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(((76))) (75) $66,956,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal 1 recovery fund—federal appropriation is provided solely for the 2 department's continued vaccine administration efforts, including mass 3 vaccination sites where needed and pass-through contracts with local 4 health jurisdictions. If the federal emergency management agency 5 reimbursement at full cost for eligible activities is renewed beyond 6 June 30, 2022, the department must conserve this appropriation and 7 maximize the use of federal reimbursements. The legislature intends 8 this funding to be sufficient to cover the department's vaccine 9 administration activities through January 1, 2023. By October 1, 10 2022, the department must submit a report to the health care and 11 fiscal committees of the legislature detailing a cost-based COVID-19 12 vaccine administration fiscal response plan for the remainder of the 13 2021-2023 fiscal biennium as well as any vaccine administration costs 14 the department projects into the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. This 15 report must include a funding strategy for specific agency COVID-19 16 vaccine administration initiatives, including, but not limited to, 17 mass vaccination sites, primary care provider outreach, mobile 18 vaccination administration, and outreach. This report must also 19 include specific and itemized individual local health jurisdiction 20 initiatives in which the department has or plans to request funding 21 from the legislature on behalf of the local health jurisdiction. 22 (((77))) (76) $58,320,000 of the coronavirus state fiscal 23 recovery fund—federal appropriation is provided solely for the 24 department to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic through means 25 including diagnostic testing, case investigation, outbreak response, 26 care coordination, community outreach, operational and technical 27 support, disease surveillance, client services, and support for local 28 health jurisdictions and tribes. If the federal emergency management 29 agency reimbursement at full cost for eligible activities is renewed 30 beyond June 30, 2022, the department must conserve this appropriation 31 and maximize the use of federal reimbursements. The legislature 32 intends this funding to be sufficient to cover the department's 33 response through January 1, 2023, at which point the legislature 34 plans to reevaluate the scope of the public health threat posed by 35 COVID-19. By October 1, 2022, the department must submit a report to 36 the health care and fiscal committees of the legislature detailing a 37 cost-based COVID-19 fiscal response plan for the remainder of the 38 2021-2023 fiscal biennium as well as any costs the department 39 projects into the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. This report must include 40 p. 1092 ESSB 5187.SL