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title: "Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan ABA coverage in Texas: the intake guide."
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state: TX (Texas)
payer: Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan
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description: "How Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, Texas's Centene Marketplace plan, covers ABA: commercial rules not Medicaid, prior authorization on every ABA code, six-month authorization periods, CP.BH.104 criteria and hour caps, the diagnosis-currency windows, and what intake should collect."
last_reviewed: October 2026
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# Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan ABA coverage in Texas: the intake guide.

_Payer Guide · Ambetter · Texas · Last updated October 2026 · 13 primary sources_

> Superior HealthPlan's Texas Marketplace (ACA) plan, not Medicaid: ABA covered with no benefit limit, PA on every ABA code, Centene CP.BH.104 criteria, six-month authorization periods.

Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan is the Health Insurance Marketplace (ACA individual-market) plan of Superior HealthPlan, the Centene company that also runs STAR, STAR Kids and CHIP Medicaid plans in Texas. Ambetter is not Medicaid. Its EPO products are underwritten by Celtic Insurance Company and its HMO products by Superior HealthPlan, Inc., "each Qualified Health Plan issuers in the Texas Health Insurance Marketplace." A sister product, Ambetter Health, is HMO coverage underwritten by Ambetter Health of Texas, Inc.

For an ABA intake that means commercial rules: a deductible and coinsurance, a state-regulated insurance contract (the Evidence of Coverage), and Centene's national ABA criteria (CP.BH.104 and CP.BH.105) applied by Ambetter's Utilization Management team. The Texas Medicaid rules (TMPPM, the TMHP fee schedule, Texas Health Steps referrals) do not apply. A family that also has Medicaid is in a different position, covered under coordination of benefits below.

## Prior authorization and diagnosis at a glance

- **Prior auth for the assessment**: Required — Ambetter Texas's Pre-Auth Needed tool returns "Pre-authorization is required for all providers" for 97151, 97152 and 0362T. Submit on Availity Essentials or the Secure Provider Portal, by phone (Utilization Management 1-877-687-1196) or on the posted fax forms (outpatient BH fax 1-844-307-4442). Request at least five business days before the service date [1][2][4]
- **Prior auth for treatment**: Required — the Pre-Auth Needed tool flags 97153, 97155 and 97156 "Pre-authorization is required for all providers," and both 2026 Evidence of Coverage documents say ABA services are "subject to prior authorization to determine medical necessity." Medical necessity is reviewed under Centene policy CP.BH.104; Centene's ABA documentation policy CP.BH.105 counts billing over "the entire six-month authorization period" [1][8][9][5][6]
- **Autism diagnosis required?**: Yes — ASD. CP.BH.104 requires "a confirmed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, according to the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) criteria," with severity level, intellectual and language impairment status documented, and a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation (CDE). The Evidence of Coverage covers ABA under its "Autism Spectrum Disorder Benefits" [5][8]

## At a glance

- **Covers ABA?:** Yes — for ASD; the 2026 EOCs say "No limitation exists within the benefits for applied behavior analysis services"
- **Line of business:** Marketplace / ACA individual plan (Qualified Health Plan), state-regulated insurance — not Medicaid or CHIP
- **State mandate:** Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.015 sits in a subchapter limited to group plans (§ 1355.002); the Ambetter EOC writes its own autism benefit, with no ABA limit
- **Mandate age:** No age gate in the Ambetter EOC autism benefit (the § 1355.015 before-age-10 rule is a group-plan rule)
- **Mandate caps:** None in the EOC; cost sharing applies, with a separate copay or coinsurance per provider per day
- **Exempt from mandate:** Not applicable as written: individual Marketplace plan; benefits come from the EOC
- **Authorization period:** Six months — CP.BH.105 counts billing over "the entire six-month authorization period"; reassessment and treatment plan update at least every six months
- **Licensure:** TX Licensed Behavior Analyst — TDLR (Occupations Code ch. 506)

## Is Ambetter in Texas commercial or Medicaid?

Commercial. Ambetter's own 2026 Provider and Billing Manual describes it as Qualified Health Plan coverage sold "in the Texas Health Insurance Marketplace," underwritten by Celtic Insurance Company (EPO) and Superior HealthPlan, Inc. (HMO). The member holds an Evidence of Coverage, a state-regulated insurance contract with premiums, deductibles and coinsurance. Superior HealthPlan's Medicaid and CHIP members (STAR, STAR Kids, STAR Health) are covered under the state Medicaid rules and a separate guide; Superior's own policy page lists Ambetter policies and Medicaid policies under separate headings. [2][8][9][7]

So the experience a provider reports, where the assessment "seems like a commercial plan," is right: prior authorization, review against Centene's ABA clinical policy, and commercial claim rules (95-day filing from the date of service for participating and non-participating providers). [2][8][9][7]

## How long is an Ambetter Texas ABA authorization?

Six months. Centene's ABA documentation policy, CP.BH.105, which Superior lists among the Ambetter policies, measures protocol-modification billing across "the entire six-month authorization period." The clinical policy CP.BH.104 sets the same cadence for continued care: an "Updated behavior assessment is completed at least every six months" and an "Updated treatment plan completed at least every six months or as clinically appropriate." Neither policy sets a different length for the first authorization; the initial behavioral assessment must be completed "no more than two months prior to the start of the initial treatment authorization." [6][5][2][7]

A partial approval usually reflects hours, not the period. CP.BH.104 says that "If clinical documentation justifies that services at a lower intensity, frequency, or duration than requested are sufficient to reasonably achieve treatment goals, the health plan may authorize services at a lower intensity, frequency, or duration than requested." Requests above "six hours per day up to a total of 30 hours per week" need the documentation the policy lists (severity, escalating behavior, a rationale for how the extra hours are used, and parent and BCBA signatures on the revised plan), and the plan must allow for school: "less than 20 hours per week if attending school full-time." The reason for a specific partial approval is in the determination letter; ask Ambetter Utilization Management (1-877-687-1196) and request a peer-to-peer discussion, which the manual offers before an adverse medical-necessity determination. [6][5][2][7]

## What goes in the authorization packet

Diagnosis. A comprehensive diagnostic evaluation (CDE) with direct observation, a parent or caregiver interview, and a report that includes the "Test administered with scores and date completed" and the evaluator's name, signature and credentials. The diagnosis must rest on "at least one primary clinician tool and one parent/caregiver tool" (for example ADOS-2, ADI-R, CARS-2 or STAT plus M-CHAT-R/F, SCQ or SRS-2). For starting treatment the CDE must be from the past three years (or three to five years old with a diagnostic interview in the last 12 months); for continuing treatment, within five years. [5]

Behavioral assessment and plan. A BCBA assessment no more than two months old with record review, interviews, rating scales, direct observation and results of a skills or maladaptive-behavior assessment (VB-MAPP, ABLLS-R, AFLS, PEAK, FBA and so on; a Vineland alone is not enough). The treatment plan needs measurable goals with baseline data, a crisis plan, a school-based plan where applicable, caregiver training goals (two to four, ideally two hours a month), a titration and discharge plan, and the "HIPAA-compliant signature, credentials, and role" of the responsible BCBA and the parent or guardian. [5]

## Claims, timely filing and documentation

Ambetter's 2026 Texas manual sets 95 calendar days from the date of service for initial claims (participating and non-participating), 120 days for reconsiderations, disputes and appeals, and 95 days from the primary payer's explanation of payment for coordination-of-benefits claims. Telehealth claims use place of service 02 or 10 with the appropriate modifier, and "will be reimbursed at the facility rate unless otherwise required per state guidelines." [2][6]

CP.BH.105 requires session notes "completed prior to claim submission" with start and end times, location, code, the rendering provider's or technician's signature and a summary of treatment. For 97155 it requires monthly one-on-one protocol modification by the ABA supervisor, "Not delivered via telemedicine/telehealth unless allowed by state guidelines," and protocol modification of at least two hours a week or 10% of direct hours: 97153/97154 hours over an authorization period not supported by that floor "are subject to denial of payment or recoupment." [2][6]

## Credentialing

BCBAs are listed among the eligible behavioral health providers, credentialing goes through CAQH ProView, and recredentialing runs "at least every 36 months." The manual's expedited credentialing covers only "A physician, podiatrist or therapeutic optometrist" joining a contracted group, so a new BCBA is not paid in network until credentialing is complete. [2]

## Technician credentials and out-of-state BCBAs

Ambetter publishes no technician-certification rule of its own: CP.BH.104 asks that treatment "be delivered or supervised by an ABA-credentialed professional," and the EOC accepts treatment from a practitioner "Who is acting under the supervision of a health care practitioner" who is licensed, certified or registered in Texas. Texas law then applies. [5][8][14][15][16][17]

Texas law for commercial plans. A person may not practice applied behavior analysis in Texas without a license from TDLR (Occ. Code § 506.251). Technicians fall outside the licensing chapter when they work under an LBA’s or LaBA’s “extended authority and direction” and are designated an “applied behavior analysis technician,” “behavior technician,” “tutor,” or “front-line therapist” (§ 506.054), so Texas sets no technician credential of its own and any RBT requirement comes from the payer. A behavior analyst licensed in another jurisdiction, or BACB-certified, may work in Texas without a Texas license only within their customary practice and “not more than 20 days in a calendar year,” and must tell the family that they are not licensed in Texas and that the services are time-limited (§ 506.057). Beyond that an out-of-state BCBA needs a Texas license, which TDLR issues by reciprocity to analysts licensed in states with similar requirements (§ 506.256). [5][8][14][15][16][17]

## How long credentialing a new BCBA takes: what Texas law adds

Texas sets no statutory deadline for a commercial plan to credential a behavior analyst. Insurance Code chapter 1452 covers HMO credentialing practice (license verification, site visits), a standardized credentialing form for physicians, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants, and an expedited process under which a plan must pay a new provider who joins an already-contracted group as if the provider "were a participating provider" while the application is pending. Those expedited subchapters apply "only to" a physician, a podiatrist or a therapeutic optometrist joining an established, contracted practice (§§ 1452.102, 1452.152, 1452.202). [13][18]

A 2025 bill to give licensed behavior analysts the same expedited process (H.B. 586, 89th Legislature, adding a Subchapter F to chapter 1452) was referred to the House Insurance Committee on March 3, 2025 and went no further; the chapter in force has no behavior-analyst subchapter. A new BCBA added to a contracted Texas group is therefore not paid as in-network until the plan finishes credentialing, on the plan's own timeline. Ask the plan for its turnaround when you apply. [13][18]

## Intake gates

The questions that decide whether a family can start with Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan, and what they have to bring.

- **Age limit**: No age limit. The EOC autism benefit carries none ("No limitation exists within the benefits for applied behavior analysis services"), and CP.BH.104 sets none. The Texas mandate's before-age-10 diagnosis rule and $36,000 cap from age 10 (§ 1355.015) sit in a subchapter that "applies only to a group health benefit plan" (§ 1355.002), so they are not what governs this individual Marketplace contract. [8][9][5][11][12]
- **Diagnosis recency**: CP.BH.104: to start treatment the comprehensive diagnostic evaluation must have been "conducted in the past three years," or, if it is three to five years old, a diagnostic interview/evaluation must be "conducted within 12 months of the authorization request." To continue treatment the CDE must be "within the past five years," with re-evaluation sooner for a provisional diagnosis, no formal evaluation, a mismatch between tools and diagnosis, or transitions. The behavioral assessment behind an initial authorization must be no more than two months old. [5]
- **Who may diagnose**: CP.BH.104: the diagnosis must be "established by a licensed physician, psychologist, or other licensed professional with specialized training in diagnosis and treatment of ASD, or a provider otherwise authorized under state law/regulation." The same group must make the recommendation for ABA (it may sit inside the CDE). [5]
- **Diagnostic tools required**: CP.BH.104 requires "at least one primary clinician tool and one parent/caregiver tool": clinician tools STAT, ADI-R, CARS/CARS-2, ASRS, ADOS/ADOS-2, EarliPoint, RITA-T or CSBS DP-ITC; parent tools M-CHAT/M-CHAT-R/F, SCQ, ASSQ, CAST, SRS-2 Parent Report, SWYC POSI or CSBS DP ITC (other evidence-based tools case by case). The report must list each "Test administered with scores and date completed." [5]
- **Referral required?**: No PCP referral for ABA, but a recommendation for ABA is required. The HMO EOC requires PCP referrals for services outside the medical group but says members "may seek services from" "a behavioral health provider without a referral." CP.BH.104 (I.C) requires the "Recommendation for ABA" from a licensed physician, psychologist or other licensed professional with specialized ASD training, based on the member's presenting symptoms, whenever an initial or updated CDE is required; it "may be included within the CDE." No Ambetter order form is published; out-of-network services need prior authorization. [8][5][2]
- **Prior-auth decision time**: The 2026 manual's Utilization Determination Timeframes: prospective non-urgent requests are decided by the "third calendar day after receipt of the request for adverse determinations and two working days after receipt of the request for approvals"; prospective urgent within three calendar days (approvals two working days); concurrent urgent within 24 hours; retrospective within 30 calendar days. Ambetter asks for outpatient prior authorization requests "five (5) business days prior to the outpatient service date," and approval notices go out "not later than the second working day after receiving the request and all information necessary." [2]
- **Other insurance (who pays first)**: The EOC uses the NAIC order-of-benefit rules: for a child of married or cohabiting parents, "The plan of the parent whose birthday falls earlier in the calendar year is the primary plan" (same birthday: the plan that has covered the parent longer). "A state plan under Medicaid" is excluded from the plans Ambetter coordinates with, so Medicaid pays after Ambetter. Coordination-of-benefits claims are due within 95 days of the primary payer's EOP. [8][2]
- **Telehealth** _(plan-dependent)_: Allowed for some ABA work, with limits. CP.BH.104 contemplates ABA by telehealth as a supplement to in-person care; CP.BH.105 requires a HIPAA-compliant platform with the provider's "camera turned on," and the monthly one-on-one 97155 protocol work is "Not delivered via telemedicine/telehealth unless allowed by state guidelines." The manual bills telehealth with POS 02 or 10 and the appropriate modifier. No Ambetter document lists which ABA codes (including 97151) may be delivered remotely. [5][6][2]
  - Ask the plan: Ambetter Utilization Management 1-877-687-1196 — ask, code by code, whether 97151 and 97153 may be delivered by telehealth for the member's plan before scheduling remote hours.

## Delivery and billing rules

Coverage decides whether Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan pays. These decide whether the claim survives: staffing and supervision, concurrent billing, per-day ceilings, who signs the note, where the service is payable, and whose NPI the claim goes out under.

- **Supervision**: A range, in CP.BH.104: "Adaptive Behavior Treatment with Protocol Modification occurs for at least two hours per week or 10% of the direct service hours provided (whichever is greater), and no more than 20% of direct service hours provided (unless clinical documentation justifies)." CP.BH.105 enforces it at claim level: 97153/97154 hours over the authorization period not supported by that floor are "subject to denial of payment or recoupment," and the ABA supervisor must deliver at least monthly one-on-one protocol work with the member, not by telehealth unless state guidelines allow. [5][6]
- **Daily limits / MUEs**: No benefit cap, but a medical-necessity ceiling. Both 2026 EOCs: "No limitation exists within the benefits for applied behavior analysis services." CP.BH.104 then sizes the request: hours must "not exceed six hours per day up to a total of 30 hours per week" unless clinical documentation justifies more, and should be "less than 20 hours per week if attending school full-time." [8][9][5]
- **Session-note signature**: CP.BH.105: service notes are "completed prior to claim submission" and carry the "Signature of qualified rendering provider/technician"; clinical documentation "includes the signature and printed names of the member/enrollee, legal guardian, rendering clinician/technician and supervising practitioner/Qualified Healthcare Provider (as applicable)"; caregiver signature is "recommended" on 97156/97157 notes. Treatment plans carry the BCBA's and parent's signatures (CP.BH.104 I.D). [6][5]
- **Place of service**: Home, clinic, school and community are contemplated — CP.BH.104: "Services may be provided in various settings (e.g., home, clinic, school, community) and modalities (e.g., in-person, telehealth)." School hours need a "Detailed school-based plan" (hours, target behaviors, a titration plan for reducing school services). Services that are "otherwise covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)" are not medically necessary, and services "in lieu of school, respite care" are grounds for discontinuation. [5]
- **Concurrent billing (97153 + 97155)** _(ask the plan)_: Not published. CP.BH.104 and CP.BH.105 reproduce the CPT descriptor for 97155 ("which may include simultaneous direction of technician") but state no rule on paying 97153 and 97155 for the same clock time, and the manual's code-editing chapter names no ABA pair. [5][6][2]
  - Ask the plan: Ambetter Utilization Management or Provider Services 1-877-687-1196 — ask whether 97155 pays alongside 97153 for the same time on the Marketplace plan.
- **Bill as provider** _(ask the plan)_: Not published. The manual requires the rendering provider's NPI and taxonomy on the claim (CMS-1500 box 24J / loop 2310B) and lists BCBAs as eligible behavioral health providers, but neither it, the EOC nor CP.BH.104 says whose NPI carries technician 97153 time. The EOC adds that "If multiple services are provided on the same day by different providers, a separate copayment and/or percentage copayment will apply to each provider." [2][8]
  - Ask the plan: Ambetter Provider Services 1-877-687-1196 or your Provider Relations Representative, and your participation agreement, for the rendering-provider field on technician lines.

## What intake should collect for Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan

- **Which Ambetter product:** Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan (HMO or EPO) or Ambetter Health (Ambetter Health of Texas, Inc.). The card says which; HMO members need PCP referrals for most specialists (not for a behavioral health provider).
- **Confirm it is not Medicaid:** Superior also runs STAR/STAR Kids/CHIP. Marketplace coverage means commercial rules and cost sharing; a child with both follows coordination of benefits.
- **Member ID + card photo:** For eligibility and benefits on Availity Essentials: deductible, coinsurance and any premium grace period.
- **Comprehensive diagnostic evaluation:** DSM diagnosis with severity level, one clinician tool and one parent tool with scores and dates, evaluator signature and credentials; under three years old for a new start.
- **ABA recommendation:** From a licensed physician, psychologist or other qualified licensed professional (may be inside the CDE).
- **Other coverage:** Any employer plan or Medicaid: the birthday rule decides between two parents' plans; Medicaid pays last.

Free verification-call checklist (PDF): https://carelu.com/downloads/aba-verification-call-checklist.pdf

## Common questions

### Is Ambetter in Texas a commercial plan or a Medicaid plan?

Commercial. Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan is Marketplace (ACA individual) coverage issued by Celtic Insurance Company (EPO) and Superior HealthPlan, Inc. (HMO) as Qualified Health Plans; Superior's STAR, STAR Kids and CHIP plans are the Medicaid side. ABA follows the Evidence of Coverage and Centene's CP.BH.104 criteria, with cost sharing.

### How long is an Ambetter Texas ABA authorization?

Six months. Centene's CP.BH.105 refers to "the entire six-month authorization period," and CP.BH.104 requires an updated behavior assessment and treatment plan at least every six months. Neither sets a shorter first authorization.

### Why did Ambetter approve fewer hours than we asked for?

CP.BH.104 lets the plan "authorize services at a lower intensity, frequency, or duration than requested" when documentation shows that is enough, and treats more than six hours a day or 30 a week, or 20 or more a week for a child in school full time, as needing extra justification. The determination letter gives the reason; ask Utilization Management (1-877-687-1196) for a peer-to-peer discussion.

### Does Ambetter Texas require prior authorization for the ABA assessment?

Yes. The Pre-Auth Needed tool returns "Pre-authorization is required for all providers" for 97151, 97152 and 0362T, and for the treatment codes. Submit at least five business days before the service date.

### Does the Texas autism mandate's age-10 rule apply to Ambetter?

Not as written: § 1355.015 sits in a subchapter that applies only to group plans (§ 1355.002). Ambetter's individual Evidence of Coverage writes in its own autism benefit and says "No limitation exists within the benefits for applied behavior analysis services."

### What is Ambetter Texas's timely filing limit?

95 days from the date of service for initial claims, 120 days for reconsiderations and disputes, and 95 days from the primary payer's EOP for secondary claims (2026 Provider and Billing Manual).

### How long does Ambetter take to decide an ABA prior authorization?

For a standard (non-urgent) request, approvals within two working days and adverse determinations by the third calendar day after receipt, per the 2026 manual; urgent concurrent requests within 24 hours.

## Primary sources

1. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan — Pre-Auth Needed tool (code lookups 2026-11-15)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/en/tx/provider-resources/manuals-and-forms/pre-auth/)
2. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan / Ambetter Health — 2026 Provider and Billing Manual (Texas)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/content/dam/centene/Superior/Ambetter/PDFs/2026-tx-provider-manual.pdf)
3. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan / Ambetter Health — 2027 Provider and Billing Manual (Texas)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/content/dam/centene/Superior/Ambetter/PDFs/2027-tx-provider-manual.pdf)
4. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan — Prior Authorization Guide (last updated October 2026)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/content/dam/centene/Superior/Ambetter/PDFs/TX-Ambetter-PA-Guide.pdf)
5. [Centene Clinical Policy CP.BH.104 — Applied Behavior Analysis (Superior/Ambetter copy; last revision 02/26)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/content/dam/centene/Superior/Provider/clinical-policies/CP.BH.104.pdf)
6. [Centene Clinical Policy CP.BH.105 — Applied Behavioral Analysis Documentation Requirements (last revision 02/26)](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/content/dam/centene/Superior/Provider/clinical-policies/CP.BH.105.pdf)
7. [Superior HealthPlan — Clinical, Payment & Pharmacy Policies (Ambetter section lists CP.BH.104 and CP.BH.105)](https://www.superiorhealthplan.com/providers/resources/clinical-payment-policies.html)
8. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan — 2026 Evidence of Coverage, HMO (87226TX011-2026)](https://api.centene.com/EOC/2026/87226TX011.pdf)
9. [Celtic Insurance Company for Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan — 2026 Evidence of Coverage, EPO (29418TX016-2026)](https://api.centene.com/EOC/2026/29418TX016.pdf)
10. [Ambetter from Superior HealthPlan — Provider News](https://www.ambetterhealth.com/en/tx/provider-resources/provider-news/)
11. [Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.002 — Applicability of Subchapter (group plans; TRS plans)](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._ins._code_section_1355.002)
12. [Tex. Ins. Code § 1355.015 — Required Coverage for Certain Enrollees (autism)](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._ins._code_section_1355.015)
13. [Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1452 — Physician and Provider Credentials (Subchapters A–E: HMO credentialing, standardized form, expedited credentialing for physicians, podiatrists and therapeutic optometrists)](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1452.htm)
14. [Tex. Occ. Code § 506.251 — License Required](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._occ._code_section_506.251)
15. [Tex. Occ. Code § 506.054 — Paraprofessionals](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._occ._code_section_506.054)
16. [Tex. Occ. Code § 506.057 — Temporary Services of Behavior Analyst from Another State](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._occ._code_section_506.057)
17. [Tex. Occ. Code § 506.256 — Reciprocity](https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._occ._code_section_506.256)
18. [Texas Legislature Online — H.B. 586 (89th Leg., R.S., 2025), expedited credentialing for licensed behavior analysts: history (last action 3/3/2025, referred to Insurance)](https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB586)

Payer policies change frequently and vary by plan, state, and funding type. This guide was compiled from the sources above and last reviewed October 2026; it is general information, not billing, legal, or clinical advice. Always verify current requirements against the payer's live policy and a benefits check for the specific member.

Source: Carelu ABA Payer Directory — https://carelu.com/payers. Free to cite with attribution.