New York Public Health Law Title 2-A - EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES

• 2540 - Establishment of Early Intervention Program.
  There is established an early intervention program under the administration of the commissioner.
• 2541 - Definitions.
  As used in this title the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. "Children at risk" means children...
• 2542 - Comprehensive Child Find System and Public Awareness Program.
  1. The commissioner shall develop a comprehensive child find system that ensures that eligible children in the state are identified, located, referred to the early...
• 2543 - Service Coordinators.
  1. Upon referral to the early intervention official of a child thought to be an eligible child by a parent or professional, the early intervention...
• 2544 - Screening and Evaluations.
  1. Each child thought to be an eligible child is entitled to a multidisciplinary evaluation, and the early intervention official shall ensure such evaluation, with...
• 2545 - Individualized Family Services Plans ("ifsp").
  1. If the evaluator determines that the infant or toddler is an eligible child, the early intervention official shall convene a meeting, at a time...
• 2546 - Interim Services.
  1. Early intervention services for an eligible child and the child's family may commence before the completion of the evaluation and assessment in sections twenty-five...
• 2547 - Respite Services.
  1. Subject to the availability of federal funds, the commissioner shall allocate a portion of such funds for respite services for families of eligible children....
• 2547-a - Day Care Support Services.
  The commissioner shall allocate up to one million dollars of federal funds for purposes of establishing two or more demonstration programs for the provision of...
• 2548 - Transition Plan.
  To the extent that a toddler with a disability is thought to be eligible for services pursuant to section forty-four hundred ten of the education...
• 2549 - Due Process.
  1. If a parent disagrees with the determination of the evaluator or the local early intervention official with regard to the eligibility for or provision...
• 2550 - Responsibilities of Lead Agency.
  1. The lead agency is responsible for the general administration and supervision of programs and activities receiving assistance under this title, and the monitoring of...
• 2551 - Coordinated Standards and Procedures.
  1. The state early intervention service agencies shall jointly establish coordinated standards and procedures for: (a) early intervention services and evaluations; (b) child find system...
• 2552 - Responsibility of Municipality.
  1. Each municipality shall be responsible for ensuring that the early intervention services contained in an IFSP are provided to eligible children and their families...
• 2553 - Early Intervention Coordinating Council.
  1. (a) The department shall establish an early intervention coordinating council. (b) The council shall consist of thirty members, unless otherwise required by federal law,...
• 2554 - Local Early Intervention Coordinating Councils.
  1. A local early intervention coordinating council shall be established in each municipality. The council shall consist of members appointed by the early intervention official....
• 2556 - Administrative Costs.
  On or after July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four, and annually thereafter, municipalities shall be eligible for reimbursement for administrative costs exclusive of due process costs...
• 2557 - Financial Responsibility and Reimbursement.
  1. The approved costs for an eligible child who receives an evaluation and early intervention services pursuant to this title shall be a charge upon...
• 2558 - Responsibility for Certain Temporary-Resident Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities.
  1. Definitions. In addition to the definitions contained in section twenty-five hundred forty-one of this title, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a)...
• 2559 - Third Party Insurance and Medical Assistance Program Payments.
  1. Nothing in this title shall be construed to permit the department or any other state agency or municipality to reduce medical assistance or other...
• 2559-a - Transportation.
  The municipality in which an eligible child resides shall, beginning with the first day of service, provide either directly, by contract, or through reimbursement at...
• 2559-b - Regulations.
  The commissioner may adopt regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. In promulgating such regulations, the commissioner shall incorporate coordinated standards and...

Last modified: February 3, 2019