An Act to Amend Title 18 of the Delaware Code Relating to Coverage for Serious Mental Illness and Drug and Alcohol Dependency.
Introduced: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Introduced
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 9
- Latest action
- Jun 15, 2017
What it does
Individuals who receive health care via Medicaid deserve the same dedication to treatment of substance abuse disorders as individuals who receive health care via private insurance. This Act extends the same access to treatment of a substance use disorder within the Medicaid framework that Senate Bill 41 of the 149th General Assembly afforded to individuals covered by private health insurance. This Act also clarifies that Medicaid health plans must use the full set of American Society of Addiction Medicine criteria when determining whether “medical necessity” exists for the placement, continued stay, and transfer/discharge of patients with a substance use disorder in treatment programs.…
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