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contract beds after the effective date of this section that cannot be 1 sustained within existing appropriations. 2 (11) Beginning January 1, 2024, and continuing through the 3 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, the department must provide semiannual 4 reports to the governor and appropriate legislative committees that 5 includes the number of in-state behavioral rehabilitation services 6 providers and licensed beds, the number of out-of-state behavioral 7 rehabilitation services placements, and a comparison of these numbers 8 to the same metrics expressed as an average over the prior six 9 months. The report shall identify separately beds with the enhanced 10 behavioral rehabilitation services rate. Effective January 1, 2024, 11 and to the extent the information is available, the report shall 12 include the same information for emergency placement services beds 13 and enhanced emergency placement services beds. 14 (12) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 15 year 2024 and $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 16 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementing the supportive 17 visitation model that utilizes trained visit navigators to provide a 18 structured and positive visitation experience for children and their 19 parents. 20 (13) $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 21 year 2024 and $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 22 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for enhanced adoption placement 23 services for legally free children in state custody, through a 24 partnership with a national nonprofit organization with private 25 matching funds. These funds must supplement, but not supplant, the 26 work of the department to secure permanent adoptive homes for 27 children with high needs. 28 (14) The department of children, youth, and families shall make 29 foster care maintenance payments to programs where children are 30 placed with a parent in a residential program for substance abuse 31 treatment. These maintenance payments are considered foster care 32 maintenance payments for purposes of forecasting and budgeting at 33 maintenance level as required by RCW 43.88.058. 34 (15) $511,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 35 year 2024, $511,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 36 fiscal year 2025, and $306,000 of the general fund—federal 37 appropriation are provided solely for continued implementation of 38 chapter 210, Laws of 2021 (2SHB 1219) (youth counsel/dependency). 39 p. 368 ESSB 5187.SL