Requiring all new medical assistance (MA) enrollees after a certain date to be covered directly through the department of human services; requiring the commissioner of human services to initiate a competitive bidding process in the metropolitan area for prepaid health plans when current state health plan contracts expire; requiring certain accounting principles for health maintenance organization (HMO), community-integrated service network (CISN), and accountable provider networks participating in state contracts, requiring legislative auditor oversight, requiring state health care program contracts to cover reasonable and appropriate costs
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