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$5.45 per 15-minute unit to expand and ensure the sustainability of 1 respite services for clients with intellectual or developmental 2 disabilities and their family caregivers. 3 (ii) $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to hire a project 5 position to conduct a study and submit a report by December 1, 2023 6 to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature 7 that examines the feasibility and operational resources needed to add 8 adult day services to a state plan 1915(i) option or to the existing 9 basic plus and core 1915(c) waivers. 10 (ff) $2,500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 11 fiscal year 2024, $4,284,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 12 for fiscal year 2025, and $4,178,000 of the general fund—federal 13 appropriation are provided solely for the department to add 10 adult 14 stabilization beds by June 2025, increase rates for existing adult 15 stabilization beds by 23 percent, and expand mobile crisis diversion 16 services to cover all three regions of the state. 17 (gg)(i) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to study 19 opportunities to enhance data collection on clients in family units 20 with at least one parent having a developmental or intellectual 21 disability. The study must identify: 22 (A) Opportunities to improve the existing assessment form and 23 information technology systems by adding questions about clients' 24 children, such as their ages, the number of children, and the K-12 25 enrollment status of each child; 26 (B) Ways to strengthen data sharing agreements with other 27 departments, including the department of children, youth, and 28 families, and local school districts; 29 (C) Strategies for surveying clients to collect information on 30 their parenting and living arrangements, including support from other 31 family members; 32 (D) Methods for analyzing new and existing data to determine and 33 identify the total number of children with parents that have a 34 developmental or intellectual disability, their needs, and access to 35 specialized services; 36 (E) An inventory of existing support programs designed for 37 families with a parent having a developmental or intellectual 38 p. 176 ESSB 5187.SL