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the indirect care rate component by comparing the rate at 90 percent 1 of the indirect care median to the rate at 92 percent of the indirect 2 care median, and by multiplying the rate difference by the actual 3 paid medicaid days over the July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023 4 period. 5 (c) Working with stakeholders, the department shall develop and 6 adopt rules to establish a verification process for each skilled 7 nursing facility provider to demonstrate how the provider has used 8 its wage equity funding to increase wages for low-wage workers by up 9 to four dollars per hour, and for the department to recover any 10 funding difference between each provider's wage equity funding and 11 the amount of wage equity funding that the provider utilizes to 12 increase low-wage worker wages. The verification process must use 13 wages paid as of December 31, 2021, as the base wage to compare 14 providers' wage spending in the designated job categories to the 15 facility-specific amounts of wage equity funding provided in (a) and 16 (b) of this subsection, excluding any amounts adjusted by settlement. 17 The verification and recovery process in this subsection is a 18 distinct and separate process from the settlement process described 19 in RCW 74.46.022. 20 (d) It is the intent of the legislature that wage equity funding 21 provided in this subsection be carried forward into the department's 22 appropriation for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. 23 (54) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 24 year 2023 is provided solely for a study of the feasibility of 25 placing individuals under the jurisdiction of the department of 26 corrections in nursing home facilities licensed or to be licensed by 27 the department to better meet the client's care needs. By October 1, 28 2022, in collaboration with the department of corrections and the 29 health care authority, the department must submit a preliminary 30 report to the governor and the relevant fiscal and policy committees 31 of the legislature. At a minimum, the preliminary report must review 32 the medical, behavioral health, and long-term care needs of the 33 individuals and assess whether the state could obtain and be eligible 34 for federal funding for providing health care and long-term care 35 services for individuals under the jurisdiction of the department of 36 corrections placed in nursing home facilities. By June 30, 2023, the 37 department, in collaboration with the department of corrections, must 38 submit a final report to the governor and the relevant fiscal and 39 policy committees of the legislature. The final report shall: 40 p. 932 ESSB 5187.SL