Introduced February 6, 2026
HB583
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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.
Plain-language summary
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
Primary Sponsor
Steve Riley
Representative · House District 023
Co-sponsors (10)
Robert Duvall
Representative · House District 017
Patrick Flannery
Representative · House District 096
Vanessa Grossl
Representative · House District 088
Kevin Jackson
Representative · House District 020
Scott Lewis
Representative · House District 014
Shawn McPherson
Representative · House District 022
J.T. Payne
Representative · House District 011
Nancy Tate
Representative · House District 027
Walker Thomas
Representative · House District 008
Lisa Willner
Representative · House District 035
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