Medicaid Behavioral Health Services: Outpatient Detoxification

Location	Service Covered?	Copayment Required?	Limits on Services?
United States	Yes - 34; No - 11; NR - 6	Yes - 2	Yes - 7
Alabama	Yes	Yes - not specified	No
Alaska	Yes	No	NR
Arizona	Yes	NR	No
Arkansas	NR	NR	NR
California	Yes	No	No
Colorado	Yes	No	NR
Connecticut	Yes	No	No
Delaware	NR	NR	NR
District of Columbia	Yes	No	Authorization is required
Florida	No
Georgia	NR	NR	NR
Hawaii	Yes	No	No
Idaho	Yes	No	No
Illinois	No
Indiana	Yes	No	NR
Iowa	No
Kansas	Yes	No	No
Kentucky	Yes	No	NR
Louisiana	Yes	No	No
Maine	Yes	No	No
Maryland	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts	Yes	No	No
Michigan	Yes	No	No
Minnesota	NR	NR	NR
Mississippi	No
Missouri	Yes	No	No
Montana	Yes	No	No
Nebraska	No
Nevada	Yes	No	Prior authorization is required on the individual services
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR
New Jersey	Yes	No	No
New Mexico	No
New York	Yes	No	No
North Carolina	Yes	No	Initial authorization is 7 days; reauthorization is 3 days
North Dakota	Yes	No	No
Ohio	Yes	No	No
Oklahoma	Yes	No	NR
Oregon	Yes	No	NR
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes - rates vary based on the fee for the service procedure code	No
Rhode Island	Yes	No	Yes - not specified
South Carolina	No
South Dakota	No
Tennessee	Yes	No	No
Texas	Yes	No	Limit of up to 21 days per episode of care; prior authorization is required
Utah	NR	NR	NR
Vermont	Yes	No	NR
Virginia	Yes	No	Yes - not specified
Washington	No
West Virginia	Yes	No	Based on medical necessity
Wisconsin	No
Wyoming	No

Location	Service Covered?	Copayment Required?	Limits on Services?
United States	Yes - 31 No - 15 NR - 5	Yes - 1	Yes - 10
Alabama	No
Alaska	Yes	No	No
Arizona	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	NR	NR
California	No
Colorado	Yes	No	No
Connecticut	Yes	No	Registration required (up to 7 day stay for alcohol) (up to 21 day stay for Opiates/Benzos)
Delaware	Yes	No	Prior Approval with specific treatment plan
District of Columbia	Yes	No	No
Florida	No
Georgia	Yes	No	No
Hawaii	Yes	No	No
Idaho	No
Illinois	NR	NR	NR
Indiana	Yes	No	Prior authorization required
Iowa	NR	NR	NR
Kansas	No
Kentucky	No
Louisiana	Yes	No	No
Maine	Yes	No	No
Maryland	Yes	No	Services are pre-authorized
Massachusetts	Yes	No	No
Michigan	Yes	No	No
Minnesota	Yes	No	NR
Mississippi	No
Missouri	Yes	No	No
Montana	Yes	No	No
Nebraska	No
Nevada	Yes	No	PA on the individual services as outlined above.
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR
New Jersey	Yes	No	No
New Mexico	No
New York	NR	NR	NR
North Carolina	Yes	No	10 days per treatment episode for outpatient hospital detoxification; 20 days per treatment episode for non-hospital medical detoxification
North Dakota	No
Ohio	Yes	No	No
Oklahoma	No
Oregon	Yes	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	No	Medical necessity
Rhode Island	Yes	No	No
South Carolina	NR	NR	NR
South Dakota	No
Tennessee	Yes	No	No
Texas	Yes	No	Requires prior authorization
Utah	No
Vermont	Yes	No	Professional services provided to non-residents is limited to ninety hours of counseling per episode.
Virginia	Yes	$3.00 for FFS members	No
Washington	Yes	No	No
West Virginia	Yes	No	PA Required
Wisconsin	No
Wyoming	No

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