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financial management and the appropriate committees of the 1 legislature by December 31, 2023, summarizing the services provided 2 through the grant funds and identifying recommendations on how to 3 implement effective, integrated, coordinated behavioral health 4 emergency response and community care services. The authority must 5 also provide the report to the criminal justice training commission, 6 the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, and the 7 Washington fire commissioners association. 8 (((110))) (108) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 9 for fiscal year 2023 is provided on a one-time basis solely for the 10 authority to conduct a study and provide data regarding challenges to 11 receiving behavioral health services in rural communities. The study 12 by the authority must review timely access to behavioral health 13 services in rural areas including: (a) Designated crisis responder 14 response times; (b) the availability of behavioral health inpatient 15 and outpatient services; (c) wait times for hospital beds; and (d) 16 the availability of adult and youth mobile crisis teams. The study 17 must include recommendations on strategies to improve access to 18 behavioral health services in rural areas in the short-term as the 19 state works to develop and implement the recommendations of the 20 crisis response improvement strategy committee established in chapter 21 302, Laws of 2021. The authority must submit a report to the office 22 of financial management and the appropriate committees of the 23 legislature with a summary of the data, findings, and recommendations 24 by December 1, 2022. 25 (((111))) (109) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 26 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the authority to contract 27 for services with a statewide recovery community organization. The 28 authority must award this funding to an organization that: (a) Has 29 experience building the capacity of the recovery community to advance 30 substance use recovery and mental health wellness by catalyzing 31 public understanding and shaping public policy; (b) is led and 32 governed by representatives of local communities of recovery; (c) 33 centers the voices of people with lived experience who are touched by 34 addiction and mental health challenges, and harnesses the power of 35 story to drive change in the mental health and addiction treatment 36 systems; and (d) provides free community education, skills trainings, 37 events, and a conference in order to increase the understanding of 38 issues around behavioral health and recovery. Services provided by 39 the contracted program must include education, support, and 40 p. 1046 ESSB 5187.SL