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 […]
Sec. 47.20.110. Other duties of the department.
(a) The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290, including regulations (1) for personnel development, including preservice and in-service training programs for providers of early intervention services; (2) to govern resolution of intra-agency and interagency disputes about the provision of services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 and the financial responsibility of […]
Sec. 47.20.290. Definitions.
In AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290, (1) “additional early intervention services” means (A) family training and counseling; (B) speech pathology and audiology; (C) occupational therapy; (D) physical therapy; (E) psychological services; (F) medical services only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes; and (G) health services for the child that are necessary to enable the child to benefit […]
Sec. 47.20.300. Department to implement program.
The department shall plan, develop, and implement a hearing screening, tracking, and intervention program to facilitate compliance with the requirements of AS 47.20.310 – 47.20.390.
Sec. 47.20.310. Screening requirements.
(a) Subject to (b) of this section, the physician in attendance at or immediately after the birth of a child in a hospital in this state, or, if a physician is not in attendance at or immediately after the birth, the person attending the newborn child in a hospital in this state, shall, unless medically […]