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(127) $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2024 and $375,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the department of health to 3 contract with an organization located in Thurston county that 4 dedicates itself to the promotion of education, holistic health, and 5 trauma healing in the African American community to provide 6 behavioral health education, mental wellness training, evidence based 7 health programs, events, and conferences to individuals, youth/ 8 adults, parents/parent partners, and families, that have suffered 9 from generational and systemic racism. In conducting this work, the 10 organization will engage diverse individuals in racial healing and 11 reparative justice in the field of mental wellness. The organization 12 will also prioritize mental health equity and reparative justice in 13 their work to eradicate health disparities that African American 14 communities have faced due to generational racism. 15 (128) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 16 year 2024 is provided solely for implementation of Second Substitute 17 House Bill No. 1745 (diversity in clinical trials). If the bill is 18 not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 19 shall lapse. 20 *NEW SECTION. Sec. 223. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 21 The health care authority, the health benefit exchange, the 22 department of social and health services, the department of health, 23 the department of corrections, and the department of children, youth, 24 and families shall work together within existing resources to 25 establish the health and human services enterprise coalition (the 26 coalition). The coalition, led by the health care authority, must be 27 a multiorganization collaborative that provides strategic direction 28 and federal funding guidance for projects that have cross- 29 organizational or enterprise impact, including information technology 30 projects that affect organizations within the coalition. The office 31 of the chief information officer shall maintain a statewide 32 perspective when collaborating with the coalition to ensure that the 33 development of projects identified in this report are planned for in 34 a manner that ensures the efficient use of state resources and 35 maximizes federal financial participation. The work of the coalition 36 and any project identified as a coalition project is subject to the 37 p. 345 ESSB 5187.SL