La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § XV-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XV-103 - Recipient Criteria

A. In order to qualify for ABA-based therapy services, a Medicaid recipient must meet the following criteria. The recipient must:

1. be from birth up to 21 years of age;

2. exhibit the presence of excesses and/or deficits of behaviors that significantly interfere with home or community activities (examples include, but are not limited to aggression, self-injury, elopement, impaired development in the areas of communication and/or social interaction, etc.);

3. be diagnosed by a qualified health care professional with a condition for which ABA-based therapy services are recognized as therapeutically appropriate, including autism spectrum disorder; and

4. have a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation that prescribes and/or recommends ABA services that is conducted by a qualified health care professional.

B. All of the criteria in §103. A must be met to receive services.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XV-103

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 41926 (5/1/2015).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.