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information technology system and provider network upgrades necessary 1 for the anticipated expansion of medicaid equivalent health care 2 coverage for uninsured adults with incomes up to 138 percent of the 3 federal poverty level regardless of immigration status in 4 collaboration with the department of social and health services and 5 is subject to the conditions, limitations, and review provided in 6 section 701 of this act. 7 (((85))) (82) $10,406,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 8 for fiscal year 2023 and $10,715,000 of the general fund—federal 9 appropriation are provided solely to maintain and increase access for 10 children's dental services for medicaid enrolled patients through 11 increased provider rates beginning January 1, 2023. Within the 12 amounts provided in this subsection, the authority must increase the 13 medical assistance rates for children's dental services that are 14 reimbursed solely at the existing medical assistance rates on a fee- 15 for-service basis as follows: 16 (a) Increase the rates for codes for the access to baby and child 17 dentistry (ABCD) program by 40 percent; 18 (b) Increase the rates for codes for children's dental program 19 rates for persons aged zero to 20 years old that have a corresponding 20 ABCD code to the current ABCD code rate, plus an additional 10 21 percent rate increase; and 22 (c) Increase the rates for codes for children's dental program 23 rates for persons aged zero to 20 years old without a corresponding 24 ABCD code to 70 percent of the medical assistance rates on a fee-for- 25 service basis for adult dental services in effect on January 1, 2022. 26 This increase does not apply to codes with rates already greater than 27 70 percent of the adult dental services rate. 28 (((86))) (83) $250,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 29 for fiscal year 2023 and $250,000 of the general fund—federal 30 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to conduct a 31 feasibility study for planning, design, implementation, and 32 administration of a case management solution that supports 33 acquisition, storage, and retrieval of data and data analysis 34 pursuant to Trueblood, et al. v. Department of Social and Health 35 Services, et al., United States district court for the western 36 district of Washington, cause no. 14-cv-00178-MJP. 37 (((87))) (84) $56,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 38 fiscal year 2022 and $1,548,000 of the general fund—state 39 p. 983 ESSB 5187.SL