Medicaid Behavioral Health Services: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

Location	Service Covered?	Copayment Required?	Limits on Services?
United States	Yes - 38; No - 7; NR - 6	Yes - 2	Yes - 7
Alabama	Yes	Yes - not specified	No
Alaska	Yes	No	NR
Arizona	No
Arkansas	NR	NR	NR
California	Yes	No	No
Colorado	Yes	Yes - not specified	No
Connecticut	Yes	No	No
Delaware	NR	NR	NR
District of Columbia	No
Florida	Yes	No	No
Georgia	NR	NR	NR
Hawaii	Yes	No	No
Idaho	No
Illinois	Yes	No	NR
Indiana	Yes	NR	NR
Iowa	Yes	No	No
Kansas	Yes	No	No
Kentucky	Yes	No	NR
Louisiana	No
Maine	Yes	No	NR
Maryland	Yes	No	NR
Massachusetts	Yes	No	No
Michigan	Yes	No	Typically one time per calendar month
Minnesota	NR	NR	NR
Mississippi	Yes	No	Yes - not specified
Missouri	Yes	No	No
Montana	Yes	No	Yes - not specified
Nebraska	No
Nevada	Yes	No	No
New Hampshire	NR	NR	NR
New Jersey	Yes	No	No
New Mexico	Yes	No	No
New York	Yes	No	No
North Carolina	Yes	No	No
North Dakota	No
Ohio	Yes	No	NR
Oklahoma	Yes	No	No
Oregon	Yes	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	No	No
Rhode Island	Yes	No	No
South Carolina	Yes	No	Yes - not specified
South Dakota	No
Tennessee	Yes	No	No
Texas	Yes	No	Limit of 2 screening-only sessions per rolling year and up to 4 combined screening and brief intervention sessions per rolling year
Utah	NR	NR	NR
Vermont	Yes	No	No
Virginia	Yes	No	No
Washington	Yes	No	No
West Virginia	Yes	No	Based on medical necessity
Wisconsin	Yes	No	Limit of one screening and 4 hours of brief intervention per rolling 12 months
Wyoming	Yes	No	No

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