Code of Maine Rules
10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL
Chapter 101 - MAINECARE BENEFITS MANUAL (FORMERLY MAINE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL)
Chapter II - Specific Policies By Service
Section 144-101-II-109 - Speech and Hearing Services
Subsection 144-101-II-109.01 - PURPOSE

The purpose of this rule is to provide medically necessary speech-language pathology and audiology services to MaineCare members who are adults (age twenty-one (21) and over) with rehabilitation potential or to those who have demonstrated medical necessity for speech therapy to avoid a significant deterioration in ability to communicate orally/visually, safely swallow or masticate that would result in an extended length in stay or placement in an institutional or hospital setting, and medically necessary speech-language pathology and audiology services to MaineCare members who are under age twenty-one (21).