House Appropriations committee to fold H.558 school-based Medicaid changes into budget
Lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee heard that H.558 would move administration of school-based Medicaid billing from the Agency of Education to the Agency of Human Services, simplify reimbursement rules, and shift related grant authority into the budget with technical fund cleanups; staff said the changes are budget-neutral.
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Representative Emily Kornheiser of Brattleboro, chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, told the House Appropriations Committee on March 18 that H.558 would transfer administration of the school-based Medicaid services program from the Agency of Education to the Agency of Human Services to reduce paperwork and improve federal compliance.
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