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by June 30, 2023, the amounts provided in this subsection shall 1 lapse. 2 (4) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the council 3 must forecast the number of people eligible for the apple health 4 expansion for Washington residents with incomes at or below 138 5 percent of the federal poverty level, regardless of immigration 6 status, beginning in July 2024. 7 NEW SECTION. Sec. 128. FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 8 The appropriations in sections 129 through 133 of this act are 9 subject to the following conditions and limitations: 10 (1) Repayments of outstanding mortgage and rental assistance 11 program loans administered by the department under RCW 43.63A.640 12 shall be remitted to the department, including any current revolving 13 account balances. The department shall collect payments on 14 outstanding loans, and deposit them into the state general fund. 15 Repayments of funds owed under the program shall be remitted to the 16 department according to the terms included in the original loan 17 agreements. 18 (2) The department is authorized to suspend issuing any 19 nonstatutorily required grants or contracts of an amount less than 20 $1,000,000 per year. 21 (3)(a) The appropriations to the department of commerce in this 22 act must be expended for the programs and in the amounts specified in 23 this act. However, after May 1, 2024, unless prohibited by this act, 24 the department may transfer general fund—state appropriations for 25 fiscal year 2024 among programs after approval by the director of the 26 office of financial management. However, the department may not 27 transfer state appropriations that are provided solely for a 28 specified purpose, except that provisoed amounts may be transferred 29 among programs if they are transferred in their entirety. 30 (b) Within 30 days after the close of fiscal year 2024, the 31 department must provide the office of financial management and the 32 fiscal committees of the legislature with an accounting of any 33 transfers under this subsection. The accounting shall include a 34 narrative explanation and justification of the changes, along with 35 expenditures and allotments by budget unit and appropriation, both 36 before and after any allotment modifications or transfers. The 37 department must also provide recommendations for revisions to 38 p. 44 ESSB 5187.SL