43-2511 Statewide billing system; establishment; participation required.
43-2511. Statewide billing system; establishment; participation required.There is hereby established a statewide billing system for accessing federal medicaid funds for special education and related services provided by school districts. The system shall apply to all students verified with disabilities from date of diagnosis to twenty-one years of age as allowed under the federal Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. The system shall be developed jointly by the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Department of Education. School districts, educational service units, or approved cooperatives providing special education and related services shall be required to participate in the statewide billing system. It is the intent of this section that costs to school districts associated with the implementation of such a system shall be eligible for payment through the medicaid reimbursement rates to be established for each therapy. SourceLaws 1991, LB 701, § 10; Laws 1993, LB 520, § 16; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 216; Laws 2007, LB296, § 145.