Bill Text: IL SB0152 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Re-referred to Assignments [SB0152 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB0152-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY 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
Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning children.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Early Intervention Services System Act is
amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
(325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
(a) "Eligible infants and and toddlers" means infants and
toddlers under 36 months of age with any of the following
conditions:
(1) Developmental delays.
(2) A physical or mental condition which typically
results in developmental delay.
(3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental
delays based on informed clinical opinion.
(4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
the circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of
this subsection but no longer meeting the current
eligibility criteria under those paragraphs, and
continuing to have any measurable delay, or (B) not having
attained a level of development in each area, including (i)
cognitive, (ii) physical (including vision and hearing),
(iii) language, speech, and communication, (iv) social or

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emotional, or (v) adaptive, that is at least at the mean of
the child's age equivalent peers; and, in addition to
either item (A) or item (B), (C) having been determined by
the multidisciplinary individualized family service plan
team to require the continuation of early intervention
services in order to support continuing developmental
progress, pursuant to the child's needs and provided in an
appropriate developmental manner. The type, frequency, and
intensity of services shall differ from the initial
individualized family services plan because of the child's
developmental progress, and may consist of only service
coordination, evaluation, and assessments.
(b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of
the following areas of childhood development as measured by
appropriate diagnostic instruments and standard procedures:
cognitive; physical, including vision and hearing; language,
speech and communication; social or emotional; or adaptive. The
term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in function in
one or more of those areas.
(c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results
in developmental delay" means:
(1) a diagnosed medical disorder bearing a relatively
well known expectancy for developmental outcomes within
varying ranges of developmental disabilities; or
(2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or early
developmental events suggestive of biological insults to

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the developing central nervous system and which either
singly or collectively increase the probability of
developing a disability or delay based on a medical
history.
(d) "Informed clinical opinion" means both clinical
observations and parental participation to determine
eligibility by a consensus of a multidisciplinary team of 2 or
more members based on their professional experience and
expertise.
(e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
(1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of
each child eligible under this Act and the needs of his or
her family;
(2) are selected in collaboration with the child's
family;
(3) are provided under public supervision;
(4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of
sliding scale fees or other system of payments by families
has been adopted in accordance with State and federal law;
(5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's
developmental needs in any of the following areas:
(A) physical development, including vision and
hearing,
(B) cognitive development,
(C) communication development,
(D) social or emotional development, or

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(E) adaptive development;
(6) meet the standards of the State, including the
requirements of this Act;
(7) include one or more of the following:
(A) family training,
(B) social work services, including counseling,
and home visits,
(C) special instruction,
(D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
(E) occupational therapy,
(F) physical therapy,
(G) psychological services,
(H) service coordination services,
(I) medical services only for diagnostic or
evaluation purposes,
(J) early identification, screening, and
assessment services,
(K) health services specified by the lead agency as
necessary to enable the infant or toddler to benefit
from the other early intervention services,
(L) vision services,
(M) transportation,
(N) assistive technology devices and services,
(O) nursing services,
(P) nutrition services, and
(Q) sign language and cued language services;

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(8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but
not limited to:
(A) child development specialists or special
educators, including teachers of children with hearing
impairments (including deafness) and teachers of
children with vision impairments (including
blindness),
(B) speech and language pathologists and
audiologists,
(C) occupational therapists,
(D) physical therapists,
(E) social workers,
(F) nurses,
(G) dietitian nutritionists,
(H) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists
and optometrists,
(I) psychologists, and
(J) physicians;
(9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized
Family Service Plan;
(10) are provided throughout the year; and
(11) are provided in natural environments, to the
maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and
community settings, unless justification is provided
consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections
1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.

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(f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a
written plan for providing early intervention services to a
child eligible under this Act and the child's family, as set
forth in Section 11.
(g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement
entered into by local community and State and regional agencies
receiving early intervention funds directly from the State and
made in accordance with State interagency agreements providing
for the delivery of early intervention services within a local
community area.
(h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on
Early Intervention established under Section 4.
(i) "Lead agency" means the State agency responsible for
administering this Act and receiving and disbursing public
funds received in accordance with State and federal law and
rules.
(i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing
office created by the lead agency under Section 13.
(j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible
infants and toddlers.
(k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's
designated entity responsible for implementation of the Early
Intervention Services System within its designated geographic
area.
(l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who
is qualified, as defined by the lead agency, to provide one or

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more types of early intervention services, and who has enrolled
as a provider in the early intervention program.
(m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means
an individual who has met the standards in the State applicable
to the relevant profession, and has met such other
qualifications as the lead agency has determined are suitable
for personnel providing early intervention services, including
pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The
lead agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed
no later than 180 days after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
(Source: P.A. 97-902, eff. 8-6-12; 98-41, eff. 6-28-13.)