Prior to implementing, and receiving funding for implementing, the regional basis provision of services under par. (d), the department shall submit to the joint committee on finance, no later than March 1, 2014, a request for the release of funds and a report on its proposal for implementation that includes all of the following: a.
(a)#
A description of the criteria that the department will apply in its regionalization model.
(b)#
A description of how the regions will be established and the degree of county participation in that process.
(c)#
An updated list of the counties that have indicated, by the date of the report, that they will offer the services under s. 49.46 (2) (b) 6. Lm. through the Medical Assistance program on a regional basis according to the criteria established by the department.
(d)#
An evaluation of the estimated long-term costs of the proposed regional model.