No later than July 1, 2023, the state department shall contract with one or more independent review organizations to conduct external medical reviews requested for review by a medicaid provider when there is a denial or reduction for residential or inpatient substance use disorder treatment and medicaid appeals processes have been exhausted.
Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 362, p. 2364, § 9, effective June 28.