Sec. 16. (a) Each:
(1) school corporation; or
(2) school corporation's employed, licensed, or qualified provider;
must enroll in a program to use federal funds under the Medicaid program (IC 12-15-1 et seq.) with the intent to share the costs of services that are reimbursable under the Medicaid program and that are provided to eligible children by the school corporation. However, a school corporation or a school corporation's employed, licensed, or qualified provider is not required to file any claims or participate in the program developed under this section.
(b) The secretary and the department of education may develop policies and adopt rules to administer the program developed under this section.
(c) The federal reimbursement for services provided under this section must be distributed to the school corporation. The state shall retain the nonfederal share of the reimbursement for Medicaid services provided under this section.
(d) The office of Medicaid policy and planning, with the approval of the budget agency and after consultation with the department of education, shall establish procedures for the timely distribution of federal reimbursement due to the school corporations. The distribution procedures may provide for offsetting reductions to distributions of state tuition support or other state funds to school corporations in the amount of the nonfederal reimbursements required to be retained by the state under subsection (c).
(e) The office may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a state plan amendment to allow school corporations to seek Medicaid reimbursement for medically necessary, school based Medicaid covered services that are provided under federal or state mandates. If the state plan amendment is approved and implemented, services may be provided by a qualified practitioner in a school setting to Medicaid enrolled students. The services may include the following:
(1) Subject to subsection (f), services pursuant to any of the following:
(A) An individualized education program (as defined in IC 20-18-2-9).
(B) A plan developed under Section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. 794.
(C) A behavioral intervention plan (as defined in IC 20-20-40-1).
(D) A service plan developed under 511 IAC 7-34.
(E) An individualized health care plan.
(2) Medically necessary, Medicaid covered nursing services provided by a licensed and qualified practitioner under IC 25-23-1.
The office may, in consultation with the department of education, develop any necessary state plan amendment under this subsection. The office may apply for any state plan amendment necessary to implement this subsection.
(f) Services under subsection (e) may not include the following:
(1) An abortion.
(2) Counseling for abortion procedures.
(3) Referrals for abortion services.
(4) Abortifacients.
(5) Contraceptives.
As added by P.L.80-1994, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.224-2003, SEC.64; P.L.35-2016, SEC.35; P.L.108-2019, SEC.193; P.L.196-2021, SEC.1.