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(26) $11,976,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2024 is provided solely for the department to create a 2 dedicated team of staff to process the unemployment insurance 3 overpayment caseload backlog. 4 (27) $3,389,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 5 fiscal year 2024 and $4,540,000 of the general fund—state 6 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely to increase 7 the stipend for Washington service corps members to $26,758 per year 8 and for one staff member to assist with program outreach. The stipend 9 increase is for members that enter into a service year with income 10 below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. 11 (28) $794,000 of the unemployment compensation administration 12 account—federal appropriation is provided solely for implementation 13 of Substitute Senate Bill No. 5176 (employee-owned coop UI). If the 14 bill is not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this 15 subsection shall lapse. 16 (29) $30,000 of the family and medical leave insurance account— 17 state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of 18 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5286 (paid leave premiums). If the bill is 19 not enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 20 shall lapse. 21 (30) $2,896,000 of the family and medical leave insurance account 22 —state appropriation is provided solely for implementation of 23 Substitute Senate Bill No. 5586 (paid leave data). If the bill is not 24 enacted by June 30, 2023, the amount provided in this subsection 25 shall lapse. 26 (31) $35,000 of the employment service administrative account— 27 state appropriation is provided solely for the department to provide 28 research and consultation on the feasibility of replicating the 29 unemployment insurance program for and expanding other social net 30 programs to individuals regardless of their citizenship status. 31 (32) $10,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 32 year 2024 is provided solely for the department to design a form for 33 employer use to voluntarily report no show, no call interview data. 34 This data shall be used to inform potential trend analysis or policy 35 development for job search compliance. 36 *Sec. 225 was partially vetoed. See message at end of chapter. p. 363 ESSB 5187.SL