Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 135 - Medicaid Coverage; Behavioral Health Services
Article 2 - Medicaid Behavioral Health Services
7 AAC 135.240 - Screening and brief intervention services

(a) A community behavioral health services provider, a mental health physician clinic. or an individual identified in 7 AAC 135.910 may only bill the department for screening and brief intervention services if that provider conducts the screening component and, if needed, the brief intervention component in accordance with this section.

(b) A provider under (a) of this section shall provide a screening through self-report questionnaires, structured interviews, or similar screening techniques to detect substance use problems and to identify the appropriate level of intervention. If the screening is positive for substance use problems, the provider may provide brief intervention services that involve motivational discussion focused on raising the recipient's awareness of their substance use, the potential harmful effects of that substance use, and encouraging positive change. Brief intervention services may include

(c) A provider under (a) of this section shall refer the recipient to a behavioral health treatment program that provides services that will meet the recipient's need if

(d) A provider listed in (a) of this section shall document screening and brief intervention services in a case note in accordance with 7 AAC 105.230.

(e) Delivery of screening and brief intervention services does not require an intake assessment or behavioral health treatment plan.

(f) Screening and brief intervention services must be provided by a person that qualifies as a substance use disorder counselor or higher level clinician.