The department may seek authority from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services using a state plan option or a waiver through the Medicaid program or the federal State Children's Health Insurance Program to reduce barriers to coverage or increase MaineCare eligibility for persons under 21 years of age.   [PL 2023, c. 597, §15 (NEW); RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. A, §32 (RAL).]