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children who have used enhanced respite in the preceding year, as 1 well as the location and number of days per month that each respite 2 bed was occupied. 3 (o) $2,173,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2024 and $2,154,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for 13 community respite beds 6 across the state for adults. These services are intended to provide 7 families and caregivers with a break in caregiving and the 8 opportunity for stabilization of the individual in a community-based 9 setting as an alternative to using a residential habilitation center 10 to provide planned or emergent respite. The department must provide 11 the legislature with a respite utilization report by January of each 12 year that provides information about the number of individuals who 13 have used community respite in the preceding year, as well as the 14 location and number of days per month that each respite bed was 15 occupied. 16 (p) $144,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 17 year 2025 and $181,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are 18 provided solely for funding the unfair labor practice settlement in 19 the case of Adult Family Home Council v Office of Financial 20 Management, PERC case no. 135737-U-22. If the settlement agreement is 21 not reached by June 30, 2024, the amounts provided in this subsection 22 shall lapse. 23 (q) $351,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2024, $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 25 fiscal year 2025, and $905,000 of the general fund—federal 26 appropriation are provided solely to increase funding of the assisted 27 living medicaid methodology established in RCW 74.39A.032 to 79 28 percent of the labor component and 68 percent of the operations 29 component, effective July 1, 2023. 30 (r) The appropriations in this section include sufficient funding 31 to implement chapter 220, Laws of 2020 (adult family homes/8 beds). A 32 nonrefundable fee of $485 shall be charged for each application to 33 increase bed capacity at an adult family home to seven or eight beds. 34 (s) The appropriations in this section include sufficient funding 35 to provide access to the individual and family services waiver and 36 the basic plus waiver to those individuals on the service request 37 list as forecasted by the caseload forecast council. For subsequent 38 policy level budgets, the department shall submit a request for 39 p. 169 ESSB 5187.SL