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(8) The authority is authorized to continue to contract directly, 1 rather than through contracts with behavioral health entities for 2 children's long-term inpatient facility services. 3 (9) $1,204,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 4 year 2024 and $1,204,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to reimburse Pierce and Spokane 6 counties for the cost of conducting 180-day commitment hearings at 7 the state psychiatric hospitals. 8 (10) Behavioral health entities may use local funds to earn 9 additional federal medicaid match, provided the locally matched rate 10 does not exceed the upper-bound of their federally allowable rate 11 range, and provided that the enhanced funding is used only to provide 12 medicaid state plan or waiver services to medicaid clients. 13 Additionally, behavioral health entities may use a portion of the 14 state funds allocated in accordance with subsection (7) of this 15 section to earn additional medicaid match, but only to the extent 16 that the application of such funds to medicaid services does not 17 diminish the level of crisis and commitment, community inpatient, 18 residential care, and outpatient services presently available to 19 persons not eligible for medicaid. 20 (11) $2,291,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2024 and $2,291,000 of the general fund—state 22 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for mental 23 health services for mentally ill offenders while confined in a county 24 or city jail and for facilitating access to programs that offer 25 mental health services upon release from confinement. The authority 26 must collect information from the behavioral health entities on their 27 plan for using these funds, the numbers of individuals served, and 28 the types of services provided. 29 (12) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, funding is 30 provided for the authority to develop and phase in intensive mental 31 health services for high needs youth consistent with the settlement 32 agreement in T.R. v. Dreyfus and Porter. 33 (13) The authority must establish minimum and maximum funding 34 levels for all reserves allowed under behavioral health 35 administrative service organization contracts and include contract 36 language that clearly states the requirements and limitations. The 37 reserve levels must be informed by the types of risk carried by 38 behavioral health administrative service organizations for mandatory 39 p. 251 ESSB 5187.SL