E Relating to special education; defining special instruction and services for state and federal special education laws purposes; requiring school districts to notify parents or legal representatives of children enrolled in medical assistance (MA) or MinnesotaCare and without private health insurance coverage receiving special education health related services under individual education plans of the intent to seek reimbursement from the respective state health care program for the services, specifying certain notice requirements; requiring school districts proposing to access private health care coverage to obtain written informed consent from the parent or legal representative and to inform the parent or legal representative of the responsibility of the district to provide free and appropriate services regardless of parental refusal to permit access to private coverage; applying the requirement to children with a combination of private and state health care coverage upon receipt by the commissioner of human services of federal approval to exempt covered IEP services from the requirement for refusal of payment by private health care coverage before billing of medical assistance; repealing the requirements upon imposition by federal or state law or regulation of a lifetime limit on the amount of medical assistance services allowed to be received by an individual, requiring districts to then obtain informed consent before seeking reimbursement from medical assistance or MinnesotaCare; modifying the definition of individualized family service plan (IFSP); making mediation voluntary; clarifying the requirement for cooperative centers and intermediates to allocate approved expenditures for special education programs among participating school districts; expanding coverage for special education services under medical assistance to health assessments and nursing services provided as an IEP health related service (mk, ja)