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to reduce isolation and help consumers and families understand the 1 services available in their communities. 2 (49) $15,474,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 3 fiscal year 2024, $15,474,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 4 for fiscal year 2025, and $14,312,000 of the general fund—federal 5 appropriation are provided solely for maintaining the expansion of 6 local behavioral health mobile crisis response team capacity and 7 ensuring each region has at least one adult and one children and 8 youth mobile crisis team that is able to respond to calls coming into 9 the 988 crisis hotline. 10 (a) In prioritizing this funding, the health care authority shall 11 assure that there are a minimum of six new children and youth mobile 12 crisis teams in comparison to the number of teams at the end of 13 fiscal year 2021 and that there is one children and youth mobile 14 crisis team in each region. 15 (b) In implementing funding for adult and youth mobile crisis 16 response teams, the authority must establish standards in contracts 17 with managed care organizations and behavioral health administrative 18 services organizations for the services provided by these teams. 19 (c) Of these amounts, $3,000,000 of the general fund—state 20 appropriation for fiscal year 2024, $3,000,000 of the general fund— 21 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025, and $2,024,000 of the 22 general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely to maintain 23 increased capacity for mobile crisis services in King county that was 24 funded in fiscal year 2023. These amounts must supplement and not 25 supplant funding to the county previously allocated by the authority 26 under this subsection. 27 (50) $57,580,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2024, $61,807,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 29 for fiscal year 2025, and $109,146,000 of the general fund—federal 30 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to contract with 31 community hospitals or freestanding evaluation and treatment centers 32 to provide long-term inpatient care beds as defined in RCW 71.24.025. 33 Within these amounts, the authority must meet the requirements for 34 reimbursing counties for the judicial services for patients being 35 served in these settings in accordance with RCW 71.05.730. The 36 authority must coordinate with the department of social and health 37 services in developing the contract requirements, selecting 38 contractors, and establishing processes for identifying patients that 39 p. 267 ESSB 5187.SL