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that prioritize culturally relevant services to community members 1 with the least access to behavioral health services. 2 (116) $5,000,000 of the opioid abatement settlement account—state 3 appropriation is provided solely for the authority to maintain 4 funding for ongoing grants to law enforcement assisted diversion 5 programs outside of King county under RCW 71.24.590. 6 (117) $5,500,000 of the opioid abatement settlement account—state 7 appropriation is provided on a one-time basis solely for the 8 authority to implement a pilot program to reimburse a licensed 9 pediatric transitional care facility in Spokane county to provide 10 neonatal abstinence syndrome services to infants who have prenatal 11 substance exposure. The pilot program must study and evaluate the 12 efficacy, outcomes, and impact of providing these services to avoid 13 more costly medical interventions. Within these amounts, $190,000 is 14 provided solely for the authority to contract with Washington State 15 University to conduct research analyzing the prevalence of neonatal 16 abstinence syndrome and infant and maternal health outcomes 17 associated with neonatal transitional nurseries in Washington. The 18 university must submit a report articulating findings to the 19 appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2024. The 20 report must identify to what extent the federal medicaid program 21 allows for reimbursement of these services and identify the barriers 22 in leveraging federal medicaid funding for these services in 23 Washington's state medicaid plan. 24 (118) $15,447,000 of the opioid abatement settlement account— 25 state appropriation is provided solely for the authority to pass 26 through to tribes and urban Indian health programs for opioid and 27 overdose response activities. The funding must be used for 28 prevention, outreach, treatment, recovery support services, and other 29 strategies to address and mitigate the effects of the misuse and 30 abuse of opioid related products. The authority must provide the 31 tribes and urban Indian health programs the latitude to use the 32 funding as they see fit to benefit their communities, provided the 33 activities are allowable under the terms of the opioid settlement 34 agreements. 35 (119) $66,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 36 year 2024, $502,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2025, and $171,000 of the general fund—federal 38 appropriation are provided solely for implementation of Substitute 39 p. 293 ESSB 5187.SL