2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 216B - LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES 216B.176 School-located health care or dental care programs provided by not-for-profit primary care centers at public school or Head Start program.
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216B.176 School-located health care or dental care programs provided by
not-for-profit primary care centers at public school or Head Start
program.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a not-for-profit primary care center
licensed under KRS Chapter 216, which provides health care services to Kentucky
Medicaid members pursuant to a contract between a Medicaid managed care
organization and the Department for Medicaid Services, may enter into a written
agreement with a board of education or a Head Start program to provide a
school-located health care program or school-located dental care program on Head
Start or board of education property. The agreement shall include the following
provisions:
(1) The services shall include:
(a) For school-located health care services:
1.
Basic primary care;
2.
Episodic acute care;
3.
Care for chronic conditions; and
4.
Preventive health care for the pupils enrolled in the school; and
(b) For school-located dental care services, oral health and preventative care
services using fixed dental operatories, portable equipment, or mobile
units;
(2) The programs shall be located in or on the grounds of a public school or Head
Start program;
(3) The programs shall operate as a satellite of a licensed primary care center
under the supervision of the medical director of the primary care center and
shall not be considered Head Start or public school programs;
(4) When in operation as a satellite of a primary care center:
(a) The program staff for a school-located health care program shall include
a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse
and may be staffed with additional health care professionals appropriate
for the services being provided; and
(b) The program staff for a school-located dental care program shall include
a dentist and may be staffed with additional health care professionals
appropriate for the services being provided; and
(5) The programs may, under agreement with the school, participate in the
school's health education program.
Effective:July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2014. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 40, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created 2003
Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003.
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