(1) Subject to applicable state and federal laws, regulations and rules, the Montana Medicaid program pays for covered medically necessary services for persons determined eligible by the department or its agents.

(2) The department adopts and incorporates by reference the state policy manuals, namely the Family Medicaid Manual, dated January 1, 2010, and the Aged Blind Disabled (ABD) Medicaid Manual governing the administration of the Medicaid program dated July 1, 2011. The Family Medicaid Manual, the ABD Medicaid Manual, and the proposed manual updates are available for public viewing at each local Office of Public Assistance or at the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Human and Community Services Division, 111 N. Jackson Street, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 202925, Helena, MT 59601-2925. The proposed manual updates are also available on the department's web site at www.dphhs.mt.gov/legalresources/proposedmanualchange.shtml.