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(48) $1,081,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 1 fiscal year 2023 and $1,200,000 of the general fund—federal 2 appropriation are provided solely to increase rates by 20 percent for 3 in-home private duty nursing agencies and to increase rates by 10 4 percent for private duty nursing adult family homes effective July 1, 5 2022. 6 (49) $1,750,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 7 fiscal year 2023 and $350,000 of the general fund—federal 8 appropriation are provided solely for area agency on aging care 9 coordinators stationed in acute care hospitals to help transition 10 clients ready for hospital discharge into home and community-based 11 settings. Care coordinators shall keep data on numbers of patients 12 discharged and readmission impacts and report that information to the 13 department of social and health services. 14 (50) $23,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 15 year 2022, $15,879,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 16 fiscal year 2023, and $17,378,000 of the general fund—federal 17 appropriation are provided solely to increase funding of the assisted 18 living medicaid methodology established in RCW 74.39A.032 and of the 19 specialized dementia care rate methodology to 68 percent of full 20 methodology funding, effective July 1, 2022. 21 (a) Of the amounts provided in this subsection, $23,000 of the 22 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2022, $39,000 of the 23 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023, and $62,000 of 24 the general fund—federal appropriation are provided solely for a one- 25 time project staff position at the department to develop and submit a 26 report to the governor and appropriate legislative committees no 27 later than December 30, 2022. The report must include a review and 28 summary of discharge regulations and notification requirements for 29 assisted living providers and include recommendations related to 30 disclosure of providers' terms and conditions for medicaid 31 acceptance. 32 (b) Following the submission of the report in (a) of this 33 subsection and through the end of the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium, the 34 department shall regularly review and report on medicaid resident 35 utilization of and access to assisted living facilities. 36 (51) $12,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 37 fiscal year 2023 and $12,000,000 of the general fund—federal 38 p. 930 ESSB 5187.SL