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258:1 Medicaid Managed Care Program; Implementation.
I. Pending a review of the New Hampshire partnership for long-term care plan by the New Hampshire Association of Counties, in consultation with the county-state finance commission, to conclude no later than July 1, 2018, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 of the remaining unimplemented phases of the Medicaid managed care program, established in RSA 126-A:5, XIX, specifically nursing facility services and services provided under the choices for independence waiver, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under 42 U.S.C. section 1396n(c), shall be incorporated into the Medicaid managed care delivery system beginning on July 1, 2019. The remaining provisions of step 2 of the Medicaid managed care program including services provided under the developmental disability waiver shall not be implemented before July 1, 2019.
II. The commissioner shall re-procure contracts with vendors to administer the Medicaid managed care program, with a program start date of July 1, 2019.
258:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, of N.H. Constitution, without signature of the governor, July 22, 2017
Effective Date: July 22, 2017
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258:1 Medicaid Managed Care Program; Implementation.
I. Pending a review of the New Hampshire partnership for long-term care plan by the New Hampshire Association of Counties, in consultation with the county-state finance commission, to conclude no later than July 1, 2018, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 2 of the remaining unimplemented phases of the Medicaid managed care program, established in RSA 126-A:5, XIX, specifically nursing facility services and services provided under the choices for independence waiver, issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under 42 U.S.C. section 1396n(c), shall be incorporated into the Medicaid managed care delivery system beginning on July 1, 2019. The remaining provisions of step 2 of the Medicaid managed care program including services provided under the developmental disability waiver shall not be implemented before July 1, 2019.
II. The commissioner shall re-procure contracts with vendors to administer the Medicaid managed care program, with a program start date of July 1, 2019.
258:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, of N.H. Constitution, without signature of the governor, July 22, 2017
Effective Date: July 22, 2017