2.0 POLICY
2.1 Special
education, within the meaning of such term as used in the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its implementing regulations
and policies, may be cost-shared subject to all applicable Extended
Care Health Option (ECHO) requirements, and in particular, the requirement
that other public programs and facilities be used to the extent
available and adequate.
2.2 Identification
of appropriate public facilities. The local educational agency with
responsibility for the beneficiary is the sole public facility to
provide public facility use certification for special education
services.
2.3 Services cost-shared through
the ECHO may be provided by an authorized institutional or individual
professional provider on an inpatient or outpatient basis and rendered
in the beneficiary’s natural environment. This includes at home,
at school, or other location that is suitable for the type of services
being rendered.
3.0 EXCLUSION
Special education services
are generally unavailable under the TRICARE Basic Program except as
authorized under Section 1079(a)(g) of Title 10 United States Code
(USC), and when authorized are not eligible to be cost-shared under
ECHO.