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(h) Developing recommendations for reducing health disparities 1 and training the workforce in culturally and linguistically relevant 2 practices to achieve improved outcomes; 3 (i) Increasing the number of community substance use providers 4 that are trained in best practice assessment and treatment models; 5 (j) Convening a telebehavioral health summit of leading experts 6 regarding long-term provider telebehavioral health training and 7 workforce needs; 8 (k) Creating a behavioral health workforce strategy plan that 9 identifies gaps that are not being addressed and suggests system 10 improvements to address those gaps; 11 (l) Working with community partners and key stakeholders to 12 identify best practice strategies to evaluate and measure equity and 13 health disparities within the behavioral health system and make 14 recommendations regarding potential metrics to help advance system 15 change; and 16 (m) Developing metrics and evaluating telebehavioral health 17 training needs and the impact of telebehavioral health training on 18 provider knowledge and treatment protocols. 19 (43) $1,250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 20 fiscal year 2024 and $1,250,000 of the general fund—state 21 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the 22 authority to contract with the King county behavioral health 23 administrative services organization to maintain children's crisis 24 outreach response system services that were previously funded through 25 the department of children, youth, and families. The authority, in 26 consultation with the behavioral health administrative services 27 organization, medicaid managed care organizations, and the actuaries 28 responsible for developing medicaid managed care rates, must work to 29 maximize federal funding provided for the children's crisis outreach 30 response system program. 31 (44) $31,891,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2024, $63,395,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 33 for fiscal year 2025, and $172,425,000 of the general fund—federal 34 appropriation are provided solely to implement a 15 percent increase 35 to medicaid reimbursement for community behavioral health providers 36 contracted through managed care organizations to be effective January 37 1, 2024. The authority must employ mechanisms such as directed 38 payment or other options allowable under federal medicaid law to 39 p. 265 ESSB 5187.SL