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the fiscal year and the applicable baseline amount. Payment of the 1 state grant shall be made in the applicable fiscal year and 2 distributed in monthly payments. The grants will be recalculated and 3 redistributed as the baseline is updated during the fiscal year. The 4 grant payments are subject to an interim settlement within eleven 5 months after the end of the fiscal year. A final settlement shall be 6 performed. To the extent that either settlement determines that a 7 hospital has received funds in excess of what it would have received 8 as described in this subsection, the hospital must repay the excess 9 amounts to the state when requested. $425,000 of the general fund— 10 state appropriation for fiscal year 2022 and (($391,000)) $273,000 of 11 the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are 12 provided solely for state grants for the participating hospitals. 13 (((22))) (19) The health care authority shall seek public-private 14 partnerships and federal funds that are or may become available to 15 provide on-going support for outreach and education efforts under the 16 federal children's health insurance program reauthorization act of 17 2009. 18 (((23))) (20) The health care authority shall target funding for 19 maternity support services towards pregnant women with factors that 20 lead to higher rates of poor birth outcomes, including hypertension, 21 a preterm or low birth weight birth in the most recent previous 22 birth, a cognitive deficit or developmental disability, substance 23 abuse, severe mental illness, unhealthy weight or failure to gain 24 weight, tobacco use, or African American or Native American race. The 25 health care authority shall prioritize evidence-based practices for 26 delivery of maternity support services. To the extent practicable, 27 the health care authority shall develop a mechanism to increase 28 federal funding for maternity support services by leveraging local 29 public funding for those services. 30 (((24))) (21) The authority shall submit reports to the governor 31 and the legislature by September 15, 2021, and no later than 32 September 15, 2022, that delineate the number of individuals in 33 medicaid managed care, by carrier, age, gender, and eligibility 34 category, receiving preventative services and vaccinations. The 35 reports should include baseline and benchmark information from the 36 previous two fiscal years and should be inclusive of, but not limited 37 to, services recommended under the United States preventative 38 services task force, advisory committee on immunization practices, 39 early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment (EPSDT) 40 p. 964 ESSB 5187.SL