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should be achieved through a state plan amendment or some other 1 mechanism for leveraging federal medicaid match; 2 (iv) Actuarial projections on the statewide need for services 3 related to the pilot sites and estimated costs of adding each of the 4 services to the medicaid behavioral health benefit for children and 5 adolescents and adults; and 6 (v) Annual costs and any quantifiable cost offsets associated 7 with the program sites. 8 (37) $25,587,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation (ARPA) 9 and $9,828,000 of the general fund—federal appropriation are provided 10 solely to promote the recovery of individuals with substance use 11 disorders through expansion of substance use disorder services. The 12 authority shall implement this funding to promote integrated, whole- 13 person care to individuals with opioid use disorders, stimulant use 14 disorders, and other substance use disorders. The authority shall use 15 this funding to support evidence-based and promising practices as 16 follows: 17 (a) $8,500,000 of the amounts provided in this subsection is 18 provided solely for treatment services to low-income individuals with 19 substance use disorders who are not eligible for services under the 20 medicaid program and for treatment services that are not covered 21 under the medicaid program. A minimum of $7,500,000 of this amount 22 must be contracted through behavioral health administrative services 23 organizations. The amounts in this subsection may be used for 24 services including, but not limited to, outpatient treatment, 25 residential treatment, mobile opioid use disorder treatment programs, 26 law enforcement assisted diversion programs, contingency management 27 interventions, modified assertive community treatment, trauma 28 informed care, crisis respite, and for reimbursement of one-time 29 start-up operating costs for opening new beds in withdrawal 30 management treatment programs. 31 (b) $2,015,000 of the amounts provided in this subsection is 32 provided solely for outreach programs that link individuals with 33 substance use disorders to treatment options to include medication 34 for opioid use disorder. The authority must contract for these 35 services with programs that use interdisciplinary teams, which 36 include peer specialists, to engage and facilitate linkage to 37 treatment for individuals in community settings such as homeless 38 encampments, shelters, emergency rooms, harm reduction programs, 39 churches, community service offices, food banks, libraries, legal 40 p. 261 ESSB 5187.SL