{"id":6024,"date":"2011-11-07T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T17:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=6024"},"modified":"2011-11-10T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T16:40:15","slug":"will-idea-regs-change-notification-parental-consent-to-bill-medicaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/will-idea-regs-change-notification-parental-consent-to-bill-medicaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Will IDEA Regs Change? Notification &#038; Parental Consent to Bill Medicaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Will%20IDEA%20Regs%20Change%3F%20Notification%20%26%20Parental%20Consent%20to%20Bill%20Medicaid%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Updates\u00a0 from Office of Special Education And Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On September 6, 2011, the Department released a notice of <em>proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend<\/em> the IDEA Part B regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2011\/09\/28\/2011-22784\/assistance-to-states-for-the-education-of-children-with-disabilities?utm_content=header&amp;utm_medium=slideshow&amp;utm_source=homepage\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Changes are being proposed to the regulations<\/span><\/a> regarding when a State or local educational agency seeks to use a child\u2019s or parent\u2019s public benefits or insurance (e.g., Medicaid) to pay for Part B services.<\/p>\n<p>These proposed amendments to the Part B regulations would ensure the protection of the rights of parents and children and ensure that children with disabilities receive FAPE while addressing concerns raised by state educational agencies and local educational agencies regarding the burdens imposed by the current regulation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2011\/09\/28\/2011-22784\/assistance-to-states-for-the-education-of-children-with-disabilities?utm_content=header&amp;utm_medium=slideshow&amp;utm_source=homepage#p-3\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2011\/09\/28\/2011-22784\/assistance-to-states-for-the-education-of-children-with-disabilities?utm_content=header&amp;utm_medium=slideshow&amp;utm_source=homepage\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/articles\/2011\/09\/28\/2011-22784\/assistance-to-states-for-the-education-of-children-with-disabilities?utm_content=header&amp;utm_medium=slideshow&amp;utm_source=homepage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 2px; margin-right: 2px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/virginia\/img\/spinningreddot.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>Public Comment Period Open<\/strong><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Secretary seeks public comment on these proposed amendments regarding the use of public benefits or insurance in which a child participates to provide or pay for services required under Part B of IDEA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/#!docketDetail;dct=FR%252BPR%252BN%252BO%252BSR;rpp=10;po=0;D=ED-2011-OSERS-0012\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Submit your comments online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <\/span>through the Federal eRulemaking Portal:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/#!docketDetail;dct=FR%252BPR%252BN%252BO%252BSR;rpp=10;po=0;D=ED-2011-OSERS-0012\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/#!docketDetail;dct=FR%252BPR%252BN%252BO%252BSR;rpp=10;po=0;D=ED-2011-OSERS-0012<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery.<\/p>\n<p>If you mail or deliver your comments, address them to Jennifer Sheehy, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5103, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2600.<\/p>\n<p>No comments accepted by fax or by e-mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment period ends on December 12, 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updates\u00a0 from Office of Special Education And Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) On September 6, 2011, the Department released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the IDEA Part B regulations. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/will-idea-regs-change-notification-parental-consent-to-bill-medicaid\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,64],"tags":[376,287,830],"class_list":["post-6024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idea-2004","category-special-education-regulations","tag-medicaid","tag-parental-consent","tag-special-ed-regulations-changes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6024"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6164,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6024\/revisions\/6164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}