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HB 583 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to the school-based Medicaid program.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 6, 2026

Latest action (Mar 25, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

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.

Sponsors (11)

Action history (10)

  1. Feb 6, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Feb 6, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Feb 13, 2026 to Health Services (H) · lower
  4. Mar 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
  5. Mar 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Mar 19, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed · lower
  7. Mar 20, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 24 2026 · lower
  8. Mar 24, 2026 3rd reading, passed 86-0 with Floor Amendment (1) · lower
  9. Mar 25, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  10. Mar 25, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Children And MinorsEducation, Elementary And SecondaryEducation, FinanceHealth And Medical ServicesMedicaidNursesState Agencies

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