(a) The department shall seek necessary federal approval in the form of state plan amendments or otherwise in order to implement the provisions of this chapter. The department shall be deemed to satisfy this requirement by seeking approval for the operation of an upper payment limit program that provides for quarterly adjustment payments, by seeking approval for rate enhancements, or both. While seeking federal approval under this subsection, the department may modify payment or qualification provisions as necessary to obtain the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval if the changes do not exceed the authority and purposes of this chapter.
(b) The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.