10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 272, § VII-M
Support services are available through the C.C.S./C.S.H.N. Program for children and their families who are both financially and medically eligible children and for the families of children eligible for Supplemental Social Security (SSI) benefits as follows:
For those children who are required to travel 150 miles round trip out of their usual area for their subspecialty treatment and must stay overnight for a prior approved laboratory studies, clinic visits or hospitalization, the C.C.S./C.S.H.N. Program may pre-authorize payment for lodging as follows: single room rate for lodging up to seven nights per hospitalization if hospital policy does not allow a parent to stay in the child's room. The rate of reimbursement will not exceed the single room rate allowed state employees.
NON-COVERED SERVICE: cost of meals and phone calls.
For families whose children under the age of five have primary and subspecialty care verification of either a congenital, neurological or neuromuscular condition known to have associated developmental delays, the C.C.S./C.S.H.N. Program will pre-authorize payment for:
four units (two hours) per month of consultation with their child's occupational, physical therapist and or speech pathologist to assist them in carrying out the therapy treatment in the home environment if recommended by the treating subspecialist and included in the prior authorized therapist's plan of care.
For those children who are required to travel 150 miles round trip or per week out of their usual area for their subspecialty medical care/treatment and whose travel is not covered by any other source, the C.C.S./C.S.H.N. Program may pre-authorize payment for travel reimbursement to the families as follows:
NON COVERED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES: transportationcosts when appropriate providers are available in the child's usual area, but families choose providers out of this area for whatever reason.
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 272, § VII-M