Montana § 53-6-116 Medicaid Managed Care -- Capitated Health Care

Montana Statutes

§ 53-6-116 — Medicaid Managed Care -- Capitated Health Care

Montana § 53-6-116

Title 53SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS

Ch. 6HEALTH CARE SERVICES

Part 1Medical Assistance -- Medicaid

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 53-6-116 (2026).

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53-6-116 . Medicaid managed care -- capitated health care.

(1)The department of public health and human services, in its discretion, may develop managed care and capitated health care systems for medicaid recipients.

(2)The department may contract with one or more persons for the management of comprehensive physical health services and the management of comprehensive mental health services for medicaid recipients. The department may contract for the provision of these services by means of a fixed monetary or capitated amount for each recipient.

(3)A managed care system is a program organized to serve the medical needs of medicaid recipients in an efficient and cost-effective manner by managing the receipt of medical services for a geographical or otherwise defined population of recipien

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53-6-116 . Medicaid managed care -- capitated health care. (1) The department of public health and human services, in its discretion, may develop managed care and capitated health care systems for medicaid recipients.
(2) The department may contract with one or more persons for the management of comprehensive physical health services and the management of comprehensive mental health services for medicaid recipients. The department may contract for the provision of these services by means of a fixed monetary or capitated amount for each recipient.
(3) A managed care system is a program organized to serve the medical needs of medicaid recipients in an efficient and cost-effective manner by managing the receipt of medical services for a geographical or otherwise defined population of recipients through appropriate health care professionals.
(4) The provision of medicaid services through managed care and capitated health care systems is not subject to the limitations provided in 53-6-104 . The managed care or capitated health care system that is provided to a defined population of recipients may be based on one or more of the medical assistance services provided for in 53-6-101 .
(5) The proposed systems, referred to in subsection (1), must be submitted to the legislative finance committee. The legislative finance committee shall review the proposed systems at its next regularly scheduled meeting and shall provide any comments concerning the proposed systems to the department.
(6) A managed care or capitated health care system, except for a primary care case management service, that requires for implementation a waiver from the centers for medicare and medicaid is subject to the provisions of Title 53, chapter 6, part 7.
(7) The department may not require an enrollee to participate in a primary care case management service if the enrollee enters into a direct patient care agreement pursuant to 50-4-107 .

Legislative History

En. Sec. 1, Ch. 460, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 31, Sp. L. November 1993; amd. Sec. 449, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 466, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 351, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 89, Ch. 261, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 460, L. 2025; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 663, L. 2025.