(1) The commissioner shall develop and implement strategies to assist nursing facilities in diversifying their lines of business, including provision of home and community-based services and specialized nursing facility care to meet the targeted needs of chronic care populations.
(2) The strategies may include, but are not limited to, provision of training and technical assistance, streamlined provider enrollment processes for home and community-based services and development of special acuity-based rates to meet the more intensive caregiving demands of certain chronic care populations, subject to the availability of funding in each year's appropriations bill.