State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs for cognitive assessment and care planning services for persons who experience signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment.

NRS 422.27236 State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs for cognitive assessment and care planning services for persons who experience signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment. 1. The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for cognitive assessment and care planning services provided to a person who experiences signs or symptoms of cognitive impairment. 2. As used in this section “cognitive impairment” means a deficiency in: (a) Short-term or long-term memory; (b) Orientation as to person, place and time; or (c) Deductive or abstract reasoning. Ê The term does not include any condition with temporary or reversible effects. (Added to NRS by 2021, 2588)