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                                     LRB093 02198 DRJ 15900 a

 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 414

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 414 on page 1, line
 3    5, by replacing "Section 3" with "Sections 3 and 13.50"; and

 4    on page  2,  by  replacing  lines  12  through  18  with  the
 5    following:
 6    "or  self-help  skills.  From  July  1, 2003 through June 30,
 7    2004, the term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
 8    function in one or more of those areas. On and after July  1,
 9    2004, the term means a delay of 25% or more below the mean in
10    function in one or more of those areas."; and

11    on page 6, after line 2, by inserting the following:

12        "(325 ILCS 20/13.50)
13        Sec.   13.50.  Early  Intervention  Legislative  Advisory
14    Committee. No later than 60 days after the effective date  of
15    this  amendatory Act of 92nd General Assembly, there shall be
16    convened  the   Early   Intervention   Legislative   Advisory
17    Committee.  The  majority and minority leaders of the General
18    Assembly shall each appoint 2 members to the  Committee.  The
19    Committee's  term  is  for  a  period  of  4 2 years, and the
20    Committee shall publicly convene no less  than  4  times  per
21    year. The Committee's responsibilities shall include, but not
22    be   limited  to,  providing  guidance  to  the  lead  agency
 
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 1    regarding   programmatic   and    fiscal    management    and
 2    accountability,   provider  development  and  accountability,
 3    contracting, and program outcome measures.  During  the  life
 4    of  the Committee, on a quarterly basis, or more often as the
 5    Committee may request, the lead agency shall provide  to  the
 6    Committee, and simultaneously to the public, through postings
 7    on  the  lead  agency's early intervention website, quarterly
 8    reports containing monthly data and other early  intervention
 9    program  information  that  the Committee requests. The first
10    data report must be supplied  no  later  than  September  21,
11    2001, and must include the previous 2 quarters of data.
12    (Source: P.A. 92-307, eff. 8-9-01.)".