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(b) The authority, in collaboration with managed care 1 organizations, must provide a report to the office of financial 2 management and the fiscal committees of the legislature no later than 3 December 1, 2023, outlining any challenges experienced by carriers in 4 hiring sufficient numbers and types of staff to comply with the prior 5 authorization response times required by Engrossed Second Substitute 6 House Bill No. 1357 (prior authorization). 7 (72) $9,369,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025 and $22,611,000 of the general fund—federal 9 appropriation are provided solely for an increase in medicaid 10 reimbursement rates for professional services, beginning July 1, 11 2024, as follows: 12 (a) Service categories including diagnostics, intense outpatient, 13 opioid treatment programs, emergency room, inpatient and outpatient 14 surgery, inpatient visits, low-level behavioral health, office 15 administered drugs, and other physician services are increased up to 16 50 percent of medicare rates. 17 (b) Service categories including office and home visits and 18 consults are increased up to 65 percent of medicare rates. 19 (c) Service categories including maternity services are increased 20 up to 100 percent of medicare rates. 21 (73) $21,606,000 of the statewide 988 behavioral health crisis 22 response line account—state appropriation and $2,946,000 of the 23 general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for the 988 24 technology platform implementation project. These amounts are subject 25 to the conditions, limitations, and review provided in section 701 of 26 this act and any requirements as established in Engrossed Second 27 Substitute House Bill No. 1134 (988 system). 28 (74) $969,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 29 year 2024, $1,938,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 30 fiscal year 2025, and $3,024,000 of the general fund—federal 31 appropriation are provided solely for the authority, beginning 32 January 1, 2024, to increase the children's dental rate for procedure 33 code D1120 by at least 40 percent above the medical assistance fee- 34 for-service rate in effect on January 1, 2023. 35 (75) $300,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2024 is provided solely for a grant to the nonprofit foundation 37 managing the Washington patient safety coalition to support the 38 communication and resolution programs certification program to 39 p. 238 ESSB 5187.SL