1. To the extent federal financial participation is available, the Director shall include under Medicaid coverage for habilitative speech-language pathology and rehabilitative speech-language pathology as a treatment for stuttering for persons who are less than 26 years of age. 2. Except where necessary to obtain federal financial participation, the Authority shall not: (a) Set a maximum annual limit on the benefits described in subsection 1, including, without limitation, a limit on the number of annual visits to a speech-language pathologist; (b) Limit the benefits described in subsection 1 based on the cause of the stuttering; or (c) Subject the benefits described in subsection 1 to medical management techniques. 3. The Authority shall: (a) Apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for any waiver of federal law or apply for any amendment of the State Plan for Medicaid that is necessary for the Authority to receive federal funding to provide the coverage described in subsection 1. (b) Fully cooperate in good faith with the Federal Government during the application process to satisfy the requirements of the Federal Government for obtaining a waiver or amendment pursuant to paragraph (a). 4. As used in this section: (a) Habilitative speech-language pathology means services that constitute the practice of speech-language pathology which help a person keep, learn or improve skills and functioning for daily living. (b) Medical management technique means a practice which is used to control the cost or use of health care services or prescription drugs. The term includes, without limitation, the use of step therapy, prior authorization and categorizing drugs and devices based on cost, type or method of administration. (c) Practice of speech-language pathology has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 637B.060 . (d) Rehabilitative speech-language pathology means services that constitute the practice of speech-language pathology which help a person restore or improve skills and functioning for daily living that have been lost or impaired.
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