AN ACT relating to the school-based Medicaid program.
About This Bill
Latest Action · Mar 25, 2026
to Committee on Committees (S)
Session
2026RS
Introduced
Feb 6, 2026
Primary Sponsor
S. Riley· primary
Summary
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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require school districts that elect to provide health care services through a school nurse to bill the school-based Medicaid program for medically necessary services provided to a student enrolled in Medicaid; establish requirements for third-party Medicaid billing vendors contracted by school districts; permit school nurses to receive preventative dental services training from the Department for Public Health; permit the school district to bill the school-based Medicaid program for preventative dental services that are within a school nurse's scope of practice.
Subjects
Children And MinorsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryEducation, FinanceHealth And Medical ServicesMedicaidNursesState Agencies