Md. Code Regs. 10.67.04.13

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024
Section 10.67.04.13 - Children in State-Supervised Care
A. An MCO shall provide or arrange to provide all Medicaid-covered services required to comply with State statutes and regulations mandating health and mental health services for children in State-supervised care.
B. An MCO shall ensure the continuity and coordination of care, provided locally to the extent the services are available, to an enrollee who is a child in State-supervised care.
C. An enrollee who is a child in State-supervised care who moves shall be disenrolled from the recipient's MCO and enrolled in an alternative MCO if the recipient's current MCO does not serve the geographic region to which the child has been relocated.
D. An MCO shall expedite a change of providers within its provider panel upon the move of an enrollee who is a child in State-supervised care to a new geographic area served by the MCO.
E. On request of the responsible State or local agency, a child in State-supervised care may be disenrolled from the current MCO and enrolled in an MCO serving the group facility in which the child resides, members of the foster care family, or other children in foster care placement with the child.
F. Enrollee Self-Referral. An MCO shall permit the self-referral of a child in State-supervised care to an EPSDT certified provider for an initial examination, including a mental health screen, and shall pay for all portions of the examination except for the mental health screen, which shall be paid for by the Specialty Mental Health System.
G. Coordination with Responsible Agency. An MCO shall appoint a liaison to coordinate services to a child in State-supervised care with the responsible State or local agencies.

Md. Code Regs. 10.67.04.13

Regulations .13 recodified from 10.09.65.13 effective 46:22 Md. R. 976, eff. 11/1/2019