Medicaid and Special Education: Coordination of Services for Children With Disabilities Is Evolving
HEHS-00-20
Published: Dec 10, 1999. Publicly Released: Jan 10, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the mechanisms of coordination between Medicaid and the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), focusing on: (1) how Medicaid and IDEA interact to meet the needs of low-income school-aged children with disabilities; and (2) issues that have arisen in coordinating Medicaid and IDEA services in schools.
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Aid for educationChildren with disabilitiesstate relationsHealth insuranceInteragency relationsRedundancyReporting requirementsSpecial educationState-administered programsMedicaid