Regulation .03 Selection of a Local Agency.
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The State agency shall select a local agency in accordance with the following priorities:
A.
First consideration shall be given to a public or a private nonprofit health agency that will provide ongoing, routine pediatric and obstetric care and administrative services;
B.
Second consideration shall be given to a public or private nonprofit health or human service agency that will enter into a written agreement with another agency for either ongoing, routine pediatric and obstetric care or administrative services;
C.
Third consideration shall be given to a public or private nonprofit health agency that will enter into a written agreement with private physicians licensed by the State in order to provide ongoing, routine pediatric and obstetric care to a specific category of participants (women, infants, or children);
D.
Fourth consideration shall be given to a public or private nonprofit human service agency that will enter into a written agreement with private physicians licensed by the State to provide ongoing, routine pediatric and obstetric care; and
E.
Fifth consideration shall be given to a public or private nonprofit health or human service agency that will provide ongoing, routine pediatric and obstetric care through referral to a health care provider.