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Kentucky schools ask feds to pay for treating youth with Medicaid

By WFPL  
   June 04, 2019

Kentucky schools could soon get assistance from the federal government to help pay for school counselors and other health providers. Cabinet for Health and Family Services Deputy Secretary Kristi Putnam told legislators Monday that the state is asking the federal government for permission to allow Kentucky schools to bill Medicaid when a school counselor or other health provider treats a Medicaid-enrolled student.

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