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expenditures of this subsection and shall provide such fiscal data in 1 the time, manner, and form requested by the legislative fiscal 2 committees. 3 (b) The authority and the department shall seek additional 4 flexibilities for housing supports through the centers for medicare 5 and medicaid services and shall coordinate with the office of 6 financial management and the department of commerce to ensure that 7 services are not duplicated. 8 (c) The director shall report to the joint select committee on 9 health care oversight no less than quarterly on utilization and 10 caseload statistics for both supportive housing and employment 11 services and its progress toward increasing uptake and availability 12 for these services. 13 (5) $1,432,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 14 year 2024 and $3,008,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 15 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for supported employment 16 services and $1,478,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 17 fiscal year 2024 and $3,162,000 of the general fund—state 18 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for supported 19 housing services, similar to the services described in initiatives 3a 20 and 3b of the 1115 demonstration waiver to individuals who are 21 ineligible for medicaid. Under these initiatives, the authority and 22 the department of social and health services shall ensure that 23 allowable and necessary services are provided to eligible clients as 24 identified by the authority or its third-party administrator. Before 25 authorizing services, eligibility for initiative 3a or 3b of the 1115 26 demonstration waiver must first be determined. 27 (6) Sufficient amounts are appropriated in this subsection to 28 implement the medicaid expansion as defined in the social security 29 act, section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII). 30 (7) The legislature finds that medicaid payment rates, as 31 calculated by the health care authority pursuant to the 32 appropriations in this act, bear a reasonable relationship to the 33 costs incurred by efficiently and economically operated facilities 34 for providing quality services and will be sufficient to enlist 35 enough providers so that care and services are available to the 36 extent that such care and services are available to the general 37 population in the geographic area. The legislature finds that the 38 cost reports, payment data from the federal government, historical 39 p. 216 ESSB 5187.SL