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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB0152 Introduced 1/28/2015, by Sen. John J. Cullerton 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.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is |
5 | | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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6 | | (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
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7 | | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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8 | | (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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11 | | (1) Developmental delays.
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12 | | (2) A physical or mental condition which typically |
13 | | results in
developmental delay.
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14 | | (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental |
15 | | delays
based on informed clinical opinion.
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16 | | (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
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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) social or |
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1 | | emotional, or (v) adaptive, that
is at least at the mean of |
2 | | the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
in addition to |
3 | | either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
been determined by |
4 | | the multidisciplinary individualized
family service plan
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5 | | team to require the continuation of early intervention |
6 | | services in order to
support
continuing
developmental |
7 | | progress, pursuant to the child's needs and provided in an
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8 | | appropriate
developmental manner. The type, frequency, and |
9 | | intensity of services shall
differ from
the initial |
10 | | individualized family services plan because of the child's
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11 | | developmental
progress, and may consist of only service |
12 | | coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
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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; social or emotional;
or adaptive. The |
18 | | term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
function in |
19 | | one or more of those areas.
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20 | | (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results |
21 | | in developmental
delay" means:
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22 | | (1) a diagnosed medical disorder bearing a relatively |
23 | | well known
expectancy for developmental outcomes within |
24 | | varying ranges of developmental
disabilities; or
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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
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3 | | developing a disability or delay based on a medical |
4 | | history.
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5 | | (d) "Informed clinical opinion" 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.
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10 | | (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
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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;
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14 | | (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's |
15 | | family;
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16 | | (3) are provided under public supervision;
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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;
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20 | | (5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's |
21 | | developmental needs in
any of the following areas:
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22 | | (A) physical development, including vision and |
23 | | hearing,
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24 | | (B) cognitive development,
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25 | | (C) communication development,
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26 | | (D) social or emotional development, or
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1 | | (E) adaptive development;
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2 | | (6) meet the standards of the State, including the |
3 | | requirements of this Act;
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4 | | (7) include one or more of the following:
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5 | | (A) family training,
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6 | | (B) social work services, including counseling, |
7 | | and home visits,
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8 | | (C) special instruction,
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9 | | (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
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10 | | (E) occupational therapy,
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11 | | (F) physical therapy,
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12 | | (G) psychological services,
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13 | | (H) service coordination services,
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14 | | (I) medical services only for diagnostic or |
15 | | evaluation purposes,
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16 | | (J) early identification, screening, and |
17 | | assessment services,
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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,
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21 | | (L) vision services,
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22 | | (M) transportation,
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23 | | (N) assistive technology devices and services,
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24 | | (O) nursing services, |
25 | | (P) nutrition services, and |
26 | | (Q) sign language and cued language services;
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1 | | (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but |
2 | | not limited to:
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3 | | (A) child development specialists or special |
4 | | educators, including teachers of children with hearing |
5 | | impairments (including deafness) and teachers of |
6 | | children with vision impairments (including |
7 | | blindness),
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8 | | (B) speech and language pathologists and |
9 | | audiologists,
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10 | | (C) occupational therapists,
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11 | | (D) physical therapists,
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12 | | (E) social workers,
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13 | | (F) nurses,
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14 | | (G) dietitian nutritionists,
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15 | | (H) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists |
16 | | and optometrists,
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17 | | (I) psychologists, and
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18 | | (J) physicians;
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19 | | (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized |
20 | | Family Service Plan;
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21 | | (10) are provided throughout the year; and
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22 | | (11) are provided in natural
environments, to the |
23 | | maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and |
24 | | community settings, unless justification is provided |
25 | | consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections |
26 | | 1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
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1 | | (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a |
2 | | written plan for
providing early intervention services to a |
3 | | child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set |
4 | | forth in Section 11.
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5 | | (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement |
6 | | entered into by
local community and State and regional agencies |
7 | | receiving early
intervention funds directly from the State and |
8 | | made in accordance with
State interagency agreements providing |
9 | | for the delivery of early
intervention services within a local |
10 | | community area.
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11 | | (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on |
12 | | Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
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13 | | (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for |
14 | | administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public |
15 | | funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and |
16 | | rules.
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17 | | (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing |
18 | | office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
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19 | | (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible |
20 | | infants and
toddlers.
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21 | | (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's |
22 | | designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early |
23 | | Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic |
24 | | area.
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25 | | (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who |
26 | | is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or |
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1 | | more types of early intervention
services, and who has enrolled |
2 | | as a provider in the early intervention program.
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3 | | (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means |
4 | | an individual who
has met the standards in the State applicable |
5 | | to the relevant
profession, and has met such other |
6 | | qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable |
7 | | for personnel providing early intervention services,
including |
8 | | pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The |
9 | | lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed |
10 | | no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this |
11 | | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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12 | | (Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12; 98-41, eff. 6-28-13.)
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