TITLE: Relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits.

SUMMARY: Relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the referral of certain students receiving special education services to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.030 to read as follows: Sec. 29.030. REFERRAL TO LOCAL INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AUTHORITY. A school district shall refer each student who qualifies to receive special education services under this subchapter on the basis of a diagnosed or suspected intellectual or developmental disability to a local intellectual and developmental disability authority for services or public benefits, including services under a Medicaid waiver program established under Section 1915(c), Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1396n(c)). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.