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016.06.36-227.310. Accepted Tests for Speech-Language Therapy.

AR ADC 016.06.36-227.310Arkansas Administrative Code

West's Arkansas Administrative Code
Title 016. Department of Human Services
Division 06. Division of Medical Services
Rule 36. Physician/Independent Lab/Crna/Radiation Therapy Center Provider Manual (Refs & Annos)
Section 224.000. Inpatient Hospital Services.
Ark. Admin. Code 016.06.36-227.310
016.06.36-227.310. Accepted Tests for Speech-Language Therapy.
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Tests used must be norm referenced, standardized, age appropriate and specific to the therapy provided. The following list of tests is not all-inclusive. When using a test not listed here, the provider must include additional documentation to support the reliability and validity of the test. This additional information will be used as reference information if the chart is ever selected by Medicaid for review. An explanation of why a test from the approved list could not be used to evaluate the child must also be included. The MMY is the standard reference to determine the reliability and validity of the test(s) administered in an evaluation. Providers should refer to the MMY for additional information regarding specific tests.
A. Speech-Language Tests -- Standardized
1. Preschool Language Scale, Third Ed. (PLS-3)
2. Preschool Language Scale, Fourth Ed. (PLS-4)
3. Test of Early Language Development, Third Ed. (TELD-3)
4. Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Ed. (PPVT-3)
5. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals -- Preschool (CELF-P)
6. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Third Ed. (CELF-3)
7. Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals, Fourth Ed. (CELF-4)
8. Communication Abilities Diagnostic Test (CADeT)
9. Test of Auditory Comprehension of Language, Third Ed. (TACL-3)
10. Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL)
11. Oral and Written Language Scales (OWLS)
12. Test of Language Development -- Primary, Third Ed. (TOLD-P:3)
13. Test of Word Finding, Second Ed. (TWF-2)
14. Test of Auditory Perceptual Skills, Revised (TAPS-R)
15. Language Processing Test, Revised (LPT-R)
16. Test of Pragmatic Language (TOPL)
17. Test of Language Competence, Expanded Ed. (TLC-E)
18. Test of Language Development -- Intermediate, Third Ed. (TOLD-I:3)
19. Fullerton Language Test for Adolescents, Second Ed. (FLTA)
20. Test of Adolescent and Adult Language, Third Ed. (TOAL-3)
21. Receptive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, Second Ed. (ROWPVT-2)
22. Expressive One-Word Picture Vocabulary Test, 2000 Ed. (EOWPVT)
23. Comprehensive Receptive and Expressive Vocabulary Test, Second Ed. (CREVT-2)
24. Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC)
25. Receptive/Expressive Emergent Language Test, Third Edition (REEL-3)
B. Speech Language Tests -- Supplemental
1. Receptive/Expressive Emergent Language Test, Second Ed. (REEL-2)
2. Nonspeech Test for Receptive/Expressive Language
3. Rossetti Infant-Toddler Language Scale (RITLS)
4. Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL)
5. Reynell Developmental Language Scales
6. Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Third Ed. (ITPA-3)
7. Social Skills Rating System -- Preschool & Elementary Level (SSRS-1)
8. Social Skills Rating System -- Secondary Level (SSRS-2)
C. Literacy/Comprehension -- Supplemental
1. The Clinical Assessment of Literacy and Language
2. The Literacy Comprehension Test 2
3. Test of Reading Comprehension 3 (TORC3)
D. Written Language/Comprehension -- Supplemental
1. Test of Written Language 3 (TWL3)
E. Birth to Age 3:
1. A (minus) -1.5 SD (standard score of 77) below the mean in two areas (expressive, receptive) or a (minus) -2.0 SD (standard score of 70) below the mean in one area to qualify for language therapy.
2. Two language tests must be reported with at least one of these being a global norm-referenced standardized test with good reliability/validity. The second test may be criterion referenced.
3. All subtests, components, and scores must be reported for all tests.
4. All sound errors must be reported for articulation, including positions and types of errors.
5. If phonological testing is submitted, a traditional articulation test must also be submitted with a standardized score.
6. Information regarding the child's functional hearing ability must be included as a part of the therapy evaluation report.
7. Non-school-aged children must be evaluated annually.
8. If the provider indicates the child cannot complete a norm-referenced test, the provider must submit an in-depth functional profile of the child's functional communication abilities. An in-depth functional profile is a description of a child's communication behaviors that specifically notes where such communication behaviors are impaired and justifies the medical necessity of therapy.
9. Children must be evaluated at least annually. Children (birth to age 2) in the Child Health Management Services (CHMS) Program must be evaluated every 6 months.
F. Ages 3 -- 21:
1. A (minus) -1.5 SD (standard score of 77) below the mean in two areas (expressive, receptive, articulation) or a (minus) -2.0 SD (standard score of 70) below the mean in one area (expressive, receptive, articulation).
2. Two language tests must be reported with at least one of these being a global norm-referenced standardized test with good reliability/validity. Criterion-referenced tests will not be accepted for this age group.
3. All subtests, components and scores must be reported for all tests.
4. All sound errors must be reported for articulation, including positions and types of errors.
5. If phonological testing is submitted, a traditional articulation test must also be submitted with a standardized score.
6. Information regarding child's functional hearing ability must be included as a part of the therapy evaluation report.
7. Non-school-age children must be evaluated annually.
8. School-age children must have a full evaluation every three years (a yearly update is required) if therapy is school related; outside of school, annual evaluations are required. “School related” means the child is of school age, attends public school and receives therapy provided by the school.
9. If the provider indicates the child cannot complete a norm-referenced test, the provider must submit an in-depth functional profile of the child's functional communication abilities. An in-depth functional profile is a description of a child's communication behaviors that specifically notes where such communication behaviors are impaired and justifies the medical necessity of therapy.
10. IQ scores are required on all children who are school age and receiving language therapy. Exception: IQ scores will not be required for children under ten (10) years of age.

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Eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
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Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 016.06.36-227.310, AR ADC 016.06.36-227.310
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