Telehealth and telesupervision for ABA in Mississippi

Yes.

Licensed Behavior Analyst (LBA) / Licensed Assistant Behavior Analyst (LABA)

Mississippi Autism Board

Miss. Code Ann. 73-75-1 et seq.; Part 3301 (Title 30) Mississippi Autism Board rules

As of 2026-10-21, the Board's published Part 3301 rules (3/13/2024 version, still the version linked as the Board's current rules) describe licensure for the ordinary Behavior Analyst application pathway as requiring BCBA/BCBA-D certification, an oral exam administered by the Board, and fingerprint cards, subject to statutory exemptions and alternative licensure pathways. Fee schedule listed in those rules: BA application/renewal $250, assistant $100, temporary license $75, criminal background investigation fee $35. Application deadlines: Rule 3.2 states materials must be submitted 7 days before the exam date, but the Board's current exam schedule requires earlier filing, so do not rely on a seven-day cutoff; use the Board's published application deadline for the specific exam date (the next listed deadline is October 30 for the November 20, 2026 examination). Replacement rules effective in 2025 were not established, and May 2026 Board minutes describe rule updates as still pending; confirm current requirements and fees with the Board.

Sometimes. See the detail below.

As of October 21, 2026, the Secretary of State's compiled Medicaid Part 225 includes enrollment revisions effective August 1, 2026. Rules 1.1–1.3 require enrolled providers acting within scope, live interactive audiovisual communication and HIPAA-compliant technology; BCBAs/BCBA-Ds are expressly eligible distant-site providers. Rules 1.5–1.6 require an appropriate telehealth modifier, signed consent and clinical documentation. RBTs and BCaBAs are not expressly listed as distant-site provider types; the fetched rules do not establish reimbursement for RBT-delivered telehealth ABA. Section confidence is medium because commercial parity details rely partly on Justia's statutory reproduction; Medicaid and BACB provisions were read in primary sources.

Miss. Code Ann. § 83-9-351 requires covered health insurance and employee benefit plans to cover telemedicine to the same extent as in-person consultation, with no higher patient cost-sharing and the same out-of-network reimbursement policies. Medical necessity and policy terms remain applicable. This is coverage parity, not an express requirement for identical in-person and telehealth payment rates. Justia's 2025 statutory text was read; the Insurance Department independently confirms SB 2415 was approved March 12, 2025, effective June 30, 2025, extending the scheduled repeal to July 1, 2028. These general provisions do not independently establish coverage of every ABA code or technician service.

Medicaid Rule 1.4(D) excludes telehealth practitioner visits for non-established beneficiaries; it does not specify an ABA-specific initial examination or recurring in-person interval. Rule 1.3 permits the beneficiary's home as an originating site and otherwise generally requires a telepresenter unless DOM grants an exception. Rule 1.1(E) defines direct supervision within the telehealth chapter as office-suite presence and immediate availability.

Board Rule 9.3(E) incorporates BACB supervision policy. The BACB RBT Handbook, updated June 2026, expressly permits required supervisory observations through webcams or videoconferencing instead of physical presence, subject to applicable law. Supervision must include real-time interaction; phone calls, email and passive video monitoring alone do not satisfy the stated requirements. Thus video can satisfy BACB credential-supervision requirements, but Medicaid and commercial payment for remotely supervised RBT treatment remains separately unverified.