To ensure that the commission is using the best data to inform developing and implementing quality-based payment systems under Section 543A.0251, the commission shall evaluate the reliability, validity, and functionality of post-acute and long-term services and supports data sets. The commission's evaluation should assess:

1. (1) to what degree data sets on which the commission relies meet a standard:

   1. (A) for integrating care;
   2. (B) for developing coordinated care plans; and
   3. (C) that would allow for the meaningful development of risk adjustment techniques;
2. (2) whether the data sets will provide value for outcome or performance measures and cost containment; and
3. (3) how classification systems and data sets used for Medicaid long-term services and supports providers can be standardized and, where possible, simplified.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.