This bill creates new law by adding sections to chapter 74.09 RCW and chapter 43.70 RCW to fund and regulate community violence prevention and intervention programs. It directs an unnamed "authority" to administer grants for programs—hospital-based or community organization–based—that provide trauma-informed, nonpsychotherapeutic services delivered by defined "community violence professionals" to people violently injured, at risk of violent injury, or chronically exposed to community violence. The authority must fund at least four programs (including at least one east and one west of the Cascade crest), prioritize communities with high rates of firearm violence, and may set time limits on fund receipt after federal approval. Funding may be used for program operations, coordination with the Department of Health for required training (beginning July 1, 2026), accepting referrals from licensed health care providers, and, pending federal approval, preparing programs to bill medical assistance. The bill also directs an unnamed "department," after consulting Harborview Medical Center, to establish curricula standards for training community violence professionals and authorizes the department to adopt rules. Key deadlines are: curricula standards in place by January 1, 2026; the authority must seek Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval by July 1, 2026 to obtain federal financial participation for services provided to medical assistance enrollees upon referral by a licensed health care provider; and community violence professionals must complete the required training by January 1, 2027. Definitions in the text cover "community violence," "community violence prevention and intervention services," and "community violence professional." This is primarily a procedural and programmatic change—not a criminal or penalty change—establishing funding, training, coordination, and a process to seek Medicaid reimbursement. Important details are missing from the extracted text: the specific identities of "the authority" and "the department," appropriation amounts, the criteria and timelines for selecting the minimum four programs, the precise federal Medicaid billing mechanism sought, and the detailed content and certification processes of the required curricula.

If enacted, the bill would create a state-funded program run by an unspecified "authority" to support at least four community violence prevention and intervention programs (including at least one east and one west of the Cascades), prioritizing areas with high firearm violence. Hospitals and community organizations that take referrals from licensed health care providers, community violence professionals, and programs serving youth (which must coordinate with local school districts) would be eligible for funding to run operations, coordinate required training with the Department of Health, and prepare to bill medical assistance if federal Medicaid approval is obtained. The Department (to set curriculum standards after consulting Harborview Medical Center) must have those training standards in place by January 1, 2026, funded programs must begin coordinating training with the Department by July 1, 2026, and community violence professionals must complete the training by January 1, 2027. Key uncertainties remain: the bill text does not name the specific "authority" or "department" responsible, does not specify appropriation amounts or how programs will be selected, and does not state the exact Medicaid billing mechanism the authority will seek from CMS.