States / Kentucky / HB 583

HB 583 Passed First Chamber

AN ACT relating to the school-based Medicaid program.

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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.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Feb 6, 2026
Last action
Mar 25, 2026 — to Committee on Committees (S)
Session
2026RS
Momentum
73 · High