(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an amendment to the state Medicaid plan concerning school-based child health services provided to Medicaid enrolled children requiring special education pursuant to an individualized education program. Such amendment to the Medicaid plan shall maintain and enhance, to the extent permitted, federal financial participation associated with such costs through a service-specific rate method.

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide written notification to each local or regional board of education in the state of any change in policy or billing procedure not later than thirty days after the effective date of such change.

(P.A. 98-239, S. 8, 35; P.A. 03-19, S. 37; P.A. 11-44, S. 105; P.A. 12-173, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, including replacing “Health Care Financing Administration” with “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services”, effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 11-44 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace reference to Social Security Act requirement with “school-based child health”, delete provisions re amendment proposals and establishment of fixed fee and add provision re federal financial participation, and added Subsec. (b) re notification to boards of education, effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 12-173 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “individualized education plan” with “individualized education program”, effective June 15, 2012.