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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 10.67.06.14" title_num="10" subtitle_num="67" chapter_num="06" heading="Benefits — Vision Care Services.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>An MCO shall provide to its enrollees medically necessary vision care services as specified in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For enrollees who are 21 years old or older, the MCO is responsible for providing at least one eye examination every 2 years.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>For its enrollees who are younger than 21 years old, the MCO is responsible for providing medically necessary vision services, including but not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>At least one eye examination every year in addition to any vision screen performed as part of an EPSDT screen;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Eyeglasses, limited to one pair per year unless lost, stolen, broken, or no longer vision appropriate; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Contact lenses, if medically necessary and if eyeglasses are not efficacious for the condition.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>