Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF2550

E Relating to special education; defining special instruction and services for
state and federal special education laws purposes; requiring school districts to
notify parents or legal representatives of children enrolled in medical
assistance (MA) or MinnesotaCare and without private health insurance coverage
receiving special education health related services under individual education
plans of the intent to seek reimbursement from the respective state health care
program for the services, specifying certain notice requirements; requiring
school districts proposing to access private health care coverage to obtain
written informed consent from the parent or legal representative and to inform
the parent or legal representative of the responsibility of the district to
provide free and appropriate services regardless of parental refusal to permit
access to private coverage; applying the requirement to children with a
combination of private and state health care coverage upon receipt by the
commissioner of human services of federal approval to exempt covered IEP
services from the requirement for refusal of payment by private health care
coverage before billing of medical assistance; repealing the requirements upon
imposition by federal or state law or regulation of a lifetime limit on the
amount of medical assistance services allowed to be received by an individual,
requiring districts to then obtain informed consent before seeking reimbursement
from medical assistance or MinnesotaCare; modifying the definition of
individualized family service plan (IFSP); making mediation voluntary;
clarifying the requirement for cooperative centers and intermediates to allocate
approved expenditures for special education programs among participating school
districts; expanding coverage for special education services under medical
assistance to health assessments and nursing services provided as an IEP health
related service (mk, ja)