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Meeting Public Comments

Subcommittee meeting and times are as follows:
SF 260
A bill for an act relating to the Medicaid reimbursement process for services provided by a receiving district to children requiring special education services. (Formerly SF 73.) Effective date: 07/01/2021.
Subcommittee members: Kerr-CH, Dolecheck, Donahue
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: House Lounge
Names and comments are public records. Remaining information is considered a confidential record.
Comments Submitted:

03-30-2021
Margaret Buckton [Urban Education Network and Rural School Advocates of Iowa]
Both UEN and RSAI are supportive of SF 260.This bill wouldrequire receiving school districts who educate a student requiringspecial education services to provide the appropriatedocumentation for the district of residence to submit claims for Medicaid billing.In open enrollment relationships, the district of residence pays for the actual costs of providing the services. Since the district of residence is financially responsible for paying the bill, it's only fair that they be provided with the documentationwhich qualifies for Medicaid reimbursement.This relieves the local property tax payers from paying the costs of special education that exceed the weighting assigned to the IEP, with federal funds chipping in for eligible special education services that wouldotherwise most likely be born by property tax payers. We encourage you to move the bill forward to full committee.Thank you for your consideration.