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Medicaid pays for applied behavior analysis (ABA) services, which are used to treat autism and other developmental conditions, and current law includes a temporary budgeting formula—set to expire after fiscal year 2026—that allows ABA reimbursement rates to rise when state revenue grows by 2% or more in a given year, alongside similar increases for Medicaid accountable care organizations and behavioral health plans. If passed, this bill would make that formula permanent by removing the 2026 expiration date and eliminating a more restrictive replacement formula that was scheduled to take effect starting in fiscal year 2027. Under the permanent version, whenever state revenue grows by at least 2%, the state would continue to first adjust ABA reimbursement rates to more closely match what similar services pay under managed care plans, and then apply proportional rate increases across ABA services and other behavioral health funding going forward.