Section 20. Services provided to the categorically needy without limitation

The following services as described in Part III (12VAC30-50-100 et seq.) of this chapter are provided to the categorically needy without limitation:

1. Nursing facility services (other than services in an institution for mental diseases) for individuals 21 years of age or older.

2. Services for individuals age 65 or over in institutions for mental diseases: inpatient hospital services; skilled nursing facility services; and services in an intermediate care facility.

3. Intermediate care facility services (other than such services in an institution for mental diseases) for persons determined, in accordance with § 1902(a)(31)(A) of the Act, to be in need of such care, including such services in a public institution (or distinct part thereof) for the mentally retarded or persons with related conditions.

4. Hospice care (in accordance with § 1905(o) of the Act).

5. Any other medical care and any type of remedial care recognized under state law, specified by the Secretary: care and services provided in religious nonmedical health care institutions; nursing facility services for patients under 21 years of age; emergency hospital services.

6. Private health insurance premiums, coinsurance and deductibles when cost effective (pursuant to Pub. L. No. 101-508 § 4402).

7. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) services are provided for eligible individuals as an optional State Plan service for categorically needy individuals without limitation.

8. Pursuant to Pub. L. No. 111-148 § 4107, counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use by pregnant women shall be covered.

a. Counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use by pregnant women means diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy (including the coverage of prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents approved by the Food and Drug Administration) for cessation of tobacco use by pregnant women who use tobacco products or who are being treated for tobacco use that is furnished (i) by or under the supervision of a physician, (ii) by any other health care professional who is legally authorized to provide tobacco cessation services under state law and is authorized to provide Medicaid coverable services other than tobacco cessation services, or (iii) by any other health care professional who is legally authorized to provide tobacco cessation services under state law and who is specifically designated by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services in federal regulations for this purpose.

b. No cost sharing shall be applied to these services. In addition to other services that are covered for pregnant women, 12VAC30-50-510 also provides for other smoking cessation services that are covered for pregnant women.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR460-02-3.1100, eff. June 16, 1993; amended, Volume 12, Issue 02, eff. November 15, 1995; Volume 18, Issue 07, eff. January 16, 2002; Volume 20, Issue 01, eff. October 22, 2003; Volume 23, Issue 16, eff. July 1, 2007; Volume 29, Issue 11, eff. February 27, 2013.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia.