The commission shall establish and implement an evaluation process for the submission, preliminary review, analysis, and approval of a clinical initiative. The process must:
(1) require that a suggestion for a clinical initiative be submitted to the state Medicaid director;
(2) require that a suggestion for a clinical initiative selected for analysis under § 538.054 be published on the Internet website created under § 538.056 not later than the 30th day after the date on which the state Medicaid director receives the suggestion;
(3) provide for a formal public comment period that lasts at least 30 days during which the public may submit comments and research relating to a suggested clinical initiative;
(4) allow the commission to conduct with the assistance of appropriate advisory committees or similar groups as determined by the commission a preliminary review of each suggested clinical initiative to determine whether the initiative warrants further consideration and analysis under § 538.054;
(5) limit the number of suggestions that receive analysis under § 538.054;
(6) require the commission to publish on the Internet website created under § 538.056 the criteria the commission uses in the preliminary review under Subdivision (4) to determine whether an initiative warrants analysis under § 538.054;
(7) require commission employees to perform an analysis of each suggested clinical initiative selected for analysis in accordance with § 538.054; and
(8) require the development and publication of a final report in accordance with § 538.055 on each clinical initiative selected for analysis under § 538.054 not later than the 180th day after the date on which the state Medicaid director receives the suggestion.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025