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(i) The president of the senate may appoint one member from each 1 of the two largest caucuses of the senate; and 2 (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives may appoint one 3 member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of 4 representatives. 5 (17) $492,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 6 year 2022 and $492,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 7 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to coordinate 8 with local health jurisdictions to establish and maintain 9 comprehensive group B programs to ensure safe drinking water. These 10 funds shall be used to support the costs of the development and 11 adoption of rules, policies, and procedures, and for technical 12 assistance, training, and other program-related costs. 13 (18) $96,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 14 year 2022 and $92,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for community outreach to 16 prepare culturally and linguistically appropriate hepatitis B 17 information in a digital format to be distributed to ethnic and 18 cultural leaders and organizations to share with foreign-born and 19 limited or non-English speaking community networks. 20 (19) $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 21 year 2022 and $750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 22 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely to continue the collaboration 23 between the local public health jurisdiction, related accountable 24 communities of health, and health care providers to reduce 25 potentially preventable hospitalizations in Pierce county. This 26 collaboration will build from the first three years of the project, 27 planning to align care coordination efforts across health care 28 systems and support the related accountable communities of health 29 initiatives, including innovative, collaborative models of care. 30 Strategies to reduce costly hospitalizations include the following: 31 (a) Working with partners to prevent chronic disease; (b) improving 32 heart failure rates; (c) incorporating community health workers as 33 part of the health care team and improving care coordination; (d) 34 supporting the COVID-19 response with improved access to 35 immunizations; and (e) the use of community health workers to provide 36 necessary resources to prevent hospitalization of people who are in 37 isolation and quarantine. By December 15, 2022, the members of the 38 collaboration shall report to the legislature regarding the 39 p. 1079 ESSB 5187.SL