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(15) $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2024 and $200,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the pre-law pipeline and 3 social justice program at the University of Washington-Tacoma. 4 (16) $226,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 5 year 2024 and $226,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 6 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the university's neurology 7 department to create a telemedicine program to disseminate dementia 8 care best practices to primary care practitioners using the project 9 ECHO model. The program shall provide a virtual connection for 10 providers and content experts and include didactics, case 11 conferences, and an emphasis on practice transformation and systems- 12 level issues that affect care delivery. The initial users of this 13 program shall include referral sources in health care systems and 14 clinics, such as the university's neighborhood clinics and Virginia 15 Mason Memorial in Yakima with a goal of adding 15 to 20 providers 16 from smaller clinics and practices per year. 17 (17) $102,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 18 year 2024, $102,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 19 fiscal year 2025, and $350,000 of the workforce education investment 20 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the university's 21 center for international trade in forest products. 22 (18) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 23 year 2024, $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 24 fiscal year 2025, and $500,000 of the workforce education investment 25 account—state appropriation are provided solely for the Latino center 26 for health. 27 (19) $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 28 year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 29 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for a firearm policy research 30 program. The program will: 31 (a) Support investigations of firearm death and injury risk 32 factors; 33 (b) Evaluate the effectiveness of state firearm laws and 34 policies; 35 (c) Assess the consequences of firearm violence; and 36 (d) Develop strategies to reduce the toll of firearm violence to 37 citizens of the state. 38 p. 558 ESSB 5187.SL