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Title XIX of the Social Security Act specifies which Medicaid services must or may be offered A State Medicaid plan must specify the amount, duration, and scope of each service provided. Services provided to the mandatory and optional eligibility groups may not be less in amount, duration, and scope than the services provided to the MN group. Each service must be in sufcient amount, duration, and scope to reasonably achieve its purpose. A State Medicaid agency cannot deny or decrease the amount, duration, or scope of a mandatory service solely because of a recipient's diagnosis, type of illness, or condition. How ever, it may place appropriate limits...