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Sec. 1222. 2022 c 297 s 226 (uncodified) is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES—GENERAL 3 (1)(a) The appropriations to the department of children, youth, 4 and families in this act shall be expended for the programs and in 5 the amounts specified in this act. Appropriations made in this act to 6 the department of children, youth, and families shall initially be 7 allotted as required by this act. The department shall seek approval 8 from the office of financial management prior to transferring moneys 9 between sections of this act except as expressly provided in this 10 act. Subsequent allotment modifications shall not include transfers 11 of moneys between sections of this act except as expressly provided 12 in this act, nor shall allotment modifications permit moneys that are 13 provided solely for a specified purpose to be used for other than 14 that purpose. However, after May 1, ((2022)) 2023, unless prohibited 15 by this act, the department may transfer general fund—state 16 appropriations for fiscal year ((2022)) 2023 among programs after 17 approval by the director of the office of financial management. 18 However, the department may not transfer state appropriations that 19 are provided solely for a specified purpose except as expressly 20 provided in (b) of this subsection. 21 (b) To the extent that transfers under (a) of this subsection are 22 insufficient to fund actual expenditures in excess of fiscal year 23 2022 caseload forecasts and utilization assumptions in the foster 24 care, adoption support, child protective services, working 25 connections child care, and the juvenile rehabilitation programs or 26 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the department may transfer 27 appropriations that are provided solely for a specified purpose. 28 (2) The health care authority, the health benefit exchange, the 29 department of social and health services, the department of health, 30 and the department of children, youth, and families shall work 31 together within existing resources to establish the health and human 32 services enterprise coalition (the coalition). The coalition, led by 33 the health care authority, must be a multi-organization collaborative 34 that provides strategic direction and federal funding guidance for 35 projects that have cross-organizational or enterprise impact, 36 including information technology projects that affect organizations 37 within the coalition. The office of the chief information officer 38 shall maintain a statewide perspective when collaborating with the 39 coalition to ensure that projects are planned for in a manner that 40 p. 1125 ESSB 5187.SL