Bill Amendment: IL SB0155 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: EARLY INVENTION-DEFINED TERM
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0155 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0155-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: EARLY INVENTION-DEFINED TERM
Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB0155 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SB0155-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 155
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 155 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is | ||||||
5 | amended by changing Section 3 and by adding Section 3a as | ||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
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8 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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9 | (a) "Eligible infants and toddlers" means infants and | ||||||
10 | toddlers
under 36 months of age with any of the following | ||||||
11 | conditions:
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12 | (1) Developmental delays.
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13 | (2) A physical or mental condition which typically | ||||||
14 | results in
developmental delay.
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15 | (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental | ||||||
16 | delays
based on informed clinical opinion.
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1 | (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
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2 | the circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of | ||||||
3 | this
subsection
but no
longer meeting
the current | ||||||
4 | eligibility criteria under those paragraphs,
and | ||||||
5 | continuing to have any measurable delay, or (B) not
having | ||||||
6 | attained a level of development in each area,
including
(i) | ||||||
7 | cognitive, (ii) physical (including vision and hearing), | ||||||
8 | (iii)
language,
speech, and communication, (iv) social or | ||||||
9 | emotional, or (v) adaptive, that
is at least at the mean of | ||||||
10 | the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
in addition to | ||||||
11 | either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
been determined by | ||||||
12 | the multidisciplinary individualized
family service plan
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13 | team to require the continuation of early intervention | ||||||
14 | services in order to
support
continuing
developmental | ||||||
15 | progress, pursuant to the child's needs and provided in an
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16 | appropriate
developmental manner. The type, frequency, and | ||||||
17 | intensity of services shall
differ from
the initial | ||||||
18 | individualized family services plan because of the child's
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19 | developmental
progress, and may consist of only service | ||||||
20 | coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
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21 | (b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of | ||||||
22 | the following
areas of childhood development as measured by | ||||||
23 | appropriate diagnostic
instruments and standard procedures: | ||||||
24 | cognitive; physical, including vision
and hearing; language, | ||||||
25 | speech and communication; social or emotional;
or adaptive. The | ||||||
26 | term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
function in |
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1 | one or more of those areas.
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2 | (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results | ||||||
3 | in developmental
delay" means:
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4 | (1) a diagnosed medical disorder or exposure to a toxic | ||||||
5 | substance bearing a relatively well known
expectancy for | ||||||
6 | developmental outcomes within varying ranges of | ||||||
7 | developmental
disabilities; or
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8 | (2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or early | ||||||
9 | developmental
events suggestive of biological insults to | ||||||
10 | the developing central nervous
system and which either | ||||||
11 | singly or collectively increase the probability of
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12 | developing a disability or delay based on a medical | ||||||
13 | history.
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14 | (d) "Informed clinical opinion" means both clinical | ||||||
15 | observations and
parental participation to determine | ||||||
16 | eligibility by a consensus of a
multidisciplinary team of 2 or | ||||||
17 | more members based on their professional
experience and | ||||||
18 | expertise.
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19 | (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
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20 | (1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of | ||||||
21 | each child
eligible under this Act and the needs of his or | ||||||
22 | her family;
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23 | (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's | ||||||
24 | family;
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25 | (3) are provided under public supervision;
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26 | (4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of |
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1 | sliding scale
fees or other system of payments by families | ||||||
2 | has been adopted in accordance
with State and federal law;
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3 | (5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's | ||||||
4 | developmental needs in
any of the following areas:
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5 | (A) physical development, including vision and | ||||||
6 | hearing,
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7 | (B) cognitive development,
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8 | (C) communication development,
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9 | (D) social or emotional development, or
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10 | (E) adaptive development;
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11 | (6) meet the standards of the State, including the | ||||||
12 | requirements of this Act;
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13 | (7) include one or more of the following:
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14 | (A) family training,
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15 | (B) social work services, including counseling, | ||||||
16 | and home visits,
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17 | (C) special instruction,
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18 | (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
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19 | (E) occupational therapy,
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20 | (F) physical therapy,
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21 | (G) psychological services,
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22 | (H) service coordination services,
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23 | (I) medical services only for diagnostic or | ||||||
24 | evaluation purposes,
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25 | (J) early identification, screening, and | ||||||
26 | assessment services,
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1 | (K) health services specified by the lead agency as | ||||||
2 | necessary to
enable the infant or toddler to benefit | ||||||
3 | from the other early intervention
services,
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4 | (L) vision services,
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5 | (M) transportation,
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6 | (N) assistive technology devices and services,
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7 | (O) nursing services, | ||||||
8 | (P) nutrition services, and | ||||||
9 | (Q) sign language and cued language services;
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10 | (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but | ||||||
11 | not limited to:
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12 | (A) child development specialists or special | ||||||
13 | educators, including teachers of children with hearing | ||||||
14 | impairments (including deafness) and teachers of | ||||||
15 | children with vision impairments (including | ||||||
16 | blindness),
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17 | (B) speech and language pathologists and | ||||||
18 | audiologists,
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19 | (C) occupational therapists,
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20 | (D) physical therapists,
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21 | (E) social workers,
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22 | (F) nurses,
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23 | (G) dietitian nutritionists,
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24 | (H) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists | ||||||
25 | and optometrists,
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26 | (I) psychologists, and
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1 | (J) physicians;
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2 | (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized | ||||||
3 | Family Service Plan;
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4 | (10) are provided throughout the year; and
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5 | (11) are provided in natural
environments, to the | ||||||
6 | maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and | ||||||
7 | community settings, unless justification is provided | ||||||
8 | consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections | ||||||
9 | 1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
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10 | (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a | ||||||
11 | written plan for
providing early intervention services to a | ||||||
12 | child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set | ||||||
13 | forth in Section 11.
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14 | (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement | ||||||
15 | entered into by
local community and State and regional agencies | ||||||
16 | receiving early
intervention funds directly from the State and | ||||||
17 | made in accordance with
State interagency agreements providing | ||||||
18 | for the delivery of early
intervention services within a local | ||||||
19 | community area.
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20 | (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on | ||||||
21 | Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
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22 | (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for | ||||||
23 | administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public | ||||||
24 | funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and | ||||||
25 | rules.
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26 | (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing |
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1 | office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
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2 | (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible | ||||||
3 | infants and
toddlers.
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4 | (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's | ||||||
5 | designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early | ||||||
6 | Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic | ||||||
7 | area.
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8 | (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who | ||||||
9 | is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or | ||||||
10 | more types of early intervention
services, and who has enrolled | ||||||
11 | as a provider in the early intervention program.
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12 | (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means | ||||||
13 | an individual who
has met the standards in the State applicable | ||||||
14 | to the relevant
profession, and has met such other | ||||||
15 | qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable | ||||||
16 | for personnel providing early intervention services,
including | ||||||
17 | pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The | ||||||
18 | lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed | ||||||
19 | no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this | ||||||
20 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12; 98-41, eff. 6-28-13.)
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22 | (325 ILCS 20/3a new) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 3a. Lead poisoning. No later than 180 days after the | ||||||
24 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General | ||||||
25 | Assembly, the lead agency shall adopt rules to update 89 Ill. |
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1 | Adm. Code 500.Appendix E by: (i) expanding the list of Medical | ||||||
2 | Conditions Resulting in High Probability of Developmental | ||||||
3 | Delay to include lead poisoning as a medical condition approved | ||||||
4 | by the lead agency for the purposes of this Act; and (ii) | ||||||
5 | defining "confirmed blood lead level" and "elevated blood lead | ||||||
6 | level" or "EBL" to have the same meanings ascribed to those | ||||||
7 | terms by the Department of Public Health in 77 Ill. Adm. Code | ||||||
8 | 845.20. ".
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