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Introduced February 6, 2026

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2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the school-based Medicaid program.

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.

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This bill would require school districts that offer school nurse services to bill Medicaid when they provide medically necessary care to students who are enrolled in Medicaid, rather than leaving that reimbursement unclaimed. It also sets rules for outside billing companies that schools hire to handle that process, and it allows school nurses to be trained in basic preventive dental care so districts can bill Medicaid for those services too. The goal is to help…

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Legislative History

Feb 6, 2026 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 6, 2026 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 13, 2026 · House
To Health Services (H)
Mar 12, 2026 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Mar 13, 2026 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 19, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment (1) Filed (clerical)
Mar 20, 2026 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 24 2026 (clerical)
Mar 24, 2026 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 86-0 With Floor Amendment (1)
Yea: 86
Nay: 0
Absent: 14
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Steve Riley

Representative · House District 023

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Robert Duvall

Representative · House District 017

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Patrick Flannery

Representative · House District 096

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Vanessa Grossl

Representative · House District 088

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Kevin Jackson

Representative · House District 020

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kevin.jackson@kylegislature.gov
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Scott Lewis

Representative · House District 014

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Scott.Lewis@kylegislature.gov
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Shawn McPherson

Representative · House District 022

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Shawn.McPherson@kylegislature.gov
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J.T. Payne

Representative · House District 011

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jt.payne@kylegislature.gov
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Nancy Tate

Representative · House District 027

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Nancy.Tate@kylegislature.gov
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Walker Thomas

Representative · House District 008

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Lisa Willner

Representative · House District 035

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Lisa.Willner@kylegislature.gov

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