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April 24, 2008
House passes Medicaid rules moratorium crucial to districtsAs we previewed Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives this week easily approved H.R. 5613, which would delay Administration plans to cut reimbursements to school districts providing services to Medicaid eligible children with disabilities.
The 349-62 vote may give the bill extra momentum as it heads to the Senate, despite White House threats of a veto. More from the Washington Post here.
The bill would impose a moratorium until April 2009 on a rule finalized in late 2007 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit federal reimbursements for school-based administration and transportation services provided to poor children with disabilities, as well as six other recently issued Medicaid regulations. The bill would prevent the Administration from implementing the regulation, which has been estimated to cost school districts $635 million in the 2008 and $3.6 billion over the next five years.
NSBA background and resources on the issue can be found on our Advocacy website Medicaid issue page.
Posted April 24, 2008 10:38 AM | Advocacy & Legislation
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