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Learn what’s at stake if Congress cuts Medicaid and how to support Medicaid and its role in advancing student health.

A nationwide survey of K-12 school district leaders shows widespread concern over children’s access to school-based health services if Congress cuts Medicaid. This report includes the survey findings, analysis and detailed comments from respondents.

These state policy actions align with school Medicaid guidance published in 2023. Each action is explained in detail and supported by federal guidance and other resources.

This updated brief includes data from Illinois and New Mexico, two of the latest states to have expanded their school Medicaid programs and that are now receiving increased federal funding.

This fact sheet highlights how maximizing school Medicaid can benefit and sustain both school-employed providers and community-based providers who deliver services to students in school settings.

This fact sheet explains how expanding school Medicaid can sustain and increase school health investments needed to reduce chronic absenteeism, particularly as schools face declining resources for mental health services.

This report offers an in-depth look at how states can shape their school Medicaid program to increase reimbursement for substance use services and supports.

To better understand the role of Medicaid managed care in school health programs, Healthy Schools Campaign launched a project with Aurrera Health Group to explore how four states have/are actively working to carve school health services into Medicaid managed care.

As of October 2023, Healthy Schools Campaign has identified 25 states that have expanded their school Medicaid program to cover services outside of an IEP/IFSP using the “free care” policy reversal.

In May 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released new school Medicaid guidance affirming that states have flexibility in their school-based Medicaid program to allow school districts to bill Medicaid for health services delivered to all Medicaid-enrolled children.

This brief answers key questions about the guidance and highlights what policymakers and advocates need to know — and how to get involved — to ensure states are best positioned to leverage federal opportunities increasing children's access to the services they need.

This memo summarizes new school Medicaid guidance released in May 2023 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and also draws from CMS’ August 2022 Informational Bulletin. It provides an initial assessment of how states could move forward to expand and enhance their school Medicaid programs.

This guidance makes clear that:
● All Medicaid-enrolled students can be covered for school-based health services.
● All medically necessary services, including preventive, physical, mental health and substance use disorder services can be covered in a school setting.
● States are able to support a wide range of providers in a school setting.
● Students covered by CHIP can be included in school Medicaid.