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for fiscal year 2023, and $4,162,000 of the general fund—federal 1 appropriation are provided solely for case managers at the area 2 agencies on aging to coordinate care for medicaid clients with mental 3 illness who are living in their own homes. Work shall be accomplished 4 within existing standards for case management and no requirements 5 will be added or modified unless by mutual agreement between the 6 department of social and health services and area agencies on aging. 7 (14) Appropriations provided in this section are sufficient for 8 the department to contract with an organization to provide 9 educational materials, legal services, and attorney training to 10 support persons with dementia. The funding provided in this 11 subsection must be used for: 12 (a) An advance care and legal planning toolkit for persons and 13 families living with dementia, designed and made available online and 14 in print. The toolkit should include educational topics including, 15 but not limited to: 16 (i) The importance of early advance care, legal, and financial 17 planning; 18 (ii) The purpose and application of various advance care, legal, 19 and financial documents; 20 (iii) Dementia and capacity; 21 (iv) Long-term care financing considerations; 22 (v) Elder and vulnerable adult abuse and exploitation; 23 (vi) Checklists such as "legal tips for caregivers," "meeting 24 with an attorney," and "life and death planning;" 25 (vii) Standardized forms such as general durable power of 26 attorney forms and advance health care directives; and 27 (viii) A selected list of additional resources. 28 (b) Webinars about the dementia legal and advance care planning 29 toolkit and related issues and topics with subject area experts. The 30 subject area expert presenters must provide their services in-kind, 31 on a volunteer basis. 32 (c) Continuing legal education programs for attorneys to advise 33 and assist persons with dementia. The continuing education programs 34 must be offered at no cost to attorneys who make a commitment to 35 participate in the pro bono program. 36 (d) Administrative support costs to develop intake forms and 37 protocols, perform client intake, match participating attorneys with 38 eligible clients statewide, maintain records and data, and produce 39 reports as needed. 40 p. 922 ESSB 5187.SL