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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.09.29.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="29" heading="Preauthorization Requirements.">
  <text>The following procedures or services require preauthorization:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Out-of-State admissions. Adequate documentation shall be provided demonstrating that the placement meets one of the conditions as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Effective services at an in-State facility are not available;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For similar services, an inpatient placement is not currently available in Maryland; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The recipient resides out-of-State and the cost for the out-of-State service is comparable to the cost of similar services in Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Services which are determined by Medicare to be ineffective, unsafe, or without proven clinical value are generally presumed to be not medically necessary, but will be preauthorized if the provider can satisfactorily document sufficient medical necessity except as specified in Regulation .05C of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>All admissions, which shall comply with the requirements under COMAR 10.09.59.08 for preauthorization.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>