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(b) The district pays any out-of-pocket or increased costs; and
(c) There is no decrease in benefits to the parent.
If payment for services under 707 KAR Chapter 1 is to be provided by an agency other than the
district, the district will ensure that the services are provided without delay, even if there is a delay in
the payment for those services.
Public Insurance (e.g., Medicaid)
The district is an authorized school-based health-services provider. When a child or youth with a
medical card receives a billable service (e.g., speech therapy, physical therapy) through the IEP, the
parent will be asked by the Admissions and Release Committee (ARC) chairperson/district
representative to give written authorization for the district to bill these services directly to the child’s
or youth’s medical card. The parent may choose to deny access to this Medicaid billing at any time.
The parent will be told that the child’s or youth’s benefits under the Medicaid Program are not
reduced because the district bills for appropriate services. The parent’s and child’s rights and
services provided through an IEP are not affected in any way by the district’s participation in the
Medicaid Program. In the event that a child or youth with a disability has a medical card and private
insurance, the ARC chairperson/district representative will contact the executive director of
Exceptional Child Education (ECE)/designee prior to making any decisions to bill Medicaid for
services.
Nothing in this part of the regulation relieves an insurer or similar third party from an otherwise
valid obligation to provide or pay for services, including transition services, provided to a child or
youth with a disability. This includes the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation or any other
participating agency for which a child or youth with a disability meets the eligibility criteria of that
agency.
The district uses all fiscal resources available for the education of children and youth with
disabilities according to all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
SECTION II
ARC PLACEMENT OF A CHILD OR YOUTH IN A PRIVATE
SCHOOL OR AGENCY OTHER THAN THE DISTRICT
An LEA shall be responsible for ensuring the rights and protections under 707 KAR Chapter 1 are given to children with
disabilities referred to or placed in private schools and facilities by the LEA. 707 KAR 1:290, Section 1(2)
If any ARC chairperson/district representative anticipates that the IEP cannot be implemented at the
student’s assigned school, the ARC chairperson/district representative will contact the coordinator of
ECE Placement/designee for assistance in removing barriers to the implementation of the IEP.
If the ARC, including the coordinator of ECE Placement/designee as an ARC member, determines
that the special education and related services cannot be provided through an existing district
program following procedures in Chapter 6, “Placement Decisions”, then the ARC explores
placement alternatives in another local educational agency (LEA), another public or state-operated
program, or a private agency or program.
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