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(5) $364,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2023 is provided solely for the creation of a program director 2 position and a project manager position tasked with ensuring an 3 enterprise-wide approach to poverty reduction across Washington. 4 These positions will convene and facilitate the poverty reduction 5 subcabinet, track agency progress on poverty reduction efforts to 6 build a stronger continuum of care, coordinate budget and policy 7 proposals, and ensure that recommendations incorporate data prepared 8 by the poverty reduction technical advisory group. 9 (6) $461,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 10 year 2023 is provided solely to create a poverty reduction technical 11 advisory group that is tasked with developing a statewide measurement 12 and data framework that can help inform future budget and policy 13 decisions. This group must also track the state's progress towards 14 creating a just and equitable future. This group must collaborate 15 with communities experiencing poverty and the state office of equity 16 to ensure their input is factored into the analysis of data. 17 (7) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 18 year 2023 is provided solely for the department, in collaboration 19 with the Washington state health care authority, to study the cost 20 and benefit of adopting available options to expand medicare savings 21 programs and classic medicaid programs, including categorically needy 22 and medically needy, to promote affordable care, premiums, and cost- 23 sharing for medicare enrollees. The cost analysis must identify 24 available federal funding for each option. The department shall 25 consider options that create affordability comparable to affordable 26 care act programs available to adults without medicare, as well as 27 intermediate options that move toward comparability. The study must 28 analyze equity impacts of each option, considering gender, race, and 29 ethnicity. The department shall submit the study and recommendations 30 to the fiscal and health care committees of the legislature, as well 31 as the joint legislative-executive committee on planning for aging 32 and disability issues, by November 1, 2022. 33 (8) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 34 year 2023 is provided solely for the department to design and conduct 35 a study describing the service experiences and characteristics of 36 persons receiving medicaid-funded long-term services and supports and 37 persons receiving services related to developmental or intellectual 38 disabilities, and associated social and health services expenditures. 39 p. 949 ESSB 5187.SL