Special Notice

This notice was published in the June 15, 2012, issue (Vol. 2012, No. 12) of the Utah State Bulletin.


Special Notice: Rehabilitative Services

The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) will submit a change to the Medicaid State Plan to recognize the capitation of outpatient substance abuse treatment services for Medicaid recipients.

To accomplish this purpose, DMHF will submit SPA 12-010-UT Rehabilitative Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services, which adds outpatient substance abuse treatment services to the Prepaid Mental Health Plan Waiver in all counties except for Box Elder County, Cache County, and Rich County.

DMHF does not anticipate any impact to total annual expenditures as a result of this amendment.

The proposed effective date of this change is July 1, 2012, and it is pending Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval.

A copy of the change may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, P.O. Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of the change are also available at local county health department offices.


Additional Information

The Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the Bulletin is the official version. The PDF version of this issue is available at https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull-pdf/2012/b20120615.pdf. The HTML edition of the Bulletin is a convenience copy. Any discrepancy between the PDF version and HTML version is resolved in favor of the PDF version.

For questions regarding this notice, please contact Craig Devashrayee, by phone at 801-538-6641, by FAX at 801-538-6099, or by Internet E-mail at cdevashrayee@utah.gov.