2540 – Establishment of Early Intervention Program.

§ 2540. Establishment of early intervention program. There is established an early intervention program under the administration of the commissioner.

2541 – Definitions.

§ 2541. Definitions. As used in this title the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. “Children at risk” means children who may experience a disability because of medical, biological or environmental factors which may produce developmental delay, as determined by the commissioner through regulation. 2. “Coordinated standards […]

2542 – Comprehensive Child Find System and Public Awareness Program.

§ 2542. Comprehensive child find system and public awareness program. 1. The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive child find system that ensures that eligible children in the state are identified, located, referred to the early intervention official and evaluated. Such system shall: (a) require early intervention officials to identify and locate eligible children within their […]

2543 – Service Coordinators.

§ 2543. Service coordinators. 1. Upon referral to the early intervention official of a child thought to be an eligible child by a parent or professional, the early intervention official shall promptly designate an initial service coordinator, selecting whenever appropriate a service coordinator who has an established relationship with the child or family, and shall […]

2544 – Screening and Evaluations.

§ 2544. Screening and evaluations. 1. Each child thought to be an eligible child is entitled to a multidisciplinary evaluation, and the early intervention official shall ensure such evaluation, with parental consent. 2. (a) The parent may select an evaluator from the list of approved evaluators as described in section twenty-five hundred forty-two of this […]

2545 – Individualized Family Services Plans (“Ifsp”).

§ 2545. Individualized family services plans (“IFSP”). 1. If the evaluator determines that the infant or toddler is an eligible child, the early intervention official shall convene a meeting, at a time and place convenient to the parent, consisting of the parent, such official, the evaluator, the initial service coordinator and any other persons who […]

2546 – Interim Services.

§ 2546. Interim services. 1. Early intervention services for an eligible child and the child’s family may commence before the completion of the evaluation and assessment in sections twenty-five hundred forty-four and twenty-five hundred forty-five of this title, if the following conditions are met: (a) Parental consent is obtained; (b) An interim IFSP is developed […]

2547 – Respite Services.

§ 2547. Respite services. 1. Subject to the availability of federal funds, the commissioner shall allocate a portion of such funds for respite services for families of eligible children. The commissioner shall establish criteria for selecting families for such services, which may include the severity of the child’s disability, the availability of respite services to […]

2547-A – Day Care Support Services.

§ 2547-a. Day care support services. The commissioner shall allocate up to one million dollars of federal funds for purposes of establishing two or more demonstration programs for the provision of day care support services for eligible children which may include the use of paraprofessionals to work with one or more children with disabilities within […]

2548 – Transition Plan.

§ 2548. Transition plan. To the extent that a toddler with a disability is thought to be eligible for services pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of the education law, the service coordinator shall notify in writing the committee on preschool special education of the local school district in which an eligible child resides of […]

2549 – Due Process.

§ 2549. Due process. 1. If a parent disagrees with the determination of the evaluator or the local early intervention official with regard to the eligibility for or provision of early intervention services or if such official fails to act within such period of time as may be required by this title or regulations of […]

2550 – Responsibilities of Lead Agency.

§ 2550. Responsibilities of lead agency. 1. The lead agency is responsible for the general administration and supervision of programs and activities receiving assistance under this title, and the monitoring of programs and activities used by the state to carry out this title, whether or not such programs or activities are receiving assistance made available […]

2551 – Coordinated Standards and Procedures.

§ 2551. Coordinated standards and procedures. 1. The state early intervention service agencies shall jointly establish coordinated standards and procedures for: (a) early intervention services and evaluations; (b) child find system and public awareness program; and (c) programs and services, operating under the approval authority of any state early intervention service agency, which include any […]

2552 – Responsibility of Municipality.

§ 2552. Responsibility of municipality. 1. Each municipality shall be responsible for ensuring that the early intervention services contained in an IFSP are provided to eligible children and their families who reside in such municipality. A municipality may monitor, which may include site visitation, evaluators and providers of such services within the municipality in accordance […]

2553 – Early Intervention Coordinating Council.

§ 2553. Early intervention coordinating council. 1. (a) The department shall establish an early intervention coordinating council. (b) The council shall consist of thirty members, unless otherwise required by federal law, appointed by the governor. At least five members shall be parents, four of whom shall be parents of children with disabilities aged twelve or […]

2554 – Local Early Intervention Coordinating Councils.

§ 2554. Local early intervention coordinating councils. 1. A local early intervention coordinating council shall be established in each municipality. The council shall consist of members appointed by the early intervention official. At least four members of each council shall be parents of infants or toddlers with disabilities or of children aged three through twelve […]

2556 – Administrative Costs.

§ 2556. Administrative costs. On or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and annually thereafter, municipalities shall be eligible for reimbursement for administrative costs exclusive of due process costs incurred during the preceding year pursuant to this title. Such reimbursement shall be made in the first instance from any federal funds available for such purpose, […]

2557 – Financial Responsibility and Reimbursement.

§ 2557. Financial responsibility and reimbursement. 1. The approved costs for an eligible child who receives an evaluation and early intervention services pursuant to this title shall be a charge upon the municipality wherein the eligible child resides or, where the services are covered by the medical assistance program, upon the social services district of […]

2558 – Responsibility for Certain Temporary-Resident Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.

§ 2558. Responsibility for certain temporary-resident infants and toddlers with disabilities. 1. Definitions. In addition to the definitions contained in section twenty-five hundred forty-one of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Foster child” shall mean a child in the care, custody or guardianship of a commissioner of a local social […]

2559 – Medical Assistance Program Payments.

§ 2559. Medical assistance program payments. 1. Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the department or any other state agency or municipality to reduce medical assistance or other assistance or services available to eligible children. 2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, costs incurred for early intervention services that otherwise qualify as […]