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9103 MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY-COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
9103.1 Motivational Enhancement Therapy–Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MET-CBT) is a short-term intervention designed for children/youth to increase their motivation to change a substance use behavior and the underlying thoughts or feelings that trigger maladaptive substance use behaviors.
9103.2 MET-CBT shall consist of:
Two (2) sessions of individual Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), each lasting at least sixty (60) minutes; and
Three (3) sessions of group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), each lasting at least seventy-five (75) minutes.
9103.3 Each MET and CBT session shall be billed separately, on a per-occurrence basis.
9103.4 MET-CBT shall:
Not require prior authorization; and
(b) Be delivered in accordance with the requirements set forth in Chapter 63 of Title 22-A DCMR.
SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 11144 (September 28, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 11655 (September 23, 2016); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 013719 (December 5, 2025).
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29 DCMR § 9103