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providing a description of the protocol and a status update on 1 progress toward the opening of Columbia cottage. 2 (s))) Within the amounts provided in this section, the department 3 is provided funding to operate civil long-term inpatient beds at the 4 state hospitals as follows: 5 (i) Funding is sufficient for the department to operate 192 civil 6 beds at eastern state hospital in both fiscal year 2022 and fiscal 7 year 2023. 8 (ii) Funding for civil beds at western state hospital is reduced 9 during this period to allow for a phased reduction of six wards from 10 467 to 287 civil beds. 11 (iii) The closure of western state hospital civil wards shall be 12 implemented according to the following schedule: (A) First ward 13 closure by July 1, 2021; (B) second ward closure by November 1, 2021; 14 (C) third ward closure by March 1, 2022; (D) fourth ward closure by 15 July 1, 2022; (E) fifth ward closure by ((November 1, 2022)) January 16 1, 2023; and (F) sixth ward closure by ((April 1, 2023)) June 30, 17 2023. 18 (iv) The department shall fully operate funded civil capacity at 19 eastern state hospital, including reopening and operating civil beds 20 that are not needed for eastern Washington residents to provide 21 services for western Washington residents. 22 (v) The department shall coordinate with the health care 23 authority toward development of the plan for increasing community 24 capacity for long-term inpatient services required under section 25 215(67) of this act. 26 (vi) It is the intent of the legislature to close additional 27 civil wards at western state hospital during the 2023-2025 fiscal 28 biennium. 29 (vii) It is the intent of the legislature to stop using western 30 state hospital buildings 17, 19, 20, and 21, which were built before 31 the 1950s, for patient care by fiscal year 2027. 32 (((t))) (s) $360,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 33 fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the department to implement 34 Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill No. 1086 (behavioral health 35 consumers). The amount in this subsection is provided solely for the 36 department's costs associated with providing access to and following 37 up on referrals from behavioral health consumer advocates in state 38 operated mental health facilities. The department must track the 39 number of monthly cases in which access to behavioral health consumer 40 p. 899 ESSB 5187.SL