Full Text of HB3034 94th General Assembly
HB3034 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB3034
Introduced 2/22/2005, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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325 ILCS 20/3 |
from Ch. 23, par. 4153 |
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Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical
change in a Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning children.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is | 5 |
| amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
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| Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| (a) "Eligible infants and
and toddlers" means infants and | 9 |
| toddlers
under 36 months of age with any of the following | 10 |
| conditions:
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| (1) Developmental delays.
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| (2) A physical or mental condition which typically | 13 |
| results in
developmental delay.
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| (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental | 15 |
| delays
based on informed clinical judgment.
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| (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
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| the circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of | 18 |
| this
subsection
but no
longer meeting
the current | 19 |
| eligibility criteria under those paragraphs,
and | 20 |
| continuing to have any measurable delay, or (B) not
having | 21 |
| attained a level of development in each area,
including
(i) | 22 |
| cognitive, (ii) physical (including vision and hearing), | 23 |
| (iii)
language,
speech, and communication, (iv) | 24 |
| psycho-social, or (v) self-help
skills, that
is at least at | 25 |
| the mean of the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
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| addition to either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
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| determined by the multidisciplinary individualized
family | 28 |
| service plan
team to require the continuation of early | 29 |
| intervention services in order to
support
continuing
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| developmental progress, pursuant to the child's needs and | 31 |
| provided in an
appropriate
developmental manner. The type, | 32 |
| frequency, and intensity of services shall
differ from
the |
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| initial individualized family services plan because of the | 2 |
| child's
developmental
progress, and may consist of only | 3 |
| service coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
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| (b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of | 5 |
| the following
areas of childhood development as measured by | 6 |
| appropriate diagnostic
instruments and standard procedures: | 7 |
| cognitive; physical, including vision
and hearing; language, | 8 |
| speech and communication; psycho-social;
or self-help skills. | 9 |
| The term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
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| function in one or more of those areas.
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| (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results | 12 |
| in developmental
delay" means:
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| (1) a diagnosed medical disorder bearing a relatively | 14 |
| well known
expectancy for developmental outcomes within | 15 |
| varying ranges of developmental
disabilities; or
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| (2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or early | 17 |
| developmental
events suggestive of biological insults to | 18 |
| the developing central nervous
system and which either | 19 |
| singly or collectively increase the probability of
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| developing a disability or delay based on a medical | 21 |
| history.
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| (d) "Informed clinical judgment" means both clinical | 23 |
| observations and
parental participation to determine | 24 |
| eligibility by a consensus of a
multidisciplinary team of 2 or | 25 |
| more members based on their professional
experience and | 26 |
| expertise.
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| (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
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| (1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of | 29 |
| each child
eligible under this Act and the needs of his or | 30 |
| her family;
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| (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's | 32 |
| family;
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| (3) are provided under public supervision;
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| (4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of | 35 |
| sliding scale
fees or other system of payments by families | 36 |
| has been adopted in accordance
with State and federal law;
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| (5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's | 2 |
| developmental needs in
any of the following areas:
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| (A) physical development, including vision and | 4 |
| hearing,
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| (B) cognitive development,
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| (C) communication development,
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| (D) social or emotional development, or
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| (E) adaptive development;
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| (6) meet the standards of the State, including the | 10 |
| requirements of this Act;
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| (7) include one or more of the following:
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| (A) family training,
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| (B) social work services, including counseling, | 14 |
| and home visits,
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| (C) special instruction,
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| (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
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| (E) occupational therapy,
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| (F) physical therapy,
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| (G) psychological services,
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| (H) service coordination services,
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| (I) medical services only for diagnostic or | 22 |
| evaluation purposes,
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| (J) early identification, screening, and | 24 |
| assessment services,
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| (K) health services specified by the lead agency as | 26 |
| necessary to
enable the infant or toddler to benefit | 27 |
| from the other early intervention
services,
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| (L) vision services,
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| (M) transportation, and
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| (N) assistive technology devices and services;
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| (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but | 32 |
| not limited to:
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| (A) child development specialists or special | 34 |
| educators,
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| (B) speech and language pathologists and | 36 |
| audiologists,
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| (C) occupational therapists,
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| (D) physical therapists,
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| (E) social workers,
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| (F) nurses,
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| (G) nutritionists,
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| (H) optometrists,
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| (I) psychologists, and
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| (J) physicians;
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| (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized | 10 |
| Family Service Plan;
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| (10) are provided throughout the year; and
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| (11) are provided in natural
environments, including | 13 |
| the home and community settings in which infants
and | 14 |
| toddlers
without
disabilities would participate to the | 15 |
| extent determined by the
multidisciplinary Individualized | 16 |
| Family Service Plan.
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| (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a | 18 |
| written plan for
providing early intervention services to a | 19 |
| child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set | 20 |
| forth in Section 11.
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| (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement | 22 |
| entered into by
local community and State and regional agencies | 23 |
| receiving early
intervention funds directly from the State and | 24 |
| made in accordance with
State interagency agreements providing | 25 |
| for the delivery of early
intervention services within a local | 26 |
| community area.
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| (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on | 28 |
| Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
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| (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for | 30 |
| administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public | 31 |
| funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and | 32 |
| rules.
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| (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing | 34 |
| office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
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| (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible | 36 |
| infants and
toddlers.
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| (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's | 2 |
| designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early | 3 |
| Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic | 4 |
| area.
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| (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who | 6 |
| is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or | 7 |
| more types of early intervention
services, and who has enrolled | 8 |
| as a provider in the early intervention program.
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| (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means | 10 |
| an individual who
has met the standards in the State applicable | 11 |
| to the relevant
profession, and has met such other | 12 |
| qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable | 13 |
| for personnel providing early intervention services,
including | 14 |
| pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The | 15 |
| lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed | 16 |
| no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this | 17 |
| amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-307, 8-9-01; 93-124, eff. 7-10-03.)
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