# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 59 — Specialty Mental Health Services

#### Regulation .08 Authorization Requirements.

*COMAR 10.09.59.08*

A. The ASO shall establish a process, through a utilization review system, for authorization of specialty mental health services.

B. The ASO shall authorize services that are:

  (1) Medically necessary;

  (2) Of a type, frequency, and duration that are consistent with expected results and cost-effective; and

  (3) Delivered in a manner consistent with this chapter.

C. Preauthorization is not required before a provider renders services in an emergency department.

D. Except as provided in Regulation .08C of this chapter, no payment shall be rendered for services that have not been authorized.