I just got one of these today from ds's school telling me to fill it out and return ASAP.
You fill out a little bit of medical information and insurance information (so they can bill the insurance company for anything they do). At the bottom in tiny letters it says
"I consent to care which may include Screenings, Exams, Assessments (Lab Tests and over-the-counter medicine at specific schools- see attached green sheet if there is a clinic at your child's school), First Aid, and any other School Health Services given to me/my student by staff or agents of the *****. I understand that no guarantees are being made as to the effect of any exam or treatment on me/my student. I authorize the ***** to release medical information about my student to his/her Primary Care Provider. I also understand that the information obtained for the School Physical, including Immunization information, will be released to my student's school. If me/my student has Medicaid/KCHIP, I also authorize the ***** to release this information to Medicaid/KCHIP so that the Medicaid/KCHIP can be billed for services provided by the School Nurse."
So, I don't consent to this. What do I do? Basically- I want the school to have permission to put a stinking band-aid on a skinned knee (
) or to use ds's Epi-Pen if it's a life threatening allergic reaction (very very slim possibility, since we still don't know *what* he's allergic to). But I don't want them doing anything else. If anything else is needed, they need to contact me and I'll come take him to his doctor (or take care of him at home). Nor am I giving them ds's insurance information. They WILL NOT have this information for a few reasons. If they have it, they will try to bill his insurance for the therapy he will be receiving. BUT, he's already getting therapy outside of the school that is using that insurance. If they both bill his insurance he won't have enough to last the whole year (he only gets 52 visits of each of his therapy a year covered, and he goes once a week to the outside provider).
You fill out a little bit of medical information and insurance information (so they can bill the insurance company for anything they do). At the bottom in tiny letters it says
"I consent to care which may include Screenings, Exams, Assessments (Lab Tests and over-the-counter medicine at specific schools- see attached green sheet if there is a clinic at your child's school), First Aid, and any other School Health Services given to me/my student by staff or agents of the *****. I understand that no guarantees are being made as to the effect of any exam or treatment on me/my student. I authorize the ***** to release medical information about my student to his/her Primary Care Provider. I also understand that the information obtained for the School Physical, including Immunization information, will be released to my student's school. If me/my student has Medicaid/KCHIP, I also authorize the ***** to release this information to Medicaid/KCHIP so that the Medicaid/KCHIP can be billed for services provided by the School Nurse."
So, I don't consent to this. What do I do? Basically- I want the school to have permission to put a stinking band-aid on a skinned knee (
) or to use ds's Epi-Pen if it's a life threatening allergic reaction (very very slim possibility, since we still don't know *what* he's allergic to). But I don't want them doing anything else. If anything else is needed, they need to contact me and I'll come take him to his doctor (or take care of him at home). Nor am I giving them ds's insurance information. They WILL NOT have this information for a few reasons. If they have it, they will try to bill his insurance for the therapy he will be receiving. BUT, he's already getting therapy outside of the school that is using that insurance. If they both bill his insurance he won't have enough to last the whole year (he only gets 52 visits of each of his therapy a year covered, and he goes once a week to the outside provider).
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