Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and administer a State Plan for Medicaid which includes a list of specific medical services required to be provided to Medicaid recipients. (NRS 422.063, 422.270-422.27497) Existing law requires the State Plan for Medicaid to include: (1) rates of reimbursement for services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians that are comparable to rates paid by Medicaid programs in other states for such services; and (2) reasonable limits on the number of hours that such providers are authorized to bill for services provided to a recipient of Medicaid in a 24-hour period. (NRS 422.27497) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director to include in the State Plan coverage for the cost of services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians to Medicaid recipients who are less than 27 years of age. Existing law authorizes the Board of Applied Behavior Analysis to charge a fee of not more than $25 for the issuance of an initial license as a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst. (NRS 641D.380) Section 2 of this bill increases to $450 the maximum fee for an initial license that the Board is authorized to charge. Section 2.5 of this bill makes an appropriation to, and authorizes expenditure by, the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department for the administrative and medical service costs of providing Medicaid coverage for certain services provided by behavior analysts, assistant behavior analysts and registered behavior technicians pursuant to section 1.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 422.27497, 641D.380
Reprint 1: 422.27497, 641D.380
Reprint 2: 422.27497, 641D.380
As Enrolled: 422.27497, 641D.380
BDR: 422.27497, 641D.380