(a) The General Assembly finds that there is an urgent and substantial need to: (1) Enhance the development of infants and toddlers with developmental delays and to minimize their potential for developmental delay; (2) Reduce the educational costs to our society, including our state’s schools, by minimizing the need for special education and related services […]
As used in this subchapter: (1) “Council” means the State Interagency Council; (2) “Developmental delay” means a child is delayed in any one (1) or more of the following areas: (A) Physical development; (B) Cognitive development; (C) Language and speech development; (D) Psycho-social development; or (E) Self-help skills; (3) “Early intervention services” means developmental services […]
(a) A statewide system of coordinated, comprehensive, multidisciplinary, interagency programs providing appropriate early intervention services to all developmentally delayed infants and toddlers and their families shall include the minimum components under subsection (b) of this section. (b) The statewide system required by subsection (a) of this section shall include, at a minimum: (1) A definition […]
(a) Each infant or toddler with disabilities and the infant’s or toddler’s family shall receive: (1) Multidisciplinary assessment of unique needs and the identification of services appropriate to meet these needs; and (2) A written individualized family service plan developed by a multidisciplinary team, including the parent or guardian, as required by subsection (d) of […]
(a) In addition to using funds provided under this subchapter to plan, develop, and implement the statewide system required by Pub. L. No. 99-457, the state shall use these funds: (1) For direct services for infants and toddlers with disabilities that are not otherwise provided from other public or private sources; and (2) To expand […]
The procedural safeguards shall be the same as required under Pub. L. No. 94-142 and Pub. L. No. 99-457 and shall provide the following at a minimum: (1) (A) The timely administrative resolution of complaints by parents. Any party aggrieved by the findings and decision regarding a complaint shall have the right to bring a […]
(a) Funds provided under the Pub. L. No. 99-457 grant may not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services which would have been paid for from another public or private source but for the enactment of Pub. L. No. 99-457, except that, whenever considered necessary to prevent the delay in the receipt of […]
(a) (1) A State Interagency Council composed of at least fifteen (15) members with a maximum of twenty-five (25) members is established. (2) The council members and the cochairs of the council shall be appointed by the Governor for a term of three (3) years. One (1) cochair shall be the parent of a child […]
