By: Giulia Frasca, Esq., Littman Krooks LLP A new regulation from the United States Department of Education will go into effect on March 18, 2013, which will allow school districts to be able to recover costs for services for students with disabilities from Medicaid.\u00a0 Since 2006, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) required school districts to seek consent each time they sought Medicaid reimbursement.\u00a0 This requirement has proven to be an undue burden and financially exhausting for school districts, which often absorbed the administrative costs of providing services such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and mental health counseling because they were unable to obtain consents from parent to seek Medicaid reimbursements.<\/p>\n This new regulation was developed in an effort to balance reducing the burden on school districts of the cumbersome 2006 regulation with protecting parents\u2019 rights under the IDEA and the Federal Educational Right to Privacy Act (FERPA).\u00a0 The new (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Giulia Frasca, Esq., Littman Krooks LLP A new regulation from the United States Department of Education will go into effect on March 18, 2013, which will allow school districts to be able to recover costs for services for students…<\/span><\/p>\n
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