50-24.1-48. Reimbursement of psychiatric residential treatment facilities

50-24.1-48. Reimbursement of psychiatric residential treatment facilities The department shall amend the rules for medical assistance reimbursement of psychiatric residential treatment facilities for direct care costs, including the applicable costs related to clinical supervisors, medical directors, engagement of families in care, therapeutic leave days, and an administrative costs cap. Reimbursements for therapeutic leave days may not exceed five hundred dollars per day. The department shall implement utilization controls, including service authorization for therapeutic leave days.