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92_HB0719

 
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 1        AN ACT in relation to children.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Early Intervention Services System Act is
 5    amended by changing Sections 3 and 5 as follows:

 6        (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
 7        Sec. 3.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 8        (a)  "Eligible  infants  and  toddlers" means infants and
 9    toddlers under 36 months of age with  any  of  the  following
10    conditions:
11             (1)  Developmental   delays   as   defined   by  the
12        Department by rule.
13             (2)  A physical or mental condition which  typically
14        results in developmental delay.
15             (3)  Being    at    risk   of   having   substantial
16        developmental delays based on informed clinical judgment.
17        (b)  "Developmental delay" means a delay of 30%  or  more
18    below  the  mean  in function in one or more of the following
19    areas of childhood development  as  measured  by  appropriate
20    diagnostic  instruments  and  standard procedures: cognitive;
21    physical, including vision and hearing; language, speech  and
22    communication; psycho-social; or self-help skills.
23        (c)  "Physical   or   mental  condition  which  typically
24    results in developmental delay" means:
25             (1)  a  diagnosed   medical   disorder   bearing   a
26        relatively   well   known  expectancy  for  developmental
27        outcomes   within   varying   ranges   of   developmental
28        disabilities; or
29             (2)  a history of prenatal, perinatal,  neonatal  or
30        early   developmental  events  suggestive  of  biological
31        insults to the  developing  central  nervous  system  and
 
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 1        which   either   singly   or  collectively  increase  the
 2        probability of developing a disability or delay based  on
 3        a medical history.
 4        (d)  "Informed  clinical  judgment"  means  both clinical
 5    observations  and   parental   participation   to   determine
 6    eligibility  by  a consensus of a multidisciplinary team of 2
 7    or more members based on their  professional  experience  and
 8    expertise.
 9        (e)  "Early intervention services" means services which:
10             (1)  are designed to meet the developmental needs of
11        each  child  eligible under this Act and the needs of his
12        or her family;
13             (2)  are selected in collaboration with the  child's
14        family;
15             (3)  are provided under public supervision;
16             (4)  are provided at no cost except where a schedule
17        of  sliding  scale  fees  or  other system of payments by
18        families has been adopted in accordance  with  State  and
19        federal law;
20             (5)  are  designed  to meet an infant's or toddler's
21        developmental needs in any of the following areas:
22                  (A)  physical development, including vision and
23             hearing,
24                  (B)  cognitive development,
25                  (C)  communication development,
26                  (D)  social or emotional development, or
27                  (E)  adaptive development;
28             (6)  meet the standards of the State, including  the
29        requirements of this Act;
30             (7)  include one or more of the following:
31                  (A)  family training,
32                  (B)  social     work     services,    including
33             counseling, and home visits,
34                  (C)  special instruction,
 
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 1                  (D)  speech, language pathology and audiology,
 2                  (E)  occupational therapy,
 3                  (F)  physical therapy,
 4                  (G)  psychological services,
 5                  (H)  service coordination services,
 6                  (I)  medical services only  for  diagnostic  or
 7             evaluation purposes,
 8                  (J)  early   identification,   screening,   and
 9             assessment services,
10                  (K)  health  services  specified  by  the  lead
11             agency  as necessary to enable the infant or toddler
12             to  benefit  from  the  other   early   intervention
13             services,
14                  (L)  vision services,
15                  (M)  transportation, and
16                  (N)  assistive technology devices and services;
17             (8)  are  provided by qualified personnel, including
18        but not limited to:
19                  (A)  child development specialists  or  special
20             educators,
21                  (B)  speech   and   language  pathologists  and
22             audiologists,
23                  (C)  occupational therapists,
24                  (D)  physical therapists,
25                  (E)  social workers,
26                  (F)  nurses,
27                  (G)  nutritionists,
28                  (H)  optometrists,
29                  (I)  psychologists, and
30                  (J)  physicians;
31             (9)  are   provided   in    conformity    with    an
32        Individualized Family Service Plan;
33             (10)  are provided throughout the year; and
34             (11)  are    provided   in   natural   environments,
 
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 1        including  the  home  and  community  settings  in  which
 2        infants   and   toddlers   without   disabilities   would
 3        participate   to   the   extent   determined    by    the
 4        multidisciplinary Individualized Family Service Plan.
 5        (f)  "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means
 6    a written plan for providing early intervention services to a
 7    child  eligible under this Act and the child's family, as set
 8    forth in Section 11.
 9        (g)  "Local interagency  agreement"  means  an  agreement
10    entered  into  by  local  community  and  State  and regional
11    agencies receiving early intervention funds directly from the
12    State  and  made  in  accordance   with   State   interagency
13    agreements  providing  for the delivery of early intervention
14    services within a local community area.
15        (h)  "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council  on
16    Early Intervention established under Section 4.
17        (i)  "Lead agency" means the State agency responsible for
18    administering  this  Act  and receiving and disbursing public
19    funds received in accordance with State and federal  law  and
20    rules.
21        (j)  "Child   find"  means  a  service  which  identifies
22    eligible infants and toddlers.
23    (Source: P.A. 90-158, eff. 1-1-98; 91-538, eff. 8-13-99.)

24        (325 ILCS 20/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 4155)
25        Sec. 5.  Lead Agency.  The Department of  Human  Services
26    is designated the lead agency and shall provide leadership in
27    establishing and implementing the coordinated, comprehensive,
28    interagency    and    interdisciplinary   system   of   early
29    intervention services.  The lead agency shall  not  have  the
30    sole  responsibility  for  providing  these  services.   Each
31    participating State agency shall continue to coordinate those
32    early   intervention  services  relating  to  health,  social
33    service and education provided under this authority.
 
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 1        The lead agency is responsible for carrying out:
 2             (a)  the general  administration,  supervision,  and
 3        monitoring   of   programs   and   activities   receiving
 4        assistance  under  Section  673  of  the Individuals with
 5        Disabilities Education Act (20 United States Code 1473);
 6             (b)  the  identification  and  coordination  of  all
 7        available resources within the State from federal, State,
 8        local and private sources;
 9             (c)  the development of procedures  to  ensure  that
10        services  are  provided  to eligible infants and toddlers
11        and  their  families  in  a  timely  manner  pending  the
12        resolution of  any  disputes  among  public  agencies  or
13        service providers;
14             (d)  the  resolution of intra-agency and interagency
15        regulatory and procedural disputes; and
16             (e)  the development and  implementation  of  formal
17        interagency  agreements between the lead agency and other
18        relevant State agencies that:
19                  (1)  define  the  financial  responsibility  of
20             each  agency  for  paying  for  early   intervention
21             services (consistent with existing State and federal
22             law  and rules) and procedures for resolving service
23             disputes; and
24                  (1.5)  ensure  that  all   early   intervention
25             services   are  considered  to  be  covered  medical
26             services for purposes of subsection (f)  of  Section
27             5-19 of the Illinois Public Aid Code, to the maximum
28             extent  allowed  by  federal  law,  and  ensure that
29             proper payment is made for all such services; and
30                  (2)  otherwise    include    all     additional
31             components    necessary    to    ensure   meaningful
32             cooperation and coordination.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-158, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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