5167-S.E AMH COUT TOUL 309

  

ESSB 5167 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-2095.1/25) 931

By Representative Couture

NOT ADOPTED 03/31/2025

On page 150, line 24, increase the opioid abatement settlement

account-state appropriation by $4,500,000

On page 150, line 29, correct the total.

On page 185, after line 39, insert the following:

"(79) $4,500,000 of the opioid abatement settlement account—state

appropriation is provided on a one-time basis solely for the

authority to contract for continued operations of the pilot program

originally funded in section 215(117), chapter 475, Laws of 2023

(ESSB 5187) to reimburse a licensed pediatric transitional care

facility in Spokane county to provide neonatal abstinence syndrome

services to infants who have prenatal substance exposure."

On page 228, line 37, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2026 by $1,164,000

On page 228, line 38, increase the general fund-state appropriation for fiscal year 2027 by $1,164,000

On page 229, line 1, increase the general fund-federal appropriation by $266,000

On page 229, line 5, correct the total.

On page 235, after line 35, insert the following:

"(25) $748,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2026 and $748,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2027 are provided solely to contract for the operation of one pediatric interim care center. The center shall provide residential care for up to 13 children through two years of age. Seventy-five percent of the children served by the center must be in need of special care as a result of substance abuse by their mothers. The center shall also provide on-site training to biological, adoptive, or foster parents. The center shall provide at least three months of consultation and support to the parents accepting placement of children from the center. The center may recruit new and current foster and adoptive parents for infants served by the center. The department shall not require case management as a condition of the contract."

EFFECT: Provides ongoing funding for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to contract with a Pediatric Interim Care Center. Provides funding on a one-time basis for the Health Care Authority Community Behavioral Health program to reimburse a licensed pediatric transitional care facility in Spokane county to provide neonatal abstinence syndrome services to infants who have prenatal substance exposure.


FISCAL IMPACT (2025 Supplemental):

None.

FISCAL IMPACT (2025-27):

Increases General Fund - State by $2,328,000.

Increases General Fund - Federal by $266,000.
Increases Opioid Abatement Settlement Acct - State by $4,500,000.

FOUR-YEAR OUTLOOK EXPENDITURE EFFECT:

 Increases Near General Fund-State by $4,656,000.

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