(1) By September 30, 2024, the department must submit a report to the legislature on the veteran peer-to-peer training and support program authorized in RCW
43.60A.100 to determine the effectiveness of the program in meeting the needs of veterans in the state. The report must include the number of veterans receiving peer-to-peer support and the location of such support services; the number of veterans trained through the program to provide peer-to-peer support; and the types of training and support services provided by the program. The report must also include an analysis of areas of the state that do not have these support services and are in need of these services, including recommendations for how to phase in an expansion of these services to these areas.
(2) This section expires December 31, 2024.