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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7090 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT CONCERNING AN EQUITABLE MINIMUM ME THADONE |
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| 15 | 15 | | MAINTENANCE REIMBURS EMENT RATE UNDER THE MEDICAID |
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| 16 | 16 | | PROGRAM. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 18 | 18 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) For purposes of this 1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | section: (1) "Methadone maintenance" means a chemical maintenance 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | program under which an addiction to one drug, including, but not 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | limited to, heroin, is treated with the drug methadone in a weekly 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | program that includes on and off-site methadone administration, drug 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | testing and counseling; and (2) "chemical maintenance provider" 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | means a provider certified and licensed by the federal Substance 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the state 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Department of Public Health who meets all federal and state 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | requirements, including, but not limited to, requirements specific to 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the provision of chemical maintenance services. 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | state plan to supplement provider-specific weekly methadone 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | maintenance reimbursement rates with a more equitable minimum 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | reimbursement rate applied equally to all chemical maintenance 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | providers. 16 Substitute Bill No. 7090 |
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