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(9) $1,204,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2022 and $1,204,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely to reimburse Pierce and Spokane 3 counties for the cost of conducting one hundred eighty-day commitment 4 hearings at the state psychiatric hospitals. 5 (10) Behavioral health entities may use local funds to earn 6 additional federal medicaid match, provided the locally matched rate 7 does not exceed the upper-bound of their federally allowable rate 8 range, and provided that the enhanced funding is used only to provide 9 medicaid state plan or waiver services to medicaid clients. 10 Additionally, behavioral health entities may use a portion of the 11 state funds allocated in accordance with subsection (7) of this 12 section to earn additional medicaid match, but only to the extent 13 that the application of such funds to medicaid services does not 14 diminish the level of crisis and commitment, community inpatient, 15 residential care, and outpatient services presently available to 16 persons not eligible for medicaid. 17 (11) $2,291,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2022 and $2,291,000 of the general fund—state 19 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for mental 20 health services for mentally ill offenders while confined in a county 21 or city jail and for facilitating access to programs that offer 22 mental health services upon release from confinement. The authority 23 must collect information from the behavioral health entities on their 24 plan for using these funds, the numbers of individuals served, and 25 the types of services provided and submit a report to the office of 26 financial management and the appropriate fiscal committees of the 27 legislature by December 1st of each year of the biennium. 28 (12) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, funding is 29 provided for the authority to develop and phase in intensive mental 30 health services for high needs youth consistent with the settlement 31 agreement in T.R. v. Dreyfus and Porter. 32 (13) The authority must establish minimum and maximum funding 33 levels for all reserves allowed under behavioral health 34 administrative service organization contracts and include contract 35 language that clearly states the requirements and limitations. The 36 authority must monitor and ensure that behavioral health 37 administrative service organization reserves do not exceed maximum 38 levels. The authority must monitor revenue and expenditure reports 39 p. 1005 ESSB 5187.SL