(410 ILCS 213/20)
Sec. 20. Hearing screening advisory committee. By July 1, 2000, the Department of Human Services shall organize an advisory committee including representatives from the Department of Public Health, the University of Illinois Division of Specialized Care for Children, public and private hospitals, pediatric associations, audiologists, health insurance plans, hearing-impaired persons, parents of hearing-impaired children, and early intervention services. The committee shall:
(a) Develop and conduct training for hospitals implementing newborn hearing screening.
(b) Develop a tracking and follow-up program for diagnostic hearing testing for those infants failing hospital-based screening, in order to diagnose congenital hearing loss.
(c) Develop a referral system to early intervention services and hearing aids for those infants diagnosed with hearing loss.
(d) Develop an application process for financial assistance by the Division of Specialized Care for Children for follow-up diagnostic hearing testing of newborns failing hospital-based screening.
(e) Develop educational and informational materials for hospital personnel, health care professionals, and parents on appropriate follow-up procedures for infants failing hospital-based screening.
(f) Monitor any reports made available to the State with respect to the hearing screening status of all newborns.
(g) Monitor the availability of third party reimbursement for universal hospital-based hearing screening of newborn infants.
(h) Review administrative rules and make recommendations to the Department regarding such rules.
(Source: P.A. 91-67, eff. 7-9-99.)
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