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STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FFY 2024 STATE PLAN FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
NEMT could not be accessed. NEMT is utilized for medically necessary services. NEMT is accessed through the Office of Family Assistance. It is the primary source for reimbursement for taking foster children to medical and behavioral health appointments.
Reimbursement for transportation of children related to visitation with parents. Those eligible for this service must be documented in the visitation plan completed by the DoHS worker and visitation must be explicitly documented on the DoHS child/family’s treatment plan.
Reimbursement for transportation for the purpose of the identified child attending visitation with pre-adoptive parents or adoption-related activities explicitly documented on the DoHS child’s case plan. This service covers actual miles traveled using the shortest practical route to the traveler’s destination. This rate is intended to cover all operating costs of the vehicle (including fuel, maintenance, depreciation, insurance, etc.).
● Agency Transportation - providers’ mileage encumbered when the following services from the Youth Services Foster Care Program Option have been implemented within the child/family’s home and the permanency plan is reunification:
o Adult Life Skills o Individualized Parenting o CAPS Family Assessment o CAPS Case Management o Supervised Visitation o Family Crisis Response o Intensive Therapeutic Recreation Experience o Pre-Reunification Support o Home study o Transportation Time o MDT Attendance o Tutoring
If a provider is unable to deliver the identified service upon traveling to the home, this may be billed up to three times within the ninety-two (92) day authorization period when the following conditions are met:
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