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_ 434 Item Details($) Appropriations($) ITEM 295. First Year Second Year First Year Second Year FY2025 FY2026 FY2025 FY2026 Appropriations Committees no later than December 1 of each year for the preceding fiscal year that provides information on the operation of Virginia's publicly-funded behavioral health and developmental services system. The report shall include a brief narrative and data on the numbers of individuals receiving state facility services or Community Services Boards (CSB) services, including purchased inpatient psychiatric services, the types and amounts of services received by these individuals, and CSB and state facility service capacities, staffing, revenues, and expenditures. The annual report also shall describe major new initiatives implemented during the past year and shall provide information on the accomplishment of systemic outcome and performance measures during the year. J. Out of this appropriation, $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used for a comprehensive statewide suicide prevention program. The Commissioner of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in collaboration with the Departments of Health, Education, Veterans Services, Aging and Rehabilitative Services, and other partners shall develop and implement a statewide program of public education, evidence-based training, health and behavioral health provider capacity- building, and related suicide prevention activity. K. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in collaboration with the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide a detailed report for each fiscal year on the budget, expenditures and number of recipients for each specific intellectual disability (ID) and developmental disability (DD) service provided through the Medicaid program or other programs in the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. This report shall also include the overall budget and expenditures for the ID, DD and Day Support waivers separately. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide the necessary information to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year. This information shall be published on the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services' website by December 1 of each year. 2. As part of the annual report, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report the number of waiver slots, by waiver, that became available for reallocation during the previous fiscal year. In addition, the department shall report on the allocation of emergency waiver slots and reserve slots, which shall include how many slots were allocated in the year and for which waiver. The information on reserve slots shall indicate for which waiver the reserve slot was used and the waiver from which the individual moved that was granted the slot. Furthermore, the report shall show the allocations by each Community Services Board from new waiver slots, emergency slots and reserve slots for the previous fiscal year. 3. As part of the annual report, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall report the number of new slots for the previous fiscal year that were allocated by Community Services Boards and of those how many individuals are accessing waiver services. This information shall be published on the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services' website by December 1 of each year. L. The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall, in any fiscal year that new developmental disability waiver slots are authorized in this act, allocate such slots to the Community Services Boards and a Behavioral Health Authority by the first day of the fiscal year, such that the slots can be assigned to eligible individuals on the Priority One waiting list to access services as soon as possible. M. Effective July 1, 2015, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall not charge any fee to Community Services Boards or private providers for use of the knowledge center, an on-line training system. N. Out of this appropriation, $600,000 the first year and $600,000 the second year from the general fund shall be used to provide mental health first aid training and certification to recognize and respond to mental or emotional distress. Funding shall be used to cover the cost of personnel dedicated to this activity, training, manuals, and certification for all those receiving the training. O. Out of this appropriation, $752,170 the first year and $752,170 the second year from the general fund is provided to establish community support teams responsible for the