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purchase of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). For LARCs 1 purchased with the funding provided in this subsection, FQHCs shall 2 provide patients with LARCs the same day they are seeking that family 3 planning option. 4 (a) The department shall develop criteria for how the grant 5 dollars will be distributed, including that FQHCs are required to 6 participate in contraceptive training related to patient-centered 7 care, shared decision making, and reproductive bias and coercion. 8 (b) The department shall survey the FQHCs participating in the 9 grant program regarding the use of LARCs by their patients, as 10 compared to the two years prior to participation in the grant 11 program, and report the results of the survey to the appropriate 12 committees of the legislature by December 1, 2025. 13 (120) $63,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 14 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to utilize materials 15 from the "count the kicks" program in designing, preparing, and 16 making available online written materials to inform health care 17 providers and staff of evidence-based research and practices that 18 reduce the incident of stillbirth, by December 31, 2023. 19 (121) $351,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 20 year 2024 and $624,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 21 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the Snohomish county health 22 department to convene a leadership planning group that will: 23 (a) Conduct a landscape analysis of current sexually transmitted 24 infection, postexposure prophylaxis, preexposure prophylaxis, and 25 hepatitis B virus services and identify treatment improvements for 26 HIV preexposure prophylaxis; 27 (b) Establish sexually transmitted infection clinical services at 28 the Snohomish county health department and identify opportunities to 29 expand sexual health services provided outside of clinical settings; 30 (c) Conduct research on opportunities to expand jail-based sexual 31 health services; 32 (d) Establish an epidemiology and technical team; 33 (e) Expand field-based treatment for syphilis; and 34 (f) Establish an in-house comprehensive, culturally responsive 35 sexual health clinic at the Snohomish county health department. 36 (122) $49,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 37 year 2024 and $53,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 38 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed 39 p. 342 ESSB 5187.SL