Full Text of HB0674 98th General Assembly
HB0674 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB0674 Introduced 1/25/2013, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 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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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning 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 Section 3 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 and toddlers" means infants and | 9 | | toddlers
under 36 months of age with any of the following | 10 | | conditions:
| 11 | | (1) Developmental delays.
| 12 | | (2) A physical or mental condition which typically | 13 | | results in
developmental delay.
| 14 | | (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental | 15 | | delays
based on informed clinical judgment.
| 16 | | (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
| 17 | | 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) |
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| 1 | | psycho-social, or (v) self-help
skills, that
is at least at | 2 | | the mean of the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
in | 3 | | addition to either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
been | 4 | | determined by the multidisciplinary individualized
family | 5 | | service plan
team to require the continuation of early | 6 | | intervention services in order to
support
continuing
| 7 | | developmental progress, pursuant to the child's needs and | 8 | | provided in an
appropriate
developmental manner. The type, | 9 | | frequency, and intensity of services shall
differ from
the | 10 | | initial individualized family services plan because of the | 11 | | child's
developmental
progress, and may consist of only | 12 | | service coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
| 13 | | (b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of | 14 | | the following
areas of childhood development as measured by | 15 | | appropriate diagnostic
instruments and standard procedures: | 16 | | cognitive; physical, including vision
and hearing; language, | 17 | | speech and communication; psycho-social;
or self-help skills. | 18 | | The term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
| 19 | | function in one or more of those areas.
| 20 | | (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results | 21 | | in developmental
delay" means:
| 22 | | (1) a diagnosed medical disorder bearing a relatively | 23 | | well known
expectancy for developmental outcomes within | 24 | | varying ranges of developmental
disabilities; or
| 25 | | (2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or early | 26 | | developmental
events suggestive of biological insults to |
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| 1 | | the developing central nervous
system and which either | 2 | | singly or collectively increase the probability of
| 3 | | developing a disability or delay based on a medical | 4 | | history.
| 5 | | (d) "Informed clinical judgment" means both clinical | 6 | | observations and
parental participation to determine | 7 | | eligibility by a consensus of a
multidisciplinary team of 2 or | 8 | | more members based on their professional
experience and | 9 | | expertise.
| 10 | | (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
| 11 | | (1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of | 12 | | each child
eligible under this Act and the needs of his or | 13 | | her family;
| 14 | | (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's | 15 | | family;
| 16 | | (3) are provided under public supervision;
| 17 | | (4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of | 18 | | sliding scale
fees or other system of payments by families | 19 | | has been adopted in accordance
with State and 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
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| 1 | | (E) adaptive development;
| 2 | | (6) meet the standards of the State, including the | 3 | | requirements of this Act;
| 4 | | (7) include one or more of the following:
| 5 | | (A) family training,
| 6 | | (B) social work services, including counseling, | 7 | | and home visits,
| 8 | | (C) special instruction,
| 9 | | (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
| 10 | | (E) occupational therapy,
| 11 | | (F) physical therapy,
| 12 | | (G) psychological services,
| 13 | | (H) service coordination services,
| 14 | | (I) medical services only for diagnostic or | 15 | | evaluation purposes,
| 16 | | (J) early identification, screening, and | 17 | | assessment services,
| 18 | | (K) health services specified by the lead agency as | 19 | | necessary to
enable the infant or toddler to benefit | 20 | | from the other early intervention
services,
| 21 | | (L) vision services,
| 22 | | (M) transportation, and
| 23 | | (N) assistive technology devices and services;
| 24 | | (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but | 25 | | not limited to:
| 26 | | (A) child development specialists or special |
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| 1 | | educators,
| 2 | | (B) speech and language pathologists and | 3 | | audiologists,
| 4 | | (C) occupational therapists,
| 5 | | (D) physical therapists,
| 6 | | (E) social workers,
| 7 | | (F) nurses,
| 8 | | (G) nutritionists,
| 9 | | (H) optometrists,
| 10 | | (I) psychologists, and
| 11 | | (J) physicians;
| 12 | | (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized | 13 | | Family Service Plan;
| 14 | | (10) are provided throughout the year; and
| 15 | | (11) are provided in natural
environments, to the | 16 | | maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and | 17 | | community settings, unless justification is provided | 18 | | consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections | 19 | | 1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
| 20 | | (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a | 21 | | written plan for
providing early intervention services to a | 22 | | child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set | 23 | | forth in Section 11.
| 24 | | (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement | 25 | | entered into by
local community and State and regional agencies | 26 | | receiving early
intervention funds directly from the State and |
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| 1 | | made in accordance with
State interagency agreements providing | 2 | | for the delivery of early
intervention services within a local | 3 | | community area.
| 4 | | (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on | 5 | | Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
| 6 | | (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for | 7 | | administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public | 8 | | funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and | 9 | | rules.
| 10 | | (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing | 11 | | office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
| 12 | | (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible | 13 | | infants and
toddlers.
| 14 | | (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's | 15 | | designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early | 16 | | Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic | 17 | | area.
| 18 | | (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who | 19 | | is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or | 20 | | more types of early intervention
services, and who has enrolled | 21 | | as a provider in the early intervention program.
| 22 | | (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means | 23 | | an individual who
has met the standards in the State applicable | 24 | | to the relevant
profession, and has met such other | 25 | | qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable | 26 | | for personnel providing early intervention services,
including |
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| 1 | | pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The | 2 | | lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed | 3 | | no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this | 4 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12.)
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