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<div>TO: All District and ESD Special Education Directors</div>
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<div>The message below is being sent<font color="#FF0000"> </font>to you on behalf of:</div>
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<div>Nancy Latini, PhD</div>
<div>Assistant Superintendent</div>
<div>Student Learning & Partnerships</div>
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<div>September 28, 2011</div>
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<div><b>RE: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT IDEA PROPOSED CHANGES RELATIVE TO MEDICAID FUNDING</b></div>
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<div>In today’s Federal Register is the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the change to the Part B regulations having to do with parental consent to access Medicaid for services. It is very important that states and LEAs respond to this regulation as
many LEAs are apparently having difficulty accessing Medicaid to pay for services for students with disabilities. Please consider submitting comments. This is an important change. (If you don’t like it, it’s ok to make suggestions about how to change it). Here
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-28/pdf/2011-22784.pdf"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3" color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-28/pdf/2011-22784.pdf</u></font></a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Ruby Sandberg, Executive Assistant to</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Nancy Latini, Assistant Superintendent</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Office of Student Learning & Partnerships</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>Oregon Department of Education</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>503-947-5738 FAX: 503-378-5156</i></font></div>
<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" size="2"><i>ruby.sandberg@state.or.us</i></font></div>
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