If an enrollee is a resident of a health care facility licensed under chapter 144A or an assisted living facility licensed under chapter 144G, the enrollee’s primary care provider must refer the enrollee to that facility’s skilled nursing unit or that facility’s appropriate care setting, provided that the health plan company and the provider can best meet the patient’s needs in that setting, if the following conditions are met:

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(1) the facility agrees to be reimbursed at that health plan company’s contract rate negotiated with similar providers for the same services and supplies; and

(2) the facility meets all guidelines established by the health plan company related to quality of care, utilization, referral authorization, risk assumption, use of health plan company network, and other criteria applicable to providers under contract for the same services and supplies.