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(7) $95,822,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2022 and (($116,633,000)) $119,677,000 of the general 2 fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for 3 persons and services not covered by the medicaid program. To the 4 extent possible, levels of behavioral health entity spending must be 5 maintained in the following priority order: Crisis and commitment 6 services; community inpatient services; and residential care 7 services, including personal care and emergency housing assistance. 8 These amounts must be distributed to behavioral health entities as 9 follows: 10 (a) $72,275,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2022 and $88,275,000 of the general fund—state 12 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 13 authority to contract with behavioral health administrative service 14 organizations for behavioral health treatment services not covered 15 under the medicaid program. Within these amounts, behavioral health 16 administrative service organizations must provide a two percent rate 17 increase to providers receiving state funds for nonmedicaid services 18 under this section effective July 1, 2021, and a seven percent rate 19 increase effective January 1, 2023. 20 (b) $23,547,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2022 and (($28,358,000)) $31,402,000 of the general fund— 22 state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the 23 authority to contract with medicaid managed care organizations for 24 wraparound services to medicaid enrolled individuals that are not 25 covered under the medicaid program and for the state share of costs 26 for exceptional medicaid behavioral health personal care services. 27 Within the amounts provided in this subsection: 28 (i) Medicaid managed care organizations must provide a two 29 percent rate increase to providers receiving state funding for 30 nonmedicaid services under this section effective July 1, 2021, and a 31 seven percent rate increase effective January 1, 2023. 32 (ii) The authority shall assure that managed care organizations 33 reimburse the department of social and health services aging and long 34 term support administration for the general fund—state cost of 35 exceptional behavioral health personal care services for medicaid 36 enrolled individuals who require these because of a psychiatric 37 disability. Funding for the federal share of these services is 38 p. 1003 ESSB 5187.SL