1. The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenses for any service for the treatment of substance use disorder provided by a provider of primary care if the service is included in the State Plan when provided by a specialist and: (a) The service is within the scope of practice of the provider of primary care; or (b) The provider of primary care is capable of providing the service safely and effectively in consultation with a specialist and the provider engages in such consultation. 2. As used in this section, primary care means the practice of family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology and midwifery.
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