This amendment directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to, in any fiscal year that new developmental disability waiver slots are authorized, allocate such slots to the Community Services Boards and a Behavioral Health Authority by the first day of the fiscal year, so that the slots can be assigned to eligible individuals on the Priority One waiting list to access services as soon as possible. In fiscal year 2022 the department delayed the allocation of 890 waiver slots pending a review of individuals on the waiting list, which resulted in a nearly seven-month delay in releasing the slots.