Subject to federal approval, the department may do all of the following to create a California Health Home Program (Health Home Program), as authorized under Section 2703 of the Affordable Care Act:

(a) Design, with opportunity for public comment, a program to provide health home services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries and Section 1115 waiver demonstration populations with chronic conditions.

(b) Contract with new providers, existing Medi-Cal providers, Medi-Cal managed care plans, or counties, or one or more of these entities, to provide health home services, as provided in Section 14128.

(c) Submit any necessary applications to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for one or more state plan amendments and any necessary Section 1115 waiver amendments to provide health home services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, to newly eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries upon Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, and, if applicable, to Low Income Health Program (LIHP) enrollees in counties with LIHPs willing to match federal funds.

(d) Define the populations of eligible individuals.

(e) Develop a payment methodology, including, but not limited to, fee-for-service or per member, per month payment structures that may include tiered payment rates that take into account the intensity of services necessary to outreach to, engage, and serve the populations the department identifies.

(f) Identify the specific health home services needed for each population targeted in the Health Home Program, consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 14127.2.

(g) Submit applications and operate, to the extent permitted by federal law and to the extent federal approval is obtained, more than one health home state plan amendment and any necessary Section 1115 waiver amendments for distinct populations, different providers or contractors, or specific geographic areas.

(h) Limit the availability of health home services geographically.

(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 642, Sec. 2. (AB 361) Effective January 1, 2014.)