§ 89.612. Minimum covered services.
(a) Nonhospital, residential alcohol treatment services which are included as a covered benefit under Article VI-A of the act (40 P. S. § § 908-1—908-8) shall be covered for a minimum of 30 days per year. The minimum of 30 days per year may not be exchanged for outpatient alcohol treatment services.
(b) Outpatient alcohol treatment services which are included as a covered benefit under Article VI-A of the act shall be covered for a minimum of 30 outpatient, full-session visits or equivalent partial visits per year. The minimum 30 sessions per year may not be exchanged for nonhospital residential alcohol treatment services.
(c) Thirty outpatient, full-session visits or equivalent partial visits, which may be exchanged on a two-for-one basis for up to 15 nonhospital, residential alcohol treatment days, shall be available in addition to the minimum required in subsections (a) and (b).
(d) Treatment services provided in subsections (a)—(c) may be subject to a lifetime limit, for a covered individual, of 90 days of nonhospital, residential alcohol treatment services and 120 outpatient, full-session visits or equivalent partial visits.
Authority The provisions of this § 89.612 issued under sections 206, 506, 1501 and 1502 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § § 66, 186, 411 and 412); and The Insurance Company Law of 1921 (40 P. S. § § 341—391).
Source The provisions of this § 89.612 adopted March 25, 1988, effective March 26, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 1360.
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