Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-18-.22

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 10, July 31, 2024

Section 560-X-18-.22 - Modes Of NET

(1) Net services may be provided by one or more of the modes listed below when the recipient's medical care is necessary and the recipient has no other transportation resources. The least costly mode of transportation appropriate to the needs of the recipient must be used. This section includes all services covered by the NET Program:

(a) Automobile (volunteer driver); multiple passenger transportation is encouraged. Volunteer drivers can be reimbursed from the recipient's home (or place of admission or discharge) and return, unless Medicaid determines paying for additional mileage is the most economical transportation;

(b) Transportation provided by relatives or individuals living in the same household with the Medicaid recipient;

(c) Transportation provided in the Medicaid recipient's vehicle or relative's vehicle;

(d) minibus services;

(e) wheelchair vans services. Escorts are allowed for wheelchair vans when prior approved by the Alabama Medicaid Agency;

(f) bus (commercial or city transit); this service may be provided in-state or out-of-state;

(g) airplane transportation will be reimbursed for in-state or out-of-state service;

(h) train service may be provided in-state or out-of-state;

(i) ambulance.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-18-.22

New Rule: Filed February 7, 1996; effective March 14, 1996. Amended: Filed August 11, 2010; effective September 15, 2010.

Author: Dorothy Powell, Associate Director, Non-Emergency Transportation Program

Statutory Authority: State Plan; 42 C.F.R. § 431.53; Title XIX, Social Security Act.