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