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with local health jurisdictions to establish and maintain 1 comprehensive group B programs to ensure safe drinking water. These 2 funds shall be used for implementation costs, including continued 3 development and adoption of rules, policies, and procedures; 4 technical assistance; and training. 5 (9) $96,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 6 year 2024 and $92,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 7 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for community outreach to 8 prepare culturally and linguistically appropriate hepatitis B 9 information in a digital format to be distributed to ethnic and 10 cultural leaders and organizations to share with foreign-born and 11 limited or non-English speaking community networks. 12 (10) Within amounts appropriated in this section, the Washington 13 nursing commission must hire sufficient staff to process applications 14 for nursing licenses so that the time required for processing does 15 not exceed seven days. 16 (11) $725,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 17 year 2024 and $725,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2025 is provided solely for the Washington poison center. 19 This funding is provided in addition to funding pursuant to RCW 20 69.50.540. 21 (12) $622,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 22 year 2024, $622,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 23 fiscal year 2025, and $3,000,000 of the medicaid fraud penalty 24 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the ongoing 25 operations and maintenance of the prescription monitoring program 26 maintained by the department. 27 (13) $2,265,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 28 fiscal year 2024 and $2,265,000 of the general fund—state 29 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for: 30 (a) Staffing by the department, the department of veterans 31 affairs, and the department of corrections to expand statewide 32 suicide prevention efforts, which efforts include suicide prevention 33 efforts for military service members and veterans and incarcerated 34 persons; 35 (b) A suicide prevention public awareness campaign to provide 36 education regarding the signs of suicide, interventions, and 37 resources for support; 38 p. 322 ESSB 5187.SL