For purposes of this article, and elsewhere in law where specified, the following definitions shall apply: (a) âCalAIMâ or âCalAIM initiativeâ means the respective components of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal initiative authorized by this article and approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the CalAIM Terms and Conditions. (b) âCalAIM termâ means the entire period during which an applicable component of the CalAIM initiative is in effect, as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including any applicable extension period. (c) âCalAIM Terms and Conditionsâ means those terms and conditions issued and approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, including any attachments, appendices, or similar documents, and subsequent amendments thereto, that govern implementation of the respective components of the CalAIM initiative pursuant to this article. CalAIM Terms and Conditions shall include, at a minimum, any terms and conditions specified in the following: (1) California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal Demonstration, Number 11-W-00193/9, as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to Section 1315 of Title 42 of the United States Code, effective for the period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2026, inclusive, and any applicable extension period, or for any period otherwise approved therein. (2) Any associated Medicaid Waivers as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to Section 1396n of Title 42 of the United States Code that are necessary to implement a CalAIM component, effective for the period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2026, inclusive, and any applicable extension period, or for any period otherwise specified in the CalAIM Terms and Conditions. (3) Any associated Medi-Cal State Plan amendments approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that are necessary to implement a CalAIM component. (4) Any provision of a comprehensive risk contract, nonrisk contract, or other similar managed care arrangement, including an intergovernmental agreement, approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the authorities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3). (d) âCalAIM yearâ or âInitiative Yearâ means the applicable effective period identified in the CalAIM Terms and Conditions that corresponds to a specific period of time as set forth in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive. Individual programs or components under the CalAIM Initiative may be operated on program years that differ from the CalAIM years identified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, or may be operated without regard to program years, as applicable. (1) Initiative year 1 corresponds to the period of January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, inclusive. (2) Initiative year 2 corresponds to the period of January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, inclusive. (3) Initiative year 3 corresponds to the period of January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024, inclusive. (4) Initiative year 4 corresponds to the period of January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2025, inclusive. (5) Initiative year 5 corresponds to the period of January 1, 2026, to December 31, 2026, inclusive. (e) âComprehensive risk contractâ has the same meaning as set forth in Section 438.2 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (f) âDesignated public hospitalâ means any one of the hospitals identified in subdivision (f) of Section 14184.10, and any successor, including any restructured, reorganized, or differently named hospital, that is operated by a county, a city and county, the University of California, or a special hospital authority described in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 101850) or Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 101852) of Part 4 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code, or any additional public hospital to the extent identified as a âdes
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