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92_SB0123

 
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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 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 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  that  which
14        typically 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 in one  or  more
18    of  the  following areas of childhood development as measured
19    by   appropriate   diagnostic   instruments   and    standard
20    procedures:   cognitive;   physical,   including  vision  and
21    hearing; language, speech and  communication;  psycho-social;
22    or self-help skills.
23        (c)  "Physical  or  mental condition that 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.)

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