Key legal question
When did the entitlement to IV-funded psychotherapy begin?
Extracted holding
The treatment began on 2003-02-06, not with the diagnostic phase in August 2002; therefore the IV duty to pay started on 2004-02-06 after the one-year waiting period.
Extracted reasoning
Diagnosis and treatment must be distinguished. The records showed that after the August 2002 child psychiatric assessment, ambulatory psychotherapeutic treatment started on 2003-02-06. Extending treatment back to the diagnostic phase would erase the distinction recognized in the medical guidelines.