School-Based ACCESS Program

 

The School-Based ACCESS Program, or SBAP, allows Pennsylvania Local Education Agencies, or LEAs, to receive federal Medicaid reimbursement for providing IEP health-related services to Medical Assistance-eligible children as part of their Individualized Education Program (IEP). SBAP is a cooperative efforts between the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE), the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW), the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and PDE's contractor, Leader Services.
Reimbursable services include:

• Assistive Devices
• Audiology
• IEP Meetings
• Interpreter Services - limited
• Nursing (RN, LPN)
• Occupational Therapy
• Orientation and Mobility
• Personal Care Assistants
• Physical Therapy
• Physician
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Social Work
• Speech/Language/Hearing
• Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
• Special Transportation
• Vision - limited

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