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fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of Engrossed 1 Second Substitute Senate Bill No. 5126 (climate commitment act). 2 (5) $33,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2022 is provided solely for the office of the education ombuds 4 to support the language access work group that is reconvened and 5 expanded in section 501(3)(g) of this act. 6 (6)(a) $20,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2022 is provided solely for the Washington state LGBTQ 8 commission, in collaboration with the health care authority, 9 department of health, advocates for people living with HIV in 10 Washington, consumers, and medical professionals with expertise in 11 serving the medicaid population living with HIV, to consider and 12 develop recommendations regarding: 13 (i) Access to HIV antiretroviral drugs on the medicaid drug 14 formulary, including short- and long-term fiscal implications of 15 eliminating current prior authorization and fail-first requirements; 16 (ii) Impact of drug access on public health and the statewide 17 goal of reducing HIV transmissions; and 18 (iii) Maximizing pharmaceutical drug rebates for HIV 19 antiretroviral drugs. 20 (b) The commission shall submit a brief report with 21 recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature by 22 November 1, 2021. 23 (7) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2022 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 25 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the cost to support the blue 26 ribbon commission on the intersection of the criminal justice and 27 behavioral health crisis systems that will be established by governor 28 executive order. 29 (8) Within the amounts appropriated in this section, the 30 Washington state office of equity must cofacilitate the Washington 31 digital equity forum, as provided in section 129(70) of this act, 32 with the statewide broadband office. 33 (9) $80,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2023 is provided solely for the office of equity to develop 35 resources and provide technical assistance to state agencies on best 36 practices on how to engage communities regarding equity and inclusion 37 when creating equitable budget and policy recommendations. 38 p. 729 ESSB 5187.SL