(1) Services available through the program are reimbursed as provided in this rule.

(2) Program services are reimbursed at the lower of the following:

(a) the provider's usual and customary charge for the services; or

(b) the fees stated in the program's Chart of Service Reimbursement Rates and Procedures. The department adopts and incorporates by reference the fee schedule for home and community services for youth with serious emotional disturbance in the department's Chart of Service Reimbursement Rates and Procedures for Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance dated October 1, 2007 and published by the department. A copy of the chart may be obtained through the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Health Resources Division, Children's Mental Health Bureau, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.

(3) Reimbursement is not made for a service that is otherwise available from another source.

(4) No copayment is imposed on services provided through the program.