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(82) $2,336,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2024, 2,336,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 2 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,036,000 of the general fund—federal 3 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to contract with 4 opioid treatment providers to operate mobile methadone units to 5 address treatment gaps statewide. 6 (83) $216,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024, $427,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025, and $1,454,000 of the general fund—federal 9 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase fee 10 for service rates for mental health and substance use disorder 11 treatment by 22 percent. This rate increase shall be effective 12 January 1, 2024. This rate increase does not apply to per diem costs 13 for long-term civil commitment inpatient services or for services for 14 which rate increases were provided under other subsections of this 15 section. Services affected by the psychiatric rebase in subsection 16 (84) of this section are excluded from this rate increase. The 17 authority must include the proportional costs of increasing fee-for- 18 service rates for mental health and substance use disorder treatment 19 paid on behalf of tribal members not electing enrollment in managed 20 care plans in any agency request decision package it submits during 21 the fiscal biennium for increasing provider rates in the managed care 22 behavioral health program. 23 (84) Sufficient amounts are provided in this section for the 24 authority to rebase community hospital psychiatric inpatient rates 25 effective January 1, 2024. Rebasing adjustments shall be based on 26 adjusted calendar year 2020 medicare cost reports. 27 (85)(a) $3,805,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the authority, beginning July 29 1, 2024, to implement a program with coverage comparable to the 30 amount, duration, and scope of care provided in the categorically 31 needy medicaid program for adult individuals who: 32 (i) Have an immigration status making them ineligible for federal 33 medicaid or federal subsidies through the health benefit exchange; 34 (ii) Are age 19 and older, including over age 65, and have 35 countable income of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level; 36 and 37 p. 282 ESSB 5187.SL