37.82.101    MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, PURPOSE, AND INCORPORATION OF POLICY MANUALS

(1) Subject to applicable state and federal laws, regulations and rules, the Montana Medicaid program pays for covered medically necessary services for persons determined eligible by the department or its agents.

(2) The department adopts and incorporates by reference the state policy manuals, namely the Family Medicaid Manual, dated January 1, 2010, and the Aged Blind Disabled (ABD) Medicaid Manual governing the administration of the Medicaid program dated July 1, 2011. The Family Medicaid Manual, the ABD Medicaid Manual, and the proposed manual updates are available for public viewing at each local Office of Public Assistance or at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Human and Community Services Division, 111 N. Jackson Street, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 202925, Helena, MT 59601-2925. The proposed manual updates are also available on the department's web site at www.dphhs.mt.gov/legalresources/proposedmanualchange.shtml.

History: 53-2-201, 53-6-113, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, 53-6-131, 53-6-141, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1190, Eff. 4/11/80; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 729, Eff. 4/16/82; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 835, Eff. 6/30/89; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 474, Eff. 3/11/97; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 476; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 1771, Eff. 6/28/02; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 15, Eff. 1/17/03; EMERG, AMD, 2003 MAR p. 652, Eff. 4/11/03; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1301, Eff. 7/1/03; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 200, Eff. 1/30/04; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 163, Eff. 1/28/05; AMD, 2005 MAR p. 1591, Eff. 8/26/05; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2411, Eff. 10/06/06; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2417, Eff. 10/6/06; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 302, Eff. 3/9/07; AMD, 2007 MAR p. 2131, Eff. 1/1/08; AMD, 2008 MAR p. 1325, Eff. 7/1/08; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 2494, Eff. 1/1/10; AMD, 2011 MAR p. 1823, Eff. 9/9/11.