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Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM)

Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM)


DSD eList announcement

Date: Nov. 18 and Dec. 16, 2025
To: Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) providers, people receiving services and other interested parties
From: DHS Disability Services Division
Purpose: To clarify EIDBI service coordination requirements with educational services and new limits on billing during homeschool or virtual instruction
Effective: Jan. 1, 2026
Contact: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Contact Form

Updates to EIDBI service coordination with homeschooled students, including online school

Effective Jan. 1, 2026, EIDBI providers must not deliver or bill for the following direct intervention services during homeschool or online/virtual school instruction:

  • · 1:1 (i.e., billing code 97153).
  • · Group (i.e., billing code 97154).
  • · High-intensity intervention with the person (i.e., billing code 0373T).

    • Reason for change

    We made this change to:

  • · Ensure EIDBI services do not replace or interfere with the student’s educational program.
  • · Maintain clear boundaries between EIDBI services and educational services.

    • Covered services

    Providers may continue to deliver clinically necessary family/caregiver training (i.e., billing code 97156) during homeschool or virtual school instruction if the parent or caregiver is present and participates.

    More information

    DHS updated EIDBI Policy Manual – EIDBI services to clarify expectations for EIDBI service coordination with educational or academic supports, including:

  • · Collaboration with Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams.
  • · Instructional time schedule coordination.

    • Previous eList announcements

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