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and the appropriate committees of the legislature with this 1 information by December 1, 2022. 2 (b) $2,213,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2023 is provided solely for Whatcom county to establish an 4 alternative response base station. Within these amounts: $1,477,000 5 is provided solely for facility renovation and equipment; $149,000 is 6 provided solely for acquisition of an alternative response transport 7 vehicle; and $587,000 is provided solely for operating expenses, 8 including personnel, maintenance, and utility expenses. 9 (((104))) (103) $100,000,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal 10 recovery fund—federal appropriation is provided solely for, on a one- 11 time basis, the authority to address behavioral health treatment 12 access issues resulting from workforce shortages and impacts of the 13 COVID-19 public health emergency. This funding must be used to 14 provide one-time assistance payments to nonhospital-based community 15 behavioral health treatment providers receiving payment for medicaid 16 services contracted through the medicaid managed care organizations 17 or behavioral health administrative service organizations. The 18 authority shall begin distributing funding under this subsection as 19 soon as possible, and shall complete the distribution of funds by 20 October 1, 2022. The authority must distribute funding in accordance 21 with the following requirements: 22 (a) The authority must enter into appropriate agreements with 23 recipients to ensure that this stabilization funding is used for 24 purposes of this subsection. Prior to the receipt of funds, providers 25 must agree to expend these assistance payments by June 30, 2023. 26 (b) Allocation methodologies must be administratively efficient 27 and based on previous medicaid utilization, modeled after prior 28 nongrant-based allocations, so that funding can be distributed more 29 timely than through grant or application-based allocations. The 30 authority must consider individuals served through medicaid and 31 behavioral health administrative service organizations contracts in 32 its allocation methodology. 33 (c) Providers must use the funding for immediate workforce 34 retention and recruitment needs or costs incurred due to the COVID-19 35 public health emergency. Funds may also be used to support other 36 needed investments to help stabilize the community behavioral health 37 workforce including, but not limited to, childcare stipends, student 38 loan repayment, tuition assistance, relocation expenses, or other 39 p. 1042 ESSB 5187.SL