Summary of Original Version

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.

Summary of Amendment: House Floor Amendment 1 -- S. Riley

Summary Replace reference to "dental" services with "oral health" services; establish that preventative oral health services provided in a school-based setting shall be limited to services within the scope of practice for school nurses; require that preventative oral health services provided in a school-based setting be provided in accordance with protocols developed by the Department for Public Health; establish that this Act does not modify or supersede school health requirements established in KRS 156.160; exempt schools that utilize federal funds to employ healthcare providers.