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(67) $675,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2024 and $675,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a rental voucher and bridge 3 program and to implement strategies to reduce instances where an 4 individual leaves a state operated behavioral or private behavioral 5 health facility directly into homelessness. The authority must 6 prioritize this funding for individuals being discharged from state 7 operated behavioral health facilities. 8 (68) $361,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 9 year 2024, $361,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 10 fiscal year 2025, and $482,000 of the general fund—federal 11 appropriation are provided solely for the authority, in collaboration 12 with the department of social and health services research and data 13 analysis division, to implement community behavioral health service 14 data into the existing executive management information system. Of 15 these amounts, $288,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 16 fiscal year 2024, $288,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 17 for fiscal year 2025, and $384,000 of the general fund—federal 18 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to reimburse the 19 research and data analysis division for staff costs associated with 20 this project. The data elements shall be incorporated into the 21 monthly executive management information system reports on a phased- 22 in basis, allowing for elements which are readily available to be 23 incorporated in the initial phase, and elements which require further 24 definition and data collection changes to be incorporated in a later 25 phase. The authority must collaborate with the research and data 26 analysis division to ensure data elements are clearly defined and 27 must include requirements in medicaid managed care organization and 28 behavioral health administrative services organization contracts to 29 provide the data in a consistent and timely manner for inclusion into 30 the system. The community behavioral health executive management 31 system information data elements must include, but are not limited 32 to: Psychiatric inpatient bed days; evaluation and treatment center 33 bed days; long-term involuntary community psychiatric inpatient bed 34 days; children's long-term inpatient bed days; substance use disorder 35 inpatient, residential, withdrawal evaluation and management, and 36 secure withdrawal evaluation and management bed days; crisis triage 37 and stabilization services bed days; mental health residential bed 38 days; mental health and substance use disorder outpatient treatment 39 p. 275 ESSB 5187.SL