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Subcommittee backs bill to help school divisions bill Medicaid; directs state to study barriers and provide a billing platform
Summary
House Bill 2,471 would require the Department of Education to contract for a Medicaid billing platform, survey divisions about current billing practices and convene stakeholders to identify barriers. The subcommittee recommended reporting the bill.
Lede: The Senate public education subcommittee recommended reporting House Bill 2,471, a measure intended to help school divisions — particularly smaller ones — bill Medicaid for services provided to students.
Nut graf: Sponsors said the bill responds to an earlier Medicaid waiver that allows schools to bill directly for some services, and aims to support divisions that lack billing capacity by directing the Department of Education to contract for a billing platform, survey divisions about current…
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