1. (1) The department of health and welfare is authorized to and shall submit to the centers for medicare and medicaid services all state plan and waiver authorities required to implement a plan for comprehensive medicaid managed care.

2. (2) The department of health and welfare shall:

   1. (a) Take such actions as are necessary to implement the provisions of this section;
   2. (b) Submit the application for federal approval of the state plan amendments and waivers required by this section no later than July 1, 2026;
   3. (c) Continue any existing managed care under the medicaid state plan and its waivers in effect at the time of the passage of this act until supplanted by the new comprehensive managed care plan required under this section;
   4. (d) Undertake cost containment strategies, such as bidding multi-year contracts with predetermined inflationary adjustments or withholding a percentage of capitation if managed care organizations do not meet these cost containment targets; and
   5. (e) Engage medicaid providers and participants in the substance and design of a comprehensive managed care plan.

[56-2204, added 2025, ch. 118, sec. 2, p. 622.]