Section 182-546-4100 - Ambulance transportation- Behavioral health treatment-GeneralThe medicaid agency pays for medically necessary ambulance transportation to and from a covered behavioral health service (see WAC 182-546-4300) subject to the conditions and limitations within this chapter. For purposes of Involuntary Treatment Act (ITA) and voluntary behavioral health services:
(1) The agency pays for transportation services for people involuntarily detained for behavioral health services when they have been assessed by a DCR and found to be one of the following: (c) At substantial risk of inflicting physical harm upon the property of others; or(d) Gravely disabled as a result of their behavioral health condition.(2) The agency pays for ambulance transportation to take a client to and from an inpatient facility for behavioral health admission under the ITA.(3) The agency pays for ambulance transportation services to take a client to the hospital for a voluntary inpatient behavioral health stay when medically necessary.(4) The DCR authorizes the treatment destination based on the client's legal status.Wash. Admin. Code § 182-546-4100
Adopted by WSR 20-17-010, Filed 8/6/2020, effective 9/6/2020