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the funds may be used for administrative costs incurred by Island 1 county in administering the program. Services that may be provided 2 with the grant funding include, but are not limited to: 3 (i) Support for children and youth with significant behavioral 4 health needs to address learning loss caused by COVID-19 and remote 5 learning; 6 (ii) School based behavioral health education, assessment, and 7 brief treatment; 8 (iii) Screening and referral of children and youth to long-term 9 treatment services; 10 (iv) Behavioral health supports provided by community agencies 11 serving youth year-round; 12 (v) Expansion of mental health first aid, a program designed to 13 prepare adults who regularly interact with youth for how to help 14 people in both crisis and noncrisis mental health situations; 15 (vi) Peer support services; and 16 (vii) Compensation for the incurred costs of clinical supervisors 17 and internships. 18 (b) The authority, in coordination with Island county, must 19 submit the following reports to the legislature: 20 (i) By December 1, 2022, a report summarizing how the funding was 21 used and providing the number of children and youth served by the 22 pilot during fiscal year 2022; and 23 (ii) By December 1, 2023, a report summarizing how the funding 24 was used and providing the number of children and youth served by the 25 pilot during fiscal year 2023. 26 (70) State general fund appropriations in this section and in 27 sections 219 and 221 of this act are made to address the harms caused 28 to the state and its citizens by the opioid epidemic, and these 29 include appropriations of $13,466,000 attributable to the settlement 30 in State v. McKinsey & Co., Inc. 31 (71) (($260,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2022, $3,028,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 33 for fiscal year 2023, and $3,028,000 of the general fund—federal 34 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to contract for a 35 twelve bed children's long-term inpatient program facility 36 specializing in the provision of habilitative mental health services 37 for children and youth with intellectual or developmental 38 disabilities who have intensive behavioral health support needs. The 39 p. 1031 ESSB 5187.SL