21 county, recognized as a by and for organization, to advance
22 affordable housing. The grant recipient must be an organization that
23 partners in equitable, affordable housing development. The grant
24 recipient must use the funding as follows:
25     (a) To educate residents on the benefits of affordable housing in
26 east King county;
27     (b) To facilitate partnerships to enable equitable transit-
28 oriented development across the east King county region that builds
29 housing at scale;
30     (c) For a project that will produce up to 33 affordable housing
31 units on the Eastside; and
32     (d) To identify strategies for land acquisition and assembly
33 around high-capacity transit stations that will result in a mix of
34 housing.
35     (129) $625,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2025 is provided solely for Snohomish county human services to
37 provide technical assistance and contract with a nonprofit to support
38 youth, parents, and families with school-based collaboration, and
39 social activities for youth.
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1     (130) $477,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2025 is provided solely for Kitsap county to provide 70
3 continuous-stay, low-barrier/harm reduction model shelter beds.
4     (131) $15,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2024 and $20,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
6 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to contract with a nonprofit in
7 Seattle to develop a list of BIPOC families, with an emphasis on
8 African American households, that want to live in Seattle for the
9 purpose of assisting those families with finding and keeping housing
10 in Seattle.
11     (132) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 and $420,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a Seattle-based
14 community   center  that  assists  eastern  European  refugees  and
15 immigrants to provide short term housing assistance, immigration
16 services, and support to individuals in Washington who fled the
17 Ukraine-Russia conflict.
18     (133) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to a Bellingham-based
20 nonprofit serving youth and young adults experiencing homelessness
21 and housing insecurity to increase capacity and the ability for staff
22 to support clients in attending appointments, providing navigating
23 services, and assessing resources throughout Whatcom county.
24      (134) $45,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a Seattle-based nonprofit
26 that    teaches   math   using   hands-on   learning   experiences   and
27 collaborates    with   community   partners  to   create   equity-based,
28 culturally relevant math education opportunities.
29     (135) $317,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to three resource centers
31 that are expecting a reduction in funding from the office of crime
32 victims advocacy. Funding is intended to cover any deficit these
33 organizations experience to continue service levels to sexual assault
34 survivors. Of this amount:
35     (a) $200,000 is for a nonprofit sexual assault resource center in
36 King county;
37     (b) $77,000 is for a Richland-based accredited community sexual
38 assault program; and
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1      (c) $40,000 is for a nonprofit organization that provides crime
2  victim support in multiple locations across the region, including in
3  Spokane and Vancouver.
4     (136) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
6 to expand theater arts education programming and for activities to
7 support equitable access to the arts for students. The grant
8 recipient must be a nonprofit organization located in the city of
9 Federal Way that operates a semiprofessional theater and provides
10 theater arts education programming.
11     (137) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of crime victims
13 advocacy for activities to address domestic violence. Of the amounts
14 provided in this subsection:
15     (a) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 is provided solely for the office to convene a work group
17 to create a roadmap that provides a detailed pathway describing the
18 steps   necessary  for   insurance  billing   for  domestic   violence
19 intervention treatment in Washington state.
20     (i) In developing the roadmap, the work group must:
21     (A) Determine if a medicaid state plan amendment or 1115 waiver
22 would be necessary to allow medicaid billing for domestic violence
23 intervention treatment;
24     (B) Determine if existing billing codes would work for medicaid
25 and commercial insurance, or if new billing codes would be necessary;
26     (C) Identify any healthcare certification or credentials needed
27 for providers to be able to bill insurance for domestic violence
28 intervention treatment;
29     (D) Identify the educational pathways that exist to become a
30 domestic violence intervention treatment provider; and
31     (E) Identify any statutory changes or funding necessary to
32 implement the roadmap.
33     (ii) The work group members must include representatives of:
34     (A) Organizations that provide domestic violence intervention
35 treatment;
36     (B)   Individual   clinicians  that   provide  domestic   violence
37 intervention treatment;
38     (C) Social workers;
39     (D) Licensed marriage and family therapists;
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1     (E) Domestic violence survivors;
2     (F) The domestic violence treatment program administered by the
3 department of social and health services;
4     (G) Staff from the department of health with expertise in
5 licensing and credentialing of health professionals;
6     (H) Staff from the health care authority who work on insurance
7 billing for medicaid, the public employees benefits board, and the
8 school employees benefits board;
9     (I) The office of the insurance commissioner;
10     (J) Medicaid managed care organizations; and
11     (K) Commercial insurance carriers.
12     (iii) The office of crime victims advocacy must provide staff
13 support for the work group.
14     (iv) The work group must submit a preliminary report including
15 the roadmap to the appropriate committees of the legislature by
16 December 31, 2024.
17     (b) $1,300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2025 is provided solely for the office to contract with a
19 research university to conduct a randomized control trial comparing
20 the strength at home program to standard domestic violence
21 intervention treatment methods used in Washington state. The research
22 university must have completed a randomized control trial of domestic
23 violence intervention treatment at joint base Lewis-McChord. The
24 target population of the randomized control trial must be individuals
25 in Washington state who have been referred to domestic violence
26 intervention treatment via the criminal or civil legal systems. The
27 research university must also conduct a demonstration project using
28 the internal family systems modality as a domestic violence
29 intervention treatment.
30     (138) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of homeless youth
32 prevention and protection programs to provide grants to nonprofit
33 organizations implementing place-based health zone models to provide
34 and strengthen youth development services and mental and behavioral
35 health supports for youth and their families for clearly demarcated
36 geographical health zones. The services and supports may range from
37 primary prevention to crisis services. Grant funding may support
38 health zone activities and evaluation activities. The office must
39 distribute four grants, as follows:
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1     (a) Two grants to nonprofits with established place-based health
2 zone models, for costs to provide services and conduct evaluation
3 activities; and
4     (b) Two grants to nonprofits who are currently developing and
5 implementing place-based health zone models, for costs to establish
6 and provide services and conduct evaluation activities.
7     (139) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
9 to assist fathers transitioning from incarceration to community and
10 family reunification. The grant recipient must have experience
11 contracting   with   the  department   of  corrections   to   support
12 incarcerated individual betterment projects and contracting with the
13 department of social and health services to provide access and
14 visitation services.
15     (140) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to evaluate
17 alternative methods for calculating average median household income.
18 The department must include in its evaluation the feasibility of
19 using median household income data by state legislative district as
20 published by the United States census bureau. The department must
21 submit a report of recommendations to the appropriate committees of
22 the legislature by June 30, 2025.
23     Sec. 112.   2024 c 376 s 128 (uncodified) is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—LOCAL GOVERNMENT
26 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $48,331,000
27 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($60,537,000))
28$61,804,000
29 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $44,574,000
30 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .   $1,050,000
31 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . $53,353,000
32 Community Preservation and Development Authority
33     Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,750,000
34 Growth Management Planning and Environmental Review
35    Fund—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $5,681,000
36 Liquor Excise Tax Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . (($986,000))
37$1,383,000
38 Liquor Revolving Account—State Appropriation. . . . .   (($6,827,000))
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1$6,845,000
2 Model Toxics Control Operating Account—State
3     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $1,000,000
4 Model Toxics Control Stormwater Account—State
5     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $100,000
6 Natural Climate Solutions Account—State
7     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $2,747,000
8 Public Facilities Construction Loan Revolving
9    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,026,000))
10$1,356,000
11 Public Works Assistance Account—State Appropriation. . (($7,267,000))
12$9,311,000
13TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($238,229,000))
14$242,285,000
15     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
16 conditions and limitations:
17     (1) The department shall administer its growth management act
18 technical assistance and pass-through grants so that smaller cities
19 and counties receive proportionately more assistance than larger
20 cities or counties.
21    (2) $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely as pass-through funding to Walla
24 Walla Community College for its water and environmental center.
25     (3)   $6,827,000   of    the   liquor   revolving   account—state
26 appropriation is provided solely for the department to contract with
27 the municipal research and services center of Washington.
28     (4) The department must develop a model ordinance for cities and
29 counties to utilize for siting community based behavioral health
30 facilities.
31    (5) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to produce
34 the biennial report identifying a list of projects to address
35 incompatible developments near military installations as provided in
36 RCW 43.330.520.
37     (6) $100,000 of the model toxics control stormwater account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for planning work related to
39 stormwater runoff at the aurora bridge and I-5 ship canal bridge.
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1  Planning work may include, but is not limited to, coordination with
2  project   partners,  community engagement,  conducting  engineering
3  studies, and staff support.
4      (7) $2,000,000 of the community preservation and development
5 authority account—stateappropriation is provided solely for the
6 Pioneer Square-International district community preservation and
7 development authority established in RCW 43.167.060 to carry out the
8 duties and responsibilities set forth in RCW 43.167.030.
9     (8) $1,160,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2024 and $1,159,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the statewide broadband
12 office established in RCW 43.330.532.
13     (9)   $10,000,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
14 fiscal year 2024 and $10,000,000 of the general fund—state
15 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
16 department for grants for updating and implementing comprehensive
17 plans and development regulations in order to implement the
18 requirements of the growth management act.
19     (a) In allocating grant funding to local jurisdictions, awards
20 must be based on a formula, determined by the department, to ensure
21 that grants are distributed equitably among cities and counties.
22 Grants will be used primarily to fund the review and update
23 requirements for counties and cities required by RCW 36.70A.130.
24 Funding provided on this formula basis shall cover additional county
25 and city costs, if applicable, to implement chapter 254, Laws of 2021
26 (Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1220) and to implement
27 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5412 (land use permitting/local).
28     (b) Within the amounts not utilized under (a) of this subsection,
29 the department shall establish a competitive grant program to
30 implement requirements of the growth management act.
31     (c) Up to $500,000 per biennium may be allocated toward growth
32 management policy research and development or to assess the ongoing
33 effectiveness of existing growth management policy.
34     (d) The department must develop a process for consulting with
35 local governments, affected stakeholders, and the appropriate
36 committees of the legislature to establish emphasis areas for
37 competitive grant distribution and for research priorities.
38    (10)    $1,100,000   of    the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
39 fiscal    year   2024   and    $1,100,000     of   the   general   fund—state
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1  appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
2  department to contract with the municipal research and services
3  center, in coordination with the Washington procurement technical
4  assistance center, to provide training and technical assistance to
5  local governments and contractors on public works contracting.
6  Training topics may include utilization of supplemental bidding
7  criteria, utilization of alternate public works, contracting, cost
8  estimating, obtaining performance and payment bonds, and increasing
9  participation of women-owned and minority-owned businesses.
10     (11)   $3,000,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
11 fiscal   year 2024   and  $3,000,000  of  the   general  fund—state
12 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
13 department to administer grants and provide technical assistance to
14 cities or counties for actions relating to adopting ordinances that
15 plan for and accommodate housing. Of this amount:
16     (a) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to cities and
19 counties. Grants may be used for the following activities:
20     (i) Analyzing comprehensive plan policies and development
21 regulations to determine the extent of amendments required to meet
22 the goal of authorizing middle housing types on at least 30 percent
23 of lots currently zoned as single family residential within the city,
24 or for counties inside the unincorporated urban growth area. For the
25 purposes of this subsection, "middle housing types" means buildings
26 that are compatible in scale, form, and character with single family
27 houses, and contain two or more attached, stacked, or clustered
28 homes. This includes duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, fiveplexes,
29 sixplexes, townhouses, courtyard apartments, and cottage housing;
30     (ii) Planning work to facilitate transit-oriented development,
31 including   costs   associated   with   the   preparation   of   state
32 environmental policy act environmental impact statements, planned
33 action ordinances, and subarea plans, costs associated with the use
34 of other tools under the state environmental policy act, and the
35 costs of local code adoption and implementation of such efforts; and
36     (iii) Planning for and accommodating housing that is affordable
37 for individuals and families earning less than 50 percent of the area
38 median income, including:
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1     (A) Land use and regulatory solutions to address homelessness and
2 low-income housing; and
3     (B) Bridging homeless service planning with land use planning.
4    (b) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
6 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for an affordable housing
7 auditing program to monitor ongoing affordability of income-
8 restricted units constructed with affordable housing incentives,
9 including the multifamily tax exemption.
10     (12) Within the amounts provided in this section, the department
11 must publish on its website housing data needed to complete housing
12 needs assessments required by RCW 36.70A.070(2)(a). The data shall
13 include:
14     (a) Housing profiles for each county and city in the state,
15 including cost burden, vacancy, and income;
16     (b) Data to assess racially disparate impacts, exclusion, and
17 displacement; and
18     (c) A dashboard to display data in an easily accessible format.
19    (13)    $1,330,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
20 fiscal year 2024 and $995,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
21 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation  of
22 Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1110 (middle housing).
23    (14)   $15,000,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
24 fiscal year 2024 and $20,000,000 of the general fund—state
25 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
26 department to provide grants to entities that provide digital
27 navigator services, devices, and subscriptions. These services must
28 include, but are not limited to, one-on-one assistance for people
29 with limited access to services, including individuals seeking work,
30 students seeking digital technical support, families supporting
31 students, English language learners, medicaid clients, people
32 experiencing poverty, and seniors. Of the amounts provided from the
33 general   fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, at least
34 $3,000,000 must be provided to tribes.
35     (15) $2,750,000 of the community preservation and development
36 authority account—state appropriation is provided solely for the
37 Central district community preservation and development authority
38 established in RCW 43.167.070 to carry out the duties and
39 responsibilities set forth in RCW 43.167.030.
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1     (16) $187,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $188,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to the city of
4  Battle Ground to contract for a study to explore feasible options to
5  redesign   their    downtown   corridor   to    emphasize   pedestrian
6  accessibility, improve safety, and highlight community amenities.
7     (17) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to the city of Cheney fire
9 department for the purchase of a new type 6 fire truck to replace one
10 destroyed in a mutual aid fire.
11     (18) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to Ferry/Okanogan fire
13 protection district number 14 for the purchase of a new ambulance and
14 related costs for response to 911 calls, including those from local
15 residents, recreators, and hunters.
16     (19) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to the Pierce county public
18 transportation   benefit  area   corporation  (Pierce  transit)   to
19 administer a public transit and behavioral health coresponder pilot
20 program in partnership with a Pierce county behavioral health
21 professional agency.
22     (20) $120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $115,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the transportation demand
25 management program at the canyon park subarea in the city of Bothell.
26     (21) (a) $50,953,000 of the climate commitment account—state
27 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
28 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1181 (climate change/planning).
29     (b) Of the amount provided in (a) of this subsection, $10,000,000
30 of the climate commitment account—state appropriation is provided
31 solely for programs, services, or capital facilities included in
32 greenhouse gas emissions reduction subelements required by chapter
33 228, Laws of 2023 (E2SHB 1181). The department shall provide funding
34 to jurisdictions for programs, services, or capital facilities
35 included in approved subelements that the department concludes will
36 reduce greenhouse gas emissions or per capita vehicle miles traveled
37 until funds in this subsection are expended. The department shall
38 prioritize funding for programs, services, or capital facilities that
39 result   in   cobenefits  or   address   disproportionately  impacted
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1 communities. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the 2024
2 general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
3 the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
4 this subsection (b).
5     (22) $490,000 of the public works assistance account—state
6 appropriation is provided solely for the public works board to
7 develop a data dashboard to map investments made by the public works
8 board, the department of commerce, the department of health, the
9 department of ecology, the department of transportation, the
10 transportation improvement board, and by board partners to the system
11 improvement team created in RCW 43.155.150.
12    (23) $96,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2024 and $423,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
14 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to conduct a
15 study on the feasibility of implementing a Washington state zoning
16 atlas project that will provide a publicly available mapping tool
17 illustrating key features of zoning codes across jurisdictions.
18    (24) $733,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $734,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
21 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5268 (public works procurement).
22     (25) $37,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
24 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5536 (controlled substances).
25    (26) $134,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $135,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to the city of Tacoma for the
28 operating costs of the hilltop community hub. The hilltop community
29 fund shall support a distribution center to provide housing goods.
30    (27) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to the city of
33 Ferndale for the purpose of implementing and improving a wayfinding
34 system throughout the greater Ferndale market area.
35    (28) $464,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $3,510,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
38 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5290 (local permit review). Of the amount
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1  provided in this subsection, at least $3,000,000 is provided solely
2  for grants to local governments.
3      (29)   $2,400,000  of   the   climate  commitment   account—state
4  appropriation is provided solely for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
5  for phase 3 of the Port Gamble shoreline restoration project.
6     (30)   $1,000,000   of   the   model   toxics   control   account—state
7 appropriation is provided solely for grants to address emergency
8 drinking water problems in overburdened communities. The department
9 may utilize existing programs to distribute the funding provided
10 under this section, including the emergency rapid response program.
11    (31) $198,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 ((and $198,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are)) is provided solely to retain a behavioral
14 health facilities siting administrator within the department to
15 coordinate development of effective behavioral health housing options
16 and provide technical assistance in siting of behavioral health
17 treatment facilities statewide to aide in the governor's plan to
18 discharge individuals from the state psychiatric hospitals into
19 community settings. This position must work closely with local
20 government legislative authorities, planning departments, behavioral
21 health providers, the health care authority, the department of social
22 and health services, and other entities to facilitate linkages among
23 disparate behavioral health community bed capacity-building efforts.
24 This position must work to integrate building behavioral health
25 treatment and infrastructure capacity in addition to ongoing
26 supportive housing benefits.
27     (32) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to the Chelan-Douglas
29 regional port authority to fund public engagement efforts in Chelan
30 and Douglas counties related to a future regional sports complex.
31 Engagement efforts may include print and electronically mailed
32 materials, media advertisements, social media, and other forms of
33 communications related to study information, including but not
34 limited to:
35     (a) Consultants' analyses;
36     (b) Steering committee recommendations;
37     (c) Design and location options;
38     (d) Artistic renderings;
39     (e) Economic impacts;
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1    (f) Capital and operational costs;
2    (g) Financing options; and
3    (h) Other information.
4     (33) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract with a
6 consultant to study incorporating the unincorporated communities of
7 Dash Point and Browns Point into a single city. The study must
8 include, but not be limited to, the impact of incorporation on the
9 local tax base, crime, homelessness, infrastructure, public services,
10 and behavioral health services, in the listed communities. The
11 department must submit the results of the study to the office of
12 financial   management  and   the  appropriate   committees  of   the
13 legislature by June 1, 2025.
14    (34) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to convene a task
16 force to make recommendations on integrating water, sewer, school,
17 and port districts into the growth management act planning process.
18 The task force shall build upon the findings, concepts, and
19 recommendations in recent reports, including the "collaborative
20 roadmap phase III" report prepared for the department in 2023 and the
21 "roadmap to Washington's future" issued by the William D. Ruckelshaus
22 center in 2019. The task force must involve diverse perspectives
23 including but not limited to representatives of state agencies,
24 cities, counties, special districts, tribal governments, builders,
25 and planning and environmental organizations that have experience
26 with local or special purpose district planning processes. The
27 department must provide a preliminary report on the task force's
28 activities and progress by June 30, 2025. It is the intent of the
29 legislature to continue funding the study in the 2025-2027 fiscal
30 biennium, with a final report with recommendations due December 1,
31 2025.
32     (35) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 is provided solely for Whatcom county to study the
34 potential of creating an interjurisdictional coordinating body
35 focused on improving the housing market for tenants, landlords, and
36 those interested in becoming landlords. The study should examine the
37 potential for an office of healthy housing to:
38     (a) Have a sustainable funding model and assist landlords and
39 tenants in understanding leases and procedures;
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1      (b) Increase housing supply by providing resources to small
2  landlords; and
3      (c) Work with major local employers and local higher education
4  institutions to ensure a thriving local housing market.
5     (36) $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to provide technical
7 assistance to local governments in planning for and siting supportive
8 housing and emergency housing facilities; and provide dispute
9 resolution   services  to   help   resolve  disputes   between  local
10 governments and service providers attempting to site supportive
11 housing and emergency housing facilities. The department shall submit
12 a report, pursuant to RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of
13 the legislature by March 1, 2025, on which local governments received
14 funding and resolution status for disputes resolved.
15     (37) $213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
17 Substitute House Bill No. 2321 (middle housing requirements). If the
18 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
19 subsection shall lapse.
20     (38) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit, professional
22 association of state, county, city, and town officials engaged in
23 development, enforcement, and administration of building construction
24 codes and ordinances to collaborate with the Washington state board
25 for community and technical colleges to design and implement training
26 programs to accelerate the hiring of city and county permit
27 technicians.
28    (39) $30,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2025 is provided solely for the city of Elma to place automatic
30 external defibrillators in city vehicles and public spaces in city
31 buildings.
32     (40) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the Okanogan county sheriff's
34 office for the Okanogan county public safety radio network
35 improvement project.
36    (41) $16,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and $46,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Substitute
39 Senate Bill No. 5834 (urban growth areas). If the bill is not enacted
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1 by June   30,   2024,   the   amounts    provided   in   this   subsection   shall
2 lapse.
3     (42) $57,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
5 Bill No. 6015 (residential parking). If the bill is not enacted by
6 June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
7     (43) $67,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second
9 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5955 (large port districts). If the bill
10 is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
11 subsection shall lapse.
12     Sec. 113.    2024 c 376 s 129 (uncodified) is amended to read as
13 follows:
14 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
15 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $25,389,000
16 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($34,502,000))
17$35,401,000
18 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . .  $108,069,000
19 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .  $1,230,000
20 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
21     (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $3,446,000
22 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
23     (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  (($3,591,000))
24$3,608,000
25 Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment Fund Match
26     Transfer Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $31,684,000
27 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . .  $4,477,000
28 Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State
29     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $765,000
30 Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal
31     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $23,400,000
32 Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—State
33     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  (($2,786,000))
34$2,833,000
35 Statewide Tourism Marketing Account—State
36     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,000,000
37TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($248,339,000))
38$249,302,000
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1     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
2 conditions and limitations:
3    (1) $4,304,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $5,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for associate development
6 organizations. During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department
7 shall   consider  an   associate   development  organization's total
8 resources when making contracting and fund allocation decisions, in
9 addition to the schedule provided in RCW 43.330.086. The department
10 must distribute the funding as follows:
11     (a) For associate development organizations serving urban
12 counties, which are counties other than rural counties as defined in
13 RCW 82.14.370, a locally matched allocation of up to $1.00 per
14 capita, totaling no more than $300,000 per organization; and
15     (b) For associate development organizations in rural counties, as
16 defined in RCW 82.14.370, a $1.00 per capita allocation with a base
17 allocation of $75,000.
18    (2) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the northwest agriculture
21 business center.
22    (3) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the regulatory roadmap
25 program for the construction industry and to identify and coordinate
26 with businesses in key industry sectors to develop additional
27 regulatory roadmap tools.
28    (4) $1,070,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $1,070,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the small business export
31 assistance program. The department must ensure that at least one
32 employee is located outside the city of Seattle for purposes of
33 assisting rural businesses with export strategies.
34    (5) $60,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024 and $60,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to submit the
37 necessary Washington state membership dues for the Pacific Northwest
38 economic region.
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1    (6) $1,808,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 and $2,438,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to identify
4 and invest in strategic growth areas, support key sectors, and align
5 existing economic development programs and priorities. The department
6 must consider Washington's position as the most trade-dependent state
7 when identifying priority investments. The department must engage
8 states and provinces in the northwest as well as associate
9 development  organizations,   small  business   development  centers,
10 chambers of commerce, ports, and other partners to leverage the funds
11 provided. Sector leads established by the department must include the
12 industries of: (a) Aerospace; (b) clean technology and renewable and
13 nonrenewable energy; (c) wood products and other natural resource
14 industries; (d) information and communication technology; (e) life
15 sciences and global health; (f) maritime; (g) military and defense;
16 and (h) creative industries. The department may establish these
17 sector leads by hiring new staff, expanding the duties of current
18 staff, or working with partner organizations and or other agencies to
19 serve in the role of sector lead.
20     (7) $31,684,000 of the Andy Hill cancer research endowment fund
21 match transfer account—state appropriation is provided solely for the
22 Andy Hill cancer research endowment program. Amounts provided in this
23 subsection may be used for grants and administration costs.
24    (8) $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024 and $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to establish
27 representation in key international markets that will provide the
28 greatest opportunities for increased trade and investment for small
29 businesses in the state of Washington. Prior to entering into any
30 contract for representation, the department must consult with
31 associate development organizations and other organizations and
32 associations that represent small business, rural industries, and
33 disadvantaged business enterprises.
34    (9) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to assist people
37 with limited incomes in urban areas of the state start and sustain
38 small   businesses.  The  grant   recipient  must   be   a  nonprofit
39 organization involving a network of microenterprise organizations and
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1 professionals to support micro  entrepreneurship     and   access   to
2 economic development resources.
3    (10)   $3,000,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
4 fiscal   year 2024   and $3,000,000 of   the general fund—state
5 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a
6 nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to provide grants,
7 capacity building, and technical assistance support to a network of
8 microenterprise   development   organizations.  The  microenterprise
9 development organizations will support rural and urban Black,
10 indigenous and people of color owned businesses, veteran owned
11 businesses, and limited resourced and other hard to serve businesses
12 with five or fewer employees throughout the state with business
13 training, technical assistance, and microloans.
14    (11)   $1,000,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
15 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,000,000   of  the  general   fund—state
16 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to
17 a business center that provides confidential, no-cost, one-on-one,
18 client-centered assistance to small businesses to expand outreach in
19 underserved communities, especially Black, indigenous, and people of
20 color-owned businesses, providing targeted assistance where needed.
21 Funding may also be used to collaborate the department, the
22 Washington economic development association, and others to develop a
23 more effective and efficient service delivery system for Washington's
24 women and minority-owned small businesses.
25    (12) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to strengthen capacity of the
28 keep Washington working act work group established in RCW 43.330.510.
29     (13) $7,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund—
30 federal appropriation is provided solely for the department to
31 continue   to   administer   the   small  business   innovation   and
32 competitiveness fund program created in section 128(167), chapter
33 297, Laws of 2022 (ESSB 5693). The department may prioritize projects
34 that received conditional awards in the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium but
35 were not funded due to the project's inability to be substantially
36 completed by June 30, 2023.
37     (14) $2,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund—
38 federal appropriation is provided solely for the department to
39 administer grants to businesses and nonprofits in the arts, heritage,
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1 and science sectors, including those that operate live entertainment
2 venues, to provide bridge funding for continued recovery from the
3 COVID-19 pandemic and related economic impacts. The department must
4 develop criteria for successful grant applications in coordination
5 with the Washington state arts commission.
6     (15)   $352,000   of   the   climate   commitment   account—state
7 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
8 Substitute House Bill No. 1176 (climate-ready communities).
9    (16) $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2024 and $225,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract
12 with an associate development organization located in Thurston county
13 to provide a training curriculum to assist small businesses in
14 scaling up to reach their next tier of operations. The contract
15 recipient may use the funding for costs including, but not limited
16 to, curriculum materials, trainers, and follow up coaching and
17 mentorship in multiple languages.
18    (17) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to contract
21 for technical assistance programs focused on assisting small
22 minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses in south King and
23 Pierce counties. The contract recipient must be a nonprofit
24 organization located in Tukwila that provides educational and
25 business assistance for underserved and minority groups, with a focus
26 on the African American community. The department must provide a
27 preliminary report on program outcomes by June 30, 2024, and a final
28 report by June 30, 2025, to the relevant committees of the
29 legislature. The preliminary and final reports must include outcome
30 data including, but not limited to, the number of events or workshops
31 provided, the number of businesses served, and ownership and other
32 demographics of businesses served.
33    (18) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to contract with a nonprofit
36 organization to conduct workforce and economic development activities
37 serving the south Puget Sound region. The contract recipient must be
38 a nongovernmental nonprofit organization located in Federal Way that
39 has been in operation for at least 10 years and whose mission is to
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1  develop resources to enhance the economy of the south sound region by
2  facilitating innovation, job creation, and the growth and development
3  of businesses.
4     (19) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to provide grant
6 funding to a nonprofit biotech incubator and science research center
7 located in the city of Tacoma. The grant funding is to provide
8 support for programs aimed at increasing workforce readiness and
9 entrepreneurship in the life sciences, with a focus on promoting
10 access to science, technology, engineering, and math careers for
11 individuals from underserved communities.
12    (20) $700,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2024 and $700,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
14 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to associate
15 development organizations pursuant to Substitute House Bill No. 1783
16 (grant writers).
17     (21) $9,000,000 of the statewide tourism marketing account—state
18 appropriation is provided solely for the statewide tourism marketing
19 program and operation of the statewide tourism marketing authority
20 pursuant to chapter 43.384 RCW.
21    (22) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to renew
24 licenses for cloud-based business engagement tools for state agencies
25 and local workforce and economic development boards, and to procure
26 additional licenses for state agency procurement professionals, to
27 assist in complying with the department of enterprise services
28 supplier diversity policy effective April 1, 2023.
29    (23)   $2,500,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
30 fiscal year 2024 and (($2,500,000)) $1,800,000 of the general fund—
31 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
32 activities related to securing federal funding from programs created
33 by or funded through federal legislation including, but not limited
34 to, the inflation reduction act, P.L. 117-169; the chips and science
35 act, P.L. 117-167; and the infrastructure investment and jobs act,
36 P.L. 117-58. Funding provided under this subsection may be used to
37 support regional and locally led initiatives seeking federal funding,
38 to provide technical support for application development and grant
39 writing, to conduct economic analysis of various sectors, and other
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1 activities the department deems necessary for the state and partners
2 with the state to compete for federal funds.
3    (24) $877,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and (($878,000)) $528,000 of the general fund—state
5 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
6 implementation of Substitute  Senate Bill No.  5096  (employee
7 ownership).
8    (25) $409,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2024 and $411,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
10 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
11 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5269 (manufacturing).
12    (26) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2024 and (($150,000)) $50,000 of the general fund—state
14 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
15 department, in consultation with other agencies as necessary, to
16 support activities related to cooperation with governmental and
17 public agencies of the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden,
18 and the Kingdom of Norway. Eligible activities include, but are not
19 limited to, cooperation in clean energy, clean technology, clean
20 transportation, telecommunications, agriculture and wood science
21 technology, general economic development, and other areas of mutual
22 interest with Nordic nations and institutions.
23    (27) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
25 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a Bellingham based nonprofit
26 that assists entrepreneurs to create, build, and grow businesses in
27 northwest Washington to help establish a network of innovation
28 centers for entrepreneurs and innovative small businesses between
29 Seattle and the Canadian border.
30     (28)(a) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to develop
32 strategies for cooperation with governmental agencies of Vietnam,
33 including higher education institutions, and organizations around the
34 following:
35     (i) Trade and investment, including, but not limited to, the
36 agriculture, information technology, food processing, manufacturing,
37 and textile industries;
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1      (ii) Combating climate change, including, but not limited to,
2  cooperation on clean energy, clean transportation, and climate-smart
3  agriculture; and
4      (iii) Academic and cultural exchange.
5      (b) By June 30, 2024, the department must provide a report on the
6  use of funds in this subsection, any key metrics and deliverables,
7  and any recommendations for further opportunities for collaboration.
8    (29) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2024 and $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
10 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide an
11 economic   development  grant   to  a   nongovernmental  organization
12 established in Federal Way, in operation for at least 30 years, whose
13 primary focus is the economic development of the greater Federal Way
14 region, in order to provide assessment for the development of
15 innovation campuses in identified economic corridors.
16     (30) $200,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund—
17 federal appropriation is provided solely for a grant to a Tacoma
18 based automotive museum as businesses assistance to address COVID-19
19 pandemic impacts to revenues from decreased attendance and loss of
20 other revenue generating opportunities.
21     (31)   $250,000   of  the   climate    commitment   account—state
22 appropriation is provided solely for a study or studies to assess
23 strategies necessary for the state of Washington to engage in the
24 offshore   wind  supply  chain.   The   study   may   address  public
25 infrastructure needed for manufacturing, assembly, and transport of
26 supply chain components, and an assessment of workforce needs and
27 community benefits. The department must submit a preliminary report
28 summarizing the status of the study or studies to the governor and
29 the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025, and a
30 final report summarizing the findings of the study or studies by
31 November 30, 2025. It is the intent of the legislature to provide
32 funding to complete the final report in the 2025-2027 fiscal
33 biennium. Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
34 obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
35 approved, this subsection is null and void upon the effective date of
36 the measure.
37     (32)   $2,110,000  of  the   climate  commitment  account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely to expand the industrial symbiosis
39 program. At least 20 percent of the amount provided in this section
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1  must   be  prioritized   to   benefit  individuals   in  overburdened
2  communities. Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
3  obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
4  approved, this subsection is null and void upon the effective date of
5  the measure.
6     (33) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
8 for a small business incubator program focused on the arts and
9 culture sectors that provides technical assistance and business
10 training to creative entrepreneurs, with a focus on BIPOC-owned and
11 women-owned businesses. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit arts
12 organization based in the city of Tacoma that hosts live performances
13 and provides youth and adult arts education programming.
14    (34) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
16 to administer a workforce development program serving youth and young
17 adults from underserved communities to learn technical, creative, and
18 business skills related to concert and event promotion. The grant
19 recipient must be a nonprofit organization headquartered in the city
20 of Seattle that provides youth arts and education programming and
21 produces a music festival based in Seattle that takes place over
22 Labor Day weekend.
23     (35)   $375,000   of   the   climate   commitment  account—state
24 appropriation is provided solely for the department to contract with
25 a nonregulatory coalition to identify economic, community, and
26 workforce development opportunities resulting from Washington state's
27 participation in the offshore wind supply chain through conducting
28 convenings, workshops, and studies as appropriate. Funds provided in
29 this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January 1,
30 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved, this subsection is
31 null and void upon the effective date of the measure.
32     (36) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
34 to provide a workforce development and small business training
35 program serving primarily low-income Latinx immigrant families in
36 south King county. The grant recipient must be a nonprofit
37 organization based in the city of Seattle that advances the power and
38 well-being of Latino immigrants through employment, education, and
39 community organizing.
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1     (37)   $390,000   of   the   climate   commitment   account—state
2 appropriation is provided solely for the department to establish a
3 circular economy market development program. At least 20 percent of
4 the amount provided in this subsection must be prioritized to benefit
5 individuals in overburdened communities. Funds provided in this
6 subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025.
7 If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved, this subsection is null
8 and void upon the effective date of the measure.
9     (38)   $1,000,000  of   the   climate  commitment   account—state
10 appropriation   is  provided   solely  for  the   innovation   cluster
11 accelerator program. Funding provided in this subsection may only be
12 used to develop and maintain clusters that aim to reduce and mitigate
13 impacts from greenhouse gases in overburdened communities, deploy
14 renewable energy resources, increase energy efficiency or reduction,
15 or other permissible uses pursuant to RCW 70A.65.260. Funds provided
16 in this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January
17 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved, this subsection
18 is null and void upon the effective date of the measure.
19     (39) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to an associate development
21 organization to provide technical assistance, workforce development
22 training, and business innovation training to small businesses in
23 Benton and Franklin counties, with a focus on businesses in BIPOC
24 communities.   Technical  assistance   may   also  include  financial
25 literacy, grant writing, and federal grant assistance for tribes and
26 overburdened communities. The grant recipient must be an associate
27 development organization comprised of a coalition of more than 25 but
28 less than 100 small businesses, nonprofit, and business leaders
29 located in Benton and Franklin counties, and must be a recognized "by
30 and for" organization serving the BIPOC community.
31     (40)(a) $275,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to convene an
33 electrical transmission workforce needs work group and study. The
34 work group must provide advice, develop strategies, and make
35 recommendations to the legislature, state and local agencies, and
36 utilities on efforts to support the needs of Washington's electrical
37 transmission industry workforce. The work group must consist of eight
38 members:
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1     (i) One representative each from a labor organization located in
2 Tacoma, Clark county, and Spokane county that represents line
3 workers;
4     (ii) One representative from a statewide labor organization with
5 at least 250,000 affiliated members that represents line workers and
6 workers from outside the electrical transmission and construction
7 industry; and
8     (iii) Two representatives from two different investor-owned
9 utilities and two representatives from two different consumer-owned
10 utilities each.
11     (b)(i) The department must conduct a study of the employment and
12 workforce education needs of the electrical transmission industry of
13 the state. The work group must assist the department in developing
14 the scope of the study; review the preliminary and final reports of
15 the study; and, if appropriate, recommend any legislative changes
16 needed to address issues raised as a result of the study. The study
17 must focus on the following job classifications in the electrical
18 transmission industry: Line workers, line clearance tree trimmers,
19 and substation technicians. The department may contract with a third
20 party to complete the study.
21     (ii) By December 1, 2024, the department must submit a
22 preliminary report of the study to the appropriate committees of the
23 legislature, including the methodology that will be used to conduct
24 the study and any demographic data or other information gathered
25 regarding   the   electrical  transmission   industry  workforce   in
26 preparation for the study.
27     (iii) By November 1, 2025, the department must submit a final
28 report of the study to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
29 It is the intent of the legislature to provide funding to complete
30 the final report in the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
31     (iv) The final report must at a minimum include:
32     (A) Estimates of electrical transmission industry jobs needed to
33 expand electrical transmission capacity to meet the state's clean
34 energy and climate goals, inclusive of the workforce needed to
35 maintain existing infrastructure. These estimates should cover, at a
36 minimum, the time periods required for the planning, including the
37 construction, reconstruction, or enlargement, of new or existing
38 electrical transmission facilities under RCW 19.28.010, 80.50.060,
39 and 80.50.045, and the state environmental policy act;
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1     (B) The number of apprenticeships in the job classifications
2 listed in (b)(i) of this subsection;
3     (C) An inventory of existing apprentice programs and anticipated
4 need for expansion of existing apprenticeships or supplemental
5 training programs to meet current and future workforce needs;
6     (D) Demographic data of the workforce, including age, gender,
7 race, ethnicity, and, where possible, other categories of identity;
8     (E) Identification of gaps and barriers to a full electrical
9 transmission workforce pool, including, but not limited to, the loss
10 of workers to retirement in the next five, 10, and 15 years, and
11 other current and anticipated retention issues;
12     (F) A comparison of wages between different jurisdictions in
13 Washington state, and between Washington and other neighboring
14 states, including any incentives offered by other states;
15     (G) Data on the number of workers in the job classifications
16 identified in (b)(i) of this subsection who completed training in
17 Washington and left to work in a different state;
18     (H) Data on the number of out-of-state workers who enter
19 Washington to meet workforce needs on large scale electrical
20 transmission projects in Washington;
21     (I) Key challenges that could emerge in the foreseeable future
22 based on factors such as growth in demand for electricity and changes
23 in energy production and availability; and
24     (J) Recommendations for the training, recruitment, and retention
25 of the current and anticipated electrical transmission workforce that
26 supplement, enhance, or exceed current training requirements. This
27 must include identification of barriers to entrance into the
28 electrical transmission workforce, and recommendations to attract and
29 retain a more diverse workforce, such as members of federally
30 recognized   Indian   tribes   and   individuals  from   overburdened
31 communities as defined in RCW 70A.02.010.
32     (41) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
34 Bill No. 1870 (local comm. federal funding). If the bill is not
35 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
36 shall lapse.
37     (42) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2025 is provided solely for the innovation cluster accelerator
39 program to support an industry-led fusion energy cluster. By June 30,
40 2025, the fusion energy cluster must submit a report to the
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1 appropriate    committees   of   the    legislature   that    includes
2 recommendations for promoting the development of fusion energy and
3 the manufacturing and assembling of component parts for fusion energy
4 in Washington state. The report must:
5     (a) Include an evaluation of the applicability of new and
6 existing   clean   energy  incentives   for  manufacturing,   facility
7 construction, and the purchase of materials and equipment; and
8     (b) Identify opportunities for state funding, including matching
9 federal grants.
10     (43) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract for
12 technical assistance services for small businesses owned or operated
13 by members of historically disadvantaged populations located in
14 western Washington. The contract recipient must be a business in the
15 arts, entertainment, and media services sector based in the city of
16 Federal Way and with experience working with BIPOC communities.
17 Technical assistance includes but is not limited to services such as:
18 Business and intellectual property development; franchise development
19 and expansion; digital and social media marketing and brand
20 development; community outreach; opportunities to meet potential
21 strategic partners or corporate sponsors; executive workshops;
22 networking events; small business coaching; and start-up assistance.
23     (44) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit organization
25 for a program to assist low-income individuals from Washington state
26 in entering the maritime industry as mariners, including training,
27 credentialing, and wrap-around services. The grant recipient must be
28 a nonprofit organization located in the city of Seattle that serves
29 as a workforce development intermediary creating equitable workforce
30 systems and developing impactful partnerships to address structural
31 racism. The nonprofit organization must consult with two unions based
32 in the city of Seattle who represent mariners on the West coast in
33 developing the program.
34     (45) $1,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund—
35 federal appropriation is provided solely for the department to
36 administer a business assistance program to provide grants to
37 statewide or local destination marketing organizations in Washington
38 state for activities to promote tourism to Washington in advance of
39 the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The department must enter into contracts
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1 with grant recipients by December 31, 2024. To qualify for a grant
2 under this subsection, a destination marketing organization must have
3 been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency and:
4     (a) Have revenues at the time of applying for the grant that are
5 less than their revenues in calendar year 2019;
6     (b) Have used reserve operating funds after March 3, 2021, to
7 make up for revenue shortfalls; or
8     (c) Have demonstrated needs for funding to support programs
9 designed to increase tourism to Washington state from across the
10 country and the world in advance of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
11     (46) $184,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nongovernmental
13 organization   whose  primary  focus  is   community   and  economic
14 development in downtown Renton to provide holistic navigation and
15 education services.
16     (47) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2025 is provided solely for the Washington state manufacturing
18 council to convene a subgroup of at least two of its members, with at
19 least four members representing advanced manufacturing who have
20 expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion. Annually, the work
21 group must provide recommendations to the manufacturing council to
22 vastly improve the representation of black, indigenous, and people of
23 color, as well as women, in manufacturing ownership and within the
24 workforce across all levels of manufacturing.
25     (48) $4,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the Washington state public
27 stadium authority to modernize interior stadium infrastructure.
28 Funding is provided to improve operational infrastructure such that
29 stadium can accommodate and attract mega events benefiting the state.
30 Improvements will include, but are not limited to, installing new
31 seating, improving ADA access, upgrading hospitality features, and
32 making security enhancements.
33     (49)(a) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to provide
35 grants to eligible sports commissions to support activities promoting
36 sports tourism, sporting events, and tournaments, and fostering
37 economic and community development.
38     (b) An "eligible sports commission" under this subsection means
39 an entity whose primary purpose is to promote tourism through hosting
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1 sporting events in Washington state. Entities may be independent
2 nonprofit organizations or a division of a regional or national
3 convention or visitors bureau.
4     (c) The department must develop application criteria and eligible
5 uses of funds for the grant program.
6     (d) In determining the distribution of grant awards under this
7 subsection, the department may allocate funds in proportion to the
8 population of the county or counties in which the eligible sports
9 commission conducts its activities.
10     (e) The department must develop reporting requirements for grant
11 recipients, including but not limited to how grant funds are used.
12 All grant recipients must report back to the department by June 30,
13 2025.
14     (50) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the city of Seattle to lease
17 space for nonprofit and academic institutions to incubate technology
18 business   startups,   especially   those   focusing  on   artificial
19 intelligence and develop and teach curricula to skill up workers to
20 use artificial intelligence as a business resource.
21     Sec. 114.   2024 c 376 s 130 (uncodified) is amended to read as
22 follows:
23 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—ENERGY AND INNOVATION
24 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .     $8,641,000
25 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($12,287,000))
26$11,922,000
27 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . .     $325,724,000
28 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . $34,000
29 Building Code Council Account—State Appropriation. . . .     (($13,000))
30$17,000
31 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . .    (($230,557,000))
32$217,507,000
33 Community and Economic Development Fee Account—State
34     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $160,000
35 Electric Vehicle Incentive Account—State
36     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $50,000,000
37 Energy Efficiency Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . .     $19,000
38 Low-Income Weatherization and Structural
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1    Rehabilitation Assistance Account—State
2    Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($1,399,000))
3$1,412,000
4 Natural Climate Solutions Account—State
5     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,167,000
6TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($629,982,000))
7$616,603,000
8     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
9 conditions and limitations:
10     (1) The department is authorized to require an applicant to pay
11 an application fee to cover the cost of reviewing the project and
12 preparing an advisory opinion on whether a proposed electric
13 generation project or conservation resource qualifies to meet
14 mandatory conservation targets.
15     (2)(a) $50,000,000 of the electric vehicle incentive account—
16 state appropriation is provided solely for the department to
17 implement programs and incentives that promote the purchase of or
18 conversion to alternative fuel vehicles. The department must work
19 with the interagency electric vehicle coordinating council to develop
20 and implement alternative fuel vehicle programs and incentives.
21     (b) In developing and implementing programs and incentives under
22 this subsection, the department must prioritize programs and
23 incentives that:
24     (i) Will serve individuals living in an overburdened community,
25 as defined in RCW 70A.02.010;
26     (ii) Will serve individuals who are in greatest need of this
27 assistance in order to reduce the carbon emissions and other
28 environmental impacts of their current mode of transportation in the
29 overburdened community in which they live; and
30     (iii) Will serve low-income communities, communities with the
31 greatest health disparities, and communities of color that are most
32 likely to receive the greatest health benefits from the programs
33 through a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants
34 that will result in improved groundwater and stormwater quality,
35 improved air quality, and reductions in noise pollution.
36    (3) $2,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and (($2,000,000)) $1,350,000 of the general fund—state
38 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to build a
39 mapping and forecasting tool that provides locations and information
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1  on charging and refueling infrastructure as required in chapter 300,
2  Laws of 2021 (zero emissions transp.). The department shall
3  collaborate with the interagency electric vehicle coordinating
4  council established in chapter 182, Laws of 2022 (transportation
5  resources) when developing the tool and must work to meet benchmarks
6  established in chapter 182, Laws of 2022 (transportation resources).
7     (4)   $10,000,000  of   the   climate  commitment   account—state
8 appropriation is provided solely for grants to support port
9 districts, counties, cities, towns, special purpose districts, any
10 other municipal corporations or quasi-municipal corporations, and
11 tribes to support siting and permitting of clean energy projects in
12 the state. Eligible uses of grant funding provided in this section
13 include supporting predevelopment work for sites intended for clean
14 energy projects, land use studies, conducting or engaging in planning
15 efforts such as planned actions and programmatic environmental impact
16 statements, and staff to improve permit timeliness and certainty.
17     (5)(a) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2024 and (($1,000,000)) $500,000 of the general fund—
19 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
20 department to contract with one or more of the western national
21 laboratories, or a similar independent research organization, in
22 consultation with state and federal energy agencies, stakeholders,
23 and relevant utilities, to conduct an analysis for new electricity
24 generation, transmission, ancillary services, efficiency and storage
25 sufficient to offset those presently provided by the lower Snake
26 river dams. The analysis should include a list of requirements for a
27 replacement portfolio that diversifies and improves the resilience
28 and maintains the reliability and adequacy of the electric power
29 system, is consistent with the state's statutory and regulatory
30 requirements for clean electricity generation, and is supplementary
31 to the resources that will be required to replace fossil fuels in the
32 electrical   generation,   transportation,    industry,   and   buildings
33 sectors. The department and its contractor's assessment will include
34 quantitative analysis based on available data as well as qualitative
35 input gathered from tribal and other governments, the Northwest power
36 and   conservation   council,   relevant   utilities,   and   other   key
37 stakeholders. The analysis must include the following:
38     (i) Expected trends for demand, and distinct scenarios that
39 examine potential outcomes for electricity demand, generation, and
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1 storage technologies development, land use and land use constraints,
2 and cost through 2050, as well as the most recent analysis of future
3 resource adequacy and reliability;
4     (ii) A resource portfolio approach in which a combination of
5 commercially available generating resources, energy efficiency,
6 conservation, and demand response programs, transmission resources,
7 and   other   programs   and  resources   that   would   be   necessary
8 prerequisites to replace the power and grid reliability services
9 otherwise provided by the lower Snake river dams and the time frame
10 needed to put those resources into operation;
11     (iii) Identification of generation and transmission siting
12 options consistent with the overall replacement resource portfolio,
13 in   coordination   with  other  state   processes   and   requirements
14 supporting the planning of clean energy and transmission siting;
15     (iv) An evaluation of alternatives for the development, ownership
16 and operation of the replacement resource portfolio;
17     (v) Examination of possible impacts and opportunities that might
18 result from the renewal of the Columbia river treaty, revisions of
19 the    Bonneville   power    administration   preference    contracts,
20 implementation of the western resource adequacy program (WRAP), and
21 other changes in operation and governance of the regional electric
22 power system, consistent with statutory and regulatory requirements
23 of the clean energy transformation act;
24     (vi) Identification of revenue and payment structures sufficient
25 to maintain reliable and affordable electricity supplies for
26 ratepayers, with emphasis on overburdened communities;
27     (vii) Development of distinct scenarios that examine different
28 potential   cost  and   timeline   potentials   for  development   and
29 implementation of identified generation and transmission needs and
30 options including planning, permitting, design, and construction,
31 including relevant federal authorities, consistent with the statutory
32 and regulatory requirements of the clean energy transformation act;
33     (viii) Quantification of impacts to greenhouse gas emissions
34 including    life-cycle    emissions    analysis    associated    with
35 implementation of identified generation and transmission needs and
36 options including (A) planning, permitting, design, and construction,
37 and, if relevant, emissions associated with the acquisition of non-
38 Washington state domestic or foreign sources of electricity, and (B)
39 any additional operations of existing fossil-fueled generating
40 resources; and
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1     (ix) An inventory of electricity demand by state-owned or
2 operated facilities and information needed to complete a request for
3 proposals (RFP) to satisfy this demand through new nonhydro renewable
4 energy generation and/or conservation.
5     (b) The department shall, to the extent determined practicable,
6 consider related analyses undertaken by the federal government as
7 part of the Columbia river system operation stay of litigation agreed
8 to in National Wildlife Federation et al. v. National Marine
9 Fisheries Service et al. in October 2021.
10     (c) The department shall provide a status update to the energy
11 and environment committees of the legislature and governor's office
12 by December 31, 2024.
13     (6)   $10,664,000  of   the   climate  commitment  account—state
14 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a
15 pilot program to provide grants and technical assistance to support
16 planning, predevelopment, and installation of commercial, dual-use
17 solar power demonstration projects. Eligible grant recipients may
18 include, but are not limited to, nonprofit organizations, public
19 entities, and federally recognized tribes.
20     (7) (($20,592,000)) $15,592,000 of the climate commitment account
21 —state   appropriation is provided solely for the department to
22 administer a grant program to assist owners of public buildings in
23 covering the costs of conducting an investment grade energy audit for
24 those buildings. Public buildings include those owned by state and
25 local governments, tribes, and school districts.
26     (8)(a)   $300,000   of   the  climate   commitment  account—state
27 appropriation is provided solely for the department to develop
28 recommendations on a design for a statewide energy assistance program
29 to address the energy burden and provide access to energy assistance
30 for low-income households. The department may contract with a third-
31 party entity to complete the work required in this subsection.
32     (b) The recommendations must include considerations for data
33 collection on the energy burden and assistance need of households,
34 universal intake coordination and data sharing across statewide
35 programs   serving    low-income  households,   program   eligibility,
36 enrollment, multilingual services, outreach and community engagement,
37 program administration, funding, and reporting.
38     (c) By January 1, 2024, the department must submit a report with
39 the recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature.
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1     (9)   $250,000   of    the   climate   commitment  account—state
2 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit for a
3 smart buildings education program to educate building owners and
4 operators about smart building practices and technologies, including
5 the development of onsite and digital trainings that detail how to
6 operate residential and commercial facilities in an energy efficient
7 manner. The grant recipient must be located in a city with a
8 population of more than 700,000 and must serve anyone within
9 Washington with an interest in better understanding energy efficiency
10 in commercial and institutional buildings.
11     (10) $111,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024 and $109,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
14 Substitute House Bill No. 1390 (district energy systems).
15     (11)   $3,152,000  of   the   climate  commitment   account—state
16 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
17 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1216 (clean energy siting).
18     (12) $167,000 of the natural climate solutions account—state
19 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
20 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1170 (climate response strategy).
21     (13)    $250,000    of  the  climate    commitment   account—state
22 appropriation is provided solely for the department to convene
23 stakeholders and plan for a statewide energy rebate navigator aimed
24 at assisting residential and small commercial buildings, with
25 priority for buildings owned or occupied by low-income, Black,
26 indigenous,    and   people  of color   and   converting   overburdened
27 communities to clean energy. Of this amount:
28     (a) $50,000 of the climate commitment account—state appropriation
29 is for the department to convene a summit of stakeholders around
30 building energy topics related to the development of a statewide
31 energy rebate navigator, including initial and ongoing guidance
32 regarding program design and implementation. The summit should
33 develop recommendations for the program to improve and grow,
34 addressing gaps in program design and implementation, outreach into
35 overburdened communities, HEAL Act compliance, workforce development
36 issues, and contractor needs.
37     (b)   $200,000   of    the   climate commitment     account—state
38 appropriation is for statewide rebate navigator        evaluation and
39 project planning, which shall include:
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1     (i) Evaluation of how technical assistance can focus on serving
2 Black, indigenous, and people of color, and low-income communities;
3     (ii) Research of existing data and software solutions the state
4 can leverage to provide a one-stop-shop for energy improvements;
5     (iii) Evaluation of program delivery models to optimize energy
6 service delivery, including realizing economies of scale and reaching
7 high rates of penetration in overburdened communities, indigenous
8 communities, and communities of color;
9     (iv) Evaluation and cultivation of potential program implementers
10 who are qualified to deliver navigator program services, including
11 community energy efficiency program grantees; and
12     (v) Evaluation and cultivation of qualified potential energy
13 services providers, including providers owned by Black, indigenous,
14 and people of color, utility trade ally programs, and weatherization
15 plus health weatherization agencies.
16    (14) $33,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $17,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
19 Substitute House Bill No. 1329 (utility shutoffs/heat).
20    (15) $93,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2024 and $96,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
22 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
23 Substitute House Bill No. 1032 (wildfires/electric utilities).
24    (16)(a)   $200,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
25 fiscal year 2024 and $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
26 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to
27 contract with a third-party entity to conduct a study that analyzes
28 how the economic impact of oil refining in Washington state is likely
29 to impact Washington's refineries, refinery workers, and refinery
30 communities. By December 31, 2024, the report must be distributed to
31 the energy and environment committees of the state legislature.
32     (b) The study required in (a) of this subsection must include:
33     (i) An overview of Washington's five oil refineries including:
34 Location, age, workforce demographics, direct and indirect jobs
35 connected with the industry, health and environmental impacts, local
36 tax revenues paid by refineries, and primary and secondary products
37 and markets;
38     (ii) A summary of projected scenarios for Washington refineries'
39 primary markets, taking into account realistic, real world outcomes,
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1 given   existing    mandated   decarbonization   targets,    feedstock
2 availability, and statutes that impact Washington refinery products;
3     (iii) A summary of anticipated short-term, medium-term, and long-
4 term economic viability of the five Washington oil refineries based
5 on refinery product demand forecasts as outlined in (b)(ii) of this
6 subsection;
7     (iv) A forecast of direct and indirect effects of the projected
8 petroleum decline, including indirect employment impacts, the
9 geography of those impacts, and impacts to local jurisdictions,
10 utilities, ports, and special purpose districts from reduction in tax
11 revenues, and impacts to local nonprofits and community programs from
12 the refining industry;
13     (v) An assessment of potential future uses of refinery sites that
14 include energy industrial, nonenergy industrial, heavy manufacturing,
15 and industrial symbiosis, including an assessment of previously
16 closed refinery sites throughout the United States and current use of
17 those sites. Each potential future use shall be assessed and include
18 data regarding: Greenhouse gas emissions, local pollution and
19 environmental health, direct and indirect employment benefits,
20 estimated tax impacts, potential costs to Washington residents, and
21 feasibility based on relevant market trends; and an assessment of
22 previously closed refinery sites throughout the United States and
23 current use of those sites;
24     (vi) The competitive position of Washington refineries to produce
25 alternative fuels consistent with Washington's emissions reductions
26 defined in RCW 70A.45.020, the anticipated regional, national, and
27 global demand for these fuels between 2023 and 2050; and the likely
28 employment, tax, environmental, cultural, and treaty impacts of
29 refinery conversion to these alternative fuels;
30     (vii) An identification of refinery workers' skillsets, potential
31 alternative sectors and industries of employment, an assessment and
32 comparison of total compensation and benefit packages including
33 retirement and health care programs of current and alternative jobs,
34 impacts to apprenticeship utilization, and the current and expected
35 availability of those jobs in Pierce, Skagit, and Whatcom counties;
36     (viii) A land and water remediation analysis; including cost
37 estimates, current terrestrial and aquatic pollution mapping, an
38 overview of existing policies and regulations that determine
39 accountability for cleanup and identifies gaps that may leave local
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1 and state taxpayers financially liable, and an assessment of the
2 workforce and skills required for potential cleanup;
3     (ix) A summary of existing petroleum refining capacity and trends
4 in Washington, the United States, and internationally; and
5     (x) An assessment of decline or loss of tax revenues supporting
6 state environmental programs including the model toxics control act,
7 the pollution liability insurance agency, and other programs, as well
8 as the decline or loss of transportation gas tax revenues.
9     (c) The department may require data and analysis from refinery
10 owners and operators to inform the study. Pursuant to RCW 42.56.270,
11 data shared or obtained in the course of this study is not subject to
12 public disclosure. Where unavailable, the department and entity
13 commissioned to complete the study shall rely on the best available
14 public data.
15     (d) The study must include a robust public engagement process
16 including local and state elected officials, labor groups, fence line
17 communities, port districts, economic development associations, and
18 environmental organizations in Skagit, Whatcom, and Pierce counties,
19 and the five Washington refineries.
20     (e) The department must offer early, meaningful, and individual
21 consultation with any affected Indian tribe for the purpose of
22 understanding potential impacts to tribal rights and resources
23 including cultural resources, archaeological sites, sacred sites,
24 fisheries, and human health.
25     (17)   $600,000   of   the   climate   commitment   account—state
26 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
27 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5447 (alternative jet fuel).
28    (18)   $1,000,000   of   the   climate   commitment   account—state
29 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to the Yakama Nation for
30 an advanced rail energy storage project.
31     (19)   $800,000   of   the   climate   commitment   account—state
32 appropriation is provided solely to contract with a nonprofit entity
33 to serve as a Washington state green bank. The purpose of the funds
34 is to leverage federal funds available for green bank development to
35 support development of sustainable and clean energy financing
36 solutions within Washington. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
37 approved at the 2024 general election, upon the effective date of the
38 measure, funds from the consolidated climate account may not be used
39 for the purposes in this subsection.
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1      (20)   $2,500,000   of  the climate   commitment  account—state
2  appropriation is provided solely for the department to build an
3  internet web portal for grant seekers and to establish a marketing
4  and   outreach   campaign  that makes   information  about   funding
5  opportunities widely available. Of the amount provided in this
6  subsection:
7     (a)   $1,000,000  of   the  climate  commitment   account—state
8 appropriation is provided solely for the department to build an
9 internet web portal that provides a centralized location for grant
10 seekers to find all state and federal grant and incentive
11 opportunities in the energy, climate, and clean technology sectors.
12 The portal shall include, but is not limited to, an interactive
13 internet website that is launched to include, at a minimum,
14 information identifying every grant administered by the state and
15 incentive opportunities that will provide clean energy and climate
16 assistance. The department, in consultation with the governor's
17 office, shall ensure that the internet website is accessible and
18 provides helpful information to a diverse set of potential applicants
19 including, but not limited to, nonprofit and community-based
20 organizations, and other entities that are working to support and
21 benefit tribes, rural communities, and vulnerable and overburdened
22 communities. Funds provided in this subsection (a) may not be
23 expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure
24 No. 2117 is approved in the general election, this subsection (a) is
25 null and void upon the effective date of the measure.
26     (b)   $1,500,000  of   the   climate   commitment  account—state
27 appropriation is provided solely for the department to establish a
28 marketing and outreach campaign that makes information about funding
29 opportunities widely available and easy to understand, encouraging
30 more people and organizations to participate. The department shall
31 work with consultants and third-party administrators to identify a
32 range of groups including tribes, vulnerable and overburdened
33 communities, rural communities, local governments, businesses of all
34 sizes, households, nonprofits, educational institutions, and the
35 clean energy developers and clean tech manufacturers that would
36 benefit from state and federal funding available for clean energy
37 projects. The campaign shall include a comprehensive marketing and
38 outreach strategy, using various ways to communicate, ensuring all
39 materials are clear, simple, and available in multiple languages, and
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1 employing   best  practices   for  communicating   with  diverse   and
2 underserved communities. The department, along with selected partners
3 and third-party administrators, shall work with organizations
4 directly serving these communities to extend the reach of these
5 communications, with a goal of directing at least 40 percent of the
6 marketing   and  outreach   funds  expended   to  benefit   vulnerable
7 populations in overburdened communities. If Initiative Measure No.
8 2117 is approved at the 2024 general election, upon the effective
9 date of the measure, funds from the consolidated climate account may
10 not be used for the purposes in this subsection (b).
11     (21)(a) $5,000,000 of the climate commitment account—state
12 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a
13 program to assist community-based organizations, local governments,
14 ports, tribes, and other entities to access federal tax incentives
15 and grants. Eligible entities for the program include, but are not
16 limited to, local governments in Washington, tribal governments and
17 tribal entities, community-based organizations, housing authorities,
18 ports, transit agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit
19 businesses. The department shall prioritize assistance that benefits
20 vulnerable populations in overburdened communities, with a goal of
21 directing at least 25 percent of funds to this purpose.
22     (b) Within the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, the
23 department must contract with a nonprofit organization to provide the
24 following services:
25     (i) Development of tax guidance resources for clean energy tax
26 credits, including core legal documents to be used broadly across
27 stakeholders;
28     (ii) Providing tailored marketing materials for these resources
29 targeting underserved entities; and
30     (iii) Providing funds to subcontract with clean energy tax
31 attorneys to pilot office hours style support available to eligible
32 entities across the state.
33     (c) If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved at the 2024
34 general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
35 the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
36 this subsection.
37     (22)(a) $2,500,000 of the climate commitment account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for the department to support a
39 tribal clean energy innovation and training center in partnership and
40 colocated at Northwest Indian College. The center aims to support
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1 tribal energy goals and pursue clean energy deployment opportunities
2 that enhance tribal energy sovereignty and well-being among tribes.
3     (b) Activities of the center include, but are not limited to: (i)
4 Developing technical training offerings that could build the tribal
5 workforce   pipeline,   especially  in   emerging  technologies   like
6 geothermal heat pumps and hydrogen technologies, and provide economic
7 development   opportunities   and  resources   to  the  region;   (ii)
8 researching and demonstrating the feasibility of innovative clean
9 energy technologies that also nourish and protect the environment;
10 and (iii) creating a model for tribal clean energy centers that can
11 be adopted by other tribal colleges in the region to establish clean
12 energy deployment and land use best practices built on tribal
13 knowledge.
14     (c) If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved at the 2024
15 general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
16 the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
17 this subsection.
18     (23)   $4,500,000  of    the  climate   commitment   account—state
19 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a
20 grant   program   to  assist   community-based   organizations,  local
21 governments, ports, tribes, and other entities to author federal
22 grant applications and to provide support for federal grant reporting
23 for entities that receive federal grants. The department will
24 determine a process for prioritizing applicants, including first time
25 or underserved applicants, tribes, and rural areas of the state. The
26 state may also partner with third-party administrators and regional
27 and local partners, such as associate development organizations and
28 other local nonprofits to ensure equitable access to resources.
29 Eligible entities for the program include, but are not limited to,
30 local governments in Washington, tribal governments and tribal
31 entities, community-based organizations, housing authorities, ports,
32 transit agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit businesses.
33 The department shall prioritize grants that provide benefit to
34 vulnerable populations in overburdened communities, with a goal of
35 directing at least 60 percent of funds to this purpose. If Initiative
36 Measure No. 2117 is approved at the 2024 general election, upon the
37 effective date of the measure, funds from the consolidated climate
38 account may not be used for the purposes in this subsection.
39     (24)   $539,000   of  the   climate   commitment   account—state
40 appropriation is provided solely for the department to develop plans
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1  to test hydrogen combustion and resulting nitrogen oxides (NOx)
2  emissions, technical assistance for strategic end uses of hydrogen, a
3  feasibility assessment regarding underground storage of hydrogen in
4  Washington, and an environmental justice toolkit for hydrogen
5  projects. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the 2024
6  general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
7  the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
8  this subsection.
9     (25)   $1,112,000  of   the  climate   commitment  account—state
10 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
11 Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1282 (buy clean and buy fair),
12 including to develop and maintain a publicly accessible database for
13 covered projects to submit environmental and working conditions data,
14 to convene a technical work group, and to develop legislative
15 reports. If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
16 provided in this subsection shall lapse. Funds provided in this
17 subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025.
18 If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the general election,
19 the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse upon the effective
20 date of the measure.
21     (26) (($3,500,000 of the climate commitment account—state
22 appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide and
23 facilitate   access   to   energy   assistance   programs,  including
24 incentives, energy audits, and rebate programs to retrofit homes and
25 small businesses. Funds provided in this subsection may not be
26 expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure
27 No. 2117 is approved in the general election, this subsection is null
28 and void upon the effective date of the measure.
29     (27)   $750,000   of   the   climate   commitment    account—state
30 appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide
31 technical assistance and education materials to help counties
32 establish effective commercial property assessed clean energy and
33 resiliency (C-PACER) programs. Funds provided in this subsection may
34 not be expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative
35 Measure No. 2117 is approved in the general election, this subsection
36 is null and void upon the effective date of the measure.
37     (28)   $3,000,000  of  the   climate   commitment  account—state
38 appropriation is provided solely for the department to establish a
39 Washington clean energy ambassadors program. This program will offer
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1 education, planning, technical assistance, and community engagement
2 across the state. Ambassadors will link local entities with resources
3 and best practices to enable clean energy access for all communities
4 and promote a just transition to a net-zero economy. The department
5 must   prioritize   providing  meaningful   benefits   to   vulnerable
6 populations in overburdened communities as defined under RCW
7 70A.02.010. Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
8 obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
9 approved in the general election, this subsection is null and void
10 upon the effective date of the measure. This program must:
11     (a) Identify a pilot cohort of intermediary organizations;
12     (b) Recruit and train clean energy ambassadors;
13     (c) Host community energy and resilience educational events and
14 workshops; and
15     (d) Provide technical assistance to help governments, community-
16 based organizations, businesses, and communities obtain clean energy
17 resources.
18     (29) $150,000,000)) $146,700,000 of the climate commitment
19 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the department to
20 provide clean energy for Washington families grants for public and
21 private electric utilities to provide bill credits for low-income and
22 moderate-income residential electricity customers to help with the
23 clean energy transition in the amount of $200 per household, by
24 September 15, 2024. Low and moderate-income is defined as less than
25 150 percent of area median income. Utilities must prioritize
26 customers in vulnerable populations in overburdened communities as
27 defined under RCW 70A.02.010, such as those that have participated in
28 the low-income home energy assistance program, utility payment plans,
29 or ratepayer-funded assistance programs. Utilities must first
30 prioritize bill credits for customers at or below 80 percent area
31 median income and if funds remain, may expand bill credits for
32 customers up to 150 percent of area median income. Utilities may
33 qualify customers through self-attestation. Utilities may, but are
34 not required to, work with community action agencies to administer
35 these funds. Each utility shall disburse funds directly to customer
36 accounts and adhere to program communications guidelines provided by
37 the department. Utilities may use up to five percent of their grant
38 funds for administrative costs associated with the disbursement of
39 funds provided in this subsection. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
40 approved in the 2024 general election, upon the effective date of the
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1 measure, funds from the consolidated climate account may not be used
2 for the purposes in this subsection.
3     (((30))) (27) $350,000 of the climate commitment account—state
4 appropriation is provided solely for the authority to contract with
5 Tacoma power, to conduct a feasibility study, including scoping
6 project costs, on pumped storage at Tacoma power's Mossyrock dam. The
7 contract is exempt from the competitive procurement requirements in
8 chapter 39.26 RCW. Funds provided in this subsection may not be
9 expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure
10 No. 2117 is approved in the general election, this subsection is null
11 and void upon the effective date of the measure.
12     (((31))) (28) $1,000,000 of the natural climate solutions account
13 —state appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide
14 grants to the following public utility districts for the costs of
15 relocating utilities necessitated by fish barrier removal projects:
16 Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kittitas, Mason public utility
17 district no. 1, Mason public utility district no. 2, Skagit, and
18 Thurston. Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
19 obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
20 approved in the general election, this subsection is null and void
21 upon the effective date of the measure.
22     (((32))) (29)(a) $600,000 of the climate commitment account—state
23 appropriation is provided solely for the department to administer a
24 grant program for cities and counties to establish permitting
25 processes that rely on the online automated permit processing
26 software developed by the national renewable energy laboratory and
27 that applies to any combination of the following permitting: Solar,
28 energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, or other
29 similar clean energy applications included within the suite of
30 capabilities of the online automated permit processing software. To
31 be eligible for grant funding under this subsection, a city or county
32 is only required to submit a notice of their intent to participate in
33 the program.
34     (b) The department must award grants of no less than $20,000 to
35 each city or county that provides notice by December 1, 2024.
36     (c) In the event that more than a total of 30 cities and counties
37 notify the department of their intent to participate in the program,
38 the department must prioritize jurisdictions based on:
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1     (i) The timeline on which the jurisdiction is willing to commit
2 to transitioning to the online automated permit processing software;
3 and
4     (ii) The total number of covered permits expected to be issued by
5 the jurisdiction, based on recent historical permit data submitted to
6 the department by the city or county.
7     (d) In the event that fewer than 30 cities and counties notify
8 the department of their intent to participate in the program, the
9 department may allocate a greater amount of financial assistance than
10 a standard minimum grant of $20,000 to jurisdictions that expect to
11 experience comparatively high costs to transition to the online
12 automated permit processing software.
13     (e) The department may use up to five percent of the amount
14 provided in this subsection for administrative costs.
15     (f) Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
16 obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
17 approved in the general election, this subsection is null and void
18 upon the effective date of the measure.
19     (((33))) (30) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
20 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
21 social service organization located in King county's Rainier Valley
22 neighborhood with an innovative learning center. Funding must be used
23 to support an electrification preapprenticeship program for formerly
24 incarcerated individuals and community members who are low income or
25 homeless that offers hands-on technical training targeting clean
26 energy methods that will align the participant's qualifications with
27 solar technician apprenticeships and employment opportunities.
28     (((34))) (31) $250,000 of the climate commitment account—state
29 appropriation is provided solely for the department to contract with
30 a nonprofit entity that represents the maritime industry to develop
31 and publish a strategic framework regarding the production, supply,
32 and use of sustainable maritime fuels and deployment of low and zero-
33 emissions vessel technologies in Washington. Funding under this
34 subsection may be used for activities including, but not limited to,
35 convening   stakeholders    and   building   organizational    capacity.
36 Stakeholder engagement pursuant to this subsection shall include, at
37 a minimum, engagement with federal and state agencies, ports,
38 industry,     labor,     research     institutions,      nongovernmental
39 organizations,   and  relevant    federally   recognized   tribes.   The
40 department shall submit a copy of the strategic framework and
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1 findings to the legislature and the governor by June 30, 2025. Funds
2 provided in this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to
3 January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the
4 general election, this subsection is null and void upon the effective
5 date of the measure.
6     (((35))) (32) $182,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
7 for fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for wildfire recovery costs
8 from the Gray wildfire that impacted the city of Medical Lake.
9 Recovery costs include procurement of water for firefighting,
10 restoration of water and sewer infrastructure, replacement of water
11 meters, emergency sewer capping, and various other costs associated
12 with wildfire recovery.
13     (((36))) (33) $500,000 of the climate commitment account—state
14 appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide a
15 grant to the Muckleshoot Indian tribe for high-speed charging
16 stations for electric vehicles on highway 164 near Dogwood street.
17 Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or obligated
18 prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved
19 in the general election, this subsection is null and void upon the
20 effective date of the measure.
21     (((37))) (34) $150,000 of the climate commitment account—state
22 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to the smart building
23 center education program to develop a qualified energy manager
24 training program. The program must be available on demand and at no
25 cost to the owners and operators of all tier 2 buildings to assist in
26 complying with Washington's clean buildings performance standards.
27 Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or obligated
28 prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved
29 in the general election, this subsection is null and void upon the
30 effective date of the measure.
31     (((38))) (35) $150,000 of the climate commitment account—state
32 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to conduct up to three
33 feasibility studies that will investigate the expansion of sewer heat
34 recovery programs and pilots, within Washington state, to support
35 decarbonization of the built environment. The feasibility studies
36 will explore and review sewer heat recovery systems' potential
37 benefits, implementation strategies, and necessary considerations to
38 maximize decarbonization. The sites will be selected from the
39 following: Decarbonization of a university campus district steam
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1  system, a rural community with agricultural and/or industrial focus,
2  a tribal development, and/or another appropriate site. Funds provided
3  in this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January
4  1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the general
5  election, this subsection is null and void upon the effective date of
6  the measure.
7     (((39))) (36)(a) $500,000 of the climate commitment account—state
8 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to establish the
9 Washington just and rapid transition climate tech program. The grant
10 will provide funding for the recruitment, development, business
11 training, and support of underserved climate technology innovators,
12 entrepreneurs, and organizations developing or deploying solutions in
13 the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, sustainable
14 transportation, and other technology solving for the environmental
15 challenges facing overburdened communities in Washington.
16     (b) Activities may include supporting entrepreneurs in preparing
17 for private investment; technical assistance for entrepreneurs
18 receiving state directed federal equity and debt capital; assistance
19 accessing or leveraging the use of federal funding; business coaching
20 and mentoring; and connections to technical and business resources.
21     (c) The grant recipient must be a nonprofit organization that has
22 been awarded, from the state of Washington, federal state small
23 business credit initiative funds for investment in Washington climate
24 tech entrepreneurs, and must also have experience managing investment
25 funding and providing entrepreneurial support programs and federal
26 funding assistance to early-stage climate start-ups and businesses
27 based in Washington. The grant recipient should have experience
28 providing services to individuals and companies led by individuals
29 from underrepresented groups, including BIPOC, women, and individuals
30 residing in rural communities and have working partnerships with
31 state research universities, climate tech industry associations, and
32 community-based organizations serving underserved communities.
33     (d) If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the 2024
34 general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
35 the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
36 this subsection.
37     (((40))) (37) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
38 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to provide
39 a grant for a study on how other states regulate and permit
40 agritourism and bring the advocates of interested groups together to
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1 resolve outstanding issues about permitting in agricultural areas,
2 the sale of beer, wine, and cider, and the use of agricultural
3 buildings for agritourism purposes. A report of the findings and
4 recommendations must be submitted to the legislature in accordance
5 with RCW 43.01.036 by June 30, 2025.
6     (((41))) (38) $750,000 of the climate commitment account—state
7 appropriation is provided solely for a grant to the city of
8 Ellensburg for decarbonization planning and implementation. The
9 funding must be used by the city for staff or contractors to develop
10 and implement strategies to comply with the requirements of climate
11 commitment act and decarbonize their natural gas utility. Funds
12 provided in this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to
13 January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the
14 general election, this subsection is null and void upon the effective
15 date of the measure.
16     (((42))) (39) $199,000 of the climate commitment account—state
17 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
18 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6039 (geothermal energy resources). If the
19 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
20 subsection shall lapse. Funds provided in this subsection may not be
21 expended or obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure
22 No. 2117 is approved in the general election, the amount provided in
23 this subsection shall lapse upon the effective date of the measure.
24     (((43))) (40) $272,000 of the climate commitment account—state
25 appropriation   for  fiscal   year  2025   is  provided   solely  for
26 implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2131 (thermal
27 energy networks). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the
28 amount provided in this subsection shall lapse. Funds provided in
29 this subsection may not be expended or obligated prior to January 1,
30 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the general
31 election, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse upon the
32 effective date of the measure.
33     (((44))) (41) $1,850,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
34 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of
35 Engrossed   Second    Substitute   House   Bill No.   1899   (wildfire
36 reconstruction).   Of   the   amount   provided in  this   subsection,
37 $1,700,000 is provided solely for grants. If the bill is not enacted
38 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
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1     (((45))) (42)(a) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
2 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to
3 contract with the Washington state academy of sciences to conduct a
4 study to determine the value of distributed solar and storage in
5 Washington state, including any factors the academy finds relevant,
6 in order to create recommendations and options for a methodology or
7 methodologies that utility regulators and governing bodies may use
8 after the statutory four percent net metering threshold is met. In
9 the course of their research and analysis, the academy shall engage
10 relevant stakeholders focused on the value of distributed energy
11 resources in Washington state, including solar, storage, vehicle to
12 grid, and other resources. This shall include, but is not limited to,
13 representatives   from   consumer-owned   utilities,   municipal-owned
14 utilities, investor-owned utilities, utility regulators, the rooftop
15 solar and storage industry, as well as advocacy organizations
16 involved with consumer advocacy, environmental justice, clean energy,
17 climate change, labor unions, and federally recognized Indian tribes.
18     (b) The Washington state academy of sciences shall submit an
19 interim report to the department and the utilities and transportation
20 commission by June 30, 2025. This interim report must include a plan
21 and cost estimates for further work in the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium
22 to develop policy recommendations and submit a final report to the
23 department and the utilities and transportation commission.
24     (((46))) (43) $24,000 of the climate commitment account—state
25 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
26 House Bill No. 1924 (fusion technology policies). If the bill is not
27 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
28 shall lapse. Funds provided in this subsection may not be expended or
29 obligated prior to January 1, 2025. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
30 approved in the general election, the amount provided in this
31 subsection shall lapse upon the effective date of the measure.
32     Sec. 115.   2024 c 376 s 131 (uncodified) is amended to read as
33 follows:
34 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE—PROGRAM SUPPORT
35 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $24,818,000
36 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($22,062,000))
37$12,398,000
38 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . .   $8,035,000
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1 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .     $2,129,000
2 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
3    (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $5,000
4 ((Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
5     (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $7,000
6 Affordable Housing for All Account—State
7    Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $192,000
8 Building Code Council Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . $4,000))
9 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . .     $253,000
10 ((Community and Economic Development Fee Account—
11     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $257,000))
12 Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal
13     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $1,050,000
14 ((Economic Development Strategic Reserve Account—
15    State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      $47,000
16 Energy Efficiency Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . .     $19,000
17 Financial Fraud and Identity Theft Crimes
18     Investigation and Prosecution Account—State
19     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $47,000))
20 Growth Management Planning and Environmental Review
21     Fund—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $146,000
22 ((Home Security Fund Account—State Appropriation. . . . .     $1,449,000
23 Lead Paint Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $31,000
24 Liquor Excise Tax Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $397,000
25 Liquor Revolving Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $18,000
26 Low-Income Weatherization and Structural
27     Rehabilitation Assistance Account—State
28     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $13,000
29 Public Facilities Construction Loan Revolving
30     Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $330,000
31 Public Works Assistance Account—State Appropriation. . . . $2,044,000
32 Washington Housing Trust Account—State Appropriation. . $1,198,000))
33TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .  (($64,551,000))
34$48,834,000
35     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
36 conditions and limitations:
37    (1) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
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1 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants and associated
2 technical assistance and administrative costs to foster collaborative
3 partnerships that expand child care capacity in communities. Eligible
4 applicants   include   nonprofit  organizations,   school  districts,
5 educational service districts, and local governments. These funds may
6 be expended only after the approval of the director of the department
7 of commerce and must be used to support planning and activities that
8 help communities address the shortage of child care, prioritizing
9 partnerships serving in whole or in part areas identified as child
10 care access deserts. The department must submit a report to the
11 legislature on the use of funds by June 30, 2025. The report shall
12 include, but is not limited to:
13     (a) The number and location of organizations, school districts,
14 educational service districts, and local governments receiving
15 grants;
16    (b) The number of grants issued and their size; and
17    (c) Any information from grantee organizations on outcomes.
18    (2) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit
21 organization located in the city of Vancouver that is the lead
22 organization in a collaborative partnership to expand child care
23 capacity in southwest Washington, for activities that will increase
24 access to affordable, high-quality child care and help meet community
25 needs.
26     (3) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 is provided solely for the work group created in section
28 916 of this act to examine fire service delivery.
29     (4)(a) $30,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to produce a study of
31 the   retirement  preparedness   of  Washington  residents   and  the
32 feasibility of establishing a portable individual retirement account
33 savings program with automatic enrollment (auto-IRA) for private
34 sector workers who do not have workplace retirement benefits. To
35 conduct the study, the department shall enter into an agreement with
36 a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank and research center based in
37 Washington, D.C. that is unaffiliated with any institution of higher
38 education and with a mission to generate a foundation of facts that
39 enriches the public dialog and supports sound decision making. This
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1 research center will be responsible for the production of the study
2 to the department. The center shall not be reimbursed for costs nor
3 shall it receive or retain any of the funds. With the advice and
4 consent of the department, the center may select a research
5 institution, entity, or individual located in Washington state with
6 expertise and proficiency in demographic analysis, retirement
7 systems, or retirement planning to collaborate with on this study.
8 The appropriation may be used by the department to enter into a
9 contract with this partner entity for the partner entity's
10 contributions to the study. Any funds not provided to the partner
11 entity or otherwise unused shall be returned.
12     (b) The study must analyze current state and federal programs and
13 recent state and federal statutory and rule changes that encourage
14 citizens to save for retirement by participating in retirement
15 savings plans, including plans pursuant to sections 401(k), 403(b),
16 408, 408(a), 408(k), 408(p), and 457(b) of the internal revenue code.
17 The scope of the analysis must include:
18     (i) An examination of potential retirement savings options for
19 self-employed   individuals,   part-time  employees,   and   full-time
20 employees whose employers do not offer a retirement savings plan;
21     (ii) Estimates of the impact on the state budget from shortfalls
22 in retirement savings or income, including on public budgets from
23 taxpayer-financed elderly assistance programs and a loss of economic
24 activity by seniors;
25     (iii) The level of interest by private sector Washington
26 employers in participating in an auto-IRA program;
27     (iv) A determination of how prepared financial institutions will
28 be to offer these plans in compliance with federal requirements on
29 all new retirement plans going into effect in 2025;
30     (v) Findings that clarify the gaps in retirement savings services
31 currently offered by financial institutions;
32     (vi) An examination of the impact of retirement savings on income
33 and wealth inequality;
34     (vii) An estimate of the costs to start up an auto-IRA program,
35 an estimate of the time for the program to reach self-sufficiency,
36 and potential funding options;
37     (viii) The experience of other states that have implemented or
38 are implementing a similar auto-IRA program for employers and
39 employees, as well as program impacts on the market for retirement
40 plan products and services;
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1     (ix) An evaluation of the feasibility and benefits of interstate
2 partnerships and cooperative agreements with similar auto-IRA
3 programs established in other jurisdictions, including contracting
4 with another state to use that state's auto-IRA program, partnering
5 with one or more states to create a joint auto-IRA program, or
6 forming a consortium with one or more other states in which certain
7 aspects   of  each   state's  auto-IRA   program   are combined  for
8 administrative convenience and efficiency;
9     (x) An assessment of potential changes in enrollment in a joint
10 auto-IRA program if potential participants are concurrently enrolled
11 in the federal "saver's credit" program;
12     (xi) An assessment of how a range of individuals or communities
13 view wealth, as well as ways to accumulate assets;
14     (xii) The appropriate state agency and potential structure for
15 implementing an auto-IRA program; and
16     (xiii) Recommendations for statutory changes or appropriations
17 for establishing an auto-IRA program.
18     (c) By December 15, 2023, the department must submit a report to
19 the appropriate committees of the legislature in compliance with RCW
20 43.01.036 on the study findings.
21     (5) $750,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund—
22 federal appropriation is provided solely for a nonprofit, tax-exempt
23 charitable organization comprised of a coalition of over 90 nonprofit
24 and business leaders located in King county working to include black,
25 indigenous, and people of color in the region's COVID-19 pandemic
26 recovery.
27     (6)   $253,000  of   the   climate  commitment   account—state
28 appropriation is provided solely for the department to incorporate
29 equity and environmental justice into agency grant programs with the
30 goal of reducing programmatic barriers to vulnerable populations in
31 overburdened   communities   in  accessing   department  funds.   The
32 department shall prioritize grant programs receiving funds from the
33 accounts established under RCW 70A.65.240, 70A.65.250, 70A.65.260,
34 70A.65.270, and 70A.65.280. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is
35 approved in the 2024 general election, upon the effective date of the
36 measure, funds from the consolidated climate account may not be used
37 for the purposes in this subsection.
38     (7) (($325,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract for and
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1 implement a pilot program for onsite or near-site child care
2 facilities to serve children of construction workers. The pilot
3 program must be administered as a competitive grant program and
4 include at least one pilot site near a long-term construction
5 project, onsite at construction companies, or onsite at places of
6 apprenticeship training or worker dispatch. Eligible grant applicants
7 for the program may include nonprofit organizations or employers in
8 partnership with nonprofit organizations. To qualify for a grant, the
9 applicant must be in partnership with one organization representing
10 child care labor, and one organization representing construction
11 labor or a registered apprenticeship program. Preference will be
12 given   to  proposals  that   demonstrate  commitment   to  providing
13 nonstandard hours of care. Of the amounts provided in this
14 subsection:
15     (a) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 is for grants for the creation and implementation of the
17 pilot site or sites. Grant funding may be used to acquire, renovate,
18 or construct a child care facility, as well as for administrative
19 start-up costs, licensing costs, reporting to the department, and
20 creating a sustainability plan.
21     (b)(i) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to contract with a
23 nonprofit organization to provide technical assistance to grant
24 awardees and for status reports to the department. The nonprofit
25 organization must be headquartered in Tukwila and provide grassroots
26 professional development opportunities to early care and education
27 professionals throughout Washington state.
28     (ii) The department must submit a report on the results of the
29 pilot program to the legislature and the office of the governor by
30 June 30, 2025.
31     (8)))(a) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to examine
33 allowable expenses and the contracting process of human service
34 provider contracts that have been directly contracted by the
35 department or have been contracted by an entity that received funding
36 by these departments for human services. The department may contract
37 with an external consultant to consult a work group and evaluate the
38 following issues:
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1     (i) Assess if existing contracting structures for human service
2 providers that utilize state funding are adequate for sustaining the
3 human services sector;
4     (ii) Assess alternative contracting structures for human service
5 providers that may exist within the United States;
6     (iii) Assess the viability of a lowest responsible bidder
7 contracting structure for state human service providers contracts;
8     (iv) Facilitate discussion amongst interested parties; and
9     (v) Develop recommendations for necessary changes in state RCW or
10 agency rule.
11     (b) The department or consultant must engage with and seek
12 recommendations from a work group representing diverse organizations
13 from around the state and whose membership may include:
14     (i) Human service provider organizations;
15     (ii) State government agencies that manage human service
16 contracts;
17     (iii) The office of equity; and
18     (iv) Local governments.
19     (((d))) (c) The department must submit a final report to the
20 governor and appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30,
21 2025. The final report must include:
22     (i) An evaluation of existing contracting structures for human
23 service provider contracts that utilize state funding are creating
24 hardship for human service providers; and
25     (ii) Recommendations for necessary changes in the Revised Code of
26 Washington or agency rule to address structural hardships in human
27 services contracting.
28     Sec. 116.   2024 c 376 s 133 (uncodified) is amended to read as
29 follows:
30 FOR THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
31 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $20,390,000
32 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($24,967,000))
33$22,048,000
34 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $38,434,000
35 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .     $3,943,000
36 Climate Investment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . .     $811,000
37 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . .     $5,985,000
38 Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund—Federal
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1     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $656,000
2  Personnel Service Account—State Appropriation. . . . . .     $27,396,000
3  Higher Education Personnel Services Account—State
4      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $1,497,000
5  Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Line
6      Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
7  Statewide Information Technology System Development
8      Revolving Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . $200,458,000
9  Office of Financial Management Central Service
10    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . $33,189,000
11TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($358,026,000))
12$355,107,000
13     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
14 conditions and limitations:
15     (1)(a) The student achievement council and all institutions of
16 higher education as defined in RCW 28B.92.030 and eligible for state
17 financial aid programs under chapters 28B.92 and 28B.118 RCW shall
18 ensure that data needed to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of
19 state financial aid programs are promptly transmitted to the
20 education data center so that it is available and easily accessible.
21 The data to be reported must include but not be limited to:
22     (i) The number of Washington college grant and college bound
23 recipients;
24     (ii) Persistence and completion rates of Washington college grant
25 recipients and college bound recipients, disaggregated by institution
26 of higher education;
27     (iii) Washington college grant recipients grade point averages;
28 and
29     (iv) Washington college grant and college bound scholarship
30 program costs.
31     (b) The student achievement council shall submit student unit
32 record data for state financial aid program applicants and recipients
33 to the education data center.
34     (2)(a)   $200,312,000   of  the   information  technology  system
35 development revolving account—state appropriation is provided solely
36 for the one Washington enterprise resource planning statewide program
37 phase 1A (agency financial reporting system replacement) and is
38 subject to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of
39 section 701 of this act.
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1     (b) Of the amount provided in this subsection:
2     (i) $64,780,000 of the information technology system development
3 revolving account—state appropriation is provided solely for a
4 technology pool to pay for phase 1A (agency financial reporting
5 system replacement—core financials) state agency costs due to legacy
6 system remediation work associated with impacted financial systems
7 and interfaces. The office of financial management must manage the
8 pool, authorize funds, track costs by agency by fiscal month, and
9 report after each fiscal month close on the agency spending to the
10 consolidated technology services agency so that the spending is
11 included in the statewide dashboard actual spending;
12     (ii) $5,650,000 of the information technology system development
13 revolving   account—state   appropriation   is   provided   solely   for
14 organizational change management;
15     (iii) $1,380,000 of the information technology system development
16 revolving   account—state appropriation is provided solely for an
17 interagency agreement with consolidated technology services for one
18 dedicated information technology consultant and two dedicated system
19 architect staff to be contracted from the office of the chief
20 information officer. These staff will work with state agencies to
21 ensure preparation and timely decommission of information technology
22 systems that will no longer be necessary post implementation of phase
23 1A (agency financial reporting system replacement—core financials);
24 and
25     (iv) $1,854,000 of the information technology system development
26 revolving  account—state  appropriation  is  provided solely  for
27 dedicated back office administrative support in fiscal year 2024.
28 This includes resources for human resource staff, contract staff,
29 information technology staff, and fiscal staff.
30     (c) The one Washington team must include at least the chair and
31 ranking member of the technology committees and fiscal committees of
32 the senate and house of representatives in system demonstrations of
33 at least these key deliverables:
34     (i) Demonstration of integration build, which must be completed
35 by July 31, 2023; and
36     (ii) Demonstration of workday tenant, which must be completed by
37 November 30, 2023.
38     (d) The one Washington solution and team must use an agile
39 development   model   holding  live   demonstrations of  functioning
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1 software, developed using incremental user research, held at the end
2 of two-week sprints.
3     (e) The one Washington solution must be capable of being
4 continually updated, as necessary.
5     (f) Beginning July 1, 2023, the office of financial management
6 shall provide written quarterly reports, within 30 calendar days of
7 the end of each fiscal quarter, to legislative fiscal committees and
8 the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee to
9 include how funding was spent compared to the budget spending plan
10 for the prior quarter by fiscal month and what the ensuing quarter
11 budget will be by fiscal month. All reporting must be separated by
12 phase of one Washington subprojects. The written report must also
13 include:
14     (i) A list of quantifiable deliverables accomplished and amount
15 spent associated with each deliverable, by fiscal month;
16     (ii) A report on the contract full-time equivalent charged
17 compared to the budget spending plan by month for each contracted
18 vendor, to include interagency agreements with other state agencies,
19 and what the ensuing contract equivalent budget spending plan assumes
20 by fiscal month;
21     (iii) A report identifying each state agency that applied for and
22 received technology pool resources, the staffing equivalent used, and
23 the cost by fiscal month by agency compared to the budget spending
24 plan by fiscal month;
25     (iv) A report on budget spending plan by fiscal month by phase
26 compared to actual spending by fiscal month, and the projected
27 spending plan by fiscal month for the ensuing quarter; and
28     (v) A report on current financial office performance metrics that
29 at least 10 state agencies use, to include the monthly performance
30 data, that began July 1, 2021.
31     (g) Prior to the expenditure of the amounts provided in this
32 subsection, the director of the office of financial management must
33 review and approve the spending in writing.
34     (h) The legislature intends to provide additional funding for
35 fiscal year 2025 costs for phase 1A (agency financial reporting
36 system replacement) to be completed, which is scheduled to be done by
37 June 30, 2025.
38     (3) $250,000 of the office of financial management central
39 services   account—state  appropriation is provided solely for a
40 dedicated information technology budget staff for the work associated
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1 with statewide information technology projects that at least are
2 subject to the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of
3 section 701 of this act and are under the oversight of the office of
4 the chief information officer. The staff will be responsible for
5 providing a monthly financial report after each fiscal month close to
6 fiscal staff of the senate ways and means and house appropriations
7 committees to reflect at least:
8     (a) Fund balance of the information technology pool account after
9 each fiscal month close;
10     (b) Amount by information technology project, differentiated if
11 in the technology pool or the agency budget, of what funding has been
12 approved to date and for the last fiscal month;
13     (c) Amount by agency of what funding has been approved to date
14 and for the last fiscal month;
15     (d) Total amount approved to date, differentiated if in the
16 technology pool or the agency budget, and for the last fiscal month;
17     (e) A projection for the information technology pool account by
18 fiscal month through the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium close, and a
19 calculation spent to date as a percentage of the total appropriation;
20     (f) A projection of each information technology project spending
21 compared to budget spending plan by fiscal month through the
22 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, and a calculation of amount spent to date
23 as a percentage of total project cost; and
24     (g) A list of agencies and projects that have not yet applied for
25 nor been approved for funding by the office of financial management.
26     (4) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter
29 245, Laws of 2022 (state boards, etc./stipends).
30     (5) $39,000 of the climate investment account—state appropriation
31 is provided solely for the office of financial management to complete
32 an analysis of laws regulating greenhouse gas emissions as required
33 by RCW 70A.65.200(10).
34    (6)   $3,060,000   of   the   general   fund—federal   appropriation   and
35 $4,485,000 of the climate commitment account—state appropriation are
36 provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute House Bill
37 No. 1176 (climate-ready communities). A minimum of 60 percent of
38 climate service corps positions created pursuant to the bill shall be
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1 provided to members of vulnerable populations in overburdened
2 communities as defined in RCW 70A.65.010, the climate commitment act.
3     (7) $366,000 of the office of financial management central
4 services   account—state   appropriation   is  provided   solely for
5 implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5512 (higher
6 ed. financial reports).
7     (8) Within existing resources, the labor relations section shall
8 produce a report annually on workforce data and trends for the
9 previous fiscal year. At a minimum, the report must include a
10 workforce profile; information on employee compensation, including
11 salaries and cost of overtime; and information on retention,
12 including average length of service and workforce turnover.
13     (9) $298,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 is provided solely for the office of financial management
15 to convene a task force created in section 913 of this act to
16 identify, plan, and make recommendations on the conversion of the
17 Naselle youth camp property and facilities to an alternate use. Staff
18 support for the task force must be provided by the office of
19 financial management.
20     (10)   Within  existing  resources,   the  office   of  financial
21 management shall convene a work group with the goal to improve the
22 state salary survey and provide employees with a voice in the
23 process. The work group shall consist of five employees from the
24 office of financial management, five representatives from employee
25 labor organizations to act as a coalition on behalf of all labor
26 organizations representing state employees, and one chairperson
27 appointed by the director of the office of financial management, to
28 share information and identify concerns with the state salary survey
29 and benchmark job descriptions. By December 31, 2023, the work group
30 shall provide a report of identified concerns to the fiscal and state
31 government committees of the legislature and the director of the
32 office of financial management.
33    (11)(a)   $410,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
34 fiscal year 2024 and $615,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
35 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to establish
36 a difficult to discharge task force to oversee a pilot program and
37 make recommendations about how to address challenges faced with
38 discharging patients from acute care settings and postacute care
39 capacity by July 1, 2023.
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1     (b) The task force shall consist of six members, one from each of
2 the following:
3     (i) The governor's office;
4     (ii) The health care authority;
5     (iii) The department of social and health services;
6     (iv) The Washington state hospital association;
7     (v) Harborview medical center; and
8     (vi) Postacute care provider organizations.
9     (c) In consultation with stakeholder groups, the governor's
10 office will identify task force members.
11     (d) The task force shall provide recommendations to the governor
12 and appropriate committees of the legislature on topics including,
13 but not limited to:
14     (i)   Pilot    program   implementation   and    evaluation,  and
15 recommendations for statewide implementation;
16     (ii) Available funding mechanisms;
17     (iii) Postacute care and administrative day rates;
18     (iv) Managed care contracting; and
19     (v) Legal, regulatory, and administrative barriers to discharge.
20     (e) The task force shall consult with stakeholders with relevant
21 expertise to inform recommendations, including the health care
22 authority, the department of social and health services, hospitals,
23 postacute care providers, and medicaid managed care organizations.
24     (f) The task force may assemble ad hoc subgroups of stakeholders
25 as necessary to complete its work.
26     (g) The task force and its operations, including any associated
27 ad hoc subgroups, shall be organized and facilitated by the
28 University of Washington through October 31, 2023. Beginning November
29 1, 2023, the office shall identify a contractor to undertake the
30 following responsibilities, with oversight from the task force:
31     (i) Organization and facilitation of the task force, including
32 any associated subgroups;
33     (ii) Management of task force process to ensure deliverables,
34 including report writing;
35     (iii) Oversight of the launch of a two-year pilot project based
36 on a model created by Harborview medical center by November 1, 2023;
37 and
38     (iv) Coordination of pilot implementation, associated reports,
39 and deliverables.
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1      (h) The task force shall provide recommendations to the governor
2  and appropriate committees of the legislature outlining its initial
3  recommendations by November 1, 2023. A report outlining interim
4  recommendations and findings shall be provided by July 1, 2024, and a
5  final report shall be provided by July 1, 2025.
6      (12) $277,000 of the office of financial management central
7 services   account—state   appropriation   is  provided   solely   for
8 implementation of House Bill No. 1679 (student homelessness group).
9     (13)   $772,000   of  the   climate   investment   account—state
10 appropriation is provided solely for the office to develop a data
11 portal and other materials and strategies to improve public and
12 community understanding of expenditures, funding opportunities, and
13 grants, from climate commitment act accounts. The development of the
14 data portal must be coordinated with the department of ecology and
15 the expenditure tracking process described in section 302(13) of this
16 act. "Climate commitment act accounts" means the carbon emissions
17 reduction account created in RCW 70A.65.240, the climate commitment
18 account created in RCW 70A.65.260, the natural climate solutions
19 account created in RCW 70A.65.270, the climate investment account
20 created in RCW 70A.65.250, the air quality and health disparities
21 improvement account created in RCW 70A.65.280, the climate transit
22 programs account created in RCW 46.68.500, and the climate active
23 transportation account created in RCW 46.68.490.
24     (14)(a)   $250,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
25 fiscal year 2024 and (($250,000)) $326,000 of the general fund—state
26 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a joint
27 legislative and executive committee on behavioral health, with
28 members as provided in this subsection:
29     (i) The president of the senate shall appoint three legislative
30 members, including a chair of a senate committee that includes
31 behavioral health within its jurisdiction and a member of the
32 children and youth behavioral health work group;
33     (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint
34 three legislative members, including a chair of a house committee
35 that includes behavioral health within its jurisdiction and a member
36 of the children and youth behavioral health work group;
37     (iii) The governor or his or her designee;
38     (iv) The secretary of the department of social and health
39 services or his or her designee;
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1     (v) The director of the health care authority or his or her
2 designee;
3     (vi) The insurance commissioner or his or her designee;
4     (vii) The secretary of the department of health or his or her
5 designee; and
6     (viii) The secretary of the department of children, youth, and
7 families or his or her designee;
8     (ix) Other agency directors or designees as necessary;
9     (x) Two individuals representing the interests of individuals
10 living with behavioral health conditions; and
11     (xi) The chief executive officer of a Washington nonprofit
12 corporation wholly controlled by the tribes and urban Indian
13 organizations in the state, or the commission delegate if applicable,
14 or his or her designee.
15     (b)(i) The committee must convene by September 1, 2023, and shall
16 meet at least quarterly. The committee member described in (a)(xi) of
17 this subsection must be appointed or selected no later than June 1,
18 2024. Cochairs shall be one legislative member selected by members of
19 the committee at the first meeting and the representative of the
20 governor's office. All meetings are open to the public.
21     (ii) The office of financial management shall contract or hire
22 dedicated staff to facilitate and provide staff support to the
23 nonlegislative members and for facilitation and project management
24 support of the committee. Senate committee services and the house of
25 representatives office of program research shall provide staff
26 support to the legislative members of the committee. The contractor
27 shall support the work of all members of the committee, legislative
28 and nonlegislative.
29     (iii) Within existing appropriations, the cost of meetings must
30 be paid jointly by the senate, house of representatives, and the
31 office of financial management. Committee expenditures are subject to
32 approval by the senate facilities and operations committee and the
33 house of representatives executive rules committee, or their
34 successor committees. Committee members may be reimbursed for travel
35 expenses as authorized under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and chapter
36 44.04 RCW as appropriate.
37     (c) The purpose of the committee is to identify key strategic
38 actions to improve access to behavioral health services, by
39 conducting at least, but not limited to, the following tasks:
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1     (i) Establishing a profile of Washington's current population and
2 its behavioral health needs and a projection of population growth and
3 anticipated need through 2028;
4     (ii) Establishing an inventory of existing and anticipated
5 behavioral health services and supports for adults, children, and
6 youth, including health care providers and facilities;
7     (iii) Assessing the areas of the current system where additional
8 support is needed for Washington's current population;
9     (iv) Establishing an anticipated inventory of future services and
10 supports that will be required to meet the behavioral health needs of
11 the population in 2028 and beyond with a specific emphasis on
12 prevention, early intervention, and home or community-based capacity
13 designed to reduce reliance on emergency, criminal legal, crisis, and
14 involuntary services;
15     (v) Reviewing the integrated care initiative on access to timely
16 and appropriate behavioral health services for individuals with acute
17 behavioral health needs; and
18     (vi)(A) Developing a strategy of actions that the state may take
19 to prepare for the future demographic trends in the population and
20 building the necessary capacity to meet these demands, including but
21 not limited to:
22     (I) Exploring the role that education, housing and homelessness
23 response systems, the criminal legal system, primary health care, and
24 insurance systems have in the identification and treatment of
25 behavioral health issues;
26     (II) Evaluating behavioral health workforce demand and workforce
27 education, training, and continuing education requirements; and
28     (III) Statutory and regulatory changes to promote the most
29 efficient use of resources, such as simplifying administrative
30 procedures, facilitating access to services and supports systems, and
31 improving transitions between care settings.
32     (B) Strategies must:
33     (I) Be based on explicit and measurable actions;
34     (II) Identify what must be done, by whom, and by when to assure
35 implementation;
36     (III)   Estimate   a   cost   to   the   party   responsible  for
37 implementation;
38     (IV) Recommend specific fiscal strategies that rely predominately
39 on state and federal funding;
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1     (V) Include recommendations for needed and appropriate additional
2 caseload forecasting for state-funded behavioral health services; and
3     (VI) Incorporate and reconcile, where necessary, recommendations
4 from past and current behavioral health work groups created by the
5 legislature and network adequacy standards established by the health
6 care authority.
7     (d) The committee shall incorporate input from the office of the
8 insurance commissioner, the caseload forecast council, the health
9 care authority, and other appropriate entities with specialized
10 knowledge of the needs and growth trends of the population and people
11 with behavioral health issues. In the conduct of its business, the
12 committee shall have access, upon request, to health-related data
13 available to state agencies by statute, as allowed by state and
14 federal law. All requested data or other relevant information
15 maintained by an agency shall be provided in a timely manner.
16     (e) The committee shall submit ((a sustainable five-year)) an
17 interim plan to substantially improve access to behavioral health for
18 all Washington residents to the governor, the office of financial
19 management, and the legislature by June 1, 2025.
20     (15) The office of financial management must report to and
21 coordinate with the department of ecology to track expenditures from
22 climate commitment act accounts, as defined and described in RCW
23 70A.65.300 and section 302(13) of this act.
24     (16) $300,000 of the statewide 988 behavioral health crisis
25 response and suicide prevention line account—state appropriation is
26 provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute
27 House Bill No. 1134 (988 system).
28    (17) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2025 is provided solely for the purchase and distribution of
30 accessible technology and devices to support the employment and
31 reasonable accommodation for state employees with disabilities. The
32 office may use funds to purchase accessible technology and devices or
33 the office may provide funds to agencies that employ persons with a
34 disability to purchase accessibility devices such as screen readers,
35 large button/print equipment, magnifiers, accessibility software, and
36 other equipment.
37     (18)(a) $274,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of financial
39 management to conduct an analysis of health care services for
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1 pregnancy-related health care, including preconception, prenatal,
2 labor and delivery, and postpartum care. With regard to these types
3 of services, the analysis shall include, but not be limited to:
4     (i) Access to services and disparities in access;
5     (ii) Cost;
6     (iii) Location and type of provider; and
7     (iv) Demographics of patients and providers.
8     (b) The office of financial management shall submit a report to
9 the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature by
10 June 30, 2025. The report shall include the analysis in (a) of this
11 subsection and must identify and represent the following information
12 in both table and geographical map view:
13     (i) Community and hospital birth centers by name, city, and
14 county;
15     (ii) Annual births by geographical location to include community
16 and hospital birth center, if known;
17     (iii) Greatest gaps in service using data in this subsection.
18     (c) The report required in (b) of this subsection must also
19 include any recommendations for how to fill the gaps in service
20 identified in the data and any recommendations for future analysis.
21     (19) $298,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2025 is provided solely for the office of financial management
23 to convene a task force created in section 905 of this act to
24 identify, plan, and make recommendations on the future use of the
25 Larch corrections center property and facilities to an alternate use.
26 Staff support for the task force must be provided by the office of
27 financial management.
28    (20)(a)   $20,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal year 2024 and $120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
30 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to contract
31 with a third party to complete market research on incarcerated
32 individual communication rates in the United States. The market
33 research must include:
34     (i) Detail by state on the amount each state pays to the vendor
35 contracted to provide communication service rates and rate structures
36 for incarcerated individuals at discrete points of time to include,
37 at least, January 1, 2024, January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2015 for,
38 at least but not limited to:
39     (A) Voice communication;
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1     (B) Video communication;
2     (C) Email communication; and
3     (D) Text messaging communication;
4     (ii) The amount families paid in total for a state's contracted
5 telecom vendor each state fiscal year for at least fiscal years 2018,
6 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023;
7     (iii) Comparative market research analysis on rate structures
8 over time, how those rates compare to the telecommunication fees over
9 the same time, and how the market is anticipated to change by
10 calendar year from calendar year 2024 through calendar year 2030;
11     (iv) Analysis on how many states provide at least voice
12 communication services or any other communication services free of
13 charge to the person initiating and the person receiving the
14 communication and what calendar date that began; and
15     (v) Comparative analysis of any impacted rate structures, and at
16 least those in (a)(i) of this subsection, before communication
17 services are made free of charge to the person initiating and the
18 person receiving the communication compared to the new negotiated
19 rate structures, and at least those in (a)(i) of this subsection,
20 after communication services are made free of charge to the person
21 initiating and the person receiving the communication.
22     (b) The report must be submitted to the governor and the
23 appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by
24 December 31, 2024.
25     (21) (($200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of financial
27 management to evaluate the timeline and effectiveness of services
28 supporting agency requests to downsize, acquire, expand, or relocate
29 state facilities. The office, in collaboration with the department of
30 enterprise services, will contract with an independent entity for the
31 analysis and mapping of service delivery workflow and timeline, with
32 the goal of identifying gaps and opportunities to improve efficiency
33 by June 30, 2025. The contract is exempt from the competitive
34 procurement requirements in chapter 39.26 RCW. The report must be
35 submitted to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
36 committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025.
37    (23)))(a) $140,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2024 and $210,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
39 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office, in
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1 coordination with the department of revenue, to conduct a study of
2 costs to the state, whether actual spending or foregone revenue
3 collections, related to nonprofit health care providers, facilities,
4 and insurers.
5     (b) The study shall quantify the value of state and federal tax
6 preferences, tax-preferred capital financing such as financing
7 available through the Washington health care facilities authority,
8 and other public reimbursement streams available to nonprofit health
9 care providers, facilities, and insurers outside of payment for
10 health care claims.
11     (c) The office must submit a report to the governor and the
12 relevant policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by October
13 1, 2024.
14    (((24))) (22)(a) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
15 for fiscal year 2024 and $900,000 of the general fund—state
16 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office
17 of financial management to conduct a study of the future long-term
18 uses of the Olympic heritage behavioral health campus. The study must
19 assess the options for maximizing the facility's ability to receive
20 federal matching funds for services provided while contributing to
21 the health of the entire state behavioral health system based on
22 community needs. The study must examine Washington behavioral health
23 system trends, including demand and capacity for voluntary and
24 involuntary behavioral health in-patient treatment, forecasted bed
25 need and current and planned statewide capacity for civil and
26 forensic state hospital populations, short-term civil commitment
27 capacity trends, and trends in prosecutorial forensic referrals. The
28 study must also consider area provider admittance and refusal rates.
29 The study must include:
30     (i) An analysis on the types of services which could be provided
31 at the property, including but not limited to:
32     (A) Voluntary behavioral health treatment services, including
33 diversion, prediversion, and specialty services for people with co-
34 occurring conditions including substance use disorders, intellectual
35 or   developmental  disabilities,   traumatic  brain   disorders,  or
36 dementia;
37     (B) Services for patients that are deemed not guilty by reason of
38 insanity;
39     (C) Integrated service approaches that address medical, housing,
40 vocational, and other needs of behaviorally disabled individuals with
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1 criminal   legal  involvement   or   likelihood  of    criminal legal
2 involvement;
3     (D) Long-term involuntary treatment services for specialized
4 populations such as those with developmental disabilities or
5 dementia;
6     (E) Short-term involuntary treatment services;
7     (F) Long-term involuntary treatment services for civil conversion
8 patients;
9     (G) Out-patient intensive behavioral health treatment including
10 partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care;
11     (H) Crisis response services; and
12     (I) Other services that will increase the state's ability to
13 comply with requirements for providing timely admission of competency
14 restoration patients into treatment beds;
15     (ii) Review of potential for additional capacity or services on
16 the entirety of the property, including any capital improvements
17 needed to expand services under the options described in (a)(i) of
18 this subsection;
19     (iii) Identification and evaluation of strategies to obtain
20 federal matching funding opportunities, specifically focusing on
21 innovative medicaid framework adjustments and the consideration of
22 necessary state plan amendments;
23     (iv)   Estimated   costs,    required   staffing   and   workforce
24 availability for each of the recommended types of services if
25 available; and
26     (v) Consideration of options for providers that can provide the
27 different services recommended at the facility and an analysis on the
28 cost differential and potential federal reimbursement for the
29 different providers. The office of financial management may consider
30 a variety of provider types or partners, including, but not limited
31 to:
32     (A) Tribal or local governments;
33     (B) Acute care hospitals already providing similar care;
34     (C) Providers contracted by the health care authority; and
35     (D) State-operated options.
36     (b) The office of financial management shall consult with the
37 University of Washington school of medicine, the health care
38 authority, and the department of social and health services in
39 developing and conducting the study.
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1      (c) The office of financial management shall submit a preliminary
2  report with its findings and recommendations to the governor and the
3  appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by June
4  ((30)) 1, 2025.
5      (d) The office of financial management may contract with one or
6  more third parties and consult with other state entities to conduct
7  the study. The contract is exempt from the competitive procurement
8  requirements in chapter 39.26 RCW.
9     (((25))) (23)(a) $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
10 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office to contract
11 with a consultant to collect, review, and analyze data related to
12 vehicular pursuits and to compile a report. The report must include
13 recommendations to the legislature on what data should be collected
14 by law enforcement agencies throughout the state so that the
15 legislature and other policymakers have consistent and uniform
16 information necessary to evaluate policies on vehicular pursuits. The
17 contractor must gather input from individuals and families with lived
18 experience interacting with law enforcement, including Black,
19 indigenous,   and  communities   of   color,  and   incorporate   this
20 information into the report and recommendations. The report must:
21     (i) Review available data on vehicular pursuits from those
22 agencies accredited by the Washington association of sheriffs and
23 police chiefs, and review a stratified sample of nonaccredited
24 agencies for as many years as their data have been collected,
25 including:
26     (A) The date, time, location, maximum speed, and duration of the
27 incident;
28     (B) The reason for initiating a pursuit;
29     (C) Whether the pursuing officer sought authorization for the
30 pursuit,   or   only  gave  notice   of  the   pursuit,  and   whether
31 authorization for the pursuit was granted;
32     (D) Whether a supervisor denied authorization for the pursuit and
33 the reason for the denial;
34     (E) The number of vehicles and officers involved in the pursuit;
35     (F) The number of law enforcement agencies involved in the
36 pursuit;
37     (G) Whether pursuit intervention techniques were employed, and if
38 so, which ones;
39     (H) Whether the pursuit was terminated at any point, and if so,
40 the reason for termination;
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1     (I) The officer's perception of the age, gender, race, ethnicity,
2 or applicable tribal affiliation of the driver and any passengers of
3 the motor vehicle being pursued;
4     (J) Whether the pursuit resulted in no action, termination,
5 apprehension, warning, citation, arrest and grounds for the arrest,
6 or other action;
7     (K) Whether the pursuit resulted in any property damage, injury,
8 or death, and to whom and what, including law enforcement, drivers,
9 passengers, and bystanders;
10     (L) Copies of reports, annual or other frequencies, used for
11 internal review of pursuit statistics; and
12     (M) Whether the law enforcement agency has a record-keeping
13 system for pursuits, and if so, what that system is, how long it has
14 been in place, and whether the system and the data collected has
15 changed over time;
16     (ii)   Provide   recommendations   on  what  data  elements   law
17 enforcement agencies should collect, in relation to the list
18 identified in (a)(i) of this subsection, and provide rationale for
19 the recommendations;
20     (iii) Develop a protocol for data collection by law enforcement
21 agencies and provide a statement regarding the use of such data and
22 the purpose for its collection and analysis;
23     (iv) Make the data readily available to the public using standard
24 open data protocols;
25     (v) Recommend an entity to collect and manage this data on a
26 statewide basis;
27     (vi) Review existing statewide police data reporting systems,
28 including:
29     (A) The national incident based reporting system program, which
30 is for the federal uniform crime reporting program;
31     (B) The Washington technology solutions police traffic collision
32 reporting system, which is used for both state systems and the
33 federal fatality analysis reporting system; and
34     (C) The statewide use of force data program established in RCW
35 10.118.030;
36     (vii) Assess the benefits and drawbacks of each of the existing
37 systems in (a)(vi) of this subsection as a possible platform for
38 collecting, reporting, and hosting pursuit open source downloadable
39 data from agencies, and recommend whether any of these, or another
40 system, would be most appropriate; and
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1      (viii) Recommend any changes in state law to accomplish and
2  facilitate the collection and analysis of the data, including whether
3  to align or integrate the data collection with the use of force data
4  under chapter 10.118 RCW.
5      (b) The report and recommendations are due to the governor and
6  the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025.
7     (((26))) (24) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
8 for fiscal year 2025 and $1,500,000 of the climate commitment account
9 —state appropriation are provided solely for the office to build a
10 grant   writing,  tracking,  and   management  database  for   state
11 acquisition of federal funds, and to support development of state
12 strategies for successfully bringing specific types of federal
13 funding to Washington. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in
14 the 2024 general election, upon the effective date of the measure,
15 funds from the consolidated climate account may not be used for the
16 purposes of this subsection.
17     (((27))) (25)(a) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
18 for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the office of financial
19 management to provide recommendations on the method and format for
20 studying a transition to a department of housing. In developing the
21 recommendations, previous efforts to establish new entities or
22 programs should be considered, such as the office of equity task
23 force, the social equity in cannabis task force, the blue ribbon
24 commission on delivery of services to children and families, and
25 methods used by other jurisdictions.
26     (b) The recommendations must include:
27     (i) Which entity should lead the study, such as an agency, a
28 contractor, or a task force;
29     (ii) Which entities should consult and collaborate on the study,
30 such as legislators, agencies, nonprofit organizations, businesses,
31 and local jurisdictions;
32     (iii) Which programs across state agencies should be considered
33 by the study for possible incorporation into a department of housing;
34     (iv) What housing types and financing structures should be
35 identified and considered by the study;
36     (v) What gaps and barriers to establishing a department of
37 housing should be identified and considered by the study; and
38     (vi) An estimate of the costs and possible timeline for the
39 recommended method and format of the study.
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1      (c) The recommendations are due to  the governor and the
2  appropriate policy and fiscal committees  of the legislature by
3  December 1, 2024.
4     Sec. 117.   2024 c 376 s 139 (uncodified) is amended to read as
5 follows:
6 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
7 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .  $358,141,000
8 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .  (($398,865,000))
9$361,035,000
10 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . .  $895,000
11 Timber Tax Distribution Account—State Appropriation. . . . $8,136,000
12 Business License Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . $19,886,000
13 Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Litter Control
14    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $183,000
15 Model Toxics Control Operating Account—State
16     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $127,000
17 Financial Services Regulation ((Account))
18    Nonappropriated Fund—State Appropriation. . . . . . . $5,000,000
19TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($791,233,000))
20$753,403,000
21     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
22 conditions and limitations:
23     (1) $1,669,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024 and $1,661,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
25 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the  implementation   of
26 chapter 196, Laws of 2021 (capital gains tax).
27    (2)    $181,639,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
28 fiscal year 2024 and $221,768,000 of the general fund—state
29 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
30 implementation of chapter 195, Laws of 2021 (working families tax
31 exempt.). Of the total amounts provided in this subsection:
32     (a)   $16,639,000    of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
33 fiscal year 2024 and $15,768,000 of the general fund—state
34 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
35 administration of the working families tax exemption program; and
36     (b) $165,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2024 and (($206,000,000)) $169,000,000 of the general
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1 fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
2 remittances under the working families tax exemption program.
3(3) $2,408,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year    2024,   $780,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
5 fiscal year 2025, and $895,000 of the climate commitment account—
6 state appropriation are provided solely for the department to
7 implement 2023 revenue legislation.
8     (4) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to develop an
10 implementation plan for an online searchable database of all taxes
11 and tax rates in the state for each taxing district. A report
12 summarizing options, estimated costs, and timelines to implement each
13 option must be submitted to the appropriate committees of the
14 legislature by June 30, 2024. The implementation plan must include an
15 array of options, including low cost options that may change the
16 scope of the database. However, each low cost option must still
17 provide ease of public access to state and local tax information that
18 is currently difficult for the public to collect and efficiently
19 navigate.
20     (5) $19,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No.
22 1303 (property tax administration).
23(6) $3,639,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024 and $3,582,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
25 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
26 Substitute House Bill No. 1477 (working families' tax credit).
27     (7) $48,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
29 Substitute House Bill No. 1175 (petroleum storage tanks).
30     (8) $31,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
32 Bill No. 5565 (tax and revenue laws).
33(9)(a)   $150,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
34 fiscal year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
35 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to
36 research and analyze wealth taxes imposed in other countries and
37 wealth tax legislation recently proposed by other states and the
38 United States. At a minimum, the department must examine how existing
39 and   proposed   wealth   taxes   are   structured,  compliance   and
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1 administrative challenges of wealth taxes, best practices in the
2 design and administration of wealth taxes, and potential data sources
3 to aid the department in estimating the revenue impacts of future
4 wealth tax proposals for this state or assisting the department in
5 the administration of a wealth tax. As part of its examination and
6 analysis, the department must seek to consult with relevant subject
7 matter experts from within and outside of the United States.
8     (b) The department may contract with one or more institutions of
9 higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 for assistance in
10 carrying out its obligations under this subsection.
11     (c) The department must submit a status report to the appropriate
12 fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 2024, and a final
13 report to the appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature by
14 November 1, 2024. The final report must include the department's
15 findings.
16     (10) $42,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
18 Bill No. 5448 (delivery of alcohol).
19     (11) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to study how to
21 collect race and ethnicity information from organizations or entities
22 that receive tax preferences, as defined in RCW 43.136.021.
23     (a) The department may contract with third parties and consult
24 with other state entities to conduct all or any portion of the study.
25     (b) The department must submit a report to appropriate committees
26 of the legislature by June 30, 2025. The report must include cost and
27 timeline estimates for collecting the race and ethnicity information.
28 The department must consult with the office of equity to ensure that
29 data collection is consistent with other efforts. The report must
30 also include, but is not limited to, the following information:
31     (i) The cost and time required for the department to revise
32 current reporting requirements to include race and ethnicity data;
33     (ii) The cost and time required for the department to incorporate
34 the collection of race and ethnicity data into future reporting;
35     (iii) The cost and time required for the department to
36 incorporate the collection of race and ethnicity data into its
37 existing information technology systems;
38     (iv) Recommendations on any exclusions from the requirement to
39 report race and ethnicity data; and
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1     (v) Any statutory changes necessary to collect race and ethnicity
2 data.
3     (12) $181,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2025 is provided solely to support the underground economy task
5 force created in section 906 of this act.
6    (13) $274,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024 and $217,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to implement
9 2024 revenue legislation.
10     (14) $4,000 of the business license account—state appropriation
11 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate
12 Bill No. 5897 (business license services). If the bill is not enacted
13 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
14      (15)(a) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to conduct a
16 study and provide a report to the legislature on royalty receipts
17 apportionment for local business taxes throughout the state. The
18 study must:
19     (i) Examine how gross income derived as royalties from the
20 granting of intangible rights in RCW 35.102.130 could be apportioned
21 uniformly by local jurisdictions. The department must consider
22 apportionment options described in RCW 82.04.462(3)(b) (i) through
23 (vii) as well as other options; and
24      (ii) Identify issues surrounding the definition of "customer" as
25 applied to royalties and payments made or received for the use of the
26 taxpayer's intangible property in RCW 35.102.130, and how it could be
27 brought     into   conformity    with    the   definition    in   RCW
28 82.04.462(3)(b)(viii) and applied uniformly throughout the state.
29      (b) The study must document and evaluate the approaches to
30 apportionment of royalties that have been adopted in other states and
31 examine the administrative feasibility of applying interstate
32 apportionment methodologies to local business taxes. The department
33 must    submit   a report   on  the   study  and   any  findings  and
34 recommendations to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal
35 committees of the legislature by December 31, 2024.
36     (16) $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to conduct
38 outreach activities for the working families' tax credit established
39 in RCW 82.08.0206, including but not limited to grants for community-
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1 based organizations to conduct outreach        activities,    marketing
2 activities, and establishing a mobile unit.
3     Sec. 118.   2024 c 376 s 141 (uncodified) is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 FOR THE OFFICE OF MINORITY AND WOMEN'S BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
6 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .     $3,837,000
7 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . .   (($6,382,000))
8$6,032,000
9 Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Account—
10     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,113,000
11TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($16,332,000))
12$15,982,000
13     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
14 conditions and limitations:
15     (1) The office of minority and women's business enterprises shall
16 consult with the Washington state office of equity on the Washington
17 state toolkit for equity in public spending.
18     (2) $540,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $529,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
21 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5268 (public works procurement).
22     (3) $151,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $151,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a policy analyst position.
25     (4) $941,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 and $900,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
27 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to expand its
28 outreach and communications department.
29     Sec. 119.   2024 c 376 s 142 (uncodified) is amended to read as
30 follows:
31 FOR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
32 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . .   (($4,723,000))
33$5,736,000
34 Insurance Commissioner's Regulatory Account—State
35     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $82,830,000
36 Insurance Commissioner's Fraud Account—State
37     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $4,284,000
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1TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($91,837,000))
2$92,850,000
3     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
4 conditions and limitations:
5     (1) $52,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
6 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Senate
7 Bill No. 5242 (abortion cost sharing).
8     (2) $63,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
9 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of House
10 Bill No. 1120 (annuity transactions).
11     (3) $72,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
12 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Senate
13 Bill No. 5036 (audio-only telemedicine).
14     (4) $55,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
15 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
16 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5300 (behavioral health continuity).
17     (5) $19,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
18 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
19 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5189 (behavioral health support).
20     (6) $52,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
21 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
22 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5396 (breast exam cost sharing).
23     (7) $260,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
24 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter
25 87, Laws of 2023 (SSB 5338).
26     (8) $1,206,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account
27 —state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Senate
28 Bill No. 5066 (health care benefit managers).
29     (9) $9,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
30 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter
31 16, Laws of 2023 (SSB 5729).
32     (10) $272,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
33 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
34 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5581 (maternal support services).
35     (11) $237,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
36 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter
37 42, Laws of 2023 (SB 5319).
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1      (12) $25,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
2  state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
3  Substitute Senate Bill No. 5720 (risk mitigation).
4      (13)(a) $700,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory
5 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the commissioner,
6 in collaboration with the office of the attorney general, to study
7 approaches to improve health care affordability including, but not
8 limited to:
9     (i) Health provider price or rate regulation policies or
10 programs, other than traditional health plan rate review, in use or
11 under consideration in other states to increase affordability for
12 health insurance purchasers and enrollees. At a minimum, this shall
13 include:
14     (A) Analysis of payment rate or payment rate increase caps and
15 reference pricing strategies;
16     (B) Analysis of research or other findings related to the
17 outcomes of the policy or program, including experience in other
18 states;
19     (C) A preliminary analysis of the regulatory authority and
20 administrative capacity necessary to implement each policy or program
21 reviewed in Washington state;
22     (D) Analysis of such approaches used in Washington state,
23 including but not limited to the operation of the hospital
24 commission, formerly established under chapter 70.39 RCW; and
25     (E) A feasibility analysis of implementing a global hospital
26 budget strategy in one or more counties or regions in Washington
27 state, including potential impacts on spending and access to health
28 care services if such a strategy were adopted;
29     (ii) Regulatory approaches in use or under consideration by other
30 states   to  address   any  anticompetitive  impacts   of   horizontal
31 consolidation and vertical integration in the health care marketplace
32 to supplement federal antitrust law. At a minimum, this regulatory
33 review shall include:
34     (A) Analysis of research, case law, or other findings related to
35 the outcomes of the state's activities to encourage competition,
36 including implementation experience;
37     (B)   A  preliminary   analysis   of  regulatory   authority   and
38 administrative capacity necessary to implement each policy or program
39 reviewed in Washington state; and
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1     (C) Analysis of recent health care consolidation and vertical
2 consolidation activity in Washington state, to the extent information
3 is available;
4     (iii) Recommended actions based on other state approaches and
5 Washington data, if any; and
6     (iv) Additional related areas of data or study needed, if any.
7     (b) The office of the insurance commissioner or office of the
8 attorney general may contract with third parties and consult with
9 other state entities to conduct all or any portion of the study.
10     (c) The office of the insurance commissioner and office of the
11 attorney general shall submit a preliminary report to the relevant
12 policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023,
13 and a final report by August 1, 2024.
14     (14) $190,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
15 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter
16 27, Laws of 2023 (SHB 1266).
17     (15) $66,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
18 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
19 Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1222 (hearing instruments
20 coverage).
21     (16) $25,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
22 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of chapter
23 21, Laws of 2023 (HB 1061).
24     (17) $14,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
25 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
26 Substitute House Bill No. 1060 (mutual insurer reorg.).
27     (18) $132,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
28 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
29 Engrossed   Second   Substitute    House   Bill   No.   1357    (prior
30 authorization).
31     (19)(a) $50,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory
32 account—state appropriation is provided solely for an analysis of how
33 health plans define, cover, and reimburse for maternity care
34 services, including prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care. The
35 commissioner shall:
36     (i) Obtain necessary information regarding health plans offered
37 by carriers with more than one percent accident and health market
38 share based upon the commissioner's most recent annual market
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1 information report and health plans offered to public employees under
2 chapter 41.05 RCW to evaluate:
3     (A) How health plan benefit designs define maternity care
4 services;
5     (B) Whether and to what extent maternity care services are
6 subject to deductibles and other cost-sharing requirements;
7     (C) Which maternity care services are considered preventive
8 services under section 2713 of the federal public health service act
9 and are therefore exempt from cost sharing;
10     (D) The five most used maternity care reimbursement methodologies
11 used by each carrier; and
12     (E) With respect to reimbursement methodologies that bundle
13 payment for maternity care services, which specific services are
14 included in the bundled payment;
15     (ii) Estimate the total and per member per month impact on health
16 plan rates of eliminating cost sharing for maternity care services in
17 full, or for prenatal care only, for the following markets:
18     (A) Individual health plans other than Cascade select plans;
19     (B) Cascade select health plans;
20     (C) Small group health plans;
21     (D) Large group health plans;
22     (E) Health plans offered to public employees under chapter 41.05
23 RCW; and
24     (F) All health plans in the aggregate; and
25     (iii) Submit a report on the findings and cost estimate to the
26 appropriate committees of the legislature by July 1, 2024.
27     (b) The commissioner may contract for all or a portion of the
28 analysis required in this subsection.
29     (20) $86,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
30 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Senate
31 Bill No. 5821 (audio-only telemedicine). If the bill is not enacted
32 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
33     (21) $549,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
34 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
35 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5986 (out-of-network health costs). If the
36 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
37 subsection shall lapse.
38     (22) $228,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
39 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
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1 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5936 (palliative care work group). If the
2 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
3 subsection shall lapse.
4     (23) $195,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
5 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Second
6 Substitute Senate Bill No. 6228 (substance use treatment). If the
7 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
8 subsection shall lapse.
9     (24) $175,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
10 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
11 Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5213 (health care benefit
12 managers). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
13 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
14     (25) $12,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
15 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
16 Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 6127 (HIV prophylaxis). If the
17 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
18 subsection shall lapse.
19     (26) $578,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
20 state appropriation is provided solely for the commissioner to
21 continue   its   work   on  behavioral   health   parity   compliance,
22 enforcement, and provider network oversight. The commissioner may use
23 internal staff and contracted experts to oversee provider directories
24 and evaluate consumer access to services for mental health and
25 substance use disorders in state-regulated individual, small group,
26 and large group health plans.
27     (27)(a) $250,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory
28 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the commissioner,
29 in consultation with the department of social and health services and
30 the health care authority, to submit to the relevant policy and
31 fiscal committees of the legislature by June 30, 2025, a feasibility
32 analysis of expanding or modifying the program described in section
33 204(48) of this act to include additional groups of essential workers
34 whose employers receive significant public funding to provide direct
35 services to vulnerable populations, including but not limited to
36 behavioral health services, housing and homelessness services, and
37 child care workers. The evaluation must consider:
38     (i) Current sources, benefits, and costs of health care coverage
39 for these essential workers including but not limited to employer-
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1 sponsored coverage, medicaid, and individual health plans purchased
2 through the health benefit exchange;
3     (ii) Policy options to increase health care benefit funding to
4 employers of these essential workers, including maximizing nongeneral
5 fund state sources while ensuring costs are not shifted to employees;
6     (iii) The appropriate structure and oversight of the newly
7 established health benefits fund, including the use of fully insured
8 health coverage, a self-funded multiemployer welfare arrangement, the
9 health benefit exchange, or another entity to offer health benefits
10 comparable to the platinum metal level under the affordable care act,
11 and meet defined plan design, consumer protection, and solvency
12 requirements.
13     (b) The commissioner must consult with interested organizations
14 and may establish subgroups to conduct this work based on distinct
15 industries of different essential workers.
16     (c) The commissioner may contract with third parties and consult
17 with other state entities to conduct all or any portion of the study,
18 including actuarial analysis.
19     (28)(a) $400,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory
20 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the commissioner
21 to convene and chair an adult family home liability insurance work
22 group. The work group shall consist of members with a representative
23 from, but not limited to:
24     (i) The office of the attorney general;
25     (ii) The office of the governor;
26     (iii) The adult family home industry;
27     (iv) The Washington state long-term care ombudsman;
28     (v) The department of social and health services' aging and long-
29 term support administration's residential care services;
30     (((v))) (vi) The department of social and health services' aging
31 and long-term support administration's home and community services;
32     (((vi))) (vii) The department of social and health service's
33 aging and long-term support administration's developmental disability
34 administration;
35     (((vii))) (viii) Insurance producers;
36     (((viii))) (ix) Insurance underwriters;
37     (((ix))) (x) The Washington surplus line association;
38     (((x))) (xi) Risk retention groups; and
39     (((xi))) (xii) Other state agency representatives or stakeholder
40 group representatives, as deemed necessary.
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1     (b) The work group shall:
2     (i) Review the availability and cost of liability insurance for
3 adult family homes;
4     (ii) Identify obstacles to adult family homes access to liability
5 insurance including underwriting restrictions, market conditions, as
6 well as legal and regulatory requirements;
7     (iii) Evaluate the financial risk to adult family homes, their
8 residents, the state medicaid program, and others that exist as a
9 result of the increased cost of insurance, or in the event adult
10 family homes are uninsured due to a lack of access to coverage; and
11     (iv) Make policy recommendations to improve access to liability
12 insurance coverage for adult family homes.
13     (c) The work group must submit a preliminary report to the
14 relevant policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December
15 31, 2024, and a final report by June 30, 2025, with review findings,
16 recommendations, and data on claims experience, costing, and policy
17 or budget underwriting restrictions related to liability policies
18 covering adult family homes.
19     (d) The commissioner shall collect the information required from
20 entities transacting insurance with adult family home providers. Any
21 identified authorized insurers, unauthorized insurers, and risk
22 retention groups are required to provide the requested information to
23 the commissioner.
24     (e) The commissioner may contract with a vendor to conduct an
25 actuarial analysis if necessary to facilitate the development of
26 recommendations concerning liability insurance in adult family homes.
27     (29)(a) $350,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory
28 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the commissioner
29 to study approaches to increasing the availability of health care
30 malpractice liability coverage or other liability protection options
31 for community-based health care providers delivering transition of
32 care services to incarcerated individuals. The commissioner must
33 provide an initial report to the office of financial management and
34 appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 2024. The
35 study must include:
36     (i) A review of the state's commitments to facilitating safe
37 transitions of care for incarcerated individuals through medicaid
38 coverage of health services under the 2023 medicaid transformation
39 waiver;
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1     (ii) An analysis of the barriers to accessing liability coverage
2 for community-based health care providers on the private market;
3     (iii) An actuarial analysis of the potential risk to be incurred
4 by   providing  health   care  malpractice   liability  coverage  for
5 transition of care services to individuals who are incarcerated and
6 near release; and
7     (iv)   Policy   options   and   recommendations,   if   any,  for
8 consideration by the legislature regarding provision of or increasing
9 the availability of health care malpractice liability coverage or
10 other liability protection options for community-based health care
11 providers delivering these services.
12     (b) In conducting this study, the commissioner shall convene
13 interested organizations including but not limited to representatives
14 of:
15     (i) The office of the attorney general;
16     (ii) The health care authority;
17     (iii) The department of corrections;
18     (iv) The department of enterprise services' office of risk
19 management;
20     (v) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs;
21     (vi) Local governments;
22     (vii) Medical malpractice liability underwriters; and
23     (viii) Community-based health care providers, including but not
24 limited to representatives of federally qualified health centers and
25 providers of health care services in incarceration settings.
26     (c) The commissioner may contract for actuarial or other analysis
27 if necessary to facilitate development of the study or policy
28 options.
29     (30) $315,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
30 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
31 Substitute House Bill No. 2329 (insurance market/housing). If the
32 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this
33 subsection shall lapse.
34     (31) $49,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
35 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
36 Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 1957 (preventive service
37 coverage). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
38 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
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1      (32) $84,000 of the insurance commissioner's regulatory account—
2  state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
3  Substitute Senate Bill No. 5798 (insurance notices). If the bill is
4  not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
5  shall lapse.
6     Sec. 120.   2024 c 376 s 144 (uncodified) is amended to read as
7 follows:
8 FOR THE LIQUOR AND CANNABIS BOARD
9 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .    $2,501,000
10 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . . .    $1,545,000
11 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . .    $3,187,000
12 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . $75,000
13 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
14    (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $13,481,000
15 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
16     (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($14,055,000))
17$14,094,000
18 Liquor Revolving Account—State Appropriation. . . .    (($126,281,000))
19$113,531,000
20TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($161,125,000))
21$148,414,000
22     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
23 conditions and limitations:
24     (1) The liquor and cannabis board may require electronic payment
25 of the cannabis excise tax levied by RCW 69.50.535. The liquor and
26 cannabis board may allow a waiver to the electronic payment
27 requirement for good cause as provided by rule.
28     (2)   Of  the   liquor  revolving   account—state  appropriation,
29 (($35,278,000)) $22,528,000 is provided solely for the modernization
30 of regulatory systems and are subject to the conditions, limitations,
31 and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
32     (3)   $1,526,000   of    the   liquor   revolving     account—state
33 appropriation is provided solely for implementation       of Substitute
34 Senate Bill No. 5448 (delivery of alcohol).
35    (4) $42,000 of the dedicated cannabis account—state appropriation
36 for fiscal year 2024 and $42,000 of the dedicated cannabis account—
37 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
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1 implementation      of     Second     Substitute     Senate   Bill   No.      5263
2 (psilocybin).
3     (5)   $250,000  of   the  dedicated  cannabis  account—state
4 appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $159,000 of the dedicated
5 cannabis    account—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are
6 provided    solely for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute
7 Senate Bill No. 5367 (products containing THC).
8(6) $1,622,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year    2024,   $357,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
10 fiscal year 2025, $2,255,000 of the dedicated cannabis account—state
11 appropriation for fiscal year 2024, and $1,463,000 of the dedicated
12 cannabis account—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are
13 provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute
14 Senate Bill No. 5080 (cannabis social equity).
15     (7) $35,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2024 is provided solely for the liquor and cannabis board to
17 conduct an agency analysis of commercial tobacco and vaping
18 enforcement actions from fiscal year 2018 through fiscal year 2022
19 involving youth under the age of 18. This analysis shall be submitted
20 to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023,
21 and must include:
22     (a) The total number of such interactions by fiscal year;
23     (b) Information on the nature of those interactions;
24     (c) How many interactions convert to administrative violation
25 notices (AVNs);
26     (d) How many of those interactions and AVNs convert to retailer
27 education and violations; and
28     (e) Descriptions of training for liquor and cannabis board
29 officers, and the number of officers trained on interacting with
30 youth, particularly LGBTQ youth and youth of color.
31     (8) $4,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
33 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5365 (vapor and tobacco/minors).
34     (9) $225,000 of the liquor revolving account—state appropriation
35 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute House
36 Bill No. 1731 (short-term rentals/liquor).
37     (10) $99,000 of the liquor revolving account—state appropriation
38 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute Senate
39 Bill No. 6105 (adult entertainment workers). If the bill is not
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1 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
2 shall lapse.
3     (11) $245,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
5 Bill No. 5376 (cannabis waste). If the bill is not enacted by June
6 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
7     (12) $63,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
9 House Bill No. 2320 (high THC cannabis products). If the bill is not
10 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
11 shall lapse.
12     (13) $136,000 of the liquor revolving account—state appropriation
13 is provided solely for implementation of House Bill No. 2204
14 (emergency liquor permits). If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
15 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
16     (14) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Substitute
19 House Bill No. 1453 (medical cannabis/tax). If the bill is not
20 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection
21 shall lapse.
22     (15) $75,000 of the liquor revolving account—state appropriation
23 is provided solely for reviewing all the Washington Administrative
24 Code   provisions   promulgated   by   the  board   for   potentially
25 discriminatory language or interpretation that may highlight personal
26 bias. The board must issue a report to the legislature on its
27 findings by September 30, 2024.
28     Sec. 121.   2024 c 376 s 146 (uncodified) is amended to read as
29 follows:
30 FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT
31 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $16,720,000
32 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($19,489,000))
33$18,169,000
34 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . .     $146,290,000
35 911 Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . .     $54,306,000
36 Disaster Response Account—State Appropriation. . . .   (($62,179,000))
37$77,243,000
38 Disaster Response Account—Federal Appropriation. . (($1,905,453,000))
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1$1,233,768,000
2  Military Department Rent and Lease Account—State
3      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $1,009,000
4  Military Department Active State Service Account—
5      State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $400,000
6  Natural Climate Solutions Account—State
7      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $113,000
8  Oil Spill Prevention Account—State Appropriation. . . . .    $1,040,000
9 Worker and Community Right to Know Fund—State
10     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,041,000
11TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($2,209,040,000))
12$1,551,099,000
13     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
14 conditions and limitations:
15     (1) The military department shall submit a report to the office
16 of financial management and the legislative fiscal committees by
17 February 1st and October 31st of each year detailing information on
18 the disaster response account, including: (a) The amount and type of
19 deposits into the account; (b) the current available fund balance as
20 of the reporting date; and (c) the projected fund balance at the end
21 of the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium based on current revenue and
22 expenditure patterns.
23     (2) $40,000,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation is
24 provided solely for homeland security, subject to the following
25 conditions:   Any   communications  equipment   purchased   by   local
26 jurisdictions or state agencies shall be consistent with standards
27 set by the Washington state interoperability executive committee.
28     (3) $11,000,000 of the 911 account—state appropriation  is
29 provided solely for financial assistance to counties.
30     (4) $784,000 of the disaster response account—state appropriation
31 is provided solely for fire suppression training, equipment, and
32 supporting costs to national guard soldiers and airmen.
33     (5) $876,000 of the disaster response account—state appropriation
34 is provided solely for a dedicated access and functional needs
35 program manager, access and functional need services, and a dedicated
36 tribal liaison to assist with disaster preparedness and response.
37     (6) $136,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2024 and $132,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
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1 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
2 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5518 (cybersecurity).
3    (7) $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide a
6 grant to Whatcom county for disaster relief and recovery activities
7 in   response   to   the  November   2021   flooding   and   mudslides
8 presidentially-declared disaster.
9    (8) $625,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2024 and $625,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
12 Substitute House Bill No. 1728 (statewide resiliency program).
13     (9) $113,000 of the natural climate solutions account—state
14 appropriation is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
15 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1170 (climate response strategy).
16     (10)(a) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
17 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to administer
18 grants to local governments and federally recognized tribes for costs
19 to respond to community needs during periods of extremely hot or cold
20 weather or in situations of severe poor air quality from wildfire
21 smoke.
22     (b) To qualify for a grant under (a) of this subsection, a local
23 government or federally recognized tribe must:
24     (i) Be located in a geographic area where vulnerable populations
25 face combined, multiple environmental harms and health impacts, as
26 determined by the department;
27     (ii) Have demonstrated a lack of local resources to address
28 community needs; and
29     (iii) Have incurred eligible costs as described in (c) of this
30 subsection for the benefit of vulnerable populations.
31     (c) Costs eligible for reimbursement under (a) of this subsection
32 include:
33     (i) Establishing and operating warming and cooling centers,
34 including rental of equipment, purchase of supplies and water,
35 staffing, and other associated costs;
36     (ii) Transporting individuals and their pets to warming and
37 cooling centers;
38     (iii) Purchasing fans or other supplies needed for cooling of
39 congregate living settings;
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1     (iv) Providing emergency temporary housing such as rental of a
2 hotel or convention center;
3     (v) Retrofitting or establishing facilities within warming and
4 cooling centers that are pet friendly in order to permit individuals
5 to evacuate with their pets; and
6     (vi) Other activities necessary for life safety during a period
7 of extremely hot or cold weather or in situations of severe poor air
8 quality from wildfire smoke, as determined by the department.
9     (11) The department must report to and coordinate with the
10 department of ecology to track expenditures from climate commitment
11 act accounts, as defined and described in RCW 70A.65.300 and section
12 302(13) of this act.
13     (12) (($23,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
15 Bill No. 5803 (national guard recruitment). If the bill is not
16 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
17 shall lapse.
18     (13))) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
20 House Bill No. 2020 (public infra. assistance prg.). If the bill is
21 not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
22 shall lapse.
23     (((14) $1,500,000)) (13) $1,080,000 of the general fund—state
24 appropriation   for  fiscal   year  2025 is  provided solely  for
25 implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1012 (extreme weather
26 events). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount
27 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
28    (((15))) (14)(a) (($361,000)) $86,000 of the general fund—state
29 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the
30 department to conduct a study regarding statewide building code and
31 construction   standards   pertaining   to  earthquake  and   tsunami
32 resilience as well as recommendations for functional recovery of
33 buildings   and   critical   infrastructure  directly  following   an
34 earthquake. In conducting the study, the department must request
35 input from the state building code council and representatives of
36 appropriate public and private sector entities. The department may
37 contract for all or a portion of the study. The study must, at a
38 minimum, include an assessment of:
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1     (i) Functional recovery building code standards that are being
2 developed at the federal level, have been proposed or adopted in
3 other countries, states, or local jurisdictions with a high risk of
4 earthquakes, or are developed by public or private organizations with
5 expertise in earthquake performance standards and safety;
6     (ii) The levels of functional recovery supported by current state
7 and local building and construction codes;
8     (iii) The objectives, feasibility, necessary measures, and
9 estimated costs of adopting and implementing statewide functional
10 recovery building code standards, and how this assessment is impacted
11 by whether the standards:
12     (A) Are mandatory or voluntary;
13     (B) Apply to only certain types of structures and infrastructure
14 or prioritize certain types of structures and infrastructure;
15     (C) Apply to existing structures and infrastructure in addition
16 to new construction;
17     (D) Are intended to apply to only specific seismic hazard levels;
18 or
19     (E) Include nonstructural components as well as structural
20 systems;
21     (iv) How statewide standards for functional recovery would fit
22 into an all hazards approach for state emergency response and
23 recovery;
24     (v) Funding opportunities that provide for the coordination of
25 state and federal funds for the purposes of improving the state's
26 preparedness   for   functional  recovery   following a   significant
27 earthquake or tsunami; and
28     (vi) Equity considerations for the development of statewide
29 building code standards for functional recovery.
30     (b) The department must submit a preliminary report with interim
31 findings to the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 1,
32 2025. The department must submit a final report summarizing the
33 study's findings and including policy recommendations relating to
34 statewide building code standards for functional recovery to the
35 appropriate committees of the legislature by May 1, 2026. It is the
36 intent of the legislature to provide funding to complete the final
37 report in the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium.
38     Sec. 122.   2024 c 376 s 149 (uncodified) is amended to read as
39 follows:
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1 FOR THE BOARD FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS
2 Volunteer Firefighters' and Reserve Officers'
3     Administrative Account—State Appropriation. . . .     (($3,679,000))
4$4,379,000
5TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($3,679,000))
6$4,379,000
7     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
8 conditions and limitations:
9     (1) (($2,403,000)) $3,103,000 of the volunteer firefighters' and
10 reserve officers' administrative account—state appropriation is
11 provided solely for a benefits management system, and is subject to
12 the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 701
13 of this act.
14     (2) $91,000 of the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers'
15 administrative account—state appropriation is provided solely for
16 contracting for small agency budget and accounting services with the
17 department of enterprise services.
18     (3) $50,000 of the volunteer firefighters' and reserve officers'
19 administrative account—state appropriation is provided solely for the
20 board to conduct a study on the extension of duty-related
21 occupational disease presumptions to participants in the volunteer
22 firefighters' relief and pension system. The study must examine the
23 presumptions in RCW 51.32.185, and report to the fiscal committees of
24 the legislature by June 30, 2025, on the prevalence of these
25 conditions among volunteer firefighters, and the fiscal impact of
26 extending additional relief and pension benefits to participants.
27    Sec. 123.   2024 c 376 s 150 (uncodified) is amended to read as
28 follows:
29 FOR THE FORENSIC INVESTIGATION COUNCIL
30 Death Investigations Account—State Appropriation. . . .    (($821,000))
31$836,000
32TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($821,000))
33$836,000
34     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
35 conditions and limitations:
36     (1)(a) $250,000 of the death investigations account—state
37 appropriation is provided solely for providing financial assistance
38 to local jurisdictions in multiple death investigations. The forensic
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1 investigation council shall develop criteria for awarding these funds
2 for multiple death investigations involving an unanticipated,
3 extraordinary, and catastrophic event or those involving multiple
4 jurisdictions.
5     (b) Of the amount provided in this subsection, $30,000 of the
6  death investigations account—state appropriation is provided solely
7  for the Adams county crime lab to investigate a double homicide that
8  occurred in fiscal year 2021.
9     (2)   $210,000   of   the  death   investigations  account—state
10 appropriation is provided solely for providing financial assistance
11 to local jurisdictions in identifying human remains.
12     (3) Within the amount appropriated in this section, the forensic
13 investigation council may enter into an interagency agreement with
14 the department of enterprise services for the department to provide
15 services related to public records requests, to include responding
16 to, or assisting the council in responding to, public disclosure
17 requests received by the council.
18     Sec. 124.   2024 c 376 s 153 (uncodified) is amended to read as
19 follows:
20 FOR THE CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AGENCY
21 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .    $7,623,000
22 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($30,310,000))
23$32,632,000
24 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . .     $134,292,000
25 ((Consolidated Technology Services Revolving
26    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . $136,308,000))
27 Washington Technology Solutions Revolving Account—
28     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $136,308,000
29TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($308,533,000))
30$310,855,000
31     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
32 conditions and limitations:
33     (1) $2,000,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
34 account—state appropriation is provided solely for experienced
35 information technology project managers to provide critical support
36 to agency IT projects that are under oversight from the office of the
37 chief information officer. The staff or vendors will:
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1     (a) Provide master level project management guidance to agency IT
2 stakeholders;
3     (b) Consider statewide best practices from the public and private
4 sectors, independent review and analysis, vendor management, budget
5 and timing quality assurance and other support of current or past IT
6 projects in at least Washington state and share these with agency IT
7 stakeholders and legislative fiscal staff at least twice annually and
8 post these to the statewide IT dashboard; and
9     (c) Provide independent recommendations to legislative fiscal
10 committees by December of each calendar year on oversight of IT
11 projects to include opportunities for accountability and performance
12 metrics.
13     (2) $2,226,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
14 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the enterprise
15 data management pilot project, and is subject to the conditions,
16 limitations, and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
17     (3) $16,939,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
18 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the office of
19 cyber security.
20     (4) $2,737,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
21 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the office of
22 privacy and data protection.
23     (5) The consolidated technology services agency shall work with
24 customer agencies using the Washington state electronic records vault
25 (WASERV) to identify opportunities to:
26     (a) Reduce storage volumes and costs associated with vault
27 records stored beyond the agencies' record retention schedules; and
28     (b) Assess a customized service charge as defined in chapter 304,
29 Laws of 2017 for costs of using WASERV to prepare data compilations
30 in response to public records requests.
31     (6)(a) In conjunction with the office of the chief information
32 officer's   prioritization   of    proposed   information   technology
33 expenditures, agency budget requests for proposed information
34 technology expenditures must include the following:
35     (i) The agency's priority ranking of each information technology
36 request;
37     (ii) The estimated cost by fiscal year and by fund for the
38 current biennium;
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1     (iii) The estimated cost by fiscal year and by fund for the
2 ensuing biennium;
3     (iv) The estimated total cost for the current and ensuing
4 biennium;
5     (v) The total cost by fiscal year, by fund, and in total, of the
6 information technology project since it began;
7     (vi) The estimated cost by fiscal year and by fund over all
8 biennia through implementation and close out and into maintenance and
9 operations;
10     (vii) The estimated cost by fiscal year and by fund for service
11 level agreements once the project is implemented;
12     (viii) The estimated cost by fiscal year and by fund for agency
13 staffing for maintenance and operations once the project is
14 implemented; and
15     (ix) The expected fiscal year when the agency expects to complete
16 the request.
17     (b) The office of the chief information officer and the office of
18 financial management may request agencies to include additional
19 information on proposed information technology expenditure requests.
20     (7) The consolidated technology services agency must not increase
21 fees charged for existing services without prior approval by the
22 office of financial management. The agency may develop fees to
23 recover the actual cost of new infrastructure to support increased
24 use of cloud technologies.
25     (8) Within existing resources, the agency must provide oversight
26 of state procurement and contracting for information technology goods
27 and services by the department of enterprise services.
28     (9) Within existing resources, the agency must host, administer,
29 and support the state employee directory in an online format to
30 provide public employee contact information.
31     (10) The health care authority, the health benefit exchange, the
32 department of social and health services, the department of health,
33 the department of corrections, and the department of children, youth,
34 and families shall work together within existing resources to
35 establish the health and human services enterprise coalition (the
36 coalition). The coalition, led by the health care authority, must be
37 a multi-organization collaborative that provides strategic direction
38 and federal funding guidance for projects that have cross-
39 organizational or enterprise impact, including information technology
40 projects that affect organizations within the coalition. The office
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1  of the chief information officer shall maintain a statewide
2  perspective when collaborating with the coalition to ensure that the
3  development of projects identified in this report are planned for in
4  a manner that ensures the efficient use of state resources and
5  maximizes federal financial participation. The work of the coalition
6  and any project identified as a coalition project is subject to the
7  conditions, limitations, and review provided in section 701 of this
8  act.
9      (11) $7,088,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
10 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the creation and
11 ongoing delivery of information technology services tailored to the
12 needs of small agencies. The scope of services must include, at a
13 minimum, full-service desktop support, service assistance, security,
14 and consultation.
15     (12)   $82,811,000  of  the   consolidated  technology  services
16 revolving account—state appropriation ((is)) and $2,322,000 of the
17 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided
18 solely for the procurement and distribution of Microsoft 365 licenses
19 which must include advanced security features and cloud-based private
20 branch exchange capabilities for state agencies. The office must
21 report annually to fiscal committees of the legislature each December
22 31, on the count and type of licenses distributed by consolidated
23 technology services to each state agency. The report must also
24 separately report on the count and type of Microsoft 365 licenses
25 that state agencies have in addition to those that are distributed by
26 consolidated technology services so that the total count, type of
27 license, and cost is known for statewide Microsoft 365 licenses.
28     (13) The office of the chief information officer shall maintain
29 an information technology project dashboard that, at minimum,
30 provides updated information each fiscal month on the projects
31 subject to section 701 of this act.
32     (a) The statewide information technology dashboard must include,
33 at a minimum, the:
34     (i) Start date of the project;
35     (ii) End date of the project, when the project will close out and
36 implementation will commence;
37     (iii) Term of the project in state fiscal years across all
38 biennia to reflect the start of the project through the end of the
39 project;
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1     (iv) Total project cost from start date through the end date of
2 the project in total dollars, and a subtotal of near general fund
3 outlook;
4     (v) Near general fund outlook budget and actual spending in total
5 dollars and by fiscal month for central service agencies that bill
6 out project costs;
7     (vi) Start date of maintenance and operations;
8     (vii) Estimated annual state fiscal year cost of maintenance and
9 operations after implementation and close out;
10     (viii) Actual spending by state fiscal year and in total for
11 state fiscal years that have closed;
12     (ix) Date a feasibility study was completed or note if none has
13 been completed to date;
14     (x) Monthly project status assessments on scope, schedule,
15 budget, and overall by the:
16     (A) Office of the chief information officer;
17     (B) Quality assurance vendor, if applicable; and
18     (C) Agency project team;
19     (xi) Monthly quality assurance reports, if applicable;
20     (xii) Monthly office of the chief information officer status
21 reports on budget, scope, schedule, and overall project status; and
22     (xiii) Historical project budget and expenditures through fiscal
23 year 2023.
24     (b) The statewide dashboard must retain a roll up of the entire
25 project cost, including all subprojects, that can display subproject
26 detail. This includes coalition projects that are active. For
27 projects that include multiple agencies or subprojects and roll up,
28 the dashboard must display:
29     (i) A separate technology budget and investment plan for each
30 impacted agency; and
31     (ii) A statewide project technology budget roll up that includes
32 each affected agency at the subproject level.
33     (c) The office of the chief information officer may recommend
34 additional elements to include but must have agreement with
35 legislative fiscal committees and the office of financial management
36 prior to including additional elements.
37     (d) The agency must ensure timely posting of project data on the
38 statewide information technology dashboard for at least each project
39 funded in the budget and those projects subject to the conditions of
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1 section 701 of this act to include, at a minimum, posting on the
2 dashboard:
3     (i) The budget funded level by project for each project under
4 oversight within 30 calendar days of the budget being signed into
5 law;
6      (ii) The project historical expenditures through completed fiscal
7 years by December 31; and
8      (iii) Whether each project has completed a feasibility study.
9      (e) The office of the chief information officer must post to the
10 statewide dashboard a list of funding received by fiscal year by
11 enacted session law, and how much was received citing chapter law as
12 a list of funding provided by fiscal year.
13      (14) Within existing resources, consolidated technology services
14 must collaborate with the department of enterprise services on the
15 annual contract report that provides information technology contract
16 information. Consolidated technology services will:
17     (a) Provide data to the department of enterprise services
18 annually by September 1 of each year; and
19     (b) Provide analysis on contract information for all agencies
20 comparing spending across state fiscal years by, at least, the
21 contract spending towers.
22     (15) $8,666,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
23 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
24 the enterprise cloud computing program as outlined in the December
25 2020 Washington state cloud readiness report. Funding provided
26 includes, but is not limited to, cloud service broker resources,
27 cloud center of excellence, cloud management tools, a network
28 assessment, cybersecurity governance, and a cloud security roadmap.
29     (16) $3,498,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
30 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the implementation
31 of the recommendations of the cloud transition task force report to
32 include:
33     (a) A cloud readiness program to help agencies plan and prepare
34 for transitioning to cloud computing;
35     (b) A cloud retraining program to provide a coordinated approach
36 to skills development and retraining; and
37     (c) Staffing to define career pathways and core competencies for
38 the state's information technology workforce.
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1     (17)   $5,926,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
2 fiscal year 2024, $27,110,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3  for fiscal year 2025, and $134,292,000 of the general fund—federal
4  appropriation are provided solely for statewide electronic health
5  records projects, which must comply with the approved statewide
6  electronic health records plan. The purpose of the plan is to
7  implement a common technology solution to leverage shared business
8  processes and data across the state in support of client services.
9     (a) The statewide electronic health records plan must include,
10 but is not limited to, the following elements:
11     (i) A proposed governance model for the electronic health records
12 solution;
13     (ii) An implementation plan for the technology solution from
14 kickoff   through  five   years   maintenance  and  operations   post
15 implementation;
16      (iii) A technology budget to include estimated budget and
17 resources needed to implement the electronic health records solution
18 by agency and across the state, including fund sources and all
19 technology budget element requirements as outlined in section 701(4)
20 of this act;
21      (iv) A licensing plan in consultation with the department of
22 enterprise services that seeks to utilize the state data center;
23      (v) A procurement approach, in consultation with the department
24 of enterprise services;
25     (vi) A system that must be capable of being continually updated,
26 as necessary;
27      (vii) A system that will use an agile development model holding
28 live    demonstrations  of  functioning   software,  developed   using
29 incremental user research, held at the end of every two-week sprint;
30     (viii) A system that will deploy usable functionality into
31 production for users within 180 days from the date there is an
32 executed procurement contract after a competitive request for
33 proposal is closed;
34      (ix) A system that uses quantifiable deliverables that must
35 include live, accessible demonstrations of software in development to
36 program staff and end users at each sprint or at least monthly;
37      (x) A requirement that the agency implementing its electronic
38 health record solution must invite the office and the agency
39 comptrollers or their designee to sprint reviews;
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1     (xi) A requirement that there is an annual independent audit of
2 the system to evaluate compliance of the software solution vendor's
3 performance standards and contractual requirements and technical code
4 quality, and that it meets user needs;
5     (xii) A recommended program structure for implementing a
6 statewide electronic health records solution;
7     (xiii) A list of individual state agency projects that will need
8 to implement a statewide electronic health records solution and the
9 readiness of each agency to successfully implement;
10     (xiv) The process for agencies to request funding from the
11 consolidated technology services for their electronic health records
12 projects. The submitted application must:
13     (A) Include at least a technology budget in compliance with the
14 requirements of section 701(4) of this act that each agency budget
15 office will assist with; and
16     (B) Be posted to the statewide information technology dashboard
17 and meet all dashboard posting requirements as outlined in section
18 153(13) of this act; and
19     (xv) The approval criteria for agencies to receive funds for
20 their electronic health records project. The approval may not be
21 given without an approved current technology budget, and the office
22 must notify the fiscal committees of the legislature. The office may
23 not approve funding for the project any earlier than 10 business days
24 from the date of notification to the fiscal committees of the
25 legislature.
26     (b) The plan described in (a) of this subsection:
27     (i) Must be submitted to the office of financial management, the
28 chair and ranking member of the senate environment, energy, and
29 information technology policy committee, the chairs and ranking
30 members of the fiscal committees of the legislature, and the
31 technology services board by July 1, 2023; and
32     (ii) Must be approved by the office of financial management and
33 the technology services board established in RCW 43.105.285.
34    (c) $5,926,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024, $27,110,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025, and $134,292,000 of the general fund—federal
37 appropriation are provided solely for state agency electronic health
38 record projects at the department of corrections, the department of
39 social and health services, and the health care authority in
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1 accordance with the approved statewide electronic health record plan
2 requirements in (a) of this subsection. For the amount provided in
3 this subsection (17):
4     (i) Funding may not be released until the office of financial
5 management and the technology services board have approved the
6 statewide electronic health record plan.
7     (ii) As required in section 701(2) of this act, consolidated
8 technology services may not approve funding for the project any
9 earlier than 10 business days from the date of notification to the
10 fiscal committees of the legislature.
11     (iii) Funding may not cover any costs incurred by the state
12 agencies for services or project costs prior to the date of statewide
13 electronic health record plan approval.
14     (iv) State agencies must submit their proposed electronic health
15 records project and technology budget to the office of the chief
16 information officer for approval. The submitted application must:
17     (A) Include at least a technology budget in compliance with the
18 requirements of section 701(4) of this act that each agency budget
19 office will assist with; and
20     (B) Be posted to the statewide information technology dashboard
21 and meet all dashboard posting requirements as outlined in section
22 153(13) of this act.
23     (v) When a funding request is approved, consolidated technology
24 services will transfer the funds to the agency to execute their
25 electronic health records project.
26     (vi) The office must enter into an interagency agreement with the
27 health care authority who is, and will be, the reporting entity to
28 the federal government on the application for and use of the federal
29 funding.
30     (vii)   Consolidated  technology   services   must   include  this
31 enterprise electronic health records program on the statewide
32 information technology program dashboard and must ensure that the
33 program detail will roll up the below required subprojects:
34     (A) Enterprise foundational electronic health records system;
35     (B) Department of corrections electronic health records;
36     (C) Department of social and health services electronic health
37 records; and
38     (D) Health care authority electronic health records.
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1     (18) $134,000 of the consolidated technology services revolving
2 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
3 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5518 (cybersecurity).
4     (19) The office of the chief information officer must collaborate
5 with the office of the secretary of state in the evaluation of the
6 office   of   the   secretary  of   state's   information  technology
7 infrastructure and applications in determining the appropriate
8 candidates for the location of data and the systems that could be
9 exempt from consolidated technology services oversight.
10    (20)    $1,500,000   of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
11 fiscal    year   2024   and    $3,000,000      of   the   general   fund—state
12 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for innovative
13 technology solutions and modernization of legacy systems within state
14 government. This funding is to be used for projects at other state
15 agencies to improve the health of the state's overall information
16 technology portfolio. Submitted projects are subject to review and
17 approval by the technology services board as established in RCW
18 43.105.285. The agency must report to the office of financial
19 management and the fiscal committees of the legislature within 90
20 days of the close of fiscal year 2024 with the following information
21 to measure the quantity of projects considered for this purpose and
22 use of this funding:
23     (a) The agency name, project name, estimated time duration,
24 estimated cost, and technology service board recommendation result of
25 each project submitted for funding;
26     (b) The actual length of time and cost of the projects approved
27 by the technology services board, from start to completion; and
28     (c) Any other information or metric the agency determines is
29 appropriate to measure the quantity and use of the funding in this
30 subsection.
31     (21) In collaboration with the department of health and the
32 health care authority, consolidated technology services must actively
33 consult and provide oversight over:
34     (a) The department of health 988 technology platform that must
35 provide interoperable capabilities between the 988 call center
36 platform and the health care authority's 988-related system;
37     (b) The health care authority 988 technology platform that must
38 provide interoperable capabilities between the 988-related system and
39 the department of health's 988 call center platform; and
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1     (c) How the platforms in (a) and (b) of this subsection will meet
2 statutory requirements for technology platform functionality and
3 implementation dates as established in Senate Bill No. 6308 (988
4 system timeline) and must report on the progress of both platforms'
5 budget, scope, and schedule at a technology services board meeting by
6 December 31, 2024.
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1PART II
2HUMAN SERVICES
3     Sec. 201.   2024 c 376 s 201 (uncodified) is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
6     (1) The appropriations to the department of social and health
7 services in this act shall be expended for the programs and in the
8 amounts specified in this act. Appropriations made in this act to the
9 department of social and health services shall initially be allotted
10 as required by this act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not
11 include transfers of moneys between sections of this act except as
12 expressly provided in this act, nor shall allotment modifications
13 permit moneys that are provided solely for a specified purpose to be
14 used for other than that purpose.
15     (2) The department of social and health services shall not
16 initiate any services that require expenditure of state general fund
17 moneys unless expressly authorized in this act or other law. The
18 department may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through
19 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the
20 federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the
21 program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the
22 department receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys, those
23 moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in any
24 other legislation providing appropriation authority, and an equal
25 amount of appropriated state general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon
26 the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of
27 financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees.
28 As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes
29 block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be
30 spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis
31 by state funds.
32     (3) The legislature finds that medicaid payment rates, as
33 calculated by the department pursuant to the appropriations in this
34 act, bear a reasonable relationship to the costs incurred by
35 efficiently and economically operated facilities for providing
36 quality services and will be sufficient to enlist enough providers so
37 that care and services are available to the extent that such care and
38 services are available to the general population in the geographic
39 area. The legislature finds that cost reports, payment data from the
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1 federal government, historical utilization, economic data, and
2 clinical input constitute reliable data upon which to determine the
3 payment rates.
4     (4) The department shall to the maximum extent practicable use
5 the same system for delivery of spoken-language interpreter services
6 for social services appointments as the one established for medical
7 appointments in the health care authority. When contracting directly
8 with an individual to deliver spoken language interpreter services,
9 the department shall only contract with language access providers who
10 are working at a location in the state and who are state-certified or
11 state-authorized, except that when such a provider is not available,
12 the department may use a language access provider who meets other
13 certifications or standards deemed to meet state standards, including
14 interpreters in other states.
15     (5) Information technology projects or investments and proposed
16 projects or investments impacting time capture, payroll and payment
17 processes   and    systems,   eligibility,   case    management,  and
18 authorization systems within the department of social and health
19 services are subject to technical oversight by the office of the
20 chief information officer.
21     (6)(a) The department shall facilitate enrollment under the
22 medicaid expansion for clients applying for or receiving state funded
23 services from the department and its contractors. Prior to open
24 enrollment, the department shall coordinate with the health care
25 authority to provide referrals to the Washington health benefit
26 exchange for clients that will be ineligible for medicaid.
27     (b) To facilitate a single point of entry across public and
28 medical assistance programs, and to maximize the use of federal
29 funding, the health care authority, the department of social and
30 health services, and the health benefit exchange will coordinate
31 efforts to expand HealthPlanfinder access to public assistance and
32 medical eligibility staff. The department shall complete medicaid
33 applications in the HealthPlanfinder for households receiving or
34 applying for public assistance benefits.
35     (7) The health care authority, the health benefit exchange, the
36 department of social and health services, the department of health,
37 the department of corrections, and the department of children, youth,
38 and families shall work together within existing resources to
39 establish the health and human services enterprise coalition (the
40 coalition). The coalition, led by the health care authority, must be
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1 a multi-organization collaborative that provides strategic direction
2 and federal funding guidance for projects that have cross-
3 organizational or enterprise impact, including information technology
4 projects that affect organizations within the coalition. The office
5 of the chief information officer shall maintain a statewide
6 perspective when collaborating with the coalition to ensure that
7 projects are planned for in a manner that ensures the efficient use
8 of state resources, support the adoption of a cohesive technology and
9 data architecture, and maximize federal financial participation. The
10 work of the coalition is subject to the conditions, limitations, and
11 review provided in section 701 of this act.
12     (8)(a) The appropriations to the department of social and health
13 services in this act must be expended for the programs and in the
14 amounts specified in this act. However, after May 1, ((2024)) 2025,
15 unless prohibited by this act, the department may transfer general
16 fund—state appropriations for fiscal year ((2024)) 2025 among
17 programs and subprograms after approval by the director of the office
18 of financial management. However, the department may not transfer
19 state appropriations that are provided solely for a specified purpose
20 except as expressly provided in (b) of this subsection.
21     (b) To the extent that transfers under (a) of this subsection are
22 insufficient to fund actual expenditures in excess of fiscal year
23 ((2024)) 2025 caseload forecasts and utilization assumptions in the
24 long-term care, developmental disabilities, and public assistance
25 programs, the department may transfer state appropriations that are
26 provided solely for a specified purpose. The department may not
27 transfer funds, and the director of the office of financial
28 management may not approve the transfer, unless the transfer is
29 consistent with the objective of conserving, to the maximum extent
30 possible, the expenditure of state funds. The director of the office
31 of   financial  management   shall  notify   the  appropriate  fiscal
32 committees of the legislature in writing seven days prior to
33 approving any allotment modifications or transfers under this
34 subsection. The written notification shall include a narrative
35 explanation and justification of the changes, along with expenditures
36 and allotments by budget unit and appropriation, both before and
37 after any allotment modifications or transfers.
38     (9) The department may not transfer appropriations for the
39 developmental disabilities program to any other program of the
40 department of social and health services((, or between subprograms of
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1 the developmental disabilities program itself)). The department may
2 not transfer appropriations from the developmental disabilities
3 community services subprogram to the developmental disabilities
4 institutional services subprogram.
5      Sec. 202.   2024 c 376 s 202 (uncodified) is amended to read as
6  follows:
7  FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—MENTAL HEALTH
8  PROGRAM
9  General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .     $808,569,000
10 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .     (($781,930,000))
11$744,459,000
12 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . .     (($168,601,000))
13$192,111,000
14 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . .     (($6,500,000))
15$6,265,000
16 Model Toxics Control Operating Account—State
17     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $680,000
18TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($1,765,600,000))
19$1,752,084,000
20     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
21 conditions and limitations:
22     (1) The state psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment
23 facilities may use funds appropriated in this subsection to purchase
24 goods, services, and supplies through hospital group purchasing
25 organizations when it is cost-effective to do so.
26     (2) $311,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 and $311,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a community partnership
29 between western state hospital and the city of Lakewood to support
30 community policing efforts in the Lakewood community surrounding
31 western state hospital. The amounts provided in this subsection are
32 for the salaries, benefits, supplies, and equipment for the city of
33 Lakewood to produce incident and police response reports, investigate
34 potential criminal conduct, assist with charging consultations,
35 liaison between staff and prosecutors, provide staff training on
36 criminal justice procedures, assist with parking enforcement, and
37 attend meetings with hospital staff.
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1    (3) $45,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2  year 2024 and $45,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for payment to the city of
4  Lakewood for police services provided by the city at western state
5  hospital and adjacent areas.
6    (4) $311,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024 and $311,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
8  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the salaries, benefits,
9 supplies, and equipment for one full-time investigator, one full-time
10 police officer, and one full-time community services officer for
11 policing efforts at eastern state hospital. The department must
12 collect data from the city of Medical Lake on the use of the funds
13 and the number of calls responded to by the community policing
14 program and submit a report with this information to the office of
15 financial management and the appropriate fiscal committees of the
16 legislature each December of the fiscal biennium.
17    (5) $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024 and $25,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for payment to the city of
20 Medical Lake for police services provided by the city at eastern
21 state hospital and adjacent areas.
22    (6) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department, in
25 collaboration with the health care authority, to develop and
26 implement a predictive modeling tool which identifies clients who are
27 at high risk of future involvement with the criminal justice system
28 and for developing a model to estimate demand for civil and forensic
29 state hospital bed needs pursuant to the following requirements.
30     (a) By the first day of each December during the fiscal biennium,
31 the department, in coordination with the health care authority, must
32 submit a report to the office of financial management and the
33 appropriate committees of the legislature that summarizes how the
34 predictive modeling tool has been implemented and includes the
35 following: (i) The number of individuals identified by the tool as
36 having a high risk of future criminal justice involvement; (ii) the
37 method and frequency for which the department is providing lists of
38 high-risk clients to contracted managed care organizations and
39 behavioral health administrative services organizations; (iii) a
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1 summary of how the managed care organizations and behavioral health
2 administrative services organizations are utilizing the data to
3 improve the coordination of care for the identified individuals; and
4 (iv) a summary of the administrative data to identify whether
5 implementation of the tool is resulting in increased access and
6 service levels and lower recidivism rates for high-risk clients at
7 the state and regional level.
8     (b) The department must provide staff support for the forensic
9 and long-term civil commitment bed forecast which must be conducted
10 under the direction of the office of financial management. The
11 forecast methodology, updates, and methodology changes must be
12 conducted in coordination with staff from the department, the health
13 care authority, the office of financial management, and the
14 appropriate fiscal committees of the state legislature. The model
15 shall incorporate factors for capacity in state hospitals as well as
16 contracted facilities, which provide similar levels of care, referral
17 patterns, wait lists, lengths of stay, and other factors identified
18 as appropriate for estimating the number of beds needed to meet the
19 demand for civil and forensic state hospital services. Factors should
20 include identification of need for the services and analysis of the
21 effect of community investments in behavioral health services and
22 other types of beds that may reduce the need for long-term civil
23 commitment needs. The forecast must be updated each February, June,
24 and November during the fiscal biennium and the department must
25 submit a report to the legislature and the appropriate committees of
26 the legislature summarizing the updated forecast based on the
27 caseload   forecast  council's   schedule  for   entitlement  program
28 forecasts.
29    (7) $9,119,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 and $9,145,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the phase-in of the
32 settlement agreement under Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social
33 and Health Services, et al., United States District Court for the
34 Western District of Washington, Cause No. 14-cv-01178-MJP. The
35 department, in collaboration with the health care authority and the
36 criminal justice training commission, must implement the provisions
37 of   the  settlement   agreement  pursuant   to   the  timeline   and
38 implementation plan provided for under the settlement agreement. This
39 includes implementing provisions related to competency evaluations,
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1 competency restoration, forensic navigators, crisis diversion  and
2 supports, education and training, and workforce development.
3    (8) $7,147,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 and $7,147,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to maintain implementation of
6 efforts to improve the timeliness of competency evaluation services
7 for individuals who are in local jails pursuant to chapter 5, Laws of
8 2015 (timeliness of competency treatment and evaluation services).
9 This funding must be used solely to maintain increases in the number
10 of competency evaluators that began in fiscal year 2016 pursuant to
11 the settlement agreement under Trueblood, et al. v. Department of
12 Social and Health Services, et al., United States District Court for
13 the Western District of Washington, Cause No. 14-cv-01178-MJP.
14    (9)    $71,690,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
15 fiscal year 2024 and $77,825,000 of the general fund—state
16 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
17 implementation of efforts to improve the timeliness of competency
18 restoration services pursuant to chapter 5, Laws of 2015 (timeliness
19 of competency treatment and evaluation services) and the settlement
20 agreement under Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health
21 Services, et al., United States District Court for the Western
22 District of Washington, Cause No. 14-cv-01178-MJP. These amounts must
23 be used to maintain increases that were implemented between fiscal
24 year 2016 and fiscal year 2021, and further increase the number of
25 forensic beds at western state hospital during the 2023-2025 fiscal
26 biennium. Pursuant to chapter 7, Laws of 2015 1st sp. sess.
27 (timeliness of competency treatment and evaluation services), the
28 department may contract some of these amounts for services at
29 alternative locations if the secretary determines that there is a
30 need.
31    (10)   $84,565,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2024, $77,343,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
33 for fiscal year 2025, and $960,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely for the department to continue to
35 implement an acuity based staffing tool at western state hospital and
36 eastern state hospital in collaboration with the hospital staffing
37 committees. The staffing tool must be used to identify, on a daily
38 basis, the clinical acuity on each patient ward and determine the
39 minimum level of direct care staff by profession to be deployed to
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1 meet the needs of the patients on each ward. The department must
2 evaluate interrater reliability of the tool within each hospital and
3 between the two hospitals. The department must also continue to
4 update, in collaboration with the office of financial management's
5 labor relations office, the staffing committees, and state labor
6 unions, an overall state hospital staffing plan that looks at all
7 positions and functions of the facilities.
8     (a) Within the amounts provided in this section, the department
9 must establish, monitor, track, and report monthly staffing and
10 expenditures at the state hospitals, including overtime and use of
11 locums, to the functional categories identified in the recommended
12 staffing plan. The allotments and tracking of staffing and
13 expenditures must include all areas of the state hospitals, must be
14 done at the ward level, and must include contracted facilities
15 providing forensic restoration services as well as the office of
16 forensic mental health services.
17     (b) By December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, the department
18 must submit reports to the office of financial management and the
19 appropriate committees of the legislature that provide a comparison
20 of monthly spending, staffing levels, overtime, and use of locums for
21 the prior year compared to allotments and to the recommended state
22 hospital staffing model. The format for these reports must be
23 developed in consultation with staff from the office of financial
24 management and the appropriate committees of the legislature. The
25 reports must include a summary of the results of the evaluation of
26 the interrater reliability in use of the staffing acuity tool and an
27 update from the hospital staffing committees.
28     (c) Monthly staffing levels and related expenditures at the state
29 hospitals must not exceed official allotments without prior written
30 approval from the director of the office of financial management. In
31 the event the director of the office of financial management approves
32 an increase in monthly staffing levels and expenditures beyond what
33 is budgeted, notice must be provided to the appropriate committees of
34 the legislature within 30 days of such approval. The notice must
35 identify the reason for the authorization to exceed budgeted staffing
36 levels and the time frame for the authorization. Extensions of
37 authorizations under this subsection must also be submitted to the
38 director of the office of financial management for written approval
39 in advance of the expiration of an authorization. The office of
40 financial management must notify the appropriate committees of the
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1 legislature of any extensions of authorizations granted under this
2 subsection within 30 days of granting such authorizations and
3 identify the reason and time frame for the extension.
4     (11)   $5,083,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
5 fiscal year 2024, $7,535,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
6 for fiscal year 2025, and $583,000 of the general fund—federal
7 appropriation are provided solely for the department to establish a
8 violence reduction team at western state hospital to improve patient
9 and staff safety at eastern and western state hospitals. A report
10 must be submitted by December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, which
11 includes a description of the violence reduction or safety strategy,
12 a profile of the types of patients being served, the staffing model
13 being used, and outcomes associated with each strategy. The outcomes
14 section should include tracking data on facility-wide metrics related
15 to patient and staff safety as well as individual outcomes related to
16 the patients served.
17     (12)   $2,593,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
18 fiscal   year  2024   and   $2,593,000  of   the   general   fund—state
19 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
20 department to increase services to patients found not guilty by
21 reason of insanity under the Ross v. Lashway settlement agreement.
22     (13) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the
23 department must develop and submit an annual state hospital
24 performance report for eastern and western state hospitals. Each
25 measure included in the performance report must include baseline
26 performance data, agency performance targets, and performance for the
27 most recent fiscal year. The performance report must include a one
28 page dashboard as well as charts for each fiscal year and quality of
29 care measure broken out by hospital and including but not limited to:
30 (a) Monthly FTE expenditures compared to allotments; (b) monthly
31 dollar   expenditures   compared   to  allotments;   (c)   monthly  FTE
32 expenditures per thousand patient bed days; (d) monthly dollar
33 expenditures per thousand patient bed days; (e) percentage of FTE
34 expenditures for overtime; (f) average length of stay by category of
35 patient; (g) average monthly civil wait list; (h) average monthly
36 forensic wait list; (i) rate of staff assaults per thousand patient
37 bed days; (j) rate of patient assaults per thousand patient bed days;
38 (k) average number of days to release after a patient has been
39 determined to be clinically ready for discharge; and (l) average
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1 monthly vacancy rates for key clinical positions. The department must
2 submit the state hospital performance report to the office of
3 financial   management  and   the   appropriate  committees    of the
4 legislature by the first day of each December of the biennium.
5    (14) $546,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year 2024 and $566,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
7  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for design and planning
8  activities for the new forensic hospital being constructed on the
9  grounds of western state hospital.
10    (15) $135,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024 and $135,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to maintain
13 an on-site safety compliance officer, stationed at western state
14 hospital, to provide oversight and accountability of the hospital's
15 response   to  safety  concerns   regarding  the   hospital's  work
16 environment.
17    (16)   $10,364,000   of   the   general    fund   state—appropriation   for
18 fiscal year 2024 and $1,243,000 of the general fund state—
19 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
20 department to provide behavioral health and stabilization services at
21 the King county south correctional entity to class members of
22 Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health Services, et
23 al., United States district court for the western district of
24 Washington, cause no. 14-cv-01178-MJP.
25    (17)   $2,619,000    of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
26 fiscal   year  2024   and  $5,027,000   of  the   general fund—state
27 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
28 department to hire additional forensic evaluators to provide in-jail
29 competency evaluations and community-based evaluations.
30    (18) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to track
33 compliance with the requirements of RCW 71.05.365 for transition of
34 state hospital patients into community settings within 14 days of the
35 determination that they no longer require active psychiatric
36 treatment at an inpatient level of care. The department must use
37 these amounts to track the following elements related to this
38 requirement: (a) The date on which an individual is determined to no
39 longer require active psychiatric treatment at an inpatient level of
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1 care; (b) the date on which the behavioral health entities and other
2 organizations responsible for resource management services for the
3 person is notified of this determination; and (c) the date on which
4 either the individual is transitioned to the community or has been
5 reevaluated and determined to again require active psychiatric
6 treatment at an inpatient level of care. The department must provide
7 this information in regular intervals to behavioral health entities
8 and other organizations responsible for resource management services.
9 The department must summarize the information and provide a report to
10 the office of financial management and the appropriate committees of
11 the legislature on progress toward meeting the 14 day standard by
12 December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024.
13    (19)   $2,190,000   of   the   general      fund—state    appropriation     for
14 fiscal year 2024 and (($28,742,000)) $14,705,000 of the general fund—
15 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
16 department to operate the 48 bed Clark county facility to provide
17 long-term inpatient care beds as defined in RCW 71.24.025. The
18 department must use this facility to provide treatment services for
19 individuals who have been committed to a state hospital pursuant to
20 the dismissal of criminal charges and civil evaluation ordered under
21 RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088. In considering placements at the
22 facility, the department must maximize forensic bed capacity at the
23 state hospitals for individuals in jails awaiting admission that are
24 class members of Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health
25 Services, et al., United States district court for the western
26 district of Washington, cause no. 14-cv-01178-MJP. The department
27 must submit a report to the office of financial management and the
28 appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2023, and
29 December 1, 2024, providing       a    status    update     on   progress   toward
30 opening the new facility.
31    (20)   $8,048,000   of   the   general      fund—state    appropriation     for
32 fiscal   year  2024  and   $7,677,000  of   the  general  fund—state
33 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
34 department to reopen and operate a 30 bed ward for civil patients at
35 western state hospital. The department must prioritize placements on
36 this ward for individuals currently occupying beds on forensic wards
37 at western state hospital who have been committed to a state hospital
38 pursuant to the dismissal of criminal charges and a civil evaluation
39 ordered under RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088, in order to maximize
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1  forensic bed capacity for individuals in jails awaiting admission
2  that are class members of Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social
3  and Health Services, et al., United States district court for the
4  western district of Washington, cause no. 14-cv-01178-MJP.
5    (21)   $14,466,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
6 fiscal year 2024 and (($51,582,000)) $29,684,000 of the general fund—
7 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
8 department to operate the maple lane campus as described in (a) and
9 (b) of this subsection.
10     (a) The department shall operate the Oak, Columbia, and Cascade
11 cottages to provide:
12     (i) Treatment services to individuals committed to a state
13 hospital under chapter 71.05 RCW pursuant to the dismissal of
14 criminal charges and a civil evaluation ordered under RCW 10.77.086
15 or 10.77.088;
16     (ii) Treatment services to individuals acquitted of a crime by
17 reason of insanity and subsequently ordered to receive treatment
18 services under RCW 10.77.120; and
19     (iii) Through fiscal year 2024, competency restoration services
20 at the Cascade cottage to individuals under RCW 10.77.086 or
21 10.77.088.
22     (b) The department shall open and operate the Baker ((and Chelan
23 cottages)) cottage to provide treatment services to individuals
24 committed to a state hospital under chapter 71.05 RCW pursuant to the
25 dismissal of criminal charges and a civil evaluation ordered under
26 RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088.
27     (c) In considering placements at the maple lane campus, the
28 department must maximize forensic bed capacity at the state hospitals
29 for individuals in jails awaiting admission that are class members of
30 Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health Services, et
31 al., United States district court for the western district of
32 Washington, cause no. 14-cv-01178-MJP.
33    (22)   $1,412,000    of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
34 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,412,000   of  the  general fund—state
35 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
36 relocation, storage, and other costs associated with building
37 demolition on the western state hospital campus.
38    (23) $455,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2024 and $455,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
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1  fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for western state hospital's
2  vocational rehabilitation program and eastern state hospital's work
3  readiness program to pay patients working in the programs an hourly
4  wage that is equivalent to the state's minimum hourly wage under RCW
5  49.46.020.
6(24)   $4,054,000   of   the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
7 fiscal   year  2024   and $5,236,000  of  the  general  fund—state
8 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
9 implementation of Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5440
10 (competency evaluations).
11(25)   $2,283,000   of   the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
12 fiscal year 2024, $4,118,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
13 for   fiscal   year   2025,    and   $247,000   of   the   general   fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for the department to address
15 delays in patient discharge as provided in this subsection.
16     (a) The department shall hire staff dedicated to discharge
17 reviews, including psychologists to complete reviews and staff for
18 additional discharge review work, including, but not limited to,
19 scheduling, planning, and providing transportation; and establish and
20 implement a sex offense and problematic behavior program as part of
21 the sex offense review and referral team program.
22     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $504,000 per year
23 shall be used for bed fees for patients who are not guilty by reason
24 of insanity.
25     (c) The department shall track data as it relates to this
26 subsection and, where available, compare it to historical data. The
27 department will provide a report to the appropriate fiscal and policy
28 committees of the legislature. A preliminary report is due by
29 December 1, 2023, and the final report is due by September 15, 2024,
30 and at a minimum must include the:
31     (i) Volume of patients discharged;
32     (ii) Volume of patients in a sex offense or problematic behavior
33 program;
34     (iii) Number of beds held for not guilty by reason of insanity
35 patients;
36     (iv) Average and median duration to complete discharges;
37     (v) Staffing as it relates to this subsection; and
38     (vi) Average discharge evaluation caseload.
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1    (26)(a) $5,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
2  fiscal   year  2024  and  $5,000,000   of  the  general   fund—state
3  appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
4  department to pursue immediate strategies to maximize existing
5  forensic bed capacity for individuals in jails awaiting admission to
6  the state hospitals that are class members of Trueblood, et al. v.
7 Department of Social and Health Services, et al., United States
8 district court for the western district of Washington, cause no. 14-
9 cv-01178-MJP. The immediate strategies must include, but are not
10 limited to:
11     (i) Additional approaches to resolving barriers to discharge for
12 civil patients, including:
13     (A) In coordination with the behavioral health teaching facility
14 at the University of Washington, identification of civil patients in
15 the state hospitals that could receive appropriate treatment at the
16 facility and work to resolve any barriers in such placement;
17     (B) Identification of civil patients in the state hospitals that
18 could receive appropriate treatment at an enhanced services facility
19 or any other community facility and work to resolve any barriers in
20 such placement; and
21     (C) Coordination with the aging and long-term care administration
22 and the office of public guardianship on the provision of qualified
23 guardians for civil patients in need of guardianship that are
24 otherwise eligible for discharge; and
25     (ii)   Additional  approaches   to  resolving   any  barriers  to
26 maximizing the use of existing civil wards at eastern state hospital
27 for individuals currently occupying beds on forensic wards at western
28 state hospital who have been committed to a state hospital pursuant
29 to the dismissal of criminal charges and a civil evaluation ordered
30 under RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088.
31     (b) By December 1, 2023, the department must submit a preliminary
32 report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and to the
33 office of financial management that provides:
34     (i) The number of individuals currently occupying beds on
35 forensic wards at western state hospital who have been committed to a
36 state hospital pursuant to the dismissal of criminal charges and a
37 civil evaluation ordered under RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088; and
38     (ii) The department's plan for utilizing the funds provided in
39 this subsection and estimated outcomes.
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1     (c) By September 1, 2024, the department must submit a final
2 report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and to the
3 office of financial management that provides:
4     (i) The number of individuals currently occupying beds on
5 forensic wards at western state hospital who have been committed to a
6 state hospital pursuant to the dismissal of criminal charges and a
7 civil evaluation ordered under RCW 10.77.086 or 10.77.088; and
8     (ii) Detailed reporting on how the funds provided in this
9 subsection were used and the associated outcomes.
10     (27) $76,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024, $53,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2025, and $71,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
13 provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute House Bill
14 No. 1580 (children in crisis).
15     (28) Within the amounts provided in this section, the department
16 is provided funding to operate civil long-term inpatient beds at the
17 state hospitals as follows:
18     (a) Funding is sufficient for the department to operate 192 civil
19 beds at eastern state hospital in ((both)) fiscal year 2024 and 162
20 civil beds in fiscal year 2025.
21     (b) Funding is sufficient for the department to operate 287 civil
22 beds at western state hospital in both fiscal year 2024 and fiscal
23 year 2025.
24     (c) The department shall fully operate funded civil capacity at
25 eastern state hospital, including reopening and operating civil beds
26 that are not needed for eastern Washington residents to provide
27 services for western Washington residents.
28     (d) The department shall coordinate with the health care
29 authority   toward  increasing   community   capacity  for   long-term
30 inpatient services required under section 215(50) of this act.
31     (29)(a) $60,426,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2024 and (($74,538,000)) $59,350,000 of the general fund—
33 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
34 department to operate 72 beds in three wards in the Olympic heritage
35 behavioral health facility.
36     (b) The department may not use the remaining 40 beds at the
37 facility for any purpose and must permit the contractor selected by
38 the health care authority to utilize the beds pursuant to and upon
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1 completion of the contracted process outlined in section 215 of this
2 act.
3     (30) $100,318,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
4 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to pay the
5 court order filed July 7, 2023, issued in the case of Trueblood, et
6 al. v. Department of Social and Health Services, et al., United
7 States district court for the western district of Washington, cause
8 no. 14-cv-01178-MJP, which requires the department to "pay all fines
9 held in abeyance from September 2022 through May 2023, which totals
10 $100,318,000.00."
11     (31)    $6,900,000   of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
12 fiscal     year   2024   and   $13,610,000      of   the   general   fund—state
13 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
14 department to operate an additional 30 beds at western state
15 hospital.
16     (32)    $3,228,000   of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
17 fiscal   year 2024  and  $6,088,000 of  the  general fund—state
18 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
19 department to operate an additional eight beds at eastern state
20 hospital.
21     (((34))) (33) $1,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
22 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute
23 Senate Bill No. 6106 (DSHS workers/PSERS). If the bill is not enacted
24 by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
25     Sec. 203.      2024 c 376 s 203 (uncodified) is amended to read as
26 follows:
27 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—DEVELOPMENTAL
28 DISABILITIES PROGRAM
29     (1) COMMUNITY SERVICES
30 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . .  $1,130,054,000
31 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . .  (($1,210,591,000))
32$1,260,404,000
33 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . .  (($2,436,767,000))
34$2,487,736,000
35 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . .  $4,058,000
36 Developmental Disabilities Community Services
37    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,120,000
38TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($4,813,590,000))
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1$4,914,372,000
2     The appropriations in this subsection are subject to the
3 following conditions and limitations:
4     (a) Individuals receiving services as supplemental security
5 income (SSI) state supplemental payments may not become eligible for
6 medical assistance under RCW 74.09.510 due solely to the receipt of
7 SSI state supplemental payments.
8     (b) In accordance with RCW 18.51.050, 18.20.050, 70.128.060, and
9 43.135.055, the department is authorized to increase nursing
10 facility, assisted living facility, and adult family home fees as
11 necessary to fully support the actual costs of conducting the
12 licensure, inspection, and regulatory programs. The license fees may
13 not exceed the department's annual licensing and oversight activity
14 costs and shall include the department's cost of paying providers for
15 the amount of the license fee attributed to medicaid clients.
16     (i) The current annual renewal license fee for adult family homes
17 is $225 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $225 per bed
18 beginning in fiscal year 2025. A processing fee of $2,750 must be
19 charged to each adult family home when the home is initially
20 licensed. This fee is nonrefundable. A processing fee of $700 must be
21 charged when adult family home providers file a change of ownership
22 application.
23     (ii) The current annual renewal license fee for assisted living
24 facilities is $116 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $116 per
25 bed beginning in fiscal year 2025.
26     (iii) The current annual renewal license fee for nursing
27 facilities is $359 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $359 per
28 bed beginning in fiscal year 2025.
29     (c)   $32,240,000      of   the    general    fund—state       appropriation     for
30 fiscal year 2024, $52,060,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
31 for fiscal year 2025, and $108,994,000 of the general fund—federal
32 appropriation are provided solely for the rate increase for the new
33 consumer-directed employer contracted individual providers as set by
34 the consumer-directed employer rate setting board in accordance with
35 RCW 74.39A.530.
36    (d) $5,095,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024, $7,299,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal    year   2025,    and   $16,042,000       of    the    general    fund—federal
39 appropriation    are     provided     solely   for     the    homecare   agency   parity
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1 consistent with the rate set by the consumer-directed employer rate
2 setting board in accordance with RCW 74.39A.530.
3(e) $1,099,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4  year 2024, $2,171,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5  fiscal year 2025, and $5,515,000 of the general fund—federal
6  appropriation are provided solely for administrative costs of the
7  consumer-directed employer as set by the consumer-directed employer
8 rate setting board in accordance with RCW 74.39A.530.
9(f) $328,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year    2024,   $444,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
11 fiscal year 2025, and $998,000 of the general fund—federal
12 appropriation are provided solely to increase the administrative rate
13 for home care agencies by 56 cents per hour effective July 1, 2023.
14(g) $9,371,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024, $10,798,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025, and $25,267,000 of the general fund—federal
17 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of an
18 agreement reached between the governor and the adult family home
19 council under the provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW for the 2023-2025
20 fiscal biennium, as provided in section 907 of this act.
21     (h) The department may authorize a one-time waiver of all or any
22 portion of the licensing and processing fees required under RCW
23 70.128.060 in any case in which the department determines that an
24 adult family home is being relicensed because of exceptional
25 circumstances, such as death or incapacity of a provider, and that to
26 require the full payment of the licensing and processing fees would
27 present a hardship to the applicant. In these situations the
28 department is also granted the authority to waive the required
29 residential administrator training for a period of 120 days if
30 necessary to ensure continuity of care during the relicensing
31 process.
32     (i) Community residential cost reports that are submitted by or
33 on behalf of contracted agency providers are required to include
34 information about agency staffing including health insurance, wages,
35 number of positions, and turnover.
36     (j) Sufficient appropriations are provided to continue community
37 alternative placement beds that prioritize the transition of clients
38 who are ready for discharge from the state psychiatric hospitals, but
39 who have additional long-term care or developmental disability needs.
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1     (i) Community alternative placement beds include enhanced service
2 facility beds, adult family home beds, skilled nursing facility beds,
3 shared supportive housing beds, state operated living alternative
4 beds, and assisted living facility beds.
5     (ii) Each client must receive an individualized assessment prior
6 to leaving one of the state psychiatric hospitals. The individualized
7 assessment must identify and authorize personal care, nursing care,
8 behavioral health stabilization, physical therapy, or other necessary
9 services to meet the unique needs of each client. It is the
10 expectation that, in most cases, staffing ratios in all community
11 alternative placement options described in (j)(i) of this subsection
12 will need to increase to meet the needs of clients leaving the state
13 psychiatric hospitals. If specialized training is necessary to meet
14 the needs of a client before he or she enters a community placement,
15 then the person centered service plan must also identify and
16 authorize this training.
17     (iii) When reviewing placement options, the department must
18 consider the safety of other residents, as well as the safety of
19 staff, in a facility. An initial evaluation of each placement,
20 including any documented safety concerns, must occur within thirty
21 days of a client leaving one of the state psychiatric hospitals and
22 entering one of the community placement options described in (j)(i)
23 of this subsection. At a minimum, the department must perform two
24 additional evaluations of each placement during the first year that a
25 client has lived in the facility.
26     (iv) In developing bed capacity, the department shall consider
27 the complex needs of individuals waiting for discharge from the state
28 psychiatric hospitals.
29     (k) Sufficient appropriations are provided for discharge case
30 managers stationed at the state psychiatric hospitals. Discharge case
31 managers will transition clients ready for hospital discharge into
32 less restrictive alternative community placements. The transition of
33 clients ready for discharge will free up bed capacity at the state
34 psychiatric hospitals.
35    (l) $476,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $481,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of House Bill
38 No. 1128 (personal needs allowance).
39     (m)   The  annual   certification  renewal   fee   for  community
40 residential service businesses is $859 per client in fiscal year 2024
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1 and $859 per client in fiscal year 2025. The annual certification
2 renewal fee may not exceed the department's annual licensing and
3 oversight activity costs.
4    (n) $2,648,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2024, $2,631,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
6 fiscal year 2025, and $2,293,000 of the general fund—federal
7 appropriation are provided solely for enhanced respite beds across
8 the state for children. These services are intended to provide
9 families and caregivers with a break in caregiving, the opportunity
10 for behavioral stabilization of the child, and the ability to partner
11 with the state in the development of an individualized service plan
12 that allows the child to remain in his or her home. The department
13 must provide the legislature with a respite utilization report in
14 January of each year that provides information about the number of
15 children who have used enhanced respite in the preceding year, as
16 well as the location and number of days per month that each respite
17 bed was occupied.
18    (o) $2,173,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $2,154,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for 13 community respite beds
21 across the state for adults. These services are intended to provide
22 families and caregivers with a break in caregiving and the
23 opportunity for stabilization of the individual in a community-based
24 setting as an alternative to using a residential habilitation center
25 to provide planned or emergent respite. The department must provide
26 the legislature with a respite utilization report by January of each
27 year that provides information about the number of individuals who
28 have used community respite in the preceding year, as well as the
29 location and number of days per month that each respite bed was
30 occupied.
31    (p) $144,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2025 and $181,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
33 provided solely for funding the unfair labor practice settlement in
34 the case of Adult Family Home Council v Office of Financial
35 Management, PERC case no. 135737-U-22. If the settlement agreement is
36 not reached by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection
37 shall lapse.
38    (q) $351,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year   2024,   $570,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
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1 fiscal year 2025, and $1,158,000 of the general fund—federal
2 appropriation are provided solely for rate adjustments for assisted
3 living providers. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
4     (i) $351,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year    2024,     $428,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
6 fiscal     year     2025,    and    $970,000       of   the   general   fund—federal
7 appropriation are provided solely to increase funding of the assisted
8 living medicaid methodology established in RCW 74.39A.032 to 79
9 percent of the labor component and 68 percent of the operations
10 component, effective July 1, 2023; and to 82 percent of the labor
11 component and 68 percent of the operations component, effective July
12 1, 2024.
13(ii) $142,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2025 and $188,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
15 provided solely for a one-time bridge rate for assisted living
16 facilities, enhanced adult residential centers, and adult residential
17 centers, with high medicaid occupancy. The bridge rate does not
18 replace or substitute the capital add-on rate found in RCW 74.39A.320
19 and the same methodology from RCW 74.39A.320 shall be used to
20 determine each facility's medicaid occupancy percentage for the
21 purposes of this one-time bridge rate add-on. Facilities with a
22 medicaid occupancy level of 75 percent or more shall receive a $20.99
23 add-on per resident day effective July 1, 2024.
24     (r) The appropriations in this section include sufficient funding
25 to implement chapter 220, Laws of 2020 (adult family homes/8 beds). A
26 nonrefundable fee of $485 shall be charged for each application to
27 increase bed capacity at an adult family home to seven or eight beds.
28     (s) The appropriations in this section include sufficient funding
29 to provide access to the individual and family services waiver and
30 the basic plus waiver to those individuals on the service request
31 list as forecasted by the caseload forecast council. For subsequent
32 policy level budgets, the department shall submit a request for
33 funding associated with individuals requesting to receive the
34 individual and family services waiver and the basic plus waiver in
35 accordance with the courtesy forecasts provided by the caseload
36 forecast council.
37    (t) $1,729,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2024, $2,669,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
39 fiscal     year    2025,     and   $4,206,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
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1 appropriation are provided solely to operate intensive habilitation
2 services and enhanced out-of-home services facilities.
3    (u) $1,363,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024, $1,363,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2025, and $2,092,000 of the general fund—federal
6 appropriation are provided solely for additional staff to reduce the
7 timeline for completion of financial eligibility determinations. No
8 later than December 31, 2024, the department of social and health
9 services shall submit a final report to the appropriate committees of
10 the legislature that details how the funds were utilized and the
11 associated outcomes, including, but not limited to, a description of
12 how the timeline for completion of these determinations has changed.
13    (v) $485,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $484,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
15 provided solely for a feasibility study of the developmental
16 disabilities assessment tool and is subject to the conditions,
17 limitations, and review requirements of section 701 of this act. The
18 resulting study must determine whether the assessment and its
19 technology can be improved to meet regulatory obligations, be quicker
20 and person-centered, reduce manual notations, and maintain viability
21 across age groups and settings.
22    (w) $1,223,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024, $2,763,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025, and $3,248,000 of the general fund—federal
25 appropriation are provided solely for supported employment and
26 community inclusion services for those individuals with intellectual
27 or developmental disabilities who are transitioning from high school
28 in the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium and are anticipated to utilize these
29 services.
30    (x)   $11,074,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
31 fiscal year 2024, $13,222,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
32 for fiscal year 2025, and $19,206,000 of the general fund—federal
33 appropriation are provided solely to increase rates paid to supported
34 employment   and  community   inclusion  providers.   Within  amounts
35 appropriated in this section and no later than October 1, 2024, the
36 department shall submit to the governor and the appropriate
37 committees of the legislature:
38     (i) A forecast of the caseload of individuals anticipated to
39 utilize supported employment and community inclusion services in
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1 order to inform operating budget development for the 2025-2027 fiscal
2 biennium. This forecast shall include data that begins with fiscal
3 year 2018 and that delineates the community inclusion caseload from
4 the supported employment caseload and incorporates actual entries and
5 exits; and
6     (ii) An analysis of the county supported employment and community
7 inclusion programs in fiscal years 2018 through 2024 that includes:
8     (A) Data that illustrates, by county and fiscal year, the number
9 of clients served and the number of available providers;
10     (B) Identification of the counties that have an insufficient
11 number of providers with the identification occurring by zip code to
12 the maximum extent possible;
13     (C) Identification of any additional barriers that prevent
14 achieving the anticipated level of service delivery anticipated with
15 chapter 142, Laws of 2022; and
16     (D) Recommendations for resolving the issues noted in (ii)(B) and
17 (C) of this subsection (x).
18    (y)(i) $79,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024, $76,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2025, and $121,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
21 provided solely for the department to develop a plan for implementing
22 an enhanced behavior support specialty contract for community
23 residential supported living, state-operated living alternative, or a
24 group training home to provide intensive behavioral services and
25 support to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
26 who require enhanced services and support due to challenging
27 behaviors that cannot be safely and holistically managed in an
28 exclusively   community   setting,   and   who    are  at   risk   of
29 institutionalization or out-of-state placement, or are transitioning
30 to the community from an intermediate care facility, hospital, or
31 other state-operated residential facility. The enhanced behavior
32 support specialty contract shall be designed to ensure that enhanced
33 behavior support specialty settings serve a maximum capacity of four
34 clients and that they have the adequate levels of staffing to provide
35 24-hour nonmedical care and supervision of residents.
36     (ii) No later than June 30, 2025, the department must submit to
37 the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature a
38 report that includes:
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1     (A) A detailed description of the design of the enhanced behavior
2 support specialty contract and setting, including a description of
3 and the rationale for the number of staff required within each
4 behavior support specialty setting and the necessary qualifications
5 of these staff;
6     (B) A detailed description of and the rationale for the number of
7 department staff required to manage the enhanced behavior support
8 specialty program;
9     (C) A plan for implementing the enhanced behavior support
10 specialty contracts that includes:
11     (I) An analysis of areas of the state where enhanced behavior
12 support specialty settings are needed, including recommendations for
13 how to phase in the enhanced behavior support specialty settings in
14 these areas; and
15     (II) An analysis of the sufficiency of the provider network to
16 support a phase in of the enhanced behavior support specialty
17 settings, including recommendations for how to further develop this
18 network; and
19     (D) An estimate of the costs to implement the enhanced behavior
20 support   specialty   settings   and   program   and   any  necessary
21 recommendations for legislative actions to facilitate the ability of
22 the department to:
23     (I) Enter into contracts and payment arrangements with providers
24 choosing to provide the enhanced behavior support specialty setting
25 and to supplement care in all community-based residential settings
26 with experts trained in enhanced behavior support so that state-
27 operated living alternatives, supported living facilities, and other
28 community-based settings can specialize in the needs of individuals
29 with developmental disabilities who are living with high, complex
30 behavioral support needs;
31     (II) Enter into funding agreements with the health care authority
32 for the provision of applied behavioral analysis and other applicable
33 health care services within the community-based residential setting;
34 and
35     (III) Provide the enhanced behavior support specialty through a
36 medicaid waiver or other federal authority administered by the
37 department, to the extent consistent with federal law and federal
38 funding requirements to receive federal matching funds.
39    (z) $2,494,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
40 year 2024 and $3,345,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
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1 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to provide
2 personal care services for up to 33 clients who are not United States
3 citizens and who are ineligible for medicaid upon their discharge
4 from an acute care hospital. The department must prioritize the
5 funding provided in this subsection for such clients in acute care
6 hospitals who are also on the department's wait list for services.
7    (aa)   $2,605,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
8 fiscal year 2024, $2,402,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
9 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,840,000 of the general fund—federal
10 appropriation   are   provided   solely   to   establish   transition
11 coordination teams to coordinate transitions of care for clients who
12 move from one care setting to another. The department of social and
13 health services shall submit annual reports no later than December 1,
14 2023, and December 1, 2024, to the appropriate committees of the
15 legislature that detail how the funds were utilized and the
16 associated outcomes including, but not limited to:
17     (i) A detailed reporting of the number of clients served, the
18 settings in which clients received care, and the progress made toward
19 increasing stability of client placements;
20     (ii) A comparison of these outcomes against the outcomes achieved
21 in prior fiscal years;
22     (iii) A description of lessons learned since the transition
23 coordination   teams    were   first    implemented,   including   an
24 identification of what processes were improved to reduce the
25 timelines for completion; and
26     (iv) Recommendations for changes necessary to the transition
27 coordination teams to improve increasing stability of client
28 placements.
29    (bb)   $1,448,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
30 fiscal year 2024, $1,807,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
31 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,626,000 of the general fund—federal
32 appropriation are provided solely to pilot a specialty rate for adult
33 family homes to serve up to 100 individuals with intellectual or
34 developmental disabilities who also have co-occurring health or
35 behavioral health diagnoses. No later than December 1, 2024, the
36 department of social and health services shall submit a report to the
37 governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature that
38 details how the funds were utilized and the associated outcomes
39 including, but not limited to:
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1     (i) A detailed reporting of the number of clients served and the
2 setting from which each client entered the adult family home
3 receiving this specialty rate;
4     (ii) A comparison of the rate of admissions to the adult family
5 homes receiving this specialty rate against the rate of admissions to
6 other state-operated settings including, but not limited to, state-
7 operated living alternatives, enhanced services facilities, and the
8 transitional care center of Seattle; and
9     (iii) A comparison of the length of stay in the setting from
10 which the client entered the adult family home receiving this
11 specialty rate against the average length of stay in settings prior
12 to entering other state-operated settings including, but not limited
13 to, state-operated living alternatives, enhanced services facilities,
14 and the transitional care center of Seattle.
15(cc)   $2,856,000    of     the   general    fund—state   appropriation     for
16 fiscal year 2024, $3,104,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
17 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,948,000 of the general fund—federal
18 appropriation are provided solely to pilot a program that provides a
19 specialty rate for community residential providers who receive
20 additional training to support individuals with complex physical and
21 behavioral health needs.
22     (i) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $2,453,000 of the
23 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024, $2,705,000 of
24 the   general     fund—state      appropriation     for   fiscal   year   2025,   and
25 $5,259,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
26 solely for the specialty rate for community residential providers to
27 serve up to 30 individuals.
28     (ii) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $403,000 of the
29 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024, $399,000 of
30 the   general     fund—state      appropriation     for   fiscal   year   2025,   and
31 $689,000     of   the   general    fund—federal
  appropriation are provided
32 solely for the department to hire staff to support this specialty
33 program, including expanding existing training programs available for
34 community residential providers and to support providers in locating
35 affordable housing.
36     (iii) No later than December 1, 2024, the department of social
37 and health services shall submit a report to the governor and the
38 appropriate committees of the legislature that details how the funds
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1 were utilized and the associated outcomes including, but not limited
2 to:
3     (A) A detailed reporting of the number of clients served and the
4 setting from which each client entered the community residential
5 setting receiving this specialty rate;
6     (B) A comparison of the rate of admissions to the community
7 residential setting receiving this specialty rate against the rate of
8 admissions to other community residential settings not receiving this
9 specialty rate as well as against the rate of admissions to other
10 state-operated settings including, but not limited to, state-operated
11 living   alternatives,   enhanced   services  facilities,   and   the
12 transitional care center of Seattle; and
13     (C) A comparison of the length of stay in the setting from which
14 the client entered the community residential setting receiving this
15 specialty rate against the average length of stay in settings prior
16 to entering other community residential settings not receiving this
17 specialty rate as well as prior to entering other state-operated
18 settings including, but not limited to, state-operated living
19 alternatives, enhanced services facilities, and the transitional care
20 center of Seattle.
21     (dd)(i) $104,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
22 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to contract
23 with    the  Ruckleshaus  center  for  a   progress  report  on   the
24 recommendations in the December 2019 report, "Rethinking Intellectual
25 and Developmental Disability Policy to Empower Clients, Develop
26 Providers and Improve Services."
27      (ii) By February 29, 2024, a final report shall be submitted to
28 the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature that
29 includes:
30     (A) Detailed information about the successes and barriers related
31 to meeting the recommendations in the December 2019 report;
32     (B) Identification of other potential issues or options for
33 meeting the recommendations in the December 2019 report, including
34 but not limited to, an exploration of the enhanced behavioral support
35 homes concept;
36     (C) A review of other state's approaches and innovations
37 regarding any of the recommendations in the December 2019 report;
38     (D) Identification of any emergent issues; and
39     (E) Identification or recommendation for the organization of
40 focus groups of state agencies and respective stakeholders.
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1      (iii) In compiling the final report, members of the previous
2  workgroup, as well as other interested parties, should be consulted
3  for their feedback and to identify areas where there is potential for
4  agreement to move forward and to make process recommendations if
5  applicable.
6    (ee) $127,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024, $28,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025, and $55,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
9 provided solely for adult day respite. Of the amounts appropriated in
10 this subsection:
11    (i) $27,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024, $28,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2025, and $55,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
14 provided solely to increase adult day respite rates from $3.40 to
15 $5.45 per 15-minute unit to expand and ensure the sustainability of
16 respite services for clients with intellectual or developmental
17 disabilities and their family caregivers.
18     (ii) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to hire a project
20 position to conduct a study and submit a report by December 1, 2023
21 to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature
22 that examines the feasibility and operational resources needed to add
23 adult day services to a state plan 1915(i) option or to the existing
24 basic plus and core 1915(c) waivers.
25    (ff)   $2,500,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
26 fiscal year 2024, $4,284,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
27 for fiscal year 2025, and $4,178,000 of the general fund—federal
28 appropriation are provided solely for the department to add 10 adult
29 stabilization beds by June 2025, increase rates for existing adult
30 stabilization beds by 23 percent, and expand mobile crisis diversion
31 services to cover all three regions of the state.
32     (gg)(i) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to study
34 opportunities to enhance data collection on clients in family units
35 with at least one parent having a developmental or intellectual
36 disability. The study must identify:
37     (A) Opportunities to improve the existing assessment form and
38 information technology systems by adding questions about clients'
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1 children, such as their ages, the number of children, and the K-12
2 enrollment status of each child;
3     (B) Ways to strengthen data sharing agreements with other
4 departments, including the department of children, youth, and
5 families, and local school districts;
6     (C) Strategies for surveying clients to collect information on
7 their parenting and living arrangements, including support from other
8 family members;
9     (D) Methods for analyzing new and existing data to determine and
10 identify the total number of children with parents that have a
11 developmental or intellectual disability, their needs, and access to
12 specialized services;
13     (E) An inventory of existing support programs designed for
14 families with a parent having a developmental or intellectual
15 disability and their children, including educational support,
16 financial assistance, and access to specialized services.
17     (ii) The department shall report its findings to the governor and
18 appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2024.
19    (hh) $81,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year    2024,   $219,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
21 fiscal year 2025, and $371,000 of the general fund—federal
22 appropriation are provided solely to implement House Bill No. 1407
23 (dev. disability/eligibility).
24(ii) $62,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2024, $72,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2025, and $116,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
27 provided solely to implement Second Substitute House Bill No. 1580
28 (children in crisis).
29    (jj) $63,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024, $73,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2025, and $136,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
32 provided solely for the department to conduct a study to explore
33 opportunities to restructure services offered under the medicaid
34 waivers for individuals with developmental disabilities served by the
35 department. The plan should propose strategies to enhance service
36 accessibility across the state and align services with the needs of
37 clients, taking into account current and future demand. It must
38 incorporate valuable input from knowledgeable stakeholders and a
39 national organization experienced in home and community-based waivers
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1 in other states. This plan must be submitted to the governor and
2 relevant legislative committees by December 1, 2024.
3     (kk)   $5,431,000     of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
4 fiscal year 2024, $16,626,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
5 for fiscal year 2025, and $22,279,000 of the general fund—federal
6 appropriation are provided solely to increase rates by 2.5 percent,
7 effective January 1, 2024, and an additional 2.5 percent, effective
8 January 1, 2025, for community residential service providers offering
9 supported living, group home, group training home, licensed staff
10 residential services, community protection, and children's out-of-
11 home services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
12     (ll) $456,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year   2024,   $898,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
14 fiscal year 2025, and $416,000 of the general fund—federal
15 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
16 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1188 (child welfare services/DD).
17     (mm) $446,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024, $5,274,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025, and $2,089,000 of the general fund—federal
20 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
21 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5440 (competency evaluations).
22     (nn)(((a)))   (i)   $2,214,000   of   the    general  fund—state
23 appropriation for fiscal year 2024((, $10,104,000 of the general fund
24 —state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $2,934,000 of the
25 general fund—federal appropriation are)) is provided solely for the
26 department to operate a staff-secure, voluntary, and transitional
27 treatment facility specializing in services for adolescents over the
28 age of 13 who have complex developmental, intellectual disabilities,
29 or autism spectrum disorder and may also have a mental health or
30 substance   use  diagnosis.   These   individuals  require   intensive
31 behavioral supports and may also be in need of behavioral health
32 services. Services must be provided at a leased property in Lake
33 Burien, serve no more than 12 youth at one time, and be implemented
34 in a way that prioritizes transition to less restrictive community-
35 based settings. The department shall collaborate with the department
36 of children, youth, and families to identify youth for placement in
37 this setting and regarding appropriate discharge options with a focus
38 on less restrictive community-based settings. Youth shall enter the
39 facility only by their own consent or the consent of their guardian.
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1(((b))) (ii) $11,938,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
2 for   fiscal   year   2025   and   $3,467,000   of   the   general   fund—federal
3  appropriation are provided solely for the department to operate a
4  transitional facility specializing in treatment for youth aged 13-17
5  who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, autism spectrum
6  disorder, and a severe psychiatric diagnosis requiring 24/7 care
7 under the direction of a physician. Youth admitted to the facility
8 require   health   services    wherein   treatment   modalities   and
9 interventions are adapted to specifically provide youth with I/DD
10 benefits from the level of care provided. Services must be provided
11 at a leased property in Burien, serve no more than 12 youth at one
12 time, and be implemented in a way that prioritizes transition to less
13 restrictive community-based settings. Youth shall be voluntarily
14 admitted to the facility by their own consent or the consent of their
15 guardian or legal representative.
16     (iii) The department and health care authority shall collaborate
17 in the identification and evaluation of strategies to obtain federal
18 matching funding opportunities, specifically focusing on innovative
19 medicaid framework adjustments and the consideration of necessary
20 state plan amendments. This collaborative effort aims not only to
21 enhance the funding available for the operation of the facility but
22 also to maintain adherence to its fundamental objective of offering
23 voluntary, transitional services. These services are designed to
24 facilitate the transition of youth to community-based settings that
25 are less restrictive, aligning with the facility's commitment to
26 supporting youth with complex needs in a manner that encourages their
27 movement toward independence.
28     (((c))) (iv) By November 1, 2024, the department shall report to
29 the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature on the
30 program's design, results of preliminary implementation, financing
31 opportunities, and recommendations. By June 30, 2025, the department
32 shall report to the governor and appropriate committees of the
33 legislature its initial findings, demographics on children served,
34 and recommendations for program design and expansion.
35(oo) $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2025 and $175,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
37 provided solely for guardianship fee parity for individuals moving
38 from residential habilitation centers to community supported living
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1 programs. This funding aims to maintain equal  guardianship    fees
2 compared to those moving to adult family homes.
3    (pp) $108,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4  year 2025 and $92,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
5  provided solely to convene a work group to study day habilitation
6  services, ensuring that work group includes individuals with lived
7 experience. The work group must submit a final report to the governor
8 and appropriate committees of the legislature by October 1, 2024,
9 detailing recommendations for the establishment of community-
10 contracted day habilitation services statewide and their inclusion in
11 the medicaid state plan.
12    (qq)   $1,260,000    of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
13 fiscal   year 2025  and   $970,000 of   the  general fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for hiring additional staff to
15 reduce the current caseload ratio, targeting a move from one case
16 manager per 75 clients to one case manager per 66 clients by June
17 2027.
18    (rr)(i)   $361,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation    for
19 fiscal   year  2025   and  $387,000   of  the   general  fund—federal
20 appropriation are provided for rates paid, effective January 1, 2025,
21 to independent contractor nurses and agency-employed nurses providing
22 private duty nursing, skilled nursing, and private duty nursing in
23 adult family homes.
24     (ii) The department must adopt a payment model that incorporates
25 the following adjustments for independent contractor nurses:
26     (A) Private duty nursing services shall be $56.58 per hour by a
27 registered nurse and $46.49 per hour by a licensed practical nurse.
28     (B) Skilled nursing services shall be $62.93 per day by a
29 registered nurse.
30     (iii) The department must adopt a payment model that incorporates
31 the following adjustments for agency-employed nurses:
32     (A) Private duty nursing services shall be $67.89 per hour by a
33 registered nurse and $55.79 per hour by a licensed practical nurse.
34     (B) Skilled nursing services shall be $75.52 per day by a
35 registered nurse.
36     (iv) Private duty nursing services in an adult family home shall
37 be $898.95 per day.
38     (ss) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2025 is provided solely to establish respite care beds for
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1 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the
2 Tri-Cities.
3     (2) INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES
4 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .   $138,715,000
5 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .   (($141,014,000))
6$141,490,000
7 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . .   (($255,118,000))
8$260,541,000
9 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $19,488,000
10TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($554,335,000))
11$560,234,000
12     The appropriations in this subsection      are    subject   to   the
13 following conditions and limitations:
14     (a) Individuals receiving services as supplemental security
15 income (SSI) state supplemental payments may not become eligible for
16 medical assistance under RCW 74.09.510 due solely to the receipt of
17 SSI state supplemental payments.
18    (b) $495,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 ((and $495,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are)) is for the department to fulfill its contracts
21 with the school districts under chapter 28A.190 RCW to provide
22 transportation, building space, and other support services as are
23 reasonably necessary to support the educational programs of students
24 living in residential habilitation centers.
25     (c)   The  residential   habilitation   centers  may  use   funds
26 appropriated in this subsection to purchase goods, services, and
27 supplies through hospital group purchasing organizations when it is
28 cost-effective to do so.
29     (d) $61,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024, $61,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2025, and $117,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
32 provided solely for implementation of House Bill No. 1128 (personal
33 needs allowance).
34    (e) $73,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2025 and $73,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
36 provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 6125
37 (Lakeland Village records). ((If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
38 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.))
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1      (3) PROGRAM SUPPORT
2  General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .     $3,582,000
3  General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . .   (($3,660,000))
4$3,654,000
5  General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . .    (($4,249,000))
6$4,244,000
7TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($11,491,000))
8$11,480,000
9      (4) SPECIAL PROJECTS
10 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . . $66,000
11 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . . $66,000
12 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . .     $1,094,000
13TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $1,226,000
14     Sec. 204.   2024 c 376 s 204 (uncodified) is amended to read as
15 follows:
16 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—AGING AND ADULT
17 SERVICES PROGRAM
18 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . .    $2,168,094,000
19 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . .   (($2,415,596,000))
20$2,489,974,000
21 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . .   (($5,672,133,000))
22$5,775,242,000
23 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . . . . $53,719,000
24 Traumatic Brain Injury Account—State Appropriation. . . .    $4,486,000
25 Skilled Nursing Facility Safety Net Trust Account—
26     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $133,360,000
27 Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Account—State
28     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   $53,701,000
29TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . .   (($10,501,089,000))
30$10,678,576,000
31     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
32 conditions and limitations:
33     (1)(a) For purposes of implementing chapter 74.46 RCW, the
34 weighted average nursing facility payment rate may not exceed $341.41
35 for fiscal year 2024 and may not exceed (($364.67)) $376.54 for
36 fiscal year 2025. The weighted average nursing facility payment rates
37 in this subsection (1)(a) include the following:
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1    (i)    $17,361,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
2 fiscal year 2024, $17,361,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3  for fiscal year 2025, and $34,722,000 of the general fund—federal
4  appropriation are provided solely to maintain rate add-ons funded in
5  the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium to address low-wage equity for low-wage
6  direct care workers. To the maximum extent possible, the facility-
7  specific wage rate add-on shall be equal to the wage payment received
8  on June 30, 2023.
9    (ii)    $2,227,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
10 fiscal year 2024, $2,227,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
11 for fiscal year 2025, and $4,456,000 of the general fund—federal
12 appropriation are provided solely to maintain rate add-ons funded in
13 the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium to address low-wage equity for low-wage
14 indirect care workers. To the maximum extent possible, the facility-
15 specific wage rate add-on shall be equal to the wage payment received
16 on June 30, 2023.
17     (b) The department shall provide a medicaid rate add-on to
18 reimburse the medicaid share of the skilled nursing facility safety
19 net assessment as a medicaid allowable cost. The nursing facility
20 safety net rate add-on may not be included in the calculation of the
21 annual statewide weighted average nursing facility payment rate.
22     (2) In accordance with RCW 18.51.050, 18.20.050, 70.128.060, and
23 43.135.055, the department is authorized to increase nursing
24 facility, assisted living facility, and adult family home fees as
25 necessary to fully support the actual costs of conducting the
26 licensure, inspection, and regulatory programs. The license fees may
27 not exceed the department's annual licensing and oversight activity
28 costs and shall include the department's cost of paying providers for
29 the amount of the license fee attributed to medicaid clients.
30     (a) The current annual renewal license fee for adult family homes
31 is $225 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $225 per bed
32 beginning in fiscal year 2025. A processing fee of $2,750 must be
33 charged to each adult family home when the home is initially
34 licensed. This fee is nonrefundable. A processing fee of $700 shall
35 be charged when adult family home providers file a change of
36 ownership application.
37     (b) The current annual renewal license fee for assisted living
38 facilities is $116 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $116 per
39 bed beginning in fiscal year 2025.
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1     (c) The current annual renewal license fee for nursing facilities
2 is $359 per bed beginning in fiscal year 2024 and $359 per bed
3 beginning in fiscal year 2025.
4     (3) The department is authorized to place long-term care clients
5 residing in nursing homes and paid for with state-only funds into
6 less restrictive community care settings while continuing to meet the
7 client's care needs.
8    (4)   $69,777,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
9 fiscal   year  2024,   $113,969,000  of   the  general   fund—state
10 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $237,558,000 of the general
11 fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the rate increase
12 for   the  new   consumer-directed employer  contracted individual
13 providers as set by the consumer-directed  rate setting board in
14 accordance with RCW 74.39A.530.
15    (5)   $19,044,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
16 fiscal year 2024, $30,439,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
17 for fiscal year 2025, and $63,986,000 of the general fund—federal
18 appropriation are provided solely for the homecare agency parity
19 consistent with the rate set by the consumer-directed employer rate
20 setting board in accordance with RCW 74.39A.530.
21    (6) $2,385,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year 2024, $4,892,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
23 fiscal year 2025, and $12,502,000 of the general fund—federal
24 appropriation are provided solely for administrative costs of the
25 consumer-directed employer as set by the consumer-directed employer
26 rate setting board in accordance with RCW 74.39A.530.
27    (7) $2,547,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2024, $3,447,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
29 fiscal year 2025, and $7,762,000 of the general fund—federal
30 appropriation are provided solely to increase the administrative rate
31 for home care agencies by 56 cents per hour effective July 1, 2023.
32    (8) $425,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 and $542,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
34 provided solely for funding the unfair labor practice settlement in
35 the case of Adult Family Home Council v Office of Financial
36 Management, PERC case no. 135737-U-22. If the settlement agreement is
37 not reached by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection
38 shall lapse.
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1     (9) The department may authorize a one-time waiver of all or any
2 portion of the licensing and processing fees required under RCW
3 70.128.060 in any case in which the department determines that an
4 adult family home is being relicensed because of exceptional
5 circumstances, such as death or incapacity of a provider, and that to
6 require the full payment of the licensing and processing fees would
7 present a hardship to the applicant. In these situations the
8 department is also granted the authority to waive the required
9 residential administrator training for a period of 120 days if
10 necessary to ensure continuity of care during the relicensing
11 process.
12     (10) In accordance with RCW 18.390.030, the biennial registration
13 fee for continuing care retirement communities shall be $900 for each
14 facility.
15     (11) Within amounts appropriated in this subsection, the
16 department shall assist the legislature to continue the work of the
17 joint legislative executive committee on planning for aging and
18 disability issues.
19     (a) A joint legislative executive committee on aging and
20 disability is continued, with members as provided in this subsection.
21     (i) Four members of the senate, with the leaders of the two
22 largest caucuses each appointing two members, and four members of the
23 house of representatives, with the leaders of the two largest
24 caucuses each appointing two members;
25     (ii) A member from the office of the governor, appointed by the
26 governor;
27     (iii) The secretary of the department of social and health
28 services or his or her designee;
29     (iv) The director of the health care authority or his or her
30 designee;
31     (v) A member from disability rights Washington and a member from
32 the office of long-term care ombuds;
33     (vi) The insurance commissioner or his or her designee, who shall
34 serve as an ex officio member; and
35     (vii) Other agency directors or designees as necessary.
36     (b) The committee must make recommendations and continue to
37 identify key strategic actions to prepare for the aging of the
38 population in Washington and to serve people with disabilities,
39 including state budget and policy options, and may conduct, but are
40 not limited to, the following tasks:
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1     (i) Identify strategies to better serve the health care needs of
2 an aging population and people with disabilities to promote healthy
3 living and palliative care planning;
4     (ii) Identify strategies and policy options to create financing
5 mechanisms for long-term service and supports that allow individuals
6 and families to meet their needs for service;
7     (iii) Identify policies to promote financial security in
8 retirement, support people who wish to stay in the workplace longer,
9 and expand the availability of workplace retirement savings plans;
10     (iv) Identify ways to promote advance planning and advance care
11 directives and implementation strategies for the Bree collaborative
12 palliative care and related guidelines;
13     (v) Identify ways to meet the needs of the aging demographic
14 impacted by reduced federal support;
15     (vi) Identify ways to protect the rights of vulnerable adults
16 through assisted decision-making and guardianship and other relevant
17 vulnerable adult protections;
18     (vii) Identify options for promoting client safety through
19 residential care services and consider methods of protecting older
20 people and people with disabilities from physical abuse and financial
21 exploitation; and
22     (viii) Identify other policy options and recommendations to help
23 communities adapt to the aging demographic in planning for housing,
24 land use, and transportation.
25     (c) Staff support for the committee shall be provided by the
26 office of program research, senate committee services, the office of
27 financial management, and the department of social and health
28 services.
29     (d) Within existing appropriations, the cost of meetings must be
30 paid jointly by the senate, house of representatives, and the office
31 of financial management. Joint committee expenditures and meetings
32 are subject to approval by the senate facilities and operations
33 committee and the house of representatives executive rules committee,
34 or their successor committees. Meetings of the task force must be
35 scheduled and conducted in accordance with the rules of both the
36 senate and the house of representatives. The joint committee members
37 may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized under RCW
38 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and chapter 44.04 RCW as appropriate.
39 Advisory   committee  members   may   not  receive  compensation   or
40 reimbursement for travel and expenses.
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1     (12) Appropriations in this section are sufficient to fund
2 discharge case managers stationed at the state psychiatric hospitals.
3 Discharge case managers will transition clients ready for hospital
4 discharge into less restrictive alternative community placements. The
5 transition of clients ready for discharge will free up bed capacity
6 at the state psychiatric hospitals.
7     (13) Appropriations in this section are sufficient to fund
8 financial service specialists stationed at the state psychiatric
9 hospitals. Financial service specialists will help to transition
10 clients ready for hospital discharge into alternative community
11 placements. The transition of clients ready for discharge will free
12 up bed capacity at the state hospitals.
13     (14) The department shall continue to administer tailored support
14 for older adults and medicaid alternative care as described in
15 initiative 2 of the 1115 demonstration waiver. This initiative will
16 be funded by the health care authority through the medicaid quality
17 improvement program. The secretary in collaboration with the director
18 of the health care authority shall report to the office of financial
19 management all expenditures of this subsection and shall provide such
20 fiscal data in the time, manner, and form requested. The department
21 shall   not   increase        general     fund—state    expenditures    on     this
22 initiative.
23     (15)   $61,209,000   of     the     general   fund—state   appropriation   for
24 fiscal year 2024, $70,352,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
25 for fiscal year 2025, and $161,960,000 of the general fund—federal
26 appropriation are provided solely for the implementation of an
27 agreement reached between the governor and the adult family home
28 council under the provisions of chapter 41.56 RCW for the 2023-2025
29 fiscal biennium, as provided in section 907 of this act.
30    (16)    $1,761,000    of    the    general     fund—state   appropriation   for
31 fiscal year 2024, $1,761,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
32 for fiscal year 2025, and $4,162,000 of the general fund—federal
33 appropriation are provided solely for case managers at the area
34 agencies on aging to coordinate care for medicaid clients with mental
35 illness who are living in their own homes. Work shall be accomplished
36 within existing standards for case management and no requirements
37 will be added or modified unless by mutual agreement between the
38 department of social and health services and area agencies on aging.
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1     (17) Appropriations provided in this section are sufficient for
2 the department to contract with an organization to provide
3 educational materials, legal services, and attorney training to
4 support persons with dementia. The funding provided in this
5 subsection must be used for:
6     (a) An advance care and legal planning toolkit for persons and
7 families living with dementia, designed and made available online and
8 in print. The toolkit should include educational topics including,
9 but not limited to:
10     (i) The importance of early advance care, legal, and financial
11 planning;
12     (ii) The purpose and application of various advance care, legal,
13 and financial documents;
14     (iii) Dementia and capacity;
15     (iv) Long-term care financing considerations;
16     (v) Elder and vulnerable adult abuse and exploitation;
17     (vi) Checklists such as "legal tips for caregivers," "meeting
18 with an attorney," and "life and death planning;"
19     (vii) Standardized forms such as general durable power of
20 attorney forms and advance health care directives; and
21     (viii) A selected list of additional resources.
22     (b) Webinars about the dementia legal and advance care planning
23 toolkit and related issues and topics with subject area experts. The
24 subject area expert presenters must provide their services in-kind,
25 on a volunteer basis.
26     (c) Continuing legal education programs for attorneys to advise
27 and assist persons with dementia. The continuing education programs
28 must be offered at no cost to attorneys who make a commitment to
29 participate in the pro bono program.
30     (d) Administrative support costs to develop intake forms and
31 protocols, perform client intake, match participating attorneys with
32 eligible clients statewide, maintain records and data, and produce
33 reports as needed.
34     (18) Appropriations provided in this section are sufficient to
35 continue community alternative placement beds that prioritize the
36 transition of clients who are ready for discharge from the state
37 psychiatric hospitals, but who have additional long-term care or
38 developmental disability needs.
39     (a) Community alternative placement beds include enhanced service
40 facility beds, adult family home beds, skilled nursing facility beds,
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1 shared supportive housing beds, state operated living alternative
2 beds, assisted living facility beds, adult residential care beds, and
3 specialized dementia beds.
4     (b) Each client must receive an individualized assessment prior
5 to leaving one of the state psychiatric hospitals. The individualized
6 assessment must identify and authorize personal care, nursing care,
7 behavioral health stabilization, physical therapy, or other necessary
8 services to meet the unique needs of each client. It is the
9 expectation that, in most cases, staffing ratios in all community
10 alternative placement options described in (a) of this subsection
11 will need to increase to meet the needs of clients leaving the state
12 psychiatric hospitals. If specialized training is necessary to meet
13 the needs of a client before he or she enters a community placement,
14 then the person centered service plan must also identify and
15 authorize this training.
16     (c) When reviewing placement options, the department must
17 consider the safety of other residents, as well as the safety of
18 staff, in a facility. An initial evaluation of each placement,
19 including any documented safety concerns, must occur within thirty
20 days of a client leaving one of the state psychiatric hospitals and
21 entering one of the community placement options described in (a) of
22 this subsection. At a minimum, the department must perform two
23 additional evaluations of each placement during the first year that a
24 client has lived in the facility.
25     (d) In developing bed capacity, the department shall consider the
26 complex needs of individuals waiting for discharge from the state
27 psychiatric hospitals.
28     (19)   The  annual   certification  renewal  fee   for  community
29 residential service businesses is $859 per client in fiscal year 2024
30 and $859 per client in fiscal year 2025. The annual certification
31 renewal fee may not exceed the department's annual licensing and
32 oversight activity costs.
33    (20)   $5,094,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
34 fiscal   year  2024  and  $5,094,000  of  the   general  fund—state
35 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for services
36 and support to individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-
37 blind.
38    (21)(a) $63,938,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
39 fiscal year 2024, $40,714,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
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1 for fiscal year 2025, and $110,640,000 of the general fund—federal
2 appropriation are provided solely for rate adjustments for skilled
3 nursing facilities.
4     (b) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $7,700,000
5 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 and
6 $7,700,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
7 solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5802 (nursing
8 rate calculation). ((If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the
9 amounts provided in (b) of this subsection shall lapse.))
10     (22)    $32,470,000    of   the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
11 fiscal year 2024, $44,250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
12 for fiscal year 2025, and $84,550,000 of the general fund—federal
13 appropriation are provided solely for rate adjustments for assisted
14 living providers. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
15     (a)    $23,751,000    of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
16 fiscal year 2024, $29,399,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
17 for fiscal year 2025, and $59,215,000 of the general fund—federal
18 appropriation are provided solely to increase funding of the assisted
19 living medicaid methodology established in RCW 74.39A.032 to 79
20 percent of the labor component and 68 percent of the operations
21 component, effective July 1, 2023; and to 82 percent of the labor
22 component and 68 percent of the operations component, effective July
23 1, 2024. The department of social and health services shall report,
24 by December 1st of each year, on medicaid resident utilization of and
25 access to assisted living facilities.
26     (b) $5,505,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024, $6,671,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal     year   2025,   and   $13,051,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
29 appropriation are provided solely for a specialty dementia care rate
30 add-on for all assisted living facilities of $43.48 per patient per
31 day in fiscal year 2024 and $50.00 per patient per day in fiscal year
32 2025.
33     (c) $2,573,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024, $7,539,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal     year   2025,   and   $10,922,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
36 appropriation are provided solely for a one-time bridge rate for
37 assisted living facilities, enhanced adult residential centers, and
38 adult residential centers, with high medicaid occupancy. The bridge
39 rate does not replace or substitute the capital add-on rate found in
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1  RCW 74.39A.320 and the same methodology from RCW 74.39A.320 shall be
2  used to determine each facility's medicaid occupancy percentage for
3  the purposes of this one-time bridge rate add-on. Facilities with a
4  medicaid occupancy level of 90 percent or more shall receive a $20.99
5  add-on per resident day effective July 1, 2023, and facilities with a
6  medicaid occupancy level of 75 percent or more shall receive a $20.99
7  add-on per resident day effective July 1, 2024.
8     (d) $641,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year    2024,     $641,000   of    the   general    fund—state      appropriation   for
10 fiscal     year    2025,     and   $1,362,000      of    the    general    fund—federal
11 appropriation are provided solely to increase the rate add-on for
12 expanded community services by 5 percent.
13     (23) Within available funds, the aging and long term support
14 administration must maintain a unit within adult protective services
15 that specializes in the investigation of financial abuse allegations
16 and self-neglect allegations.
17     (24) The appropriations in this section include sufficient
18 funding to implement chapter 220, Laws of 2020 (adult family homes/8
19 beds). A nonrefundable fee of $485 shall be charged for each
20 application to increase bed capacity at an adult family home to seven
21 or eight beds.
22     (25)    $1,858,000       of    the   general    fund—state     appropriation    for
23 fiscal   year  2024   and  $1,857,000   of  the   general  fund—state
24 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for operation
25 of the volunteer services program. Funding must be prioritized
26 towards serving populations traditionally served by long-term care
27 services to include senior citizens and persons with disabilities.
28(26) $479,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $989,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the kinship navigator
31 program in the Colville Indian reservation, Yakama Nation, and other
32 tribal areas.
33     (27) The traumatic brain injury council shall collaborate with
34 other state agencies in their efforts to address traumatic brain
35 injuries to ensure that efforts are complimentary and continue to
36 support the state's broader efforts to address this issue.
37     (28)    $1,297,000       of    the   general    fund—state     appropriation    for
38 fiscal     year     2024     and    $1,297,000      of    the    general    fund—state
39 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for community-
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1 based dementia education and support activities in three areas of the
2 state, including dementia resource catalyst staff and direct services
3 for people with dementia and their caregivers.
4    (29)   $5,410,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
5 fiscal year 2024, $9,277,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
6 for fiscal year 2025, and $14,909,000 of the general fund—federal
7 appropriation are provided solely for the operating costs associated
8 with the phase-in of enhanced services facilities and specialized
9 dementia care beds that were established with behavioral health
10 community capacity grants.
11    (30)(a)   $71,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
12 fiscal year 2024, $68,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
13 fiscal year 2025, and $141,000 of the general fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for the department to develop a
15 plan for implementing an enhanced behavior support specialty contract
16 for community residential supported living, state-operated living
17 alternative, or a group training home to provide intensive behavioral
18 services and support to adults with intellectual and developmental
19 disabilities who require enhanced services and support due to
20 challenging behaviors that cannot be safely and holistically managed
21 in an exclusively community setting, and who are at risk of
22 institutionalization or out-of-state placement, or are transitioning
23 to the community from an intermediate care facility, hospital, or
24 other state-operated residential facility. The enhanced behavior
25 support specialty contract shall be designed to ensure that enhanced
26 behavior support specialty settings serve a maximum capacity of four
27 clients and that they have the adequate levels of staffing to provide
28 24-hour nonmedical care and supervision of residents.
29     (b) No later than June 30, 2025, the department must submit to
30 the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature a
31 report that includes:
32     (i) A detailed description of the design of the enhanced behavior
33 support specialty contract and setting, including a description of
34 and the rationale for the number of staff required within each
35 behavior support specialty setting and the necessary qualifications
36 of these staff;
37     (ii) A detailed description of and the rationale for the number
38 of department staff required to manage the enhanced behavior support
39 specialty program;
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1     (iii) A plan for implementing the enhanced behavior support
2 specialty contracts that includes:
3     (A) An analysis of areas of the state where enhanced behavior
4 support specialty settings are needed, including recommendations for
5 how to phase in the enhanced behavior support specialty settings in
6 these areas; and
7     (B) An analysis of the sufficiency of the provider network to
8 support a phase in of the enhanced behavior support specialty
9 settings, including recommendations for how to further develop this
10 network; and
11     (iv) An estimate of the costs to implement the enhanced behavior
12 support   specialty   settings   and  program   and   any  necessary
13 recommendations for legislative actions to facilitate the ability of
14 the department to:
15     (A) Enter into contracts and payment arrangements with providers
16 choosing to provide the enhanced behavior support specialty setting
17 and to supplement care in all community-based residential settings
18 with experts trained in enhanced behavior support so that state-
19 operated living alternatives, supported living facilities, and other
20 community-based settings can specialize in the needs of individuals
21 with developmental disabilities who are living with high, complex
22 behavioral support needs;
23     (B) Enter into funding agreements with the health care authority
24 for the provision of applied behavioral analysis and other applicable
25 health care services within the community-based residential setting;
26 and
27     (C) Provide the enhanced behavior support specialty through a
28 medicaid waiver or other federal authority administered by the
29 department, to the extent consistent with federal law and federal
30 funding requirements to receive federal matching funds.
31    (31)   $2,551,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2024, $3,134,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
33 for fiscal year 2025, and $70,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely for the kinship care support
35 program. Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
36    (a) $1,344,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2024 and $1,944,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the kinship care support
39 program.
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1     (b) $344,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 and $323,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to continue the kinship
4 navigator case management pilot program.
5    (c) $863,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
6 year   2024,      $867,000   of     the   general        fund—state   appropriation   for
7 fiscal     year     2025,     and     $70,000       of     the    general   fund—federal
8 appropriation are provided solely for kinship navigators, including
9 an increase in the number of kinship navigators so that each area
10 agency on aging has one kinship navigator and King county has two
11 kinship navigators.
12     (32)    $2,574,000       of     the   general    fund—state       appropriation   for
13 fiscal   year  2024  and   $2,567,000  of   the  general  fund—state
14 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
15 department to provide personal care services for up to 40 clients who
16 are not United States citizens and who are ineligible for medicaid
17 upon their discharge from an acute care hospital. The department must
18 prioritize the funding provided in this subsection for such clients
19 in acute care hospitals who are also on the department's wait list
20 for services.
21     (33) $691,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year   2024,      $658,000   of     the   general        fund—state   appropriation   for
23 fiscal     year    2025,     and    $1,347,000       of     the   general   fund—federal
24 appropriation are provided solely for the department to provide staff
25 support to the difficult to discharge task force described in section
26 133(11) of this act, including any associated ad hoc subgroups, and
27 to develop home and community services assessment timeliness
28 requirements for pilot participants in cooperation with the health
29 care authority as described in section 211(64) of this act.
30    (34) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a study of functional
33 assessments conducted by the department prior to acute care hospital
34 discharge and placement in a post-acute facility. No later than June
35 30, 2025, a report must be submitted to the governor and the
36 appropriate committees of the legislature that evaluates:
37     (a) The timeliness of the completion of these assessments;
38     (b) How requiring these assessments impacts:
39     (i) The length of a patient's hospital stay;
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1     (ii) The patient's medical, emotional, and mental well-being;
2     (iii) The hospital staff who care for these patients; and
3     (iv) Access to inpatient and emergency beds for other patients;
4     (c) Best practices from other states for placing hospitalized
5 patients in post-acute care settings in a timely and effective manner
6 that includes:
7     (i) Identification of the states that require these assessments
8 prior to post-acute placement; and
9     (ii) An analysis of a patient's hospital length of stay and a
10 patient's medical, emotional, and mental well-being in states that
11 require these assessments compared to the states that do not; and
12     (d) The potential benefits of, and barriers to, outsourcing some
13 or all of the functional assessment process to hospitals. Barriers
14 evaluated must include department policies regarding staff workloads,
15 outsourcing work, and computer system access.
16    (35) $63,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024, $73,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2025, and $136,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
19 provided solely to employ and train staff for outreach efforts aimed
20 at connecting adult family home owners and their employees with
21 health care coverage through the adult family home training network
22 as outlined in RCW 70.128.305. These outreach activities must consist
23 of:
24     (a) Informing adult family home owners and their employees about
25 various health insurance options;
26     (b) Creating and distributing culturally and linguistically
27 relevant   materials  to   assist  these   individuals  in  accessing
28 affordable or free health insurance plans;
29     (c) Offering continuous technical support to adult family home
30 owners and their employees regarding health insurance options and the
31 application process; and
32     (d) Providing technical assistance as a certified assister for
33 the health benefit exchange, enabling adult family home owners and
34 their employees to comprehend, compare, apply for, and enroll in
35 health insurance via Washington healthplanfinder. Participation in
36 the certified assister program is dependent on meeting contractual,
37 security, and other program requirements set by the health benefit
38 exchange.
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1     (36) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 is provided solely for the department, in collaboration
3 with the office of the insurance commissioner and the office of the
4 attorney general, to create a regulatory oversight plan for
5 continuing care retirement communities, focusing primarily on
6 establishing and implementing resident consumer protections, as
7 recommended in the 2022 report of the office of the insurance
8 commissioner. As part of the process, the agencies must engage with
9 relevant stakeholder groups for consultation. The final plan must be
10 submitted to the health care committees of the legislature by
11 December 1, 2024.
12    (37)   $11,509,000     of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
13 fiscal year 2024, $15,363,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
14 for fiscal year 2025, and $27,344,000 of the general fund—federal
15 appropriation are provided solely for nursing home services and
16 emergent building costs at the transitional care center of Seattle.
17 No later than December 1, 2024, the department must submit to the
18 appropriate fiscal committees of the legislature a report that
19 includes, but is not limited to:
20     (a) An itemization of the costs associated with providing direct
21 care services to residents and managing and caring for the facility;
22 and
23     (b) An examination of the impacts of this facility on clients and
24 providers of the long-term care and medical care sectors of the state
25 that includes, but is not limited to:
26     (i) An analysis of areas that have realized cost containment or
27 savings as a result of this facility;
28     (ii) A comparison of individuals transitioned from hospitals to
29 this facility compared to other skilled nursing facilities over the
30 same period of time; and
31     (iii) Impacts of this facility on lengths of stay in acute care
32 hospitals, other skilled nursing facility, and transitions to home
33 and community-based settings.
34    (38) $911,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year   2024,   $935,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
36 fiscal year 2025, and $365,000 of the general fund—federal
37 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of House Bill
38 No. 1128 (personal needs allowance).
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1     (39) $562,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year   2024,    $673,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
3 fiscal   year    2025,     and   $1,244,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
4 appropriation are provided solely to increase rates for long-term
5 care case management services offered by area agencies on aging. The
6 department must include this adjustment in the monthly per client
7 rates paid to these agencies for case management services in the
8 governor's projected maintenance level budget process, in accordance
9 with RCW 43.88.030.
10    (40) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year 2024, $1,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
12 fiscal year 2025, and $1,500,000 of the general fund—federal
13 appropriation are provided solely to contract with an organization to
14 design and deliver culturally and linguistically competent training
15 programs for home care workers, including individual providers. Of
16 the amounts provided in this subsection, $500,000 of the general fund
17 —state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 and $500,000 of the general
18 fund—federal appropriation are provided  solely to develop and
19 implement training programs on emergency  preparedness related to
20 climate-related events.
21     (41) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
22 year   2024,    $200,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
23 fiscal year 2025, and $400,000 of the general fund—federal
24 appropriation are provided solely for a pilot project focused on
25 providing translation services for interpreting mandatory training
26 courses offered through the adult family home training network. The
27 department of social and health services must collaborate with the
28 adult family home council and the adult family home training network
29 to assess the pilot project's outcomes. The department of social and
30 health services shall submit a comprehensive report detailing the
31 results to the governor and the appropriate committees of the
32 legislature no later than September 30, 2025.
33    (42) $635,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year 2024 and $635,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to continue the current pilot
36 projects to provide personal care services to homeless seniors and
37 people with disabilities from the time the person presents at a
38 shelter to the time they become eligible for medicaid.
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1(43) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024, $72,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
3 year 2025, and $147,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
4 provided solely for implementation of Engrossed  Second   Substitute
5 House Bill No. 1188 (child welfare services/DD).
6(44) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year    2024,   $125,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
8 fiscal year 2025, and $250,000 of the general fund—federal
9 appropriation   are  provided   solely   for   the  department,   in
10 collaboration with the consumer directed employer and home care
11 agencies, to establish guidelines, collect and analyze data, and
12 research the reasons and timing behind home care workers leaving the
13 workforce.
14(45) $703,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024, $3,297,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025, and $2,735,000 of the general fund—federal
17 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
18 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5440 (competency evaluations).
19(46)(a) $4,792,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2024, $4,894,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
21 for fiscal year 2025, and $9,881,000 of the general fund—federal
22 appropriation are provided solely to support providers that are ready
23 to accept patients who are in acute care beds and no longer require
24 inpatient care, but are unable to be transitioned to appropriate
25 postacute care settings. These patients are generally referred to as
26 difficult to discharge hospital patients because of their behaviors.
27     (i) The department shall broaden the current discharge and
28 referral case management practices for difficult to discharge
29 hospital patients waiting in acute care hospitals to include
30 referrals to all long-term care behavioral health settings, including
31 enhanced services facilities, enhanced adult residential care, and
32 enhanced adult residential care with community stability supports
33 contracts or community behavioral health support services, including
34 supportive supervision and oversight and skills development and
35 restoration. These home and community-based providers are contracted
36 to provide various levels of personal care, nursing, and behavior
37 supports   for  difficult   to   discharge  hospital  patients   with
38 significant behavior support needs.
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1     (ii) Patients ready to discharge from acute care hospitals with
2 diagnosed behaviors or behavior history, and a likelihood of
3 unsuccessful placement in other licensed long-term care facilities, a
4 history of rejected applications for admissions, or a history of
5 unsuccessful placements shall be fully eligible for referral to
6 available beds in enhanced services facilities or enhanced adult
7 residential care with contracts that adequately meet the patient's
8 long-term care needs.
9     (iii) Previous or current detainment under the involuntary
10 treatment act shall not be a requirement for individuals in acute
11 care hospitals to be eligible for these specialized settings. The
12 department shall develop a standard process for acute care hospitals
13 to refer patients to the department for placement in enhanced
14 services facilities and enhanced adult residential care with
15 contracts to provide behavior support.
16     (b) The department must adopt a payment model that incorporates
17 the following adjustments:
18     (i) The enhanced behavior services plus and enhanced behavior
19 services respite rates for skilled nursing facilities shall be
20 converted to $175 per patient per day add-on in addition to daily
21 base rates to recognize additional staffing and care needs for
22 patients with behaviors.
23     (ii) Enhanced behavior services plus with specialized services
24 rates for skilled nursing facilities shall be converted to $235 per
25 patient per day add-on on top of daily base rates.
26     (iii) The ventilator rate add-on for all skilled nursing
27 facilities shall be $192 per patient per day.
28     (iv) The tracheotomy rate add-on for all skilled nursing
29 facilities shall be $123 per patient per day.
30     (c) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $3,838,000
31 of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for   fiscal   year    2024,
32 $3,917,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year
33 2025, and $7,911,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
34 provided solely for an increase in the daily rate for enhanced
35 services facilities to $596.10 per patient per day.
36     (47) $926,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2025 is provided solely for the office of the deaf and hard of
38 hearing within the department to establish a work group to address
39 the statewide shortage of qualified and certified American sign
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1 language interpreters and protactile interpreters. The work group
2 shall focus on developing training and certification standards,
3 developing strategies for increasing interpreter numbers across all
4 communities, for enhancing professional development, and for creating
5 pathways to allow interpreters to be financially supported to work
6 statewide. The work group shall primarily be comprised of individuals
7 who identify as deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing who use American
8 sign language or protactile, with priority for members from
9 historically marginalized communities. The work group shall provide a
10 final   report,    including   recommendations   and   a   plan   for
11 implementation, to the governor and appropriate committees of the
12 legislature by June 30, 2025.
13    (48) $830,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2025 and $80,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
15 provided solely for the department, in collaboration with the office
16 of the insurance commissioner and the health care authority, to
17 develop a plan for a phase-in of an essential worker health benefits
18 program.
19     (a) By December 15, 2024, the department must submit to the
20 appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature an
21 implementation plan to provide nursing home workers with high
22 quality, affordable health coverage through participating nursing
23 home employers beginning January 1, 2026. The implementation plan
24 should address:
25     (i) The likelihood that the state can obtain approval of
26 supplemental medicaid payments for the program;
27     (ii) As assessment of current employee health benefit spending by
28 nursing homes participating in the medicaid program, including
29 current health benefit plan eligibility, plan design, employee cost-
30 sharing, and employer premium contributions;
31     (iii) A mechanism to ensure that nursing home employers
32 participating in the program maintain spending on health benefits
33 such that medicaid payments supplement and do not supplant their
34 health benefit spending;
35     (iv) The appropriate structure and oversight of the newly
36 established health benefits fund, including the use of an established
37 Taft-Hartley fund, fully insured health coverage, or a self-funded
38 multiemployer welfare arrangement that offers health benefits
39 comparable to the platinum metal level under the affordable care act,
40 including any statutory or regulatory changes necessary to ensure
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1 that the plan meets defined plan design, consumer protection, and
2 solvency requirements.
3     (b) In preparing the implementation plan, the department,
4 commissioner, and authority must review the design and impacts of the
5 essential worker health care trust in Oregon and other similar
6 publicly supported programs from other jurisdictions.
7     (c) The department must consult with interested organizations in
8 development of the implementation plan.
9     (d) The department may contract with third parties and consult
10 with other state entities to conduct all or any portion of the study,
11 including actuarial analysis.
12     (e) A minimum of $750,000 of the amounts provided in this
13 subsection (48) must be contracted with an entity that is managed
14 through a labor-management partnership. This entity must already be
15 providing health care benefits to no fewer than 20,000 long-term care
16 workers in the state of Washington and should have at least five
17 years of experience in administering health care benefits to this
18 workforce. Their joint efforts will focus on examining the health
19 care needs specific to the nursing home workforce in the state,
20 formulating a benefit plan that effectively addresses these needs,
21 determining the financial requirement to offer such benefits,
22 developing informational materials on health benefits tailored for
23 nursing home workers, and establishing procedures and systems
24 necessary for enrolling employees in the plan, subject to legislative
25 appropriation for implementation.
26    (49) $25,990,000 of the long-term services and supports trust
27 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the information
28 technology project for the long-term services and supports trust
29 program, and is subject to the conditions, limitations, and review
30 requirements of section 701 of this act.
31     (50) $12,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the area agencies on aging to
33 maintain senior nutrition services. This includes, but is not limited
34 to, meals at sites, through pantries, and home-delivery.
35     (51) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2025 is provided solely for the Washington traumatic brain
37 injury strategic partnership advisory council to support at least one
38 in-person support group in each region of the state served by an
39 accountable community of health as defined in RCW 82.04.43395. The
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1 council shall provide recommendations to the department on the
2 criteria to be used in selecting the programs to receive funding. The
3 criteria must reflect the diversity of individuals with traumatic
4 brain injuries, including the range of cognitive and financial
5 barriers   that  individuals   with  traumatic   brain  injuries  may
6 experience when accessing web-based services. Preference must be
7 given to programs that facilitate support groups led by individuals
8 with direct lived experience with traumatic brain injuries or
9 individuals certified as brain injury specialists. Each program that
10 receives funding under this section must ensure that the in-person or
11 virtual support groups meet at least quarterly and are free of
12 charge. The department must approve at least one facilitation
13 training curriculum specific to brain injury to be used by the
14 programs that receive funding under this section.
15    (52) $440,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
16 year 2025 and $560,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
17 provided solely for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1942
18 (long-term care providers). ((If the bill is not enacted by June 30,
19 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.))
20     (53) $843,000 of the long-term services and supports trust
21 account—state appropriation is provided solely for the department to
22 create a secure online portal to allow program participants to view a
23 summary statement of their benefits.
24    (54) $641,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 and $641,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
26 provided solely for a 20 percent increase in the rates for adult day
27 care and adult day health.
28    (55)(a)   $408,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
29 fiscal   year  2025   and  $438,000   of  the   general  fund—federal
30 appropriation are provided for rates paid, effective January 1, 2025,
31 to independent contractor nurses and agency-employed nurses providing
32 private duty nursing, skilled nursing, and private duty nursing in
33 adult family homes.
34     (b) The department must adopt a payment model that incorporates
35 the following adjustments for independent contractor nurses:
36     (i) Private duty nursing services shall be $56.58 per hour by a
37 registered nurse and $46.49 per hour by a licensed practical nurse.
38     (ii) Skilled nursing services shall be $62.93 per day by a
39 registered nurse.
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1      (c) The department must adopt a payment model that incorporates
2  the following adjustments for agency-employed nurses:
3      (i) Private duty nursing services shall be $67.89 per hour by a
4  registered nurse and $55.79 per hour by a licensed practical nurse.
5      (ii) Skilled nursing services shall be $75.52 per day by a
6  registered nurse.
7      (d) Private duty nursing services in an adult family home shall
8  be $898.95 per day.
9     (56) $38,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2025 and $39,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
11 provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute House Bill
12 No. 1941 (health home serv./children). ((If the bill is not enacted
13 by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
14 lapse.))
15     (57)(a) Within amounts appropriated in this section, the
16 department shall convene a work group comprised of representatives
17 from the department of social and health services, the department of
18 commerce, the health care authority, and organizations representing
19 relevant assisted living and housing providers utilizing department
20 of housing and urban development housing choice vouchers in assisted
21 living facilities to examine how assisted living facilities can use
22 these vouchers for medicaid residents in a manner that aligns with
23 federal requirements and does not negatively impact receipt of
24 federal medicaid funding.
25     (b) The work group shall submit a preliminary report by December
26 1, 2024, to the governor and the appropriate committees of the
27 legislature that includes any findings and policy recommendations for
28 how to use housing and urban development project-based rental
29 vouchers for medicaid residents living in licensed assisted living
30 facilities. The work group findings must identify any barriers within
31 the state and federal systems that would prevent the use of housing
32 and urban development project-based rental vouchers for medicaid
33 residents, including, but not limited to, licensing requirements and
34 duplication of services.
35     (c) It is the intent of the legislature that this work group will
36 continue its work through September 30, 2025, in order to facilitate
37 completion of a final report to the governor and the appropriate
38 committees of the legislature at that time.
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1     Sec. 205.   2024 c 376 s 205 (uncodified) is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—ECONOMIC SERVICES
4 PROGRAM
5 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . .     $679,581,000
6 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . .     (($771,647,000))
7$1,170,818,000
8 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . .     (($1,694,306,000))
9$1,929,132,000
10 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . . . .     (($5,274,000))
11$5,097,000
12 Domestic Violence Prevention Account—State
13     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,404,000
14TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . (($3,153,212,000))
15$3,787,032,000
16     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
17 conditions and limitations:
18    (1)(a) $177,407,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2024, (($199,303,000)) $215,828,000 of the general fund—
20 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and (($853,786,000))
21 $854,030,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
22 solely for all components of the WorkFirst program. Within the
23 amounts provided for the WorkFirst program, the department may
24 provide assistance using state-only funds for families eligible for
25 temporary assistance for needy families. The department must create a
26 WorkFirst budget structure that allows for transparent tracking of
27 budget units and subunits of expenditures where these units and
28 subunits are mutually exclusive from other department budget units.
29 The budget structure must include budget units for the following:
30 Cash assistance, child care, WorkFirst activities, and administration
31 of the program. Within these budget units, the department must
32 develop program index codes for specific activities and develop
33 allotments and track expenditures using these codes. The department
34 shall report to the office of financial management and the relevant
35 fiscal and policy committees of the legislature prior to adopting a
36 structure change.
37     (b) (($482,615,000)) $512,674,000 of the amounts in (a) of this
38 subsection is for assistance to clients, including grants, diversion
39 cash assistance, and additional diversion emergency assistance
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1 including but not limited to assistance authorized under RCW
2 74.08A.210. The department may use state funds to provide support to
3 working families that are eligible for temporary assistance for needy
4 families but otherwise not receiving cash assistance. Of the amounts
5 provided in this subsection (1)(b):
6     (i) $17,315,000 of the ((general fund—federal appropriation))
7 amount in this subsection (1)(b) is provided solely to increase the
8 temporary assistance for needy families and state family assistance
9 cash grants by $100 per month for households with a child under the
10 age of three, effective November 1, 2023. The funding is intended to
11 assist families with the cost of diapers as described in chapter 100,
12 Laws of 2022.
13    (ii)   $3,060,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
14 fiscal year 2024, $4,665,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
15 for fiscal year 2025, and $19,000,000 of the general fund—federal
16 appropriation are provided solely for the department to increase
17 temporary assistance for needy families grants by eight percent,
18 effective January 1, 2024.
19    (iii) $296,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024, $5,293,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025, and $1,089,000 of the general fund—federal
22 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Second
23 Substitute House Bill No. 1447 (assistance programs).
24     (iv) $632,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 is provided solely for the replacement of skimmed or cloned
26 cash benefits for impacted recipients. Benefits may be replaced up to
27 two times each federal fiscal year for the temporary assistance for
28 needy families and the state family assistance program. The
29 replacement of stolen benefits shall align with the supplemental food
30 assistance program benefit replacement guidelines in the consolidated
31 appropriations act, 2023 (136 Stat. 4459). Any unspent funds in this
32 subsection (1)(b)(iv) shall lapse on September 30, 2024, or on the
33 date that the federal government ends the requirement that stolen
34 supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits must be replaced,
35 whichever is later.
36     (v) $656,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
37 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
38 Bill No. 2007 (cash assistance time limits). ((If this bill is not
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1 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
2 shall lapse.))
3     (c) (($167,762,000)) $165,610,000 of the amounts in (a) of this
4 subsection is for WorkFirst job search, education and training
5 activities, barrier removal services, limited English proficiency
6 services, and tribal assistance under RCW 74.08A.040. The department
7 must allocate this funding based on client outcomes and cost
8 effectiveness measures. Within amounts provided in this subsection
9 (1)(c), the department shall implement the working family support
10 program.
11     (i) $2,474,000 of the amounts provided in this subsection (1)(c)
12 is for enhanced transportation assistance. The department must
13 prioritize the use of these funds for the recipients most in need of
14 financial assistance to facilitate their return to work. The
15 department must not utilize these funds to supplant repayment
16 arrangements that are currently in place to facilitate the
17 reinstatement of drivers' licenses.
18    (ii) $482,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
19 year 2024 and $1,417,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
20 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the costs associated with
21 increasing the temporary assistance for needy families grants by
22 eight percent, effective January 1, 2024.
23    (iii) $185,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024 and $1,820,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
25 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Second
26 Substitute House Bill No. 1447 (assistance programs).
27     (iv) $52,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
28 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
29 Bill No. 2007 (cash assistance time limits). ((If this bill is not
30 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
31 shall lapse.))
32     (d) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $353,402,000 of the
33 general fund—federal appropriation is for the working connections
34 child care program under RCW 43.216.020 within the department of
35 children, youth, and families. The department is the lead agency for
36 and recipient of the federal temporary assistance for needy families
37 grant. A portion of this grant must be used to fund child care
38 subsidies expenditures at the department of children, youth, and
39 families.
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1     (i) The department of social and health services shall work in
2 collaboration with the department of children, youth, and families to
3 determine the appropriate amount of state expenditures for the
4 working connections child care program to claim towards the state's
5 maintenance of effort for the temporary assistance for needy families
6 program. The departments will also collaborate to track the average
7 monthly child care subsidy caseload and expenditures by fund type,
8 including   child   care   development   fund,   general   fund—state
9 appropriation, and temporary assistance for needy families for the
10 purpose of estimating the annual temporary assistance for needy
11 families reimbursement from the department of social and health
12 services to the department of children, youth, and families.
13     (ii) Effective December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the
14 department of children, youth, and families must report to the
15 governor and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the
16 legislature the total state contribution for the working connections
17 child care program claimed the previous fiscal year towards the
18 state's maintenance of effort for the temporary assistance for needy
19 families program and the total temporary assistance for needy
20 families reimbursement from the department of social and health
21 services for the previous fiscal year.
22     (e) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $68,496,000 of the
23 general fund—federal appropriation is for child welfare services
24 within the department of children, youth, and families.
25     (f) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, (($158,221,000))
26 $147,086,000 is for WorkFirst administration and overhead. Of the
27 amounts provided in this subsection (1)(f):
28(i) $147,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $69,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for costs associated with
31 increasing the temporary assistance for needy families grants by
32 eight percent, effective January 1, 2024.
33(ii) $204,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
34 year    2024,   $179,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
35 fiscal year 2025, and $575,000 of the general fund—federal
36 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Second
37 Substitute House Bill No. 1447 (assistance programs).
38     (iii) $10,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2025 is provided solely to process skimmed or cloned cash
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1  benefits for impacted recipients of the temporary assistance for
2  needy families or state family assistance programs. Any unspent funds
3  in this subsection (1)(f)(iii) shall lapse on September 30, 2024, or
4  on the date that the federal government ends the requirement that
5  stolen supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits must be
6  replaced, whichever is later.
7     (iv) $352,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute House
9 Bill No. 2007 (cash assistance time limits). ((If this bill is not
10 enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
11 shall lapse.))
12     (v) $407,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
14 Substitute House Bill No. 1652 (child support pass through). ((If
15 this bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in
16 this subsection shall lapse.))
17     (g)(i) The department shall submit quarterly expenditure reports
18 to the governor, the fiscal committees of the legislature, and the
19 legislative WorkFirst poverty reduction oversight task force under
20 RCW 74.08A.341. In addition to these requirements, the department
21 must detail any fund transfers across budget units identified in (a)
22 through (e) of this subsection. The department shall not initiate any
23 services that require expenditure of state general fund moneys that
24 are not consistent with policies established by the legislature.
25     (ii) The department may transfer up to 10 percent of funding
26 between budget units identified in (b) through (f) of this
27 subsection. The department shall provide notification prior to any
28 transfer to the office of financial management and to the appropriate
29 legislative   committees  and   the  legislative-executive  WorkFirst
30 poverty reduction oversight task force. The approval of the director
31 of financial management is required prior to any transfer under this
32 subsection.
33     (h) On January 2nd and July 1st of each year, the department
34 shall provide a maintenance of effort and participation rate tracking
35 report for temporary assistance for needy families to the office of
36 financial management, the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of
37 the legislature, and the legislative-executive WorkFirst poverty
38 reduction oversight task force. The report must detail the following
39 information for temporary assistance for needy families:
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1     (i) An overview of federal rules related to maintenance of
2 effort, excess maintenance of effort, participation rates for
3 temporary assistance for needy families, and the child care
4 development fund as it pertains to maintenance of effort and
5 participation rates;
6     (ii) Countable maintenance of effort and excess maintenance of
7 effort, by source, provided for the previous federal fiscal year;
8     (iii) Countable maintenance of effort and excess maintenance of
9 effort, by source, for the current fiscal year, including changes in
10 countable maintenance of effort from the previous year;
11     (iv) The status of reportable federal participation rate
12 requirements, including any impact of excess maintenance of effort on
13 participation targets;
14     (v) Potential new sources of maintenance of effort and progress
15 to obtain additional maintenance of effort;
16     (vi) A two-year projection for meeting federal block grant and
17 contingency fund maintenance of effort, participation targets, and
18 future reportable federal participation rate requirements; and
19     (vii) Proposed and enacted federal law changes affecting
20 maintenance of effort or the participation rate, what impact these
21 changes have on Washington's temporary assistance for needy families
22 program, and the department's plan to comply with these changes.
23     (i) In the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, it is the intent of the
24 legislature to provide appropriations from the state general fund for
25 the purposes of (a) of this subsection if the department does not
26 receive additional federal temporary assistance for needy families
27 contingency funds in each fiscal year as assumed in the budget
28 outlook.
29    (2) $3,545,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
30 year 2024 and $3,545,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for naturalization services.
32     (3) $2,366,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2024 is provided solely for employment services for refugees and
34 immigrants, of which $1,774,000 is provided solely for the department
35 to pass through to statewide refugee and immigrant assistance
36 organizations for limited English proficiency pathway services; and
37 $2,366,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year
38 2025 is provided solely for employment services for refugees and
39 immigrants, of which $1,774,000 is provided solely for the department
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1 to pass through to statewide refugee and immigrant assistance
2 organizations for limited English proficiency pathway services.
3     (4) On January 1, 2024, and January 1, 2025, the department must
4 report to the governor and the legislature on all sources of funding
5 available for both refugee and immigrant services and naturalization
6 services during the current fiscal year and the amounts expended to
7 date by service type and funding source. The report must also include
8 the number of clients served and outcome data for the clients.
9     (5) To ensure expenditures remain within available funds
10 appropriated in this section, the legislature establishes the benefit
11 under the state food assistance program, pursuant to RCW 74.08A.120,
12 to be 100 percent of the federal supplemental nutrition assistance
13 program benefit amount.
14     (6) The department shall review clients receiving services
15 through the aged, blind, or disabled assistance program, to determine
16 whether they would benefit from assistance in becoming naturalized
17 citizens, and thus be eligible to receive federal supplemental
18 security income benefits. Those cases shall be given high priority
19 for naturalization funding through the department.
20     (7) The department shall continue the interagency agreement with
21 the department of veterans' affairs to establish a process for
22 referral of veterans who may be eligible for veterans' services. This
23 agreement must include out-stationing department of veterans' affairs
24 staff in selected community service office locations in King and
25 Pierce counties to facilitate applications for veterans' services.
26    (8) $1,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2024 and $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
28 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for operational support of the
29 Washington information network 211 organization.
30     (9) $377,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2024 and $377,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
32 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the consolidated emergency
33 assistance program.
34     (10) $560,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
35 year 2024 and $560,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
36 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a state-funded employment
37 and training program for recipients of the state's food assistance
38 program.
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1    (11)   $4,999,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
2 fiscal year 2024, $6,843,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3 for fiscal year 2025, and $27,765,000 of the general fund—federal
4 appropriation are provided solely for the integrated eligibility and
5 enrollment   modernization  project   to   create  a   comprehensive
6 application and benefit status tracker for multiple programs, an
7 application and enrollment portal for multiple programs, and to
8 establish a foundational platform. Funding is subject to the
9 conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 701 of
10 this act.
11    (12)   $1,993,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
12 fiscal year 2024, $1,230,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
13 for fiscal year 2025, and $7,576,000 of the general fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for the integrated eligibility and
15 enrollment modernization project for the discovery, innovation, and
16 customer experience phase. Funding is subject to the conditions,
17 limitations, and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
18    (13)   $2,267,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
19 fiscal year 2024, $2,638,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
20 for fiscal year 2025, and $11,481,000 of the general fund—federal
21 appropriation are provided solely for the integrated eligibility and
22 enrollment modernization project office.
23    (14)   $1,965,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
24 fiscal year 2025 and $3,634,000 of the general fund—federal
25 appropriation are provided solely for the integrated and eligibility
26 enrollment modernization project for the alignment of eligibility
27 rules in accordance with the federal center for medicare and medicaid
28 services'   regulations  in  42   C.F.R.   Sec.  433.112(b)  and   in
29 coordination with the health benefit exchange. Funding is subject to
30 the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 701
31 of this act.
32    (15) $189,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2024 and $953,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the expansion of the ongoing
35 additional requirements program, effective April 1, 2024. Of the
36 amount provided in this subsection, the maximum amount that may be
37 expended on new items added to the ongoing additional requirements
38 program is $53,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $710,000 in fiscal year
39 2025.
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1    (((15))) (16)(a) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
2  for fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state
3  appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
4  sponsorship stabilization funds for eligible unaccompanied children
5  and their sponsors and a study to assess needs and develop
6  recommendations for ongoing supports for this population.
7     (b) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $350,000
8  of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and
9 $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025
10 are provided solely for sponsorship stabilization funds for eligible
11 unaccompanied children and their sponsors in order to address
12 financial hardship and support household well-being. Stabilization
13 funds can be used to support the sponsorship household with costs of
14 housing, childcare, transportation, internet and data services,
15 household goods, and other unmet needs. The funds may be provided on
16 behalf of an unaccompanied child when the following eligibility
17 criteria are met:
18     (i) The unaccompanied child is between the ages of 0-17, has been
19 placed in Washington under the care of a nonparental sponsor
20 following release from the United States office of refugee
21 resettlement custody, and has not been reunified with a parent; and
22     (ii) The sponsorship household demonstrates financial need and
23 has an income below 250 percent of the federal poverty level. A
24 sponsorship household receiving stabilization funds on behalf of a
25 child who turns 18 may continue to receive funds for an additional 60
26 days after the child reaches 18 years of age.
27     (c) The department may work with community-based organizations to
28 administer sponsorship stabilization supports. Up to 10 percent of
29 the amounts provided in (b) of this subsection may be used by the
30 community-based   organizations  to   cover  administrative expenses
31 associated with the distribution of these supports.
32     (d) Of the amounts provided in (a) of this subsection, $150,000
33 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and
34 $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025
35 are provided solely to cover the administrative resources necessary
36 for the department to administer the sponsorship stabilization
37 program and to convene a work group with the department of children,
38 youth, and families, department of commerce's office of homeless
39 youth prevention and programs, stakeholders, and community-based
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1 organization who have pertinent information regarding sponsorship
2 households. The work group shall identify and analyze the resource
3 and service needs for unaccompanied children and their sponsors,
4 including the types and levels of financial supports and related
5 services that will promote stability of sponsorship placements for
6 this population.
7     (i) The department must produce a report that includes an
8 overview of the number of impacted children and sponsors, existing
9 services and supports that are available, any gaps in services, and
10 potential changes to federal programs and policies that could impact
11 unaccompanied children. The report shall include recommendations for
12 how state agencies and community organizations can partner with the
13 federal government to support sponsorship households, proposed
14 services and supports that the state could provide to promote the
15 ongoing stability of sponsorship households, and a recommended
16 service delivery model.
17     (ii) The department shall submit the report required by (d)(i) of
18 this subsection (((15))) (16) to the governor and appropriate
19 legislative committees no later than June 30, 2025.
20(((16))) (17) $111,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
21 for    fiscal   year   2024,   $1,016,000    of   the   general   fund—state
22 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $21,000 of the general fund—
23 federal appropriation are provided solely for implementation of
24 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1447 (assistance programs) for the
25 aged, blind, or disabled, refugee cash assistance, pregnant women
26 assistance, and consolidated emergency assistance programs.
27     (((17))) (18) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
28 for fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to
29 contract with an organization located in Seattle with expertise in
30 culturally and linguistically appropriate communications and outreach
31 to conduct an outreach, education, and media campaign related to
32 communities significantly impacted by or at risk for benefits
33 trafficking,   skimming,   or   other   fraudulent   activities,   with
34 particular   focus  on   immigrant,   refugee,   migrant,  and   senior
35 populations. This campaign must provide community-focused, culturally
36 and linguistically appropriate education and assistance targeted to
37 meet the needs of each community and related to safeguarding public
38 assistance benefits provided through an electronic benefit card and
39 how to avoid the trafficking or skimming of benefits. To the extent
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1  practical, the department must make available information and data to
2  refine this campaign for those communities most impacted to ensure
3  inclusion of any relevant groups not already identified in this
4  provision. The contracted organization, in collaboration with the
5  department, must focus its outreach in highly impacted geographic
6  areas including, but not limited to, Burien, Federal Way, Kent,
7  Lynnwood, White Center, West Seattle, Seattle's International
8  District, Chinatown, and the Central District, Yakima and other
9  identified locations.
10(((18))) (19) $10,881,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
11 for    fiscal   year   2024,    $10,416,000       of        the    general     fund—state
12 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, $6,734,000 of the general fund—
13 federal    appropriation,      and   $2,404,000        of    the    domestic     violence
14 prevention account—state appropriation are provided solely for
15 domestic violence victim services. Of the amounts provided in this
16 subsection:
17     (a) $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
18 year 2024 must be distributed to domestic violence services providers
19 proportionately, based upon bed capacity; and
20     (b) $285,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2025 must be distributed to domestic violence emergency shelters
22 that are experiencing a reduction in compensation/FTE enhancements
23 funding from the department of social and health services, and
24 funding must be used to continue current service levels to survivors
25 of domestic violence. Funding in this subsection (b) must be
26 allocated as follows:
27     (i) $70,000 is for a department-contracted shelter providing
28 services in Thurston county;
29     (ii) $50,000 is for a department-contracted  shelter    providing
30 services in Spokane county;
31     (iii) $45,000 is for a department-contracted  shelter providing
32 services in Lewis county;
33     (iv) $40,000 is for a department-contracted  shelter    providing
34 services in eastern Clallam county;
35     (v) $30,000 is for a department-contracted  shelter    providing
36 services in northern Yakima county;
37     (vi) $25,000 is for a department-contracted  shelter    providing
38 services in Mason county; and
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1     (vii) $25,000 is for a department-contracted shelter providing
2 services in Cowlitz county.
3(((19))) (20) $1,100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
4 for fiscal year 2024 and $715,000 of the general fund—state
5 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the
6 department to meet the terms of its settlement agreement with the
7 United States department of agriculture (USDA).
8     (a) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $500,000 of the
9 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 is provided
10 solely for the department to repay USDA as part of the settlement
11 agreement.
12     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $600,000 of the
13 general    fund—state     appropriation        for   fiscal   year   2024   and
14 (($715,000)) $976,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department to fund
16 employment and training program services and activities targeted to
17 able-bodied adults without dependents receiving food benefits from
18 the USDA supplemental nutrition assistance program, but open to all
19 basic   food   employment   and    training   participants   including
20 participants who are not able-bodied adults without dependents.
21(((20))) (21) $3,844,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
22 for fiscal year 2024, $7,921,000 of the general fund—state
23 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $1,374,000 of the general
24 fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the department to
25 increase the aged, blind, or disabled, refugee cash assistance,
26 pregnant women assistance, and consolidated emergency assistance
27 grants by eight percent, effective January 1, 2024.
28(((21))) (22) $950,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
29 for    fiscal   year   2024   and   $950,000    of   the   general   fund—state
30 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a
31 nonprofit organization in Pierce county to continue the operation of
32 the guaranteed basic income program in Tacoma.
33(((22))) (23) $58,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2024 and $59,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
35 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to implement Substitute
36 Senate Bill No. 5398 (domestic violence funding).
37(((23))) (24) $113,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
38 for fiscal year 2024, (($1,487,000)) $429,000 of the general fund—
39 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and (($1,599,000)) $540,000
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1 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely to
2 fully integrate the asset verification system into the automated
3 client eligibility system (ACES).
4     (((24))) (25) $16,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5  fiscal year 2024 and $34,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
6  for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to implement the changes
7  made to the state supplemental payment program in chapter 201, Laws
8  of 2023.
9     (((25))) (26) $51,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
10 fiscal year 2024 and $178,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
11 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the staffing necessary
12 to process medical assistance cases resulting from the July 1, 2024,
13 implementation for the apple health expansion program.
14     (((26))) (27) $1,393,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
15 for fiscal year 2024, (($5,888,000)) $7,043,000 of the general fund—
16 state   appropriation   for   fiscal   year   2025,   and    (($6,995,000))
17 $7,338,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
18 solely for the transition of the automated client eligibility system
19 (ACES) mainframe hardware operations to cloud technologies, using an
20 enterprise contracted service through the consolidated technology
21 services agency. Funding is subject to the conditions, limitations,
22 and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
23     (((27))) (28) $5,024,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
24 for fiscal year 2024, (($7,206,000)) $7,931,000 of the general fund—
25 state   appropriation   for   fiscal   year   2025,   and   (($12,230,000))
26 $12,956,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
27 solely for the implementation of the summer electronic benefit
28 transfer program for the summer break months following the 2023-2024
29 and 2024-2025 school years. The program implementation must align
30 with the federal summer electronic benefit program requirements
31 defined in the consolidated appropriations act, 2023 (136 Stat.
32 4459). The department may use a third-party entity to administer the
33 program.
34     (((28))) (29) $10,904,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
35 for fiscal year 2024, (($464,000)) $7,901,000 of the general fund—
36 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and (($10,921,000))
37 $16,916,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
38 solely to cover the increased costs of the maintenance and operations
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1 of the automated client eligibility system (ACES), including but not
2 limited to a one-time vendor transition.
3(((29))) (30) $251,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
4 for fiscal year 2025 and $21,000 of the general fund—federal
5 appropriation are provided solely to process and replace skimmed or
6 cloned cash and food benefits for impacted recipients. Benefits may
7 be replaced up to two times each federal fiscal year for the pregnant
8 women assistance, refugee cash assistance, aged, blind, or disabled
9 assistance, and state food assistance program. The replacement of
10 stolen cash and food benefits shall align with the supplemental food
11 assistance program benefit replacement guidelines in the consolidated
12 appropriations act, 2023 (136 Stat. 4459). Any unspent funds in this
13 subsection shall lapse on September 30, 2024, or on the date that the
14 federal government ends the requirement that stolen supplemental
15 nutrition assistance program benefits must be replaced, whichever is
16 later.
17(((30))) (31)(a) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
18 for   fiscal   year   2024   and   $25,000,000   of   the   general   fund—state
19 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to the office
20 of refugee and immigrant assistance to expand support services for
21 individuals newly arriving to the United States and Washington who do
22 not qualify for federal refugee resettlement program services.
23 Support services include, but are not limited to, housing assistance,
24 food, transportation, childhood education services, education and
25 employment supports, connection to legal services, and social
26 services navigation.
27     (b) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $250,000 for fiscal
28 year 2024 and $750,000 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for
29 school districts who have seen a significant increase in McKinney-
30 Vento students seeking asylum with the opportunity to receive grants
31 that provide students in their district with additional education
32 opportunities and family supports.
33     (c) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $700,000 for fiscal
34 year 2025 is provided solely for members of the Sub-Saharan African
35 community.
36     (d) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $810,000 for fiscal
37 year 2025 is provided solely for staffing at the office of refugee
38 and immigrant assistance to cover the administrative expenses of
39 implementing this subsection.
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1(((31))) (32)(a) $593,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
2 for    fiscal   year   2024,    $1,406,000     of     the   general    fund—state
3 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $193,000 of the general fund—
4 federal appropriation are provided solely to implement changes made
5 through the fiscal responsibility act of 2023 (137 Stat. 10) for the
6 supplemental nutrition assistance program's work requirements for
7 able-bodied adults without dependents, and the corresponding impacts
8 to the state food assistance program.
9(b) Of the amounts in (a) of this subsection, $104,000 of the
10 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024, $115,000 of
11 the   general   fund—state     appropriation    for    fiscal   year   2025,   and
12 $193,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided
13 solely for administrative and information technology expenses.
14(((32))) (33)(a) $236,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
15 for fiscal year 2024, $3,367,000 of the general fund—state
16 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $1,329,000 of the general
17 fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the department to
18 hire additional public benefit specialists to help reduce the call
19 center and lobby wait times within the community services division.
20(b) $1,878,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2024, (($3,660,000)) $3,780,000 of the general fund—state
22 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and (($3,541,000)) $2,746,000 of
23 the general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for
24 technology enhancements and project governance necessary to create
25 efficiencies that will reduce call center and lobby wait times for
26 customers of the community services division. Enhancements include,
27 but are not limited to, ((chatbots, robotic process automation,))
28 interactive voice response((,)) and document upload. The amounts
29 provided in this subsection (32)(b) are subject to the conditions,
30 limitations, and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
31     (c) By June 30, 2025, the department must submit a report to the
32 governor and the legislature that shows the prior fiscal year's call
33 and lobby wait times by month and queue, number of customer contacts
34 by month and queue, processing times for the various queues for the
35 three most recent fiscal years along with an explanation for any
36 changes to the most recent year's processing times, number of filled
37 public benefit specialists 3 positions and vacancies by month, any
38 available wait time impacts associated with the individual technology
39 solution enhancements, any telephonic savings experienced due to
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1 fewer customers waiting on hold,    and   recommendations   to   continue
2 reducing customer wait times.
3     (34) $270,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4  year 2025 and $272,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
5  provided solely to support the expansion of the federal supplemental
6  nutrition assistance program (SNAP) tribal eligibility determination
7 project to an additional five tribes.
8     (35) $461,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
9 year 2025 and $461,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
10 provided solely for the system enhancements and staffing necessary to
11 implement the federally mandated interstate data matching system for
12 the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program.
13     Sec. 206.   2024 c 376 s 206 (uncodified) is amended to read as
14 follows:
15 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—VOCATIONAL
16 REHABILITATION PROGRAM
17 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $26,677,000
18 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($26,976,000))
19$26,162,000
20 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . .    (($110,047,000))
21$118,047,000
22TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($163,700,000))
23$170,886,000
24     Sec. 207.   2024 c 376 s 207 (uncodified) is amended to read as
25 follows:
26 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—SPECIAL COMMITMENT
27 PROGRAM
28 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $81,273,000
29 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($80,519,000))
30$76,689,000
31TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($161,792,000))
32$157,962,000
33     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
34 conditions and limitations:
35     (1) The special commitment center may use funds appropriated in
36 this subsection to purchase goods and supplies through hospital group
37 purchasing organizations when it is cost-effective to do so.
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1     (2)(a) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
2 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to:
3     (i) Explore regulatory framework options for conditional release
4 less restrictive alternative placements and make recommendations for
5 a   possible  future   framework.   This   exploration  shall   include
6 collaboration with the department of corrections regarding their
7 community custody programs;
8     (ii) Review and refine agency policies regarding communication
9 and engagement with impacted local governments related to less
10 restrictive alternatives, including exploring options for public
11 facing communications on current county fair share status and any
12 projected future need;
13     (iii) Identify opportunities for greater collaboration and
14 possible fiscal support for local government entities regarding
15 placements of conditional release less restrictive alternatives; and
16     (iv) Provide recommendations to improve cost-effectiveness of all
17 less restrictive alternative placements.
18     (b) The department shall submit a report to the governor and
19 appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature by
20 December 1, 2023, with a summary of the results and provide any
21 additional recommendations to the legislature that the department
22 identifies. The report shall also include a summary of costs to the
23 department   for   contracted   and   uncontracted   less   restrictive
24 alternatives.
25     (3) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to conduct an
27 assessment of wireless internet implementation needs and options, and
28 must include an assessment of satellite and fiber options. The
29 department shall provide a report that includes the assessment and
30 estimated implementation time frame and costs to the appropriate
31 committees of the legislature by December 15, 2023.
32     (4) $189,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025 is provided solely for the department to establish one
34 position for a special commitment center communications manager to
35 support information sharing to the public related to conditional
36 release for less restrictive alternative placements.
37     (5) $2,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
38 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate
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1 Bill No. 6106 (DSHS workers/PSERS). If the bill is not enacted by
2 June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection shall lapse.
3     Sec. 208.   2024 c 376 s 208 (uncodified) is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—ADMINISTRATION AND
6 SUPPORTING SERVICES PROGRAM
7 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $50,946,000
8 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($62,924,000))
9$64,685,000
10 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . (($62,593,000))
11$63,117,000
12 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . $2,000,000
13TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($178,463,000))
14$180,748,000
15     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
16 conditions and limitations:
17     (1) Within amounts appropriated in this section, the department
18 shall provide to the department of health, where available, the
19 following data for all nutrition assistance programs funded by the
20 United States department of agriculture and administered by the
21 department. The department must provide the report for the preceding
22 federal fiscal year by February 1, 2024, and February 1, 2025. The
23 report must provide:
24     (a) The number of people in Washington who are eligible for the
25 program;
26     (b) The number of people in Washington who participated in the
27 program;
28     (c) The average annual participation rate in the program;
29     (d) Participation rates by geographic distribution; and
30     (e) The annual federal funding of the program in Washington.
31    (2) $5,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year 2024, $22,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2025, and $14,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
34 provided solely for the implementation of an agreement reached
35 between the governor and the Washington federation of state employees
36 for the language access providers under the provisions of chapter
37 41.56 RCW for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium as provided in section
38 907 of this act.
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1     (3) $85,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 and $85,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
3 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to support the joint legislative
4 and executive committee on behavioral health established in section
5 133 of this act.
6    (4) $115,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year    2024,     $111,000   of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
8 fiscal     year     2025,    and     $64,000   of     the   general   fund—federal
9 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of  Second
10 Substitute House Bill No. 1745 (diversity in clinical trials).
11(5) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
12 year 2024, $96,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
13 year 2025, and $149,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
14 provided solely for implementation of Senate Bill No. 5497 (medicaid
15 expenditures).
16     (6) $231,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year 2024 and $65,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
18 provided solely for implementation of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5304
19 (language access/testing).
20    (7)(a) $4,876,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 and $2,961,000 of the general fund—federal
22 appropriation are provided solely for the system for integrated
23 leave, attendance, and scheduling (SILAS) project and is subject to
24 the conditions, limitations, and review requirements of section 701
25 of this act. Funding is provided solely for continued project
26 expansion at the:
27     (i) Yakima Valley school;
28     (ii) Maple Lane campus;
29     (iii) Brockmann campus;
30     (iv) Rainier school; and
31     (v) Fircrest school.
32     (b) By July 1, 2024, the department must submit a report to the
33 appropriate committees of the legislature to include, at least, the
34 implementation schedule and budget plans by facility deployment for
35 each of the facilities listed in (a) of this subsection.
36     (c) By June 30, 2025, the department must submit a report to the
37 appropriate committees of the legislature to include, but not be
38 limited to, how funding was spent compared to the spending plan and
39 the actual roll out by facility compared to the implementation
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1 schedule for each facility that the SILAS solution was planned and/or
2 implemented at in the prior 12 calendar months.
3     (8) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2025 is provided solely for the research and data analysis
5 division of the department to analyze historical trends of admissions
6 for felony civil conversion cases based on behavioral health
7 administrative service organization regions. The research and data
8 analysis division must create a report that provides information on
9 the monthly averages for admission by region and any information
10 about trends or cycles, and shall make a recommendation about how
11 best to predict and model future admissions for this population by
12 region. The report must be submitted to the governor, office of
13 financial management, and appropriate committees of the legislature
14 no later than November 1, 2024.
15     (9)   $2,000,000   of   the   climate   commitment  account—state
16 appropriation is provided solely for the department to pilot a
17 statewide   network  of   community   assemblies  fully  centered  on
18 overburdened communities as defined in RCW 70A.02.010. The department
19 must select topics for community assemblies that fall within its
20 authority or must consult and coordinate with the agency who has
21 authority on the proposed topic before selection. These assemblies
22 will elevate community expertise and solutions to budget and policy
23 makers on sustainable investments to create a more climate resilient
24 Washington. If Initiative Measure No. 2117 is approved in the 2024
25 general election, upon the effective date of the measure, funds from
26 the consolidated climate account may not be used for the purposes in
27 this subsection.
28    (10) $20,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024 and $70,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the research and data
31 analysis division of the department to conduct a study of the costs
32 to expand apple health categorically needy coverage for SSI-related
33 individuals who meet the criteria in WAC 182-512-0050. The study
34 shall provide the cost of expanding medicaid services to individuals
35 at the following percentages of the federal poverty level: 75
36 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent, 90 percent, 95 percent, and 100
37 percent. The study should also provide the cost of eliminating the
38 state asset limits at each of these income increments. The study must
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1 be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature by
2 December 1, 2024.
3     (11)(a) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
4 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the department to complete a
5 gap analysis of the existing housing and health care system and
6 provide a report to the legislature detailing its findings. This
7 report shall include, but not be limited to, a review of existing
8 models related to individuals experiencing:
9     (i) Housing instability who have significant medical and/or
10 behavioral health needs, including the inability to stay in or return
11 to their current housing;
12     (ii) Homelessness and/or a significant history of being unhoused,
13 including permanent supportive housing residents; and
14     (iii) Significant health-related social needs that are not severe
15 enough to qualify for placement in existing facilities, but are too
16 significant to be met in a shelter or permanent supportive housing.
17     (b) The gap analysis shall also include a review of:
18     (i) Hospitals with patients that have resolved the acute
19 hospital-level needs of the patient, but cannot discharge patients to
20 the community because there is no appropriate lower level of care
21 available; and
22     (ii) Permanent supportive housing and shelter providers with
23 residents whose medical needs exceed the location's ability to
24 provide care.
25     (c) The department shall provide recommendations to fill the gaps
26 identified in (a) and (b) of this subsection, which may include
27 creation of complex care locations and enhanced behavioral health
28 supports until an individual qualifies for either a higher or lower
29 level of care.
30     (d) This report must be submitted to the appropriate committees
31 of the legislature by December 1, 2024.
32     Sec. 209.   2024 c 376 s 209 (uncodified) is amended to read as
33 follows:
34 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES—PAYMENTS TO OTHER
35 AGENCIES PROGRAM
36 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . $66,435,000
37 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . (($85,489,000))
38$82,847,000
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1  General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . (($62,969,000))
2$62,706,000
3TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . (($214,893,000))
4$211,988,000
5     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
6 conditions and limitations: Within the amounts appropriated in this
7 section, the department must extend master property insurance to all
8 buildings owned by the department valued over $250,000 and to all
9 locations leased by the department with contents valued over
10 $250,000.
11     Sec. 210.   2024 c 376 s 210 (uncodified) is amended to read as
12 follows:
13 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY
14     (1)(a) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the health care
15 authority shall provide support and data as required by the office of
16 the state actuary in providing the legislature with health care
17 actuarial analysis, including providing any information in the
18 possession of the health care authority or available to the health
19 care authority through contracts with providers, plans, insurers,
20 consultants, or any other entities contracting with the health care
21 authority.
22     (b) Information technology projects or investments and proposed
23 projects or investments impacting time capture, payroll and payment
24 processes   and    systems,   eligibility,   case    management,   and
25 authorization systems within the health care authority are subject to
26 technical oversight by the office of the chief information officer.
27     (2) The health care authority shall not initiate any services
28 that require expenditure of state general fund moneys unless
29 expressly authorized in this act or other law. The health care
30 authority may seek, receive, and spend, under RCW 43.79.260 through
31 43.79.282, federal moneys not anticipated in this act as long as the
32 federal funding does not require expenditure of state moneys for the
33 program in excess of amounts anticipated in this act. If the health
34 care authority receives unanticipated unrestricted federal moneys,
35 those moneys shall be spent for services authorized in this act or in
36 any other legislation providing appropriation authority, and an equal
37 amount of appropriated state general fund moneys shall lapse. Upon
38 the lapsing of any moneys under this subsection, the office of
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1 financial management shall notify the legislative fiscal committees.
2 As used in this subsection, "unrestricted federal moneys" includes
3 block grants and other funds that federal law does not require to be
4 spent on specifically defined projects or matched on a formula basis
5 by state funds.
6     (3)(a) The health care authority, the health benefit exchange,
7 the department of social and health services, the department of
8 health, the department of corrections, and the department of
9 children, youth, and families shall work together within existing
10 resources to establish the health and human services enterprise
11 coalition (the coalition). The coalition, led by the health care
12 authority, must be a multi-organization collaborative that provides
13 strategic direction and federal funding guidance for projects that
14 have cross-organizational or enterprise impact, including information
15 technology projects that affect organizations within the coalition.
16 The office of the chief information officer shall maintain a
17 statewide perspective when collaborating with the coalition to ensure
18 that projects are planned for in a manner that ensures the efficient
19 use of state resources, supports the adoption of a cohesive
20 technology and data architecture, and maximizes federal financial
21 participation. The work of the coalition and any project identified
22 as a coalition project is subject to the conditions, limitations, and
23 review provided in section 701 of this act.
24     (b) The health care authority must submit a report on November 1,
25 2023, and annually thereafter, to the fiscal committees of the
26 legislature. The report must include, at a minimum:
27     (i) A list of active coalition projects as of July 1st of the
28 fiscal year. This must include all current and ongoing coalition
29 projects, which coalition agencies are involved in these projects,
30 and the funding being expended on each project, including in-kind
31 funding. For each project, the report must include which federal
32 requirements each coalition project is working to satisfy, and when
33 each project is anticipated to satisfy those requirements; and
34     (ii) A list of coalition projects that are planned in the current
35 and following fiscal year. This must include which coalition agencies
36 are involved in these projects, including the anticipated in-kind
37 funding by agency, and if a budget request will be submitted for
38 funding. This must reflect all funding required by fiscal year and by
39 fund source and include the budget outlook period.
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1     (4) The appropriations to the health care authority in this act
2 shall be expended for the programs and in the amounts specified in
3 this act. However, after May 1, ((2024)) 2025, unless prohibited by
4 this   act,   the  authority   may  transfer  general   fund—state
5 appropriations for fiscal year ((2024)) 2025 among programs after
6 approval by the director of the office of financial management. To
7 the extent that appropriations in this section are insufficient to
8 fund actual expenditures in excess of caseload forecast and
9 utilization assumptions, the authority may transfer general fund—
10 state appropriations for fiscal year ((2024)) 2025 that are provided
11 solely for a specified purpose. The authority may not transfer funds,
12 and the director of the office of financial management shall not
13 approve the transfer, unless the transfer is consistent with the
14 objective of conserving, to the maximum extent possible, the
15 expenditure of state funds. The director of the office of financial
16 management shall notify the appropriate fiscal committees of the
17 legislature in writing seven days prior to approving any allotment
18 modifications or transfers under this subsection. The written
19 notification must include a narrative explanation and justification
20 of changes, along with expenditures and allotments by budget unit and
21 appropriation, both before and after any allotment modifications and
22 transfers.
23     Sec. 211.   2024 c 376 s 211 (uncodified) is amended to read as
24 follows:
25 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
26 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . .    $2,853,617,000
27 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . .    (($2,976,729,000))
28$3,187,150,000
29 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . (($16,820,407,000))
30$17,397,572,000
31 General Fund—Private/Local Appropriation. . . . .    (($1,252,273,000))
32$1,261,125,000
33 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
34     (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $24,105,000
35 Dedicated Cannabis Account—State Appropriation
36     (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (($23,212,000))
37$18,841,000
38 Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Systems
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1     Trust Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . .      $15,086,000
2  Family Medicine Workforce Development Account—State
3     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $7,000,000
4  Hospital Safety Net Assessment Account—State
5      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($1,517,493,000))
6$1,505,043,000
7  Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Account—State
8      Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $314,000
9 Medical Aid Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . $540,000
10 Statewide 988 Behavioral Health Crisis Response Line
11    Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . .      $11,624,000
12 Telebehavioral Health Access Account—State
13     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    $8,318,000
14 Ambulance Transport Fund—State Appropriation. . . . . (($14,316,000))
15$13,256,000
16TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . .  (($25,525,034,000))
17$26,303,591,000
18     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
19 conditions and limitations:
20     (1) The authority shall submit an application to the centers for
21 medicare and medicaid services to renew the 1115 demonstration waiver
22 for an additional five years as described in subsections (2), (3),
23 and (4) of this section. The authority may not accept or expend any
24 federal funds received under an 1115 demonstration waiver except as
25 described in this section unless the legislature has appropriated the
26 federal funding. To ensure compliance with legislative requirements
27 and terms and conditions of the waiver, the authority shall implement
28 the renewal of the 1115 demonstration waiver and reporting
29 requirements with oversight from the office of financial management.
30 The legislature finds that appropriate management of the renewal of
31 the 1115 demonstration waiver as set forth in subsections (2), (3),
32 and (4) of this section requires sound, consistent, timely, and
33 transparent oversight and analytic review in addition to lack of
34 redundancy with other established measures. The patient must be
35 considered first and foremost in the implementation and execution of
36 the demonstration waiver. To accomplish these goals, the authority
37 shall   develop  consistent  performance   measures  that   focus  on
38 population health and health outcomes. The authority shall limit the
39 number of projects that accountable communities of health may
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1 participate in under initiative 1 to a maximum of six and shall seek
2 to develop common performance measures when possible. The joint
3 select committee on health care oversight will evaluate the measures
4 chosen: (a) For effectiveness and appropriateness; and (b) to provide
5 patients and health care providers with significant input into the
6 implementation of the demonstration waiver to promote improved
7 population health and patient health outcomes. In cooperation with
8 the department of social and health services, the authority shall
9 consult with and provide notification of work on applications for
10 federal waivers, including details on waiver duration, financial
11 implications, and potential future impacts on the state budget to the
12 joint select committee on health care oversight prior to submitting
13 these waivers for federal approval. Prior to final approval or
14 acceptance of funds by the authority, the authority shall submit the
15 special terms and conditions as submitted to the centers for medicare
16 and medicaid services and the anticipated budget for the duration of
17 the renewed waiver to the governor, the joint select committee on
18 health care, and the fiscal committees of the legislature. By federal
19 standard any programs created or funded by this waiver do not create
20 an entitlement. The demonstration period for the waiver as described
21 in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section begins July 1, 2023.
22    (2)(a) (($342,398,000)) $394,249,000 of the general fund—federal
23 appropriation and (($213,592,000)) $195,181,000 of the general fund—
24 local appropriation are provided solely for accountable communities
25 of health described in initiative 1 of the 1115 demonstration waiver
26 and this is the maximum amount that may be expended for this purpose.
27 In renewing this initiative, the authority shall consider local input
28 regarding community needs and shall limit total local projects to no
29 more than six. To provide transparency to the appropriate fiscal
30 committees of the legislature, the authority shall provide fiscal
31 staff of the legislature query ability into any database of the
32 fiscal intermediary that authority staff would be authorized to
33 access. The authority shall not supplement the amounts provided in
34 this subsection with any general fund—state moneys appropriated in
35 this section or any moneys that may be transferred pursuant to
36 subsection (1) of this section. The director shall report to the
37 fiscal committees of the legislature all expenditures under this
38 subsection and provide such fiscal data in the time, manner, and form
39 requested by the legislative fiscal committees.
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1     (b)   (($467,787,000))   $420,677,000   of   the   general   fund—federal
2  appropriation and (($191,068,000)) $171,826,000 of the general fund—
3  private/local appropriation are provided solely for the medicaid
4  quality improvement program and this is the maximum amount that may
5  be expended for this purpose. Medicaid quality improvement program
6  payments do not count against the 1115 demonstration waiver spending
7 limits and are excluded from the waiver's budget neutrality
8 calculation. The authority may provide medicaid quality improvement
9 program payments to apple health managed care organizations and their
10 partnering providers as they meet designated milestones. Partnering
11 providers and apple health managed care organizations must work
12 together to achieve medicaid quality improvement program goals
13 according to the performance period timelines and reporting deadlines
14 as set forth by the authority. The authority may only use the
15 medicaid quality improvement program to support initiatives 1, 2, and
16 3 as described in the 1115 demonstration waiver and may not pursue
17 its use for other purposes. Any programs created or funded by the
18 medicaid quality improvement program do not constitute an entitlement
19 for clients or providers. The authority shall not supplement the
20 amounts provided in this subsection with any general fund—state,
21 general fund—federal, or general fund—local moneys appropriated in
22 this section or any moneys that may be transferred pursuant to
23 subsection (1) of this section. The director shall report to the
24 joint select committee on health care oversight not less than
25 quarterly on financial and health outcomes. The director shall report
26 to the fiscal committees of the legislature all expenditures under
27 this subsection and shall provide such fiscal data in the time,
28 manner, and form requested by the legislative fiscal committees.
29     (c) In collaboration with the accountable communities of health,
30 the authority will submit a report to the governor and the joint
31 select committee on health care oversight describing how each of the
32 accountable community of health's work aligns with the community
33 needs assessment no later than December 1, 2023.
34     (d) Performance measures and payments for accountable communities
35 of health shall reflect accountability measures that demonstrate
36 progress toward transparent, measurable, and meaningful goals that
37 have an impact on improved population health and improved health
38 outcomes, including a path to financial sustainability. While these
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1 goals   may  have   variation   to   account  for   unique   community
2 demographics, measures should be standardized when possible.
3     (3)     (($87,665,000))    $34,126,000     of    the   general   fund—federal
4 appropriation and (($87,666,000)) $34,118,000 of the general fund—
5 local appropriation are provided solely for long-term support
6 services as described in initiative 2 of the 1115 demonstration
7 waiver as well as administrative expenses for initiative 3 and this
8 is the maximum amount that may be expended for this purpose. The
9 authority shall contract with and provide funding to the department
10 of social and health services to administer initiative 2. The
11 director in cooperation with the secretary of the department of
12 social and health services shall report to the office of financial
13 management all of the expenditures of this section and shall provide
14 such fiscal data in the time, manner, and form requested. The
15 authority     shall   not     supplement   the      amounts   provided   in   this
16 subsection with any general fund—state moneys appropriated in this
17 section or any moneys that may be transferred pursuant to subsection
18 (1) of this section.
19     (4)(a) (($46,450,000)) $61,782,000 of the general fund—federal
20 appropriation and (($21,432,000)) $28,451,000 of the general fund—
21 local appropriation are provided solely for supported housing and
22 employment services described in initiative 3a and 3b of the 1115
23 demonstration waiver and this is the maximum amount that may be
24 expended for this purpose. Under this initiative, the authority and
25 the department of social and health services shall ensure that
26 allowable and necessary services are provided to eligible clients as
27 identified by the department or its third-party administrator. The
28 authority and the department, in consultation with the medical
29 assistance expenditure forecast work group, shall ensure that
30 reasonable reimbursements are established for services deemed
31 necessary within an identified limit per individual. The authority
32 shall not supplement the amounts provided in this subsection with any
33 general fund—state moneys appropriated in this section or any moneys
34 that may be transferred pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
35 The director shall report to the joint select committee on health
36 care oversight no less than quarterly on financial and health
37 outcomes. The director shall also report to the fiscal committees of
38 the legislature all of the expenditures of this subsection and shall
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1 provide such fiscal data in the time, manner, and form requested by
2 the legislative fiscal committees.
3    (b)   (($28,156,000))   $32,309,000    of   the   general   fund—federal
4 appropriation and (($22,067,000)) $23,969,000 of the general fund—
5 local appropriation are provided solely for additional housing
6 supports described in the 1115 demonstration waiver and this is the
7 maximum amount that may be expended for this purpose. The authority
8 shall not supplement the amounts provided in this subsection with any
9 general fund—state moneys appropriated in this section or any moneys
10 that may be transferred pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
11 The director shall report to the joint select committee on health
12 care oversight no less than quarterly on financial and health
13 outcomes. The director shall also report to the fiscal committees of
14 the legislature all of the expenditures of this subsection and shall
15 provide such fiscal data in the time, manner, and form requested by
16 the legislative fiscal committees.
17     (c) The director shall report to the joint select committee on
18 health care oversight no less than quarterly on utilization and
19 caseload statistics for both supportive housing and employment
20 services and its progress toward increasing uptake and availability
21 for these services.
22    (5) $1,432,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
23 year 2024 and $3,008,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
24 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for supported employment
25 services and $1,478,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal   year  2024   and  $3,162,000   of  the  general   fund—state
27 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for supported
28 housing services, similar to the services described in initiatives 3a
29 and 3b of the 1115 demonstration waiver to individuals who are
30 ineligible for medicaid. Under these initiatives, the authority and
31 the department of social and health services shall ensure that
32 allowable and necessary services are provided to eligible clients as
33 identified by the authority or its third-party administrator. Before
34 authorizing services, eligibility for initiative 3a or 3b of the 1115
35 demonstration waiver must first be determined.
36     (6) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this subsection to
37 implement the medicaid expansion as defined in the social security
38 act, section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII).
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1     (7) The legislature finds that medicaid payment rates, as
2 calculated   by   the   health  care   authority   pursuant to   the
3 appropriations in this act, bear a reasonable relationship to the
4 costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated facilities
5 for providing quality services and will be sufficient to enlist
6 enough providers so that care and services are available to the
7 extent that such care and services are available to the general
8 population in the geographic area. The legislature finds that the
9 cost reports, payment data from the federal government, historical
10 utilization, economic data, and clinical input constitute reliable
11 data upon which to determine the payment rates.
12     (8)   Based  on   quarterly  expenditure   reports  and caseload
13 forecasts, if the health care authority estimates that expenditures
14 for the medical assistance program will exceed the appropriations,
15 the health care authority shall take steps including but not limited
16 to reduction of rates or elimination of optional services to reduce
17 expenditures so that total program costs do not exceed the annual
18 appropriation authority.
19     (9) In determining financial eligibility for medicaid-funded
20 services, the health care authority is authorized to disregard
21 recoveries by Holocaust survivors of insurance proceeds or other
22 assets, as defined in RCW 48.104.030.
23     (10) The legislature affirms that it is in the state's interest
24 for Harborview medical center to remain an economically viable
25 component of the state's health care system.
26     (11) When a person is ineligible for medicaid solely by reason of
27 residence in an institution for mental diseases, the health care
28 authority shall provide the person with the same benefits as he or
29 she would receive if eligible for medicaid, using state-only funds to
30 the extent necessary.
31    (12)   $4,261,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2024, $4,261,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
33 for fiscal year 2025, and $8,522,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely for low-income disproportionate
35 share hospital payments.
36     (13) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the health
37 care authority shall provide disproportionate share hospital payments
38 to hospitals that provide services to children in the children's
39 health program who are not eligible for services under Title XIX or
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1 XXI of the   federal   social   security    act   due   to   their   citizenship
2 status.
3     (14) $7,000,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation is
4 provided solely for supplemental payments to nursing homes operated
5 by public hospital districts. The public hospital district shall be
6 responsible for providing the required nonfederal match for the
7 supplemental payment, and the payments shall not exceed the maximum
8 allowable under federal rules. It is the legislature's intent that
9 the payments shall be supplemental to and shall not in any way offset
10 or reduce the payments calculated and provided in accordance with
11 part E of chapter 74.46 RCW. It is the legislature's further intent
12 that costs otherwise allowable for rate-setting and settlement
13 against payments under chapter 74.46 RCW shall not be disallowed
14 solely because such costs have been paid by revenues retained by the
15 nursing home from these supplemental payments. The supplemental
16 payments are subject to retrospective interim and final cost
17 settlements based on the nursing homes' as-filed and final medicare
18 cost reports. The timing of the interim and final cost settlements
19 shall be at the health care authority's discretion. During either the
20 interim cost settlement or the final cost settlement, the health care
21 authority shall recoup from the public hospital districts the
22 supplemental payments that exceed the medicaid cost limit and/or the
23 medicare upper payment limit. The health care authority shall apply
24 federal rules for identifying the eligible incurred medicaid costs
25 and the medicare upper payment limit.
26     (15) The health care authority shall continue the inpatient
27 hospital certified public expenditures program for the 2023-2025
28 fiscal biennium. The program shall apply to all public hospitals,
29 including those owned or operated by the state, except those
30 classified as critical access hospitals or state psychiatric
31 institutions. The health care authority shall submit reports to the
32 governor and legislature by November 1, 2023, and by November 1,
33 2024, that evaluate whether savings continue to exceed costs for this
34 program. If the certified public expenditures (CPE) program in its
35 current form is no longer cost-effective to maintain, the health care
36 authority shall submit a report to the governor and legislature
37 detailing cost-effective alternative uses of local, state, and
38 federal resources as a replacement for this program. During fiscal
39 year 2024 and fiscal year 2025, hospitals in the program shall be
40 paid and shall retain 100 percent of the federal portion of the
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1 allowable hospital cost for each medicaid inpatient fee-for-service
2 claim payable by medical assistance and 100 percent of the federal
3 portion of the maximum disproportionate share hospital payment
4 allowable under federal regulations. For the purpose of determining
5 the amount of any state grant under this subsection, payments will
6 include the federal portion of medicaid program supplemental payments
7 received by the hospitals. Inpatient medicaid payments shall be
8 established using an allowable methodology that approximates the cost
9 of claims submitted by the hospitals. Payments made to each hospital
10 in the program in each fiscal year of the biennium shall be compared
11 to a baseline amount. The baseline amount will be determined by the
12 total of (a) the inpatient claim payment amounts that would have been
13 paid during the fiscal year had the hospital not been in the CPE
14 program based on the reimbursement rates developed, implemented, and
15 consistent with policies approved in the 2023-2025 biennial operating
16 appropriations act and in effect on July 1, 2015, (b) one-half of the
17 indigent assistance disproportionate share hospital payment amounts
18 paid to and retained by each hospital during fiscal year 2005, and
19 (c) all of the other disproportionate share hospital payment amounts
20 paid to and retained by each hospital during fiscal year 2005 to the
21 extent the same disproportionate share hospital programs exist in the
22 2019-2021 fiscal biennium. If payments during the fiscal year exceed
23 the hospital's baseline amount, no additional payments will be made
24 to   the   hospital  except   the   federal   portion  of   allowable
25 disproportionate share hospital payments for which the hospital can
26 certify allowable match. If payments during the fiscal year are less
27 than the baseline amount, the hospital will be paid a state grant
28 equal to the difference between payments during the fiscal year and
29 the applicable baseline amount. Payment of the state grant shall be
30 made in the applicable fiscal year and distributed in monthly
31 payments. The grants will be recalculated and redistributed as the
32 baseline is updated during the fiscal year. The grant payments are
33 subject to an interim settlement within 11 months after the end of
34 the fiscal year. A final settlement shall be performed. To the extent
35 that either settlement determines that a hospital has received funds
36 in excess of what it would have received as described in this
37 subsection, the hospital must repay the excess amounts to the state
38 when requested.
39     (16) The health care authority shall seek public-private
40 partnerships and federal funds that are or may become available to
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1 provide ongoing support for outreach and education efforts under the
2 federal children's health insurance program reauthorization act of
3 2009.
4     (17) The health care authority shall target funding for maternity
5 support services towards pregnant women with factors that lead to
6 higher rates of poor birth outcomes, including hypertension, a
7 preterm or low birth weight birth in the most recent previous birth,
8 a cognitive deficit or developmental disability, substance abuse,
9 severe mental illness, unhealthy weight or failure to gain weight,
10 tobacco use, or African American or Native American race. The health
11 care authority shall prioritize evidence-based practices for delivery
12 of maternity support services. To the extent practicable, the health
13 care authority shall develop a mechanism to increase federal funding
14 for maternity support services by leveraging local public funding for
15 those services.
16     (18) The authority shall submit reports to the governor and the
17 legislature by September 15, 2023, and no later than September 15,
18 2024, that delineate the number of individuals in medicaid managed
19 care, by carrier, age, gender, and eligibility category, receiving
20 preventative services and vaccinations. The reports should include
21 baseline and benchmark information from the previous two fiscal years
22 and should be inclusive of, but not limited to, services recommended
23 under the United States preventative services task force, advisory
24 committee on immunization practices, early and periodic screening,
25 diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) guidelines, and other relevant
26 preventative and vaccination medicaid guidelines and requirements.
27     (19) Managed care contracts must incorporate accountability
28 measures that monitor patient health and improved health outcomes,
29 and shall include an expectation that each patient receive a wellness
30 examination that documents the baseline health status and allows for
31 monitoring of health improvements and outcome measures.
32     (20) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this section for the
33 authority to provide an adult dental benefit.
34     (21) The health care authority shall coordinate with the
35 department of social and health services to provide referrals to the
36 Washington health benefit exchange for clients that will be
37 ineligible for medicaid.
38     (22) To facilitate a single point of entry across public and
39 medical assistance programs, and to maximize the use of federal
40 funding, the health care authority, the department of social and
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1 health services, and the health benefit exchange will coordinate
2 efforts to expand HealthPlanfinder access to public assistance and
3 medical eligibility staff. The health care authority shall complete
4 medicaid   applications  in   the   HealthPlanfinder   for households
5 receiving or applying for medical assistance benefits.
6    (23) $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024, $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
8 year 2025, and $180,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
9 provided solely to continue operation by a nonprofit organization of
10 a toll-free hotline that assists families to learn about and enroll
11 in the apple health for kids program.
12     (24) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
13 authority shall reimburse for primary care services provided by
14 naturopathic physicians.
15     (25) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
16 authority shall continue to provide coverage for pregnant teens that
17 qualify under existing pregnancy medical programs, but whose
18 eligibility for pregnancy related services would otherwise end due to
19 the application of the new modified adjusted gross income eligibility
20 standard.
21     (26) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this section to
22 remove the mental health visit limit and to provide the shingles
23 vaccine and screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment
24 benefits that are available in the medicaid alternative benefit plan
25 in the classic medicaid benefit plan.
26     (27) The authority shall use revenue appropriated from the
27 dedicated cannabis account for contracts with community health
28 centers under RCW 69.50.540 in lieu of general fund—state payments to
29 community health centers for services provided to medical assistance
30 clients, and it is the intent of the legislature that this policy
31 will be continued in subsequent fiscal biennia.
32     (28) Beginning no later than July 1, 2018, for any service
33 eligible under the medicaid state plan for encounter payments,
34 managed care organizations at the request of a rural health clinic
35 shall pay the full published encounter rate directly to the clinic.
36 At no time will a managed care organization be at risk for or have
37 any right to the supplemental portion of the claim. Payments will be
38 reconciled on at least an annual basis between the managed care
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1 organization and the authority, with final review and approval by the
2 authority.
3     (29) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this section for the
4 authority to provide a medicaid equivalent adult dental benefit to
5 clients enrolled in the medical care service program.
6     (30) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, sufficient amounts are
7 provided in this section for the authority to provide services
8 identical to those services covered by the Washington state family
9 planning waiver program as of August 2018 to individuals who:
10     (a) Are 19 years of age;
11     (b) Are at or below 260 percent of the federal poverty level as
12 established in WAC 182-505-0100;
13     (c) Are not covered by other public or private insurance; and
14     (d) Need family planning services and are not currently covered
15 by or eligible for another medical assistance program for family
16 planning.
17     (31)(a) The authority shall ensure that appropriate resources are
18 dedicated to implementing the recommendations of the centers for
19 medicare and medicaid services center for program integrity as
20 provided to the authority in the January 2019 Washington focused
21 program integrity review final report. Additionally, the authority
22 shall:
23     (i) Work to ensure the efficient operations of the managed care
24 plans, including but not limited to, a deconflicting process for
25 audits with and among the managed care plans and the medicaid fraud
26 division at the attorney general's office, to ensure the authority
27 staff perform central audits of cases that appear across multiple
28 managed care plans, versus the audits performed by the individual
29 managed care plans or the fraud division;
30     (ii) Remain accountable for operating in an effective and
31 efficient manner, including performing program integrity activities
32 that ensure high value in the medical assistance program in general
33 and in medicaid managed care specifically;
34     (iii) Work with its contracted actuary and the medical assistance
35 expenditure forecast work group to develop methods and metrics
36 related to managed care program integrity activity that shall be
37 incorporated into annual rate setting; and
38     (iv) Work with the medical assistance expenditure forecast work
39 group to ensure the results of program integrity activity are
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1 incorporated into the rate setting process in a transparent, timely,
2 measurable, quantifiable manner.
3    (b) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024, $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
5 year 2025, and $100,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
6 provided solely for the authority to consider, as part of its program
7 integrity activities, whether it is providing economical, efficient,
8 and quality prescription drug services through its administrative
9 services model and the quantifiable cost and benefit of this service
10 delivery method. The authority must establish an annual reporting
11 requirement for all covered entities participating in the 340B drug
12 pricing program that receive medicaid funds under this section; and
13 the authority shall provide at an aggregate level, broken down by
14 covered entities defined by 42 U.S.C. §256b(a)(4)(A)-(O), the
15 following minimum information to the governor and fiscal committees
16 of the legislature no later than October 15, 2023:
17     (i) The cost and benefits of providing these prescription drug
18 benefits through a carved-out fee-for-service benefit, both total
19 cost and net of rebates;
20     (ii) The cost and benefits of providing these prescription drug
21 benefits through a carved-in managed care benefit, both total cost
22 and net of rebates;
23     (iii) The cost and benefits of providing these prescription drug
24 benefits through the administrative services model, both total and
25 net of rebates;
26     (iv) The community benefit attributable to 340B providers as a
27 result of the administrative services or carved-in model as compared
28 to each other and as compared to the carved-out model; and
29     (v) The federal financial participation provided to the state
30 under each of these models.
31     (c) The authority shall submit a report to the governor and
32 appropriate committees of the legislature by October 1, 2023, that
33 includes, but is not limited to:
34     (i) Specific, quantified actions that have been taken, to date,
35 related to the recommendations of the centers for medicare and
36 medicaid services center for program integrity as provided to the
37 authority in the January 2019 Washington focused program integrity
38 review final report;
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1      (ii) Specific, quantified information regarding the work done
2 with its contracted actuary and the medical assistance expenditure
3 forecast expenditure work group to develop methods and metrics
4 related to managed care program integrity activity that shall be
5 incorporated into annual rate setting;
6      (iii) Specific, quantified information regarding the work done
7 with the medical assistance expenditure forecast work group to ensure
8 the results of program integrity activity are incorporated into the
9 rate    setting  process  in   a  transparent,   timely,  measurable,
10 quantifiable manner;
11     (iv) Accounting by fiscal year, medicaid eligibility group, and
12 service beginning with state fiscal year 2020 to include all program
13 integrity recoveries attributable to the authority, including how
14 these recoveries are categorized, to which year they are reported,
15 how these recoveries are applied against legislative savings
16 requirements, and what recoveries are attributable to the office of
17 the attorney general's medicaid fraud control division and how these
18 recoveries are considered when reporting program integrity activity
19 and determining managed care rates; and
20     (v) Information detailing when the agency acquired a new fraud
21 and abuse detection system and to what extent this system is being
22 utilized.
23     (32)(a) The authority shall not enter into any future value-based
24 arrangements with federally qualified health centers or rural health
25 clinics prior to receiving approval from the office of financial
26 management and the appropriate committees of the legislature.
27     (b) The authority shall not modify the reconciliation process
28 with federally qualified health centers or rural health clinics
29 without notification to and the opportunity to comment from the
30 office of financial management.
31     (c) The authority shall require all managed care organizations to
32 provide information to the authority to account for all payments to
33 rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to
34 include how payments are made, including any additional payments and
35 whether there is a sub-capitation arrangement or value-based
36 purchasing arrangement.
37     (d) Beginning with fiscal year 2021 and for each subsequent year
38 thereafter, the authority shall reconcile on an annual basis with
39 rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
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1      (e) Beginning with fiscal year 2021 and for each subsequent year
2  thereafter, the authority shall properly accrue for any anticipated
3  reconciliations with rural health clinics and federally qualified
4  health centers during the fiscal year close process following
5  generally accepted accounting practices.
6      (33) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
7  authority is to include allergen control bed and pillow covers as
8  part of the durable medical equipment benefit for children with an
9  asthma diagnosis enrolled in medical assistance programs.
10     (34) $23,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
11 year   2024,    $324,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
12 fiscal   year     2025,    and    $469,000       of   the   general   fund—federal
13 appropriation are provided solely for the reimbursement of services
14 provided by doulas for apple health clients consistent with
15 utilization and uptake assumptions anticipated by the authority in
16 its report to the legislature on December 1, 2020. The centers for
17 medicare and medicaid services must approve a state plan amendment to
18 reimburse for doula services prior to the implementation of this
19 policy.
20     (35) Sufficient funds are provided in this section for the
21 authority to extend continuous eligibility for apple health to
22 children ages zero to six with income at or below 215 percent of the
23 federal poverty level. The centers for medicare and medicaid services
24 must approve the 1115 medicaid waiver prior to the implementation of
25 this policy.
26     (36) Sufficient funds are provided to continue reimbursing dental
27 health aid therapists for services performed in tribal facilities for
28 medicaid clients. The authority must leverage any federal funding
29 that may become available as a result of appeal decisions from the
30 centers for medicare and medicaid services or the United States court
31 of appeals for the ninth circuit.
32     (37) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
33 authority   shall  implement   the  requirements  of   RCW  74.09.830
34 (postpartum health care) and the American rescue plan act of 2021,
35 P.L. 117-2, in extending health care coverage during the postpartum
36 period. The authority shall make every effort to expedite and
37 complete eligibility determinations for individuals who are likely
38 eligible to receive health care coverage under Title XIX or Title XXI
39 of the federal social security act to ensure the state is receiving
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1 maximum federal match. This includes, but is not limited to, working
2 with managed care organizations to provide continuous outreach in
3 various modalities until the individual's eligibility determination
4 is completed. Beginning June 1, 2022, the authority must submit
5 quarterly reports to the caseload forecast work group on the number
6 of individuals who are likely eligible to receive health care
7 coverage under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal social security
8 act but are waiting for the authority to complete eligibility
9 determination, the number of individuals who were likely eligible but
10 are now receiving health care coverage with the maximum federal match
11 under Title XIX or Title XXI of the federal social security act, and
12 outreach   activities   including   the  work   with   managed   care
13 organizations.
14    (38) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
15 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the perinatal support warm
17 line to provide peer support, resources, and referrals to new and
18 expectant parents and people in the emotional transition to
19 parenthood experiencing, or at risk of, postpartum depression or
20 other mental health issues.
21     (39) Sufficient funding is provided to remove the asset test from
22 the medicare savings program review process.
23     (40) Sufficient funding is provided to eliminate the mid-
24 certification review process for the aged, blind, or disabled and
25 housing and essential needs referral programs.
26     (41) $403,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2025 and $1,185,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation
28 are provided solely for an adult acupuncture benefit beginning
29 January 1, 2025.
30     (42) $581,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2025 and $1,706,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation
32 are provided solely for an adult chiropractic benefit beginning
33 January 1, 2025.
34    (43)(a) $4,109,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
35 fiscal   year  2024 and  $4,204,000  of  the  general  fund—state
36 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $1,214,000 of the general
37 fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the authority to
38 continue the grant program for reimbursement for services to patients
39 up to age 18 provided by community health workers in primary care
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1 clinics whose patients are significantly comprised of pediatric
2 patients enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW until
3 June 30, 2025. Community health workers may receive merit increases
4 within this funding. Community health workers funded under this
5 subsection may provide outreach, informal counseling, and social
6 supports for health-related social needs. Within the amounts provided
7 in this subsection, the authority will provide a final report by June
8 30, 2025. The report shall include, but not be limited to:
9     (i) The quantitative impacts of the grant program;
10     (ii) How many community health workers are participating in the
11 grant program;
12     (iii) How many clinics these community health workers represent;
13     (iv) How many clients are being served;
14     (v) Evaluation of any measurable health outcomes identified in
15 the planning period prior to January 2023; and
16     (vi) The number of children who received community health worker
17 services between June 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. For the children
18 who received community health worker services within this period, the
19 authority must compare the following data to children of the same
20 ages and languages receiving coverage through apple health: Well-
21 child visits; mental health services when a need is identified; and
22 emergency department utilization.
23     (b) To the extent that funds are appropriated, the authority must
24 establish a community health worker benefit under the medical
25 assistance program, as codified at Title XIX of the federal social
26 security act, the state children's health insurance program, as
27 codified at Title XXI of the federal social security act, and any
28 other federal funding sources that are now available or may become
29 available, pursuant to approval from the center for medicare and
30 medicaid services.
31    (44)   $1,635,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2024, $1,024,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
33 for fiscal year 2025, and $1,765,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely for a technology solution for an
35 authoritative client identifier, or master person index, for state
36 programs within the health and human services coalition to uniformly
37 identify clients across multiple service delivery systems. The
38 coalition will clearly identify all state programs impacted by and
39 all fund sources used in development and implementation of this
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1 project. This subsection is subject to the conditions, limitations,
2 and review requirements of section 701 of this act.
3     (45)(a) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this section for
4 the authority to provide coverage for all federal food and drug
5 administration-approved    HIV   antiviral     drugs   without   prior
6 authorization. This coverage must be provided to apple health clients
7 enrolled in both fee-for-service and managed care programs.
8     (b) Beginning July 1, 2023, upon initiation or renewal of a
9 contract with the authority to administer a medicaid managed care
10 plan, a managed care health care system shall provide coverage
11 without   prior  authorization   for  all    federal  food   and  drug
12 administration-approved HIV antiviral drugs.
13     (c) By December 1, 2023, and December 1, 2024, the authority must
14 submit to the fiscal committees of the legislature the projected and
15 actual expenditures and percentage of medicaid clients who switch to
16 a new drug class without prior authorization as described in (a) and
17 (b) of this subsection.
18     (46) The authority shall consider evidence-based recommendations
19 from the Oregon health evidence review commission when making
20 coverage decisions for the treatment of pediatric autoimmune
21 neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections
22 and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome.
23     (47)   $2,120,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
24 fiscal year 2024, $2,120,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
25 for fiscal year 2025, and $9,012,000 of the general fund—federal
26 appropriation are provided solely to increase advanced life support
27 code A0426 by 64 percent, basic life support base rates for
28 nonemergency ambulance transports code A0428 by 80 percent, and
29 mileage for both nonemergency and emergency ambulance transportation
30 code A0425 by 35 percent, beginning July 1, 2023.
31     (48)   $2,047,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2024, $3,390,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
33 for fiscal year 2025, and $5,135,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely to increase reimbursement rates by
35 20 percent for applied behavior analysis codes 0362T and 0373T for
36 individuals with complex behavioral health care needs; and by 15
37 percent for all other applied behavior analysis codes with the
38 exception of Q3014, beginning January 1, 2024.
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1     (49) $280,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2024 and $1,992,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation
3 are provided solely for modular replacement costs of the ProviderOne
4 pharmacy point of sale system and are subject to the conditions,
5 limitations, and review provided in section 701 of this act.
6     (50) $709,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2024, $1,410,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
8 fiscal     year   2025,   and   $4,075,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
9 appropriation are provided solely to maintain and increase access for
10 behavioral health services through increased provider rates. The rate
11 increases are effective January 1, 2024, and must be applied to the
12 following codes for children and adults enrolled in the medicaid
13 program: 90785, 90791, 90832, 90833, 90834, 90836, 90837, 90838,
14 90845, 90846, 90847, 90849, 90853, 96156, 96158, 96159, 96164, 96165,
15 96167, 96168, 96170, 96171, H0004, H0023, H0036, and H2015. The
16 authority may use a substitute code in the event that any of the
17 codes identified in this subsection are discontinued and replaced
18 with an updated code covering the same service. Within the amounts
19 provided in this subsection the authority must:
20     (a) Implement this rate increase in accordance with the process
21 established in RCW 71.24.885 (medicaid rate increases);
22     (b) Raise the state fee-for-service rates for these codes by up
23 to 7 percent, except that the state medicaid rate may not exceed the
24 published medicare rate or an equivalent relative value unit rate if
25 a published medicare rate is not available;
26     (c) Require in contracts with managed care organizations that,
27 beginning January 2024, managed care organizations pay no lower than
28 the fee-for-service rate for these codes, and adjust managed care
29 capitation rates accordingly; and
30     (d) Not duplicate rate increases provided in subsection (51) of
31 this section.
32     (51)    $1,055,000    of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
33 fiscal year 2025 and $2,046,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely to maintain and increase access for
35 primary   care  services   for   medicaid-enrolled  patients  through
36 increased provider rates beginning January 1, 2025. Within the
37 amounts provided in this subsection the authority must:
38     (a) Increase the medical assistance rates for adult primary care
39 services that are reimbursed solely at the existing medical
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1 assistance rates on a fee-for-service basis, as well as through
2 managed care plans, by at least 2 percent above medical assistance
3 rates in effect on January 1, 2023;
4     (b) Increase the medical assistance rates for pediatric primary
5 care services that are reimbursed solely at the existing medical
6 assistance rates on a fee-for-service basis, as well as through
7 managed care plans, by at least 2 percent above medical assistance
8 rates in effect on January 1, 2023;
9     (c) Increase the medical assistance rates for pediatric critical
10 care, neonatal critical care, and neonatal intensive care services
11 that are reimbursed solely at the existing medical assistance rates
12 on a fee-for-service basis, as well as through managed care plans, by
13 at least 2 percent above medical assistance rates in effect on
14 January 1, 2023;
15     (d) Apply reimbursement rates required under this subsection to
16 payment codes in a manner consistent with the temporary increase in
17 medicaid reimbursement rates under federal rules and guidance in
18 effect on January 1, 2014, implementing the patient protection and
19 affordable care act, except that the authority may not require
20 provider attestations;
21     (e) Pursue state plan amendments to require medicaid managed care
22 organizations to increase rates under this subsection through
23 adoption of a uniform percentage increase for network providers
24 pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Sec. 438.6(c)(1)(iii)(B), as existing on
25 January 1, 2023; and
26     (f) Not duplicate rate increases provided in subsection (50) of
27 this section.
28     (52) The authority shall seek a waiver from the federal
29 department of health and human services necessary to implement the
30 requirements   of   RCW   74.09.670   (medical   assistance   benefits—
31 incarcerated or committed persons—suspension). Additionally, the
32 authority shall implement its waiver application for prerelease
33 services up to 90 days; and provide the governor and fiscal
34 committees of the legislature estimates of costs for implementation
35 or maintenance of effort requirements of this expansion prior to
36 entering into agreement with the centers for medicare and medicaid
37 services.
38    (a) $124,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2025, $60,925,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation, and
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1 $60,785,000 of the general fund—private/local appropriation are
2 provided solely for prerelease services including, but not limited
3 to, case management, clinical consultations, medication assisted
4 therapy,   community  health   worker  services,   30-day  supply   of
5 medications, durable medical equipment, medications, laboratory
6 services, and radiology services.
7     (b) The authority shall coordinate with the department of
8 corrections for prison reentry implementation pursuant to the waiver
9 terms. The authority will coordinate with tribes, other state
10 agencies, and jail administrations as necessary to achieve the terms
11 of the 1115 medicaid transformation waiver. The authority shall use
12 its statutory reentry advisory work group and subgroups as necessary
13 to coordinate with partners to achieve these goals.
14     (53) Within the amounts appropriated in this section the
15 authority in collaboration with UW Medicine shall explore funding
16 options for clinical training programs including, but not limited to,
17 family medical practice, psychiatric residencies, advanced registered
18 nurse practitioners, and other primary care providers. Options should
19 include, but not be limited to, shifting direct medicaid graduate
20 medical education payments or indirect medicaid graduate medical
21 education payments, or both, from rates to a standalone program. The
22 authority in collaboration with UW Medicine shall submit a report
23 outlining its findings to the office of financial management and the
24 fiscal committees of the legislature no later than December 1, 2023.
25     (54) $143,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
27 Senate Bill No. 5263 (psilocybin).
28     (55) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2025 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute
30 Senate Bill No. 5532 (small rural hospital payment).
31(56) $56,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
32 year    2024,     $111,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
33 fiscal     year     2025,    and    $166,000       of   the   general   fund—federal
34 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase
35 pediatric palliative care rates to the equivalent medicare rates paid
36 for hospice care in effect October 1, 2022, beginning January 1,
37 2024.
38     (57) $598,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
39 year 2024 and $591,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
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1 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for work required of the
2 authority as specified in RCW 41.05.840 (universal health care
3 commission). Of the amounts provided in this subsection:
4    (((i))) (a) $216,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
5 fiscal year 2024 and $216,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
6 for fiscal year 2025 are for staff dedicated to contract procurement,
7 meeting coordination, legislative reporting,  federal   application
8 requirements, and administrative support;
9    (((ii))) (b) $132,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
10 fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
11 for fiscal year 2025 are for additional staff dedicated to the work
12 of the finance technical advisory committee; and
13    (((iii))) (c) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
14 for fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state
15 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are for consultant services,
16 dedicated actuarial support, and economic modeling.
17    (58)   $2,395,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
18 fiscal year 2024, $2,395,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
19 for fiscal year 2025, and $10,178,000 of the general fund—federal
20 appropriation are provided solely to increase air ambulance-fixed
21 wing code A0430 by 189 percent, air ambulance-rotary wing code A0431
22 by 265 percent, fixed wing air mileage code A0435 by 57 percent, and
23 rotary wing air mileage code A0436 by 68 percent, beginning July 1,
24 2023.
25    (59) $37,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
26 year 2024, $73,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
27 year 2025, and $218,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
28 provided solely for the authority to increase the allowable number of
29 periodontal treatments to up to four per 12 month period for apple
30 health eligible adults, ages 21 and over, with a current diagnosis of
31 diabetes, beginning January 1, 2024.
32    (60)(a) $8,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
33 fiscal   year  2024   and  $3,960,000   of  the   general  fund—state
34 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for one-time
35 bridge grants to hospitals or birth centers in financial distress or
36 at risk of limiting access to labor and delivery services due to a
37 low-volume of deliveries at the hospital.
38     (b) To qualify for these grants, a hospital or birth center must:
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1     (i) Be located in Washington and not be part of a system of three
2 or more hospitals;
3     (ii) Serve individuals enrolled in state and federal medical
4 assistance programs;
5     (iii) Continue to maintain a medicaid population at similar
6 utilization levels as the most current complete calendar year data;
7     (iv) Be necessary for an adequate provider network for the
8 medicaid program;
9     (v) Demonstrate a plan for long-term financial sustainability;
10 and
11     (vi) Meet one of the following criteria:
12     (A) Lack adequate cash-on-hand to remain financially solvent;
13     (B) Have experienced financial losses during the most current
14 complete calendar year data;
15     (C) Be at risk of bankruptcy;
16     (D) Be at risk of closing labor and delivery services; or
17     (E) Be at risk of limiting access to labor and delivery services
18 due to a low-volume of deliveries at the hospital as defined in
19 (f)(i) and (ii) of this subsection.
20     (c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection for fiscal year
21 2024, $4,000,000 must be distributed to a hospital that meets the
22 qualifications in subsection (b) and is located on tribal land.
23     (d) Of the amounts provided in this subsection for fiscal year
24 2025, $1,360,000 must be distributed to a hospital that:
25     (i) Is certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid
26 services as sole community hospitals as of January 1, 2014;
27     (ii) Had fewer than 150 acute care licensed beds in fiscal year
28 2011;
29     (iii) Has a level III adult trauma service designation from the
30 department of health as of January 1, 2014; and
31     (iv) Is owned and operated by the state or a political
32 subdivision.
33     (e) Of the amounts provided in this subsection for fiscal year
34 2025, $1,000,000 must be distributed to birth centers that meet the
35 qualification in (b)(vi)(D) of this subsection. Facilities receiving
36 funding under this subsection (e) shall provide the authority with a
37 documented plan for how the funds will be invested in labor and
38 delivery services and an accounting at the end of the fiscal year for
39 how the funds were expended.
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1     (f) Of the amounts provided in this subsection for fiscal year
2 2025, $1,600,000 must be distributed in grant amounts not to exceed
3 $200,000 per hospital to a hospital that:
4     (i) Has had fewer than 200 births funded by medicaid in the
5 hospital's labor and delivery unit in the previous calendar year
6 according to health care authority records; and
7     (ii) Is located in a municipality with a population of less than
8 50,000.
9     (61)(a) Sufficient funds are provided in this section for an
10 outpatient directed payment program.
11     (b) The authority shall:
12     (i) Maintain the program to support the state's access and other
13 quality of care goals and to not increase general fund—state
14 expenditures;
15     (ii) Seek approval from the centers for medicare and medicaid
16 services to expand the medicaid outpatient directed payment program
17 for hospital outpatient services provided to medicaid program managed
18 care recipients by UW Medicine hospitals and, at their option, UW
19 Medicine affiliated hospitals;
20     (iii) Direct managed care organizations to make payments to
21 eligible providers at levels required to ensure enrollees have timely
22 access to critical high-quality care as allowed under 42 C.F.R.
23 438.6(c); and
24     (iv) Increase medicaid payments for hospital outpatient services
25 provided by UW Medicine hospitals and, at their option, UW Medicine
26 affiliated hospitals to the average payment received from commercial
27 payers.
28     (c) Any incremental costs incurred by the authority in the
29 development, implementation, and maintenance of this program shall be
30 the responsibility of the participating hospitals.
31     (d) Participating hospitals shall    retain   the   full   amount   of
32 payments provided under this program.
33    (62)(a) No more than $200,661,000 of the general fund—federal
34 appropriation and no more than $91,430,000 of the general fund—local
35 appropriation may be expended for an inpatient directed payment
36 program.
37     (b) The authority shall:
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1     (i) Design the program to support the state's access and other
2 quality of care goals and to not increase general fund—state
3 expenditures;
4     (ii) Seek approval from the centers for medicare and medicaid
5 services to create a medicaid inpatient directed payment program for
6 hospital inpatient services provided to medicaid program managed care
7 recipients by UW Medicine hospitals and, at their option, UW Medicine
8 affiliated hospitals;
9     (iii) Upon approval, direct managed care organizations to make
10 payments to eligible providers at levels required to ensure enrollees
11 have timely access to critical high-quality care as allowed under 42
12 C.F.R. 438.6(c); and
13     (iv) Increase medicaid payments for hospital inpatient services
14 provided by UW Medicine and, at their option, UW Medicine affiliated
15 hospitals to the average payment received from commercial payers.
16     (c) Any incremental costs incurred by the authority in the
17 development, implementation, and maintenance of this program shall be
18 the responsibility of the participating hospitals.
19     (d) Participating hospitals shall retain the full amount of
20 payments provided under this program.
21     (e) Participating hospitals will provide the local funds to fund
22 the required nonfederal contribution.
23     (f) This program shall be effective as soon as administratively
24 possible.
25     (63) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
26 authority shall maintain and increase access for family planning
27 services for patients seeking services through department of health
28 sexual and reproductive health program family planning providers
29 based on the rates in effect as of July 1, 2022.
30     (64)(a) $5,063,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
31 fiscal year 2024, $17,227,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
32 for fiscal year 2025, and $259,000 of the general fund—federal
33 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to implement a
34 pilot program for difficult to discharge individuals as described in
35 section 133(11) of this act.
36     (b) The authority shall work in collaboration with the contractor
37 and task force identified in section 133(11) of this act to carry out
38 the goals and objectives of the pilot program, including but not
39 limited to:
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1     (i) Providing enhanced care management and wraparound services
2 that shall be provided by or delegated by managed care pilot
3 participants, based on services currently provided by the Harborview
4 medical center program;
5     (ii) Providing incentive payments to participating post acute
6 care providers;
7     (iii)   Developing   home  and   community    services  assessment
8 timeliness requirements for pilot participants in cooperation with
9 the department of social and health services; and
10     (iv) Providing reimbursement for administrative support through
11 Harborview medical center for the duration of the pilot project,
12 including training and education to support pilot participants.
13     (c) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $44,000 of the
14 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024, $42,000 of the
15 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $259,000
16 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the
17 authority to provide staff support to the difficult to discharge task
18 force described in section 133(11) of this act, including any
19 associated ad hoc subgroups.
20     (65)(a) Within the amounts appropriated in this section the
21 authority, in consultation with the health and human services
22 enterprise coalition, community-based organizations, health plans,
23 accountable communities of health, and safety net providers, shall
24 determine the cost and implementation impacts of a statewide
25 community information exchange (CIE). A CIE platform must serve as a
26 tool for addressing the social determinants of health, defined as
27 nonclinical community and social factors such as housing, food
28 security, transportation, financial strain, and interpersonal safety,
29 that affect health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes.
30     (b) Prior to issuing a request for proposals or beginning this
31 project, the authority must work with stakeholders in (a) of this
32 subsection to determine which platforms already exist within the
33 Washington public and private health care system to determine
34 interoperability needs and fiscal impacts to both the state and
35 impacted providers and organizations that will be using a single
36 statewide community information exchange platform.
37     (c) The authority shall provide the office of financial
38 management and fiscal committees of the legislature a proposal to
39 leverage medicaid enterprise financing or other federal funds prior
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1 to beginning this project and shall not expend funds under a 1115
2 waiver or any other waiver without legislative authorization.
3     (d)       $4,817,000    of    the       general    fund—federal   appropriation   and
4 $4,817,000 of the general fund—private/local appropriation are
5 provided solely for the authority to implement the community
6 information exchange program. The technology solution chosen by the
7 health care authority should be capable of interoperating with other
8 state   funded  systems   in  Washington and   should  be   able  to
9 electronically refer individuals to services using a closed-loop
10 referral process. Funding for the community information exchange
11 program is subject to the conditions, limitations, and review
12 requirements of section 701 of this act.
13(66) $252,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year 2024 and $252,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for staff dedicated to data
16 review, analysis, and management, and policy analysis in support of
17 the health care cost transparency board as described in chapter
18 70.390 RCW.
19(67) $76,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
20 year 2024, $76,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
21 year 2025, $152,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation, and
22 $606,000   of   the   telebehavioral  health   access   account—state
23 appropriation are provided solely for additional staff support for
24 the mental health referral service for children and teens.
25(68)    $1,608,000    of       the    general    fund—state    appropriation   for
26 fiscal year 2024, $2,015,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
27 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,681,000 of the general fund—federal
28 appropriation are provided solely for a rate increase for the health
29 homes program for fee-for-service enrollees, beginning July 1, 2023.
30     (69) $295,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year    2024,    $307,000    of       the    general    fund—state    appropriation   for
32 fiscal year 2025, and $123,000 of the general fund—federal
33 appropriation are provided solely for the first approach skills
34 training program through the partnership access line.
35     (70)(a)       $362,000       of   the     general   fund—state    appropriation   for
36 fiscal year 2024, $482,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
37 for fiscal year 2025, and $895,000 of the general fund—federal
38 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed
39 Second Substitute House Bill No. 1357 (prior authorization) and the
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1  center for medicare and medicaid services' interoperability and prior
2  authorization final rule (CMS-0057-F).
3      (b)   The   authority,   in  collaboration   with  managed   care
4  organizations, must provide a report to the office of financial
5  management and the fiscal committees of the legislature no later than
6  December 1, 2023, outlining any challenges experienced by carriers in
7  hiring sufficient numbers and types of staff to comply with the prior
8  authorization response times required by Engrossed Second Substitute
9  House Bill No. 1357 (prior authorization).
10     (71)   $9,369,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation     for
11 fiscal year 2025 and $22,611,000 of the general fund—federal
12 appropriation are provided solely for an increase in medicaid
13 reimbursement rates for professional services, beginning July 1,
14 2024, as follows:
15     (a) Service categories including diagnostics, intense outpatient,
16 opioid treatment programs, emergency room, inpatient and outpatient
17 surgery, inpatient visits, low-level behavioral health, office
18 administered drugs, and other physician services are increased up to
19 50 percent of medicare rates.
20     (b) Service categories including office and home visits and
21 consults are increased up to 65 percent of medicare rates.
22     (c) Service categories including maternity services are increased
23 up to 100 percent of medicare rates.
24     (72) $11,624,000 of the statewide 988 behavioral health crisis
25 response   line   account—state    appropriation    and    $1,151,000   of   the
26 general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the 988
27 technology platform implementation project as described in RCW
28 71.24.890 (5) and (6). These amounts are subject to the conditions,
29 limitations, and review requirements provided in section 701 of this
30 act and any requirements as established in Senate Bill No. 6308
31 (extending timelines for implementation of the 988 system). The
32 authority must actively collaborate with consolidated technology
33 services and the department of health so that the statewide 988
34 technology solutions will be coordinated and interoperable.
35    (73) $969,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024, $1,938,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025, and $3,024,000 of the general fund—federal
38 appropriation are provided solely for the authority, beginning
39 January 1, 2024, to increase the children's dental rate for procedure
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1 code D1120 by at least 40 percent above the medical assistance fee-
2 for-service rate in effect on January 1, 2023.
3     (74) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
4 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to the nonprofit foundation
5 managing the Washington patient safety coalition to support the
6 communication and resolution programs certification program to
7 improve outcomes for patients by providing in-depth feedback to
8 health care organizations.
9    (75) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
10 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
11 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the authority to continue a
12 public-private partnership with a state-based oral health foundation
13 to connect medicaid patients to dental services and reduce barriers
14 to accessing care. The authority shall submit a progress report to
15 the appropriate committees of the legislature by June 30, 2024.
16(76) $103,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
17 year    2024,   $205,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
18 fiscal year 2025, and $442,000 of the general fund—federal
19 appropriation are provided solely to increase birth center facility
20 fee reimbursement to $2,500 and home birth kit reimbursement to $500
21 for providers approved by the authority within the planned home
22 births and births in birth centers program.
23(77) $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
24 year 2024, $45,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025, and $133,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
26 provided solely for implementation of Substitute House Bill No. 1435
27 (home care safety net assess.).
28(78) $194,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
29 year 2024, $1,724,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
30 fiscal year 2025 and $1,918,000 of the general fund—federal
31 appropriation are provided solely for the authority in coordination
32 with the department of social and health services to develop and
33 implement a Katie Beckett 1115 demonstration waiver. The authority
34 shall limit enrollment to 1,000 clients during the waiver period.
35 Based upon the experience developed during the waiver period, the
36 authority shall make recommendations to the legislature for a future
37 tax equity and fiscal responsibility act state plan option.
38(79)   $1,089,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
39 fiscal year 2024, $2,231,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
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1  for fiscal year 2025, and $2,657,000 of the general fund—federal
2  appropriation are provided solely for kidney dialysis services for
3  medicaid-enrolled patients through increased reimbursement rates
4  beginning January 1, 2024. Within the amounts provided in this
5  subsection, the authority must increase the medical assistance rates
6  for revenue code 0821 billed with procedure code 90999 and revenue
7  codes 0831, 0841, and 0851, when reimbursed on a fee-for-service
8  basis or through managed care plans, by at least 30 percent above the
9  fee-for-service composite rates in effect on January 1, 2023.
10    (80)    $1,360,000   of    the   general    fund—state    appropriation   for
11 fiscal    year   2024   and   $3,252,000      of   the   general   fund—federal
12 appropriation are provided solely to increase the rates paid to rural
13 hospitals that meet the criteria in (a) through (d) of this
14 subsection. Payments for state and federal medical assistance
15 programs for services provided by such a hospital, regardless of the
16 beneficiary's managed care enrollment status, must be increased to
17 150 percent of the hospital's fee-for-service rates. The authority
18 must discontinue this rate increase after June 30, 2024, and return
19 to the payment levels and methodology for these hospitals that were
20 in place as of January 1, 2018. Hospitals participating in the
21 certified public expenditures program may not receive increased
22 reimbursement for inpatient services. Hospitals qualifying for this
23 rate increase must:
24     (a) Be certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid
25 services as sole community hospitals as of January 1, 2014;
26     (b) Have had less than 150 acute care licensed beds in fiscal
27 year 2011;
28     (c) Have a level III adult trauma service designation from the
29 department of health as of January 1, 2014; and
30     (d) Be owned and operated by the state or a political
31 subdivision.
32     (81) $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
33 year 2024 and $110,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the authority to contract
35 with a medicaid managed care organization for continuous coverage
36 beginning January 1, 2024, for individuals under age 26 that were
37 enrolled in the unaccompanied refugee minor program as authorized by
38 the office of refugee and immigrant assistance. There are no
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1 residency, social security number, or citizenship requirements  to
2 receive the continuous coverage as described in this subsection.
3    (82)(a)   $221,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
4 fiscal year 2024 and $71,037,000  of the general fund—state
5 appropriation for fiscal year 2025  are provided solely for the
6 authority, beginning July 1, 2024,  to implement a program with
7  coverage comparable to the amount, duration, and scope of care
8  provided in the categorically needy medicaid program for adult
9  individuals who:
10     (i) Have an immigration status making them ineligible for federal
11 medicaid or federal subsidies through the health benefit exchange;
12     (ii) Are age 19 and older, including over age 65, and have
13 countable income of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level;
14 and
15     (iii) Are not eligible for another full scope federally funded
16 medical assistance program, including any expansion of medicaid
17 coverage for deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients.
18     (b) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the authority
19 shall use the same eligibility, enrollment, redetermination and
20 renewal, and appeals procedures as categorically needy medicaid,
21 except where flexibility is necessary to maintain privacy or minimize
22 burden to applicants or enrollees.
23     (c) The authority in collaboration with the health benefit
24 exchange, the department of social and health services, and community
25 organizations must develop and implement an outreach and education
26 campaign.
27     (d) The authority must provide the following information to the
28 governor's office and appropriate committees of the legislature by
29 February 1st and November 1st of each year:
30     (i) Actual and forecasted expenditures;
31     (ii) Actual and forecasted data from the caseload forecast
32 council; and
33     (iii) The availability and impact of any federal program or
34 proposed rule that expands access to health care for the population
35 described in this subsection, such as the expansion of medicaid
36 coverage for deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients.
37     (e) The amount provided in this subsection is the maximum amount
38 allowable for the purposes of this program.
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1    (83)(a)     $604,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
2 fiscal year 2024, $2,528,000 of the general fund—state appropriation
3 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,132,000 of the general fund—federal
4 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase the
5 eligibility threshold for the qualified medicare beneficiary program
6 to up to 110 percent of the federal poverty level.
7     (b) The authority shall seek to maximize the availability of the
8 qualified individual program through the centers for medicare and
9 medicaid services.
10     (c) The authority may adopt any rules necessary to administer
11 this subsection. Nothing in this subsection limits the authority's
12 existing rule-making authority related to medicare savings programs.
13    (84) $361,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
14 year   2024,   $766,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
15 fiscal year 2025, and $2,093,000 of the general fund—federal
16 appropriation are provided solely for the costs of, and pursuant to
17 the conditions prescribed for, implementing the rate increase
18 directed in section 215(44) for children for whom base funding for
19 community behavioral health services is provided within this section.
20     (85)(a) $1,301,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
21 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the health care cost
22 transparency board and the implementation of Second Engrossed
23 Substitute House Bill No. 1508 (health care cost board).
24     (b) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $100,000 of the
25 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 is provided
26 solely for the health care cost transparency board, in conjunction
27 with the health care authority, to study:
28     (i) Regulatory approaches to encouraging compliance with the
29 health care cost growth benchmark established under chapter 70.390
30 RCW; and
31     (ii)   Best   practices   from   other    states regarding   the
32 infrastructure of state health care cost growth programs, including
33 the scope, financing, staffing, and agency structure of such
34 programs.
35     (c) The board may conduct all or part of the study through the
36 authority, by contract with a private entity, or by arrangement with
37 another state agency conducting related work.
38     (d) The study, as well as any recommendations for changes to the
39 health care cost transparency board arising from the study, must be
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1 submitted by the board as part of the annual report required under
2 RCW 70.390.070, no later than December 1, 2024.
3     (86) The authority must enter into an interagency agreement with
4 consolidated technology services for the federal funding authority
5 for the electronic health records statewide solution given the
6 authority is the single state agency responsible for reporting to the
7 federal government on the application for and use of the federal
8 funding.
9     (87) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
10 authority   shall   make   administrative   and  system  changes   in
11 anticipation of receiving federal authority to provide continuous
12 eligibility for children ages zero to six covered though the apple
13 health children's health insurance program. The centers for medicare
14 and medicaid services must approve the section 1115 medicaid waiver
15 prior to the implementation of this policy.
16     (88)(a) No more than $42,809,000 of the general fund—federal
17 appropriation and no more than $13,314,000 of the general fund—local
18 appropriation   may  be   expended   for  a   medicaid  managed   care
19 multidisciplinary graduate medical education direct payment program.
20     (b) Participating hospitals are:
21     (i) University of Washington medical center, a state-owned and
22 operated teaching hospital; and
23     (ii) Harborview medical center, a state-operated teaching
24 hospital.
25     (c) The authority shall:
26     (i) Design the program to support the state's access and other
27 quality of care goals and to not increase general fund—state
28 expenditures;
29     (ii) Seek approval from the centers for medicare and medicaid
30 services to create a medicaid managed care direct payment program for
31 hospital multidisciplinary graduate medical education program for
32 state-owned and state-operated teaching hospitals;
33     (iii) Reimburse participating hospitals for the medicaid managed
34 care program's share of the unfunded costs incurred in providing
35 graduate medical education training; and
36     (iv) Make payments directly to participating hospitals.
37     (d) Participating hospitals shall continue to be paid for
38 inpatient and outpatient services provided to fee-for-service clients
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1 according to fee-for-service policies and rates, including payments
2 under the certified public expenditure program.
3     (e) Payments shall be additional and separate from any graduate
4 medical education funding included in managed care capitation
5 payments.
6     (f) The authority shall calculate the medicaid managed care
7 graduate medical education direct payments using cost and utilization
8 data from the participating hospital's most recently filed medicare
9 cost report to identify the participating hospital's total graduate
10 medical education cost.
11     (g) Total allowable graduate medical education costs shall be
12 calculated using medicare methodologies and must:
13     (i) Exclude medicare full-time equivalent and per resident amount
14 limits;
15     (ii) Include indirect medical education costs related to both
16 outpatient and inpatient services; and
17     (iii) Include other reimbursable training costs incurred by
18 participating hospitals.
19     (h) The authority shall:
20     (i) Use ProviderOne as the primary source for fee-for-service and
21 managed care claims and encounter data;
22     (ii) Calculate the medicaid managed care program's share of the
23 total allowable graduate medical education cost as the participating
24 hospital's total allowable graduate medical education cost, as
25 derived from the medicare cost report, times the total managed care
26 charges divided by total medicaid fee-for-service charges plus
27 managed care charges, as derived from ProviderOne data;
28     (iii) Reduce the medicaid managed care graduate medical education
29 direct payments by the fee-for-service equivalent graduate medical
30 education payment included in managed care organization payments by
31 applying the fee-for-service APR-DRG and EAPG conversion factors and
32 rate adjustments applicable to the same year as the medicare cost
33 report used to calculate allowable graduate medical education costs;
34 and
35     (iv) Calculate the medicaid managed care graduate medical
36 education direct payments as graduate medical education allowable
37 cost less fee-for-service equivalent graduate medical education
38 payment for managed care services.
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1     (i) Medicaid managed care graduate medical education direct
2 payments must be calculated prior to the beginning of the payment
3 year.
4     (j) Medicaid managed care graduate medical education direct
5 payments must be made quarterly.
6     (k) Any incremental costs incurred by the authority in the
7 development, implementation, and maintenance of this program shall be
8 the responsibility of the participating hospitals up to an amount not
9 to exceed $150,000 per year.
10     (l) Participating hospitals shall retain the full amount of
11 payments provided under this program.
12     (m) Payments received by hospitals and nonhospital participants
13 in this program shall be in addition to all other payments received
14 and shall not be used to supplant payments received through other
15 programs.
16     (n) Participating hospitals shall provide the local funds to fund
17 the   required  nonfederal   contribution  through  intergovernmental
18 transfer.
19     (o) The authority shall amend its current interagency agreement
20 for funding and administration of similar programs to include the
21 medicaid managed care graduate medical education direct payment
22 program.
23     (p) This program shall be effective as soon as administratively
24 possible.
25     (89)(a) $69,957,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
26 fiscal   year  2024,   $111,234,000  of   the  general   fund—state
27 appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $290,634,000 of the general
28 fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for apple health
29 managed care medical assistance. The authority must not change its
30 risk sharing requirements without first providing notice to the
31 governor   and    fiscal    committees  of  the   legislature detailing
32 anticipated and potential fiscal impacts, unless required by the
33 centers for medicare and medicaid services.
34     (b) The authority must conduct annual retrospective rate acuity
35 analyses to ensure that managed care rates have been set using
36 practicable    acuity    assumptions.  Adjustments   must  be made   as
37 appropriate.
38     (c) For managed care plan year 2024 only, the authority must
39 conduct a midyear acuity review to ensure that managed care rates for
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1 plan year 2024 were set using appropriate acuity assumptions and make
2 any adjustments as appropriate reflective of the unique challenges of
3 eligibility redeterminations and posteligibility review after the end
4 of the public health emergency.
5     (d) The authority must provide information about any potential
6 changes to rates or acuity assumptions to the medicaid expenditure
7 forecast work group at the same time or before providing this
8 information to managed care organizations.
9     (e) The authority may update managed care contracts as
10 practicable.
11     (f) The authority must review national best practices for risk
12 sharing to determine if its contracting methods should be updated. If
13 the   authority,   in   consultation with   its   contracted  actuary,
14 determines it is appropriate to update any risk sharing agreements
15 with managed care organizations, it must share its findings with the
16 governor   and   fiscal   committees of   the   legislature  detailing
17 anticipated and potential fiscal impacts prior to implementing these
18 changes.
19     (90)(a)   $100,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
20 fiscal   year  2025   and  $100,000   of  the   general   fund—federal
21 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to contract with
22 an external organization for participatory and equity-focused
23 engagement with doulas and doula partners across the state of
24 Washington. This organization must work in collaboration with
25 community partners who advance equitable access to improve perinatal
26 outcomes   and  care   through  holistic   services   for   multiracial
27 communities.
28     (b) The external organization will be responsible for:
29     (i) Creating a design and implementation plan for a statewide
30 doula hub and referral system; and
31     (ii) Drafting a report, in partnership with the authority,
32 summarizing the design and implementation plan, outlining ongoing
33 funding required to support the doula workforce and clients accessing
34 doula   services    through   apple   health,   and    providing  any
35 recommendations for both the doula hub and referral system.
36     (c) The report will include, but not be limited to, prioritized
37 recommendations on how to:
38     (i) Provide statewide professional and workforce development
39 support for birth doulas;
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1     (ii) Increase statewide access to doula services for apple health
2 birthing people;
3     (iii) Assist doulas with department of health credentialing
4 requirements;
5     (iv) Assist doulas with the medicaid provider enrollment process,
6 including, but not limited to, support with:
7     (A) Provider enrollment with the authority;
8     (B) Contracting with medicaid managed care organizations;
9     (C) Provider billing and claims submission processes;
10     (D) Provider payment requirements; and
11     (E) Eligibility support within ProviderOne; and
12     (v) Establish communications with birthing people, families,
13 birth workers, and healthcare providers who are seeking to connect
14 with state-certified and medicaid-enrolled birth doulas through a
15 statewide directory or referral system.
16     (d) The report required in (c) of this subsection is due to the
17 governor and appropriate committees of the legislature no later than
18 June 30, 2025.
19    (91)   $2,548,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
20 fiscal year 2025 and $2,964,000 of the general fund—federal
21 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Second
22 Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5580 (maternal health
23 outcomes). If the bill is not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amounts
24 provided in this subsection shall lapse.
25     (92)(a) $7,000,000 of the family medicine workforce development
26 account—state appropriation and $12,834,000 of the general fund—
27 federal appropriation are provided solely for the authority, in
28 collaboration with the family medicine residency network and UW
29 medicine, to establish a medicaid direct payment program to
30 supplement family medicine provider graduate medical education
31 funding in Washington state.
32     (b) The medicaid family medicine graduate medical education
33 direct payment program shall:
34     (i) Support graduate medical education training;
35     (ii) Improve access to quality healthcare services;
36     (iii) Improve the state's ability to ensure that medicaid
37 graduate medical education funding supports the state's workforce
38 development goals; and
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1     (iv) Focus on improving underserved populations' and regions'
2 access to health care.
3     (c) The medicaid family medicine graduate medical education
4 direct payment program participants shall include teaching sites that
5 pay resident full-time equivalent costs that are eligible for federal
6 financial participation.
7     (d) The authority must seek any necessary state plan amendments
8 or waivers from the centers for medicare and medicaid services that
9 are necessary to implement this program and receive federal financial
10 participation at the earliest possible date, but no later than
11 January 1, 2025.
12     (e) Any incremental costs incurred by the authority in the
13 development, implementation, and maintenance of this program shall be
14 the responsibility of the medicaid family medicine graduate medical
15 education direct payment program up to an amount not to exceed
16 $100,000 per year.
17     (f) The family medicine family education advisory board created
18 in RCW 70.112.080 will have administrative oversight, including the
19 amount and methodologies used to distribute funds deposited within
20 the family medicine workforce development account, subject to the
21 conditions described in this subsection (92).
22     (g) Of the amounts provided in this section, $150,000 of the
23 family medicine workforce development account—state appropriation is
24 provided for consultant assistance, including program design and a
25 payment model to estimate the effect of family medicine family
26 education advisory board allocation decisions on all family medicine
27 residency network participants.
28     (h) Annual allocations from the family medicine workforce
29 development account—state appropriation will be determined by the
30 family medicine family education advisory board.
31     (i) Participants in the medicaid family medicine graduate medical
32 education direct payment program shall retain the full amount of
33 payments provided under this program.
34     (j) Payments received by participants in the medicaid family
35 medicine graduate medical education direct payment program shall be
36 in addition to all other payments received and shall not be used to
37 supplant payments received through other programs.
38    (93)(a)      $481,000   of    the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
39 fiscal   year     2025     and   $489,000    of     the   general   fund—federal
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1 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to conduct
2 internal assessment of indirect costs and staff attrition trends to
3 inform administrative needs. The assessment shall include, but not be
4 limited to:
5     (i) Reconciliation of full time equivalent positions as provided
6 by the legislature for fiscal year 2024, agency financial reporting
7 system allotments, and vacancies as of June 30, 2024;
8     (ii) A comparison of current needs in relation to current
9 vacancies;
10     (iii) An analysis of costs and benefits of reallocating
11 positions, as appropriate, to meet immediate staffing needs,
12 especially if positions have remained historically, or long-term
13 vacant; and
14     (iv) A detailed description of assumptions related to indirect
15 costs used in budget requests to the office of financial management.
16     (b) The authority shall report its findings to the governor and
17 fiscal committees of the legislature no later than December 31, 2024.
18    (94)(a) $1,615,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
19 fiscal year 2025 and $3,911,000 of the general fund—federal
20 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase
21 inpatient per diem rates for inpatient prospective payment system
22 hospitals providing services under the substance using pregnant
23 people program beginning July 1, 2024. Hospitals participating in the
24 certified public expenditures program or the sole community hospital
25 program   may  not   receive  increased   reimbursement  under   this
26 subsection.
27     (b) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the
28 authority will review the rates for the substance using pregnant
29 person program to determine if rebasing is appropriate and what rates
30 would be required to sustain the program at current utilization
31 levels.
32     (c) If the authority determines that rates require rebasing for
33 this program, the authority will submit a request to the legislature
34 through its normal budget process.
35     (95) $314,000 of the long-term services and supports trust
36 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
37 Substitute House Bill No. 2467 (LTSS trust access). If the bill is
38 not enacted by June 30, 2024, the amount provided in this subsection
39 shall lapse.
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1     (96) The authority and department of social and health services
2 must collaborate in the identification and evaluation of strategies
3 to obtain federal matching funding opportunities, specifically
4 focusing on innovative medicaid framework adjustments and the
5 consideration of necessary state plan amendments for the treatment
6 facility described in section 203(1)(nn) of this act.
7    (97)   $2,854,000    of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
8 fiscal year 2025 and $4,208,000 of the general fund—federal
9 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase the
10 nonemergency medical transportation broker administrative rate to
11 ensure access to health care services for medicaid patients.
12    (98)(a)   $266,000   of   the   general    fund—state   appropriation   for
13 fiscal   year  2025   and  $348,000   of  the   general  fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for rate increases, effective
15 January 1, 2025, for private duty nursing, home health, and the
16 medically intensive children's group home program services.
17     (b) The authority must adopt a payment model that incorporates
18 the following adjustments:
19     (i) A 7.5 percent rate increase for home health and the medically
20 intensive children's group home program services; and
21     (ii) Private duty nursing services shall be $67.89 per hour by a
22 registered nurse and (($55.70)) $55.79 per hour by a licensed
23 practical nurse.
24    (99) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 and $450,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
26 provided solely for the authority to contract for the development of
27 an application programming interface or software to streamline
28 eligibility and provider payments for the foundational community
29 supports program. In developing the software design, the authority
30 must consult with current and prospective foundational community
31 supports providers. A report on the status of implementation and an
32 end-user satisfaction survey shall be submitted to the office of
33 financial management and appropriate committees of the legislature by
34 December 1, 2024.
35    (100) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
36 year 2024 and $400,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for
37 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the Bree collaborative to
38 support collaborative learning and targeted technical assistance for
39 quality improvement initiatives.
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1     (101) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
2 year 2025 and $500,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
3 provided solely for the authority to contract with access to baby and
4 child dentistry local programs for the purpose of maintaining and
5 expanding capacity for local program coordinators.
6     (102) $91,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
7 year 2025 and $91,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
8 provided solely to increase funding for the existing contract with
9 the University of Washington to support primary care providers that
10 are designated as an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) center of
11 excellence.
12     (103)   $1,750,000   of   the   general   fund—state   appropriation   for
13 fiscal year 2025 and $3,250,000 of the general  fund—federal
14 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to:
15     (a) Increase screening reimbursement rates for primary care
16 providers, beginning January 1, 2025, for postnatal, child, and
17 adolescent mental health screenings sufficient to provide follow up
18 and coordination in primary care settings for children aged 0-21
19 years and their families, per the American academy of pediatrics'
20 bright futures guidelines; and
21     (b) To implement a funding mechanism using code G0136 for a
22 social determinants of health risk assessment benefit for children
23 and their families.
24     (104) $23,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
25 year 2025 and $20,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
26 provided solely for implementation of Engrossed Substitute House Bill
27 No. 2041 (physician assistant practice). If the bill is not enacted
28 by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection shall
29 lapse.
30     (105) $181,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal
31 year 2025 and $162,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are
32 provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute House Bill
33 No. 1941 (health home serv./children). If the bill is not enacted by
34 June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection shall lapse.
35     Sec. 212.    2024 c 376 s 212 (uncodified) is amended to read as
36 follows:
37 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY—PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS BOARD
38 AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAM
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1  State Health Care Authority Administrative Account—
2      State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($44,982,000))
3$45,334,000
4TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($44,982,000))
5$45,334,000
6     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
7 conditions and limitations:
8     (1) Any savings from reduced claims costs must be reserved for
9 funding employee benefits during future fiscal biennia and may not be
10 used for administrative expenses. The health care authority shall
11 deposit any moneys received on behalf of the uniform medical plan
12 resulting from rebates on prescription drugs, audits of hospitals,
13 subrogation payments, or any other moneys received as a result of
14 prior uniform medical plan claims payments, in the public employees'
15 and retirees' insurance account to be used for insurance benefits.
16     (2) Any changes to benefits must be approved by the public
17 employees' benefits board. The board shall not make any changes to
18 benefits without considering a comprehensive analysis of the cost of
19 those changes, and shall not increase benefits unless offsetting cost
20 reductions from other benefit revisions are sufficient to fund the
21 changes. The board shall not make any change in retiree eligibility
22 criteria that reestablishes eligibility for enrollment in retiree
23 benefits.
24     (3) Except as may be provided in a health care bargaining
25 agreement pursuant to RCW 41.80.020, to provide benefits within the
26 level of funding provided in part IX of this bill, the public
27 employees' benefits board shall require: Employee premium copayments,
28 increases   increase    in   point-of-service   cost    sharing,   the
29 implementation of managed competition, or make other changes to
30 benefits consistent with RCW 41.05.065.
31     (4) The board shall collect a surcharge payment of not less than
32 $25 dollars per month from members who use tobacco products, and a
33 surcharge payment of not less than $50 per month from members who
34 cover a spouse or domestic partner where the spouse or domestic
35 partner has chosen not to enroll in another employer-based group
36 health insurance that has benefits and premiums with an actuarial
37 value of not less than 95 percent of the actuarial value of the
38 public employees' benefits board plan with the largest enrollment.
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1  The surcharge payments shall be collected in addition to the member
2  premium payment.
3      (5) $78,000 of the health care authority administrative account—
4  state appropriation is provided solely for administrative costs
5  associated with extending retiree coverage under Substitute House
6  Bill No. 1804 (PEBB/subdivision retirees).
7      (6) $500,000 of the state health care authority administrative
8 account—state appropriation is provided solely for consultation with
9 retirees, including conducting listening sessions and facilitating
10 public forums to gather feedback about retiree needs. By December 1,
11 2023, the authority must report to the legislature with its findings,
12 including an analysis of government self-insured plans with benefits
13 that are equal to or richer, and with more affordable premiums, than
14 uniform medical plan classic medicare. The legislature intends that
15 the results of stakeholder engagements will be used to inform future
16 health care plan selections.
17     (7) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the health care
18 authority, in consultation with the office of financial management,
19 shall review consolidating the administrative sections of the
20 operating budget for the public employees' and school employees'
21 benefits boards. Any change in budget structure must not result in
22 changes to board or benefit policies. A budget structure change
23 developed under this subsection may be included in the 2024
24 supplemental or the 2025-2027 biennial governor's budget submittal
25 without   being   subject    to  the    legislative   evaluation  and
26 accountability program committee approval under RCW 43.88.030(7).
27     (8)(a) $100,000 of the health care authority administrative
28 account—state appropriation is provided solely for a study on
29 consolidating the public employees' benefits board (PEBB) and school
30 employees' benefits board (SEBB) programs. By December 1, 2024, the
31 authority must report to the legislature the necessary statutory and
32 program changes required to achieve consolidation of:
33     (i) The public employees' benefits board and school employees'
34 benefits board into a single governing board;
35     (ii) The current risks pools described in RCW 41.05.022 (2) and
36 (3);
37      (iii) The existing eligibility provisions of the PEBB and SEBB
38 programs; and
39     (iv) Benefit offerings into more aligned plans.
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1     (b) In considering statutory and program changes, the authority
2 must consider:
3     (i) Ways to engage with impacted participants to understand their
4 priorities related to consolidation;
5     (ii) Options that maintain benefit eligibility for current
6 participants;
7     (iii) Options for ensuring equity among participants in a
8 consolidated program; and
9     (iv) Data and findings from previous reports related to
10 consolidating PEBB and SEBB plans.
11     (9) By December 1, 2024, the authority shall submit a report to
12 the legislature describing options, and a recommendation, for
13 possible future coverage in the uniform medical plan for food and
14 drug administration approved glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists for the
15 treatment of obesity and weight loss.
16     Sec. 213.   2024 c 376 s 213 (uncodified) is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY—SCHOOL EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS BOARD
19 School Employees' Insurance Administrative Account—
20     State Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   (($33,739,000))
21$33,981,000
22TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . .    (($33,739,000))
23$33,981,000
24     The appropriation in this section is subject to the following
25 conditions and limitations:
26     (1) $324,000 of the school employees' insurance administrative
27 account—state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of
28 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5275 (SEBB benefit access).
29     (2) By December 1, 2024, the authority shall submit a report to
30 the legislature describing options, and a recommendation, for
31 possible future coverage in the uniform medical plan for food and
32 drug administration approved glucagon-like peptide 1 agonists for the
33 treatment of obesity and weight loss.
34     Sec. 214.   2024 c 376 s 214 (uncodified) is amended to read as
35 follows:
36 FOR THE STATE HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY—HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE
37 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . .     $9,671,000
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1 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . .  (($7,156,000))
2$7,616,000
3 General Fund—Federal Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . (($67,396,000))
4$69,055,000
5 Education Legacy Trust Account—State Appropriation. . . . .  $350,000
6 Health Benefit Exchange Account—State Appropriation.  (($83,528,000))
7$81,409,000
8 State Health Care Affordability Account—State
9     Appropriation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $125,000,000
10TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  $293,101,000
11     The appropriations in this section are subject to the following
12 conditions and limitations:
13     (1) The receipt and use of medicaid funds provided to t