Sec. 47.20.390. Definitions.
In AS 47.20.300 – 47.20.390, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health; (2) “department” means the Department of Health; (3) “follow-up care” means all of the following: (A) services necessary to diagnose and confirm a hearing loss; (B) ongoing audiological services to monitor hearing; (C) communication services, including aural rehabilitation, speech, language, social, and psychological […]
Sec. 47.20.340. Outreach campaign.
The department shall conduct a community outreach and awareness campaign to inform medical providers, pregnant women, and families of newborns and infants of the newborn and infant hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program and the value of early hearing screening, tracking, and intervention.
Sec. 47.20.350. Report.
The department shall prepare an annual report for the governor about the newborn and infant hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program administered under AS 47.20.310 – 47.20.390. The report must include recommendations on improving the early screening, tracking, and intervention program, including strategies to increase the rate of early screening and the use of appropriate […]
Sec. 47.20.360. Performance evaluation.
(a) The department shall collect and compile performance data on the early hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program established under AS 47.20.300 – 47.20.390 to ensure that the program is in compliance with AS 47.20.300 – 47.20.390 and the regulations adopted under AS 47.20.300 – 47.20.390. The performance evaluation must include (1) a comparison of […]
Sec. 47.20.060. Purpose.
It is the purpose of AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 to (1) subject to the availability of funding, provide quality learning and related early intervention family support services to eligible children under the age of three who have developmental delays or disabilities and, on a discretionary basis, to those children under the age of three who […]
Sec. 47.20.070. Establishment of early intervention services system program.
(a) The department, with the assistance of the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education, shall establish a coordinated, comprehensive, statewide system of multidisciplinary interagency programs that provide appropriate early intervention services to eligible persons under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290. (b) The department is the lead agency for purposes of federal law with respect to […]
Sec. 47.20.075. Grant authority.
The department may award grants for covered services to children and their families who are eligible under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290.
Sec. 47.20.080. Program eligibility.
(a) A child and the child’s family are eligible for core early intervention services and additional early intervention services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 if the child is under the age of three and (1) experiencing developmental delay or disability; or (2) at risk of experiencing developmental delay or disability if early intervention services are […]
Sec. 47.20.090. Finding and evaluating eligible participants.
(a) The department shall establish a comprehensive system for finding children and their families who are eligible for services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290. This child find system must (1) include a public awareness program focusing on early identification of developmentally delayed and disabled children under three years of age; (2) provide for participation by […]
Sec. 47.20.100. Individualized family service plan.
The individualized family service plan developed under AS 47.20.090(b)(2) shall be based on the evaluation conducted under AS 47.20.090(b)(1) and must include, subject to AS 47.20.080(b), (1) provisions for case management services to implement the plan, including the name of the case manager from the profession most immediately relevant to the child’s or family’s needs […]