Bill Text: IL SB3747 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that no later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall convene a comprehensive stakeholder process to develop standards for hospitals to establish specialized units for children and adolescents with an autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual or developmental disabilities. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that child welfare supervisors shall satisfy specified requirements. Provides that the Central Office of Licensing at the Department of Children and Family Services shall convene a 5 person panel to review all transcripts and course information and make a decision on the equivalency of the college degree to a human services degree. Provides that the panel must include representation from a community-based provider. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Expands eligibility under the Department of Human Services' child care assistance program to youth in care and to families receiving Extended Family Support Program services from the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Provides that the definition of "eligible infants and toddlers" includes any child under the age of 3 who is the subject of a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect, as defined by the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. Effective immediately, except that changes to the Illinois Public Aid Code take effect July 1, 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-25 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam [SB3747 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3747-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 15. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | ||||||
5 | changing Section 9A-11 as follows:
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6 | (305 ILCS 5/9A-11) (from Ch. 23, par. 9A-11)
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7 | Sec. 9A-11. Child care.
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8 | (a) The General Assembly recognizes that families with | ||||||
9 | children need child
care in order to work. Child care is | ||||||
10 | expensive and families with low incomes,
including those who | ||||||
11 | are transitioning from welfare to work, often struggle to
pay | ||||||
12 | the costs of day care. The
General Assembly understands the | ||||||
13 | importance of helping low-income working
families become and | ||||||
14 | remain self-sufficient. The General Assembly also believes
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15 | that it is the responsibility of families to share in the costs | ||||||
16 | of child care.
It is also the preference of the General | ||||||
17 | Assembly that all working poor
families should be treated | ||||||
18 | equally, regardless of their welfare status.
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19 | (b) To the extent resources permit, the Illinois | ||||||
20 | Department shall provide
child care services to parents or | ||||||
21 | other relatives as defined by rule who are
working or | ||||||
22 | participating in employment or Department approved
education | ||||||
23 | or training programs. At a minimum, the Illinois Department |
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1 | shall
cover the following categories of families:
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2 | (1) recipients of TANF under Article IV participating | ||||||
3 | in work and training
activities as specified in the | ||||||
4 | personal plan for employment and
self-sufficiency;
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5 | (2) families transitioning from TANF to work;
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6 | (3) families at risk of becoming recipients of TANF;
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7 | (4) families with special needs as defined by rule;
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8 | (5) working families with very low incomes as defined | ||||||
9 | by rule;
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10 | (6) families that are not recipients of TANF and that | ||||||
11 | need child care assistance to participate in education and | ||||||
12 | training activities; and | ||||||
13 | (7) foster parents or caregivers of youth in care as | ||||||
14 | defined in Section 4d of the Children and Family Services | ||||||
15 | Act, regardless of whether they are working or | ||||||
16 | participating in Department-approved employment or | ||||||
17 | education or training programs. Assistance provided under | ||||||
18 | this paragraph shall be for the care of the youth in care; | ||||||
19 | (8) youth in care, as defined in Section 4d of the | ||||||
20 | Children and Family Services Act, who are parents, | ||||||
21 | regardless of whether they are working or participating in | ||||||
22 | Department-approved employment or education or training | ||||||
23 | programs. Any family that receives child care assistance | ||||||
24 | in accordance with this paragraph shall receive one | ||||||
25 | additional 12-month child care eligibility period after | ||||||
26 | the parenting youth in care's case with the Department of |
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1 | Children and Family Services is closed, regardless of | ||||||
2 | whether they are working or participating in | ||||||
3 | Department-approved employment or education or training | ||||||
4 | programs; | ||||||
5 | (9) parents who have custody of their children and | ||||||
6 | their children are the subjects of pending cases under | ||||||
7 | Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, regardless | ||||||
8 | of whether they are working or participating in | ||||||
9 | Department-approved employment or education or training | ||||||
10 | programs. Any family that receives child care assistance | ||||||
11 | in accordance with this paragraph shall remain eligible | ||||||
12 | for child care assistance 6 months after the child's case | ||||||
13 | under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 is | ||||||
14 | closed, regardless of whether the child's parents are | ||||||
15 | working or participating in Department-approved employment | ||||||
16 | or education or training programs; | ||||||
17 | (10) (7) families with children under the age of 5 who | ||||||
18 | have an open intact family services case with the | ||||||
19 | Department of Children and Family Services. Any family | ||||||
20 | that receives child care assistance in accordance with | ||||||
21 | this paragraph shall remain eligible for child care | ||||||
22 | assistance 6 months after the child's intact family | ||||||
23 | services case is closed, regardless of whether the child's | ||||||
24 | parents or other relatives as defined by rule are working | ||||||
25 | or participating in Department approved employment or | ||||||
26 | education or training programs. The Department of Human |
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1 | Services, in consultation with the Department of Children | ||||||
2 | and Family Services, shall adopt rules to protect the | ||||||
3 | privacy of families who are the subject of an open intact | ||||||
4 | family services case when such families enroll in child | ||||||
5 | care services. Additional rules shall be adopted to offer | ||||||
6 | children who have an open intact family services case the | ||||||
7 | opportunity to receive an Early Intervention screening and | ||||||
8 | other services that their families may be eligible for as | ||||||
9 | provided by the Department of Human Services ; and . | ||||||
10 | (11) families receiving Extended Family Support | ||||||
11 | Program services from the Department of Children and | ||||||
12 | Family Services, regardless of whether they are working or | ||||||
13 | participating in Department-approved employment or | ||||||
14 | education or training programs. | ||||||
15 | The Department shall specify by rule the conditions of | ||||||
16 | eligibility, the
application process, and the types, amounts, | ||||||
17 | and duration of services.
Eligibility for
child care benefits | ||||||
18 | and the amount of child care provided may vary based on
family | ||||||
19 | size, income,
and other factors as specified by rule.
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20 | The Department shall update the Child Care Assistance | ||||||
21 | Program Eligibility Calculator posted on its website to | ||||||
22 | include a question on whether a family is applying for child | ||||||
23 | care assistance for the first time or is applying for a | ||||||
24 | redetermination of eligibility. | ||||||
25 | A family's eligibility for child care services shall be | ||||||
26 | redetermined no sooner than 12 months following the initial |
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1 | determination or most recent redetermination. During the | ||||||
2 | 12-month periods, the family shall remain eligible for child | ||||||
3 | care services regardless of (i) a change in family income, | ||||||
4 | unless family income exceeds 85% of State median income, or | ||||||
5 | (ii) a temporary change in the ongoing status of the parents or | ||||||
6 | other relatives, as defined by rule, as working or attending a | ||||||
7 | job training or educational program. | ||||||
8 | In determining income eligibility for child care benefits, | ||||||
9 | the Department
annually, at the beginning of each fiscal year, | ||||||
10 | shall
establish, by rule, one income threshold for each family | ||||||
11 | size, in relation to
percentage of State median income for a | ||||||
12 | family of that size, that makes
families with incomes below | ||||||
13 | the specified threshold eligible for assistance
and families | ||||||
14 | with incomes above the specified threshold ineligible for
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15 | assistance. Through and including fiscal year 2007, the | ||||||
16 | specified threshold must be no less than 50% of the
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17 | then-current State median income for each family size. | ||||||
18 | Beginning in fiscal year 2008, the specified threshold must be | ||||||
19 | no less than 185% of the then-current federal poverty level | ||||||
20 | for each family size. Notwithstanding any other provision of | ||||||
21 | law or administrative rule to the contrary, beginning in | ||||||
22 | fiscal year 2019, the specified threshold for working families | ||||||
23 | with very low incomes as defined by rule must be no less than | ||||||
24 | 185% of the then-current federal poverty level for each family | ||||||
25 | size. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or | ||||||
26 | administrative rule to the contrary, beginning in State fiscal |
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1 | year 2022, the specified
income threshold shall be no less | ||||||
2 | than 200% of the
then-current federal poverty level for each | ||||||
3 | family size.
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4 | In determining eligibility for
assistance, the Department | ||||||
5 | shall not give preference to any category of
recipients
or | ||||||
6 | give preference to individuals based on their receipt of | ||||||
7 | benefits under this
Code.
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8 | Nothing in this Section shall be
construed as conferring | ||||||
9 | entitlement status to eligible families.
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10 | The Illinois
Department is authorized to lower income | ||||||
11 | eligibility ceilings, raise parent
co-payments, create waiting | ||||||
12 | lists, or take such other actions during a fiscal
year as are | ||||||
13 | necessary to ensure that child care benefits paid under this
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14 | Article do not exceed the amounts appropriated for those child | ||||||
15 | care benefits.
These changes may be accomplished by emergency | ||||||
16 | rule under Section 5-45 of the
Illinois Administrative | ||||||
17 | Procedure Act, except that the limitation on the number
of | ||||||
18 | emergency rules that may be adopted in a 24-month period shall | ||||||
19 | not apply.
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20 | The Illinois Department may contract with other State | ||||||
21 | agencies or child care
organizations for the administration of | ||||||
22 | child care services.
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23 | (c) Payment shall be made for child care that otherwise | ||||||
24 | meets the
requirements of this Section and applicable | ||||||
25 | standards of State and local
law and regulation, including any | ||||||
26 | requirements the Illinois Department
promulgates by rule in |
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1 | addition to the licensure
requirements
promulgated by the | ||||||
2 | Department of Children and Family Services and Fire
Prevention | ||||||
3 | and Safety requirements promulgated by the Office of the State
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4 | Fire Marshal, and is provided in any of the following:
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5 | (1) a child care center which is licensed or exempt | ||||||
6 | from licensure
pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Child Care | ||||||
7 | Act of 1969;
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8 | (2) a licensed child care home or home exempt from | ||||||
9 | licensing;
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10 | (3) a licensed group child care home;
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11 | (4) other types of child care, including child care | ||||||
12 | provided
by relatives or persons living in the same home | ||||||
13 | as the child, as determined by
the Illinois Department by | ||||||
14 | rule.
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15 | (c-5)
Solely for the purposes of coverage under the | ||||||
16 | Illinois Public Labor Relations Act, child and day care home | ||||||
17 | providers, including licensed and license exempt, | ||||||
18 | participating in the Department's child care assistance | ||||||
19 | program shall be considered to be public employees and the | ||||||
20 | State of Illinois shall be considered to be their employer as | ||||||
21 | of January 1, 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-320), | ||||||
22 | but not before. The State shall engage in collective | ||||||
23 | bargaining with an exclusive representative of child and day | ||||||
24 | care home providers participating in the child care assistance | ||||||
25 | program concerning their terms and conditions of employment | ||||||
26 | that are within the State's control. Nothing in this |
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1 | subsection shall be understood to limit the right of families | ||||||
2 | receiving services defined in this Section to select child and | ||||||
3 | day care home providers or supervise them within the limits of | ||||||
4 | this Section. The State shall not be considered to be the | ||||||
5 | employer of child and day care home providers for any purposes | ||||||
6 | not specifically provided in Public Act 94-320, including, but | ||||||
7 | not limited to, purposes of vicarious liability in tort and | ||||||
8 | purposes of statutory retirement or health insurance benefits. | ||||||
9 | Child and day care home providers shall not be covered by the | ||||||
10 | State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971. | ||||||
11 | In according child and day care home providers and their | ||||||
12 | selected representative rights under the Illinois Public Labor | ||||||
13 | Relations Act, the State intends that the State action | ||||||
14 | exemption to application of federal and State antitrust laws | ||||||
15 | be fully available to the extent that their activities are | ||||||
16 | authorized by Public Act 94-320.
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17 | (d) The Illinois Department shall establish, by rule, a | ||||||
18 | co-payment scale that provides for cost sharing by families | ||||||
19 | that receive
child care services, including parents whose only | ||||||
20 | income is from
assistance under this Code. The co-payment | ||||||
21 | shall be based on family income and family size and may be | ||||||
22 | based on other factors as appropriate. Co-payments may be | ||||||
23 | waived for families whose incomes are at or below the federal | ||||||
24 | poverty level.
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25 | (d-5) The Illinois Department, in consultation with its | ||||||
26 | Child Care and Development Advisory Council, shall develop a |
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1 | plan to revise the child care assistance program's co-payment | ||||||
2 | scale. The plan shall be completed no later than February 1, | ||||||
3 | 2008, and shall include: | ||||||
4 | (1) findings as to the percentage of income that the | ||||||
5 | average American family spends on child care and the | ||||||
6 | relative amounts that low-income families and the average | ||||||
7 | American family spend on other necessities of life;
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8 | (2) recommendations for revising the child care | ||||||
9 | co-payment scale to assure that families receiving child | ||||||
10 | care services from the Department are paying no more than | ||||||
11 | they can reasonably afford; | ||||||
12 | (3) recommendations for revising the child care | ||||||
13 | co-payment scale to provide at-risk children with complete | ||||||
14 | access to Preschool for All and Head Start; and | ||||||
15 | (4) recommendations for changes in child care program | ||||||
16 | policies that affect the affordability of child care.
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17 | (e) (Blank).
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18 | (f) The Illinois Department shall, by rule, set rates to | ||||||
19 | be paid for the
various types of child care. Child care may be | ||||||
20 | provided through one of the
following methods:
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21 | (1) arranging the child care through eligible | ||||||
22 | providers by use of
purchase of service contracts or | ||||||
23 | vouchers;
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24 | (2) arranging with other agencies and community | ||||||
25 | volunteer groups for
non-reimbursed child care;
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26 | (3) (blank); or
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1 | (4) adopting such other arrangements as the Department | ||||||
2 | determines
appropriate.
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3 | (f-1) Within 30 days after June 4, 2018 (the effective | ||||||
4 | date of Public Act 100-587), the Department of Human Services | ||||||
5 | shall establish rates for child care providers that are no | ||||||
6 | less than the rates in effect on January 1, 2018 increased by | ||||||
7 | 4.26%. | ||||||
8 | (f-5) (Blank). | ||||||
9 | (g) Families eligible for assistance under this Section | ||||||
10 | shall be given the
following options:
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11 | (1) receiving a child care certificate issued by the | ||||||
12 | Department or a
subcontractor of the Department that may | ||||||
13 | be used by the parents as payment for
child care and | ||||||
14 | development services only; or
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15 | (2) if space is available, enrolling the child with a | ||||||
16 | child care provider
that has a purchase of service | ||||||
17 | contract with the Department or a subcontractor
of the | ||||||
18 | Department for the provision of child care and development | ||||||
19 | services.
The Department may identify particular priority | ||||||
20 | populations for whom they may
request special | ||||||
21 | consideration by a provider with purchase of service
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22 | contracts, provided that the providers shall be permitted | ||||||
23 | to maintain a balance
of clients in terms of household | ||||||
24 | incomes and families and children with special
needs, as | ||||||
25 | defined by rule.
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26 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 101-657, eff. 3-23-21; |
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1 | 102-491, eff. 8-20-21; revised 11-8-21.)"; and
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2 | Section 20. The Early Intervention Services System Act is | ||||||
3 | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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4 | (325 ILCS 20/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 4153)
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5 | Sec. 3. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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6 | (a) "Eligible infants and toddlers" means infants and | ||||||
7 | toddlers
under 36 months of age with any of the following | ||||||
8 | conditions:
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9 | (1) Developmental delays.
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10 | (2) A physical or mental condition which typically | ||||||
11 | results in
developmental delay.
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12 | (3) Being at risk of having substantial developmental | ||||||
13 | delays
based on informed clinical opinion.
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14 | (4) Either (A) having entered the program under any of
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15 | the circumstances listed in paragraphs (1) through (3) of | ||||||
16 | this
subsection
but no
longer meeting
the current | ||||||
17 | eligibility criteria under those paragraphs,
and | ||||||
18 | continuing to have any measurable delay, or (B) not
having | ||||||
19 | attained a level of development in each area,
including
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20 | (i) cognitive, (ii) physical (including vision and | ||||||
21 | hearing), (iii)
language,
speech, and communication, (iv) | ||||||
22 | social or emotional, or (v) adaptive, that
is at least at | ||||||
23 | the mean of the child's age equivalent peers;
and,
in | ||||||
24 | addition to either item (A) or item (B), (C)
having
been |
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1 | determined by the multidisciplinary individualized
family | ||||||
2 | service plan
team to require the continuation of early | ||||||
3 | intervention services in order to
support
continuing
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4 | developmental progress, pursuant to the child's needs and | ||||||
5 | provided in an
appropriate
developmental manner. The type, | ||||||
6 | frequency, and intensity of services shall
differ from
the | ||||||
7 | initial individualized family services plan because of the | ||||||
8 | child's
developmental
progress, and may consist of only | ||||||
9 | service coordination, evaluation, and
assessments.
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10 | "Eligible infants and toddlers" includes any child under | ||||||
11 | the age of 3 who is the subject of a substantiated case of | ||||||
12 | child abuse or neglect, as defined by the federal Child Abuse | ||||||
13 | Prevention and Treatment Act. | ||||||
14 | (b) "Developmental delay" means a delay in one or more of | ||||||
15 | the following
areas of childhood development as measured by | ||||||
16 | appropriate diagnostic
instruments and standard procedures: | ||||||
17 | cognitive; physical, including vision
and hearing; language, | ||||||
18 | speech and communication; social or emotional;
or adaptive. | ||||||
19 | The term means a delay of 30% or more below the mean in
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20 | function in one or more of those areas.
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21 | (c) "Physical or mental condition which typically results | ||||||
22 | in developmental
delay" means:
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23 | (1) a diagnosed medical disorder or exposure to a | ||||||
24 | toxic substance bearing a relatively well known
expectancy | ||||||
25 | for developmental outcomes within varying ranges of | ||||||
26 | developmental
disabilities; or
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1 | (2) a history of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal or | ||||||
2 | early developmental
events suggestive of biological | ||||||
3 | insults to the developing central nervous
system and which | ||||||
4 | either singly or collectively increase the probability of
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5 | developing a disability or delay based on a medical | ||||||
6 | history.
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7 | (d) "Informed clinical opinion" means both clinical | ||||||
8 | observations and
parental participation to determine | ||||||
9 | eligibility by a consensus of a
multidisciplinary team of 2 or | ||||||
10 | more members based on their professional
experience and | ||||||
11 | expertise.
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12 | (e) "Early intervention services" means services which:
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13 | (1) are designed to meet the developmental needs of | ||||||
14 | each child
eligible under this Act and the needs of his or | ||||||
15 | her family;
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16 | (2) are selected in collaboration with the child's | ||||||
17 | family;
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18 | (3) are provided under public supervision;
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19 | (4) are provided at no cost except where a schedule of | ||||||
20 | sliding scale
fees or other system of payments by families | ||||||
21 | has been adopted in accordance
with State and federal law;
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22 | (5) are designed to meet an infant's or toddler's | ||||||
23 | developmental needs in
any of the following areas:
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24 | (A) physical development, including vision and | ||||||
25 | hearing,
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26 | (B) cognitive development,
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1 | (C) communication development,
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2 | (D) social or emotional development, or
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3 | (E) adaptive development;
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4 | (6) meet the standards of the State, including the | ||||||
5 | requirements of this Act;
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6 | (7) include one or more of the following:
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7 | (A) family training,
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8 | (B) social work services, including counseling, | ||||||
9 | and home visits,
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10 | (C) special instruction,
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11 | (D) speech, language pathology and audiology,
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12 | (E) occupational therapy,
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13 | (F) physical therapy,
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14 | (G) psychological services,
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15 | (H) service coordination services,
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16 | (I) medical services only for diagnostic or | ||||||
17 | evaluation purposes,
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18 | (J) early identification, screening, and | ||||||
19 | assessment services,
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20 | (K) health services specified by the lead agency | ||||||
21 | as necessary to
enable the infant or toddler to | ||||||
22 | benefit from the other early intervention
services,
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23 | (L) vision services,
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24 | (M) transportation,
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25 | (N) assistive technology devices and services,
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26 | (O) nursing services, |
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1 | (P) nutrition services, and | ||||||
2 | (Q) sign language and cued language services; | ||||||
3 | (8) are provided by qualified personnel, including but | ||||||
4 | not limited to:
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5 | (A) child development specialists or special | ||||||
6 | educators, including teachers of children with hearing | ||||||
7 | impairments (including deafness) and teachers of | ||||||
8 | children with vision impairments (including | ||||||
9 | blindness),
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10 | (B) speech and language pathologists and | ||||||
11 | audiologists,
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12 | (C) occupational therapists,
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13 | (D) physical therapists,
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14 | (E) social workers,
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15 | (F) nurses,
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16 | (G) dietitian nutritionists,
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17 | (H) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists | ||||||
18 | and optometrists,
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19 | (I) psychologists, and
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20 | (J) physicians;
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21 | (9) are provided in conformity with an Individualized | ||||||
22 | Family Service Plan;
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23 | (10) are provided throughout the year; and
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24 | (11) are provided in natural
environments, to the | ||||||
25 | maximum extent appropriate, which may include the home and | ||||||
26 | community settings, unless justification is provided |
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1 | consistent with federal regulations adopted under Sections | ||||||
2 | 1431 through 1444 of Title 20 of the United States Code.
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3 | (f) "Individualized Family Service Plan" or "Plan" means a | ||||||
4 | written plan for
providing early intervention services to a | ||||||
5 | child eligible under this Act
and the child's family, as set | ||||||
6 | forth in Section 11.
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7 | (g) "Local interagency agreement" means an agreement | ||||||
8 | entered into by
local community and State and regional | ||||||
9 | agencies receiving early
intervention funds directly from the | ||||||
10 | State and made in accordance with
State interagency agreements | ||||||
11 | providing for the delivery of early
intervention services | ||||||
12 | within a local community area.
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13 | (h) "Council" means the Illinois Interagency Council on | ||||||
14 | Early
Intervention established under Section 4.
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15 | (i) "Lead agency" means the State agency
responsible for | ||||||
16 | administering this Act and
receiving and disbursing public | ||||||
17 | funds received in accordance with State and
federal law and | ||||||
18 | rules.
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19 | (i-5) "Central billing office" means the central billing | ||||||
20 | office created by
the lead agency under Section 13.
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21 | (j) "Child find" means a service which identifies eligible | ||||||
22 | infants and
toddlers.
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23 | (k) "Regional intake entity" means the lead agency's | ||||||
24 | designated entity
responsible for implementation of the Early | ||||||
25 | Intervention Services System within
its designated geographic | ||||||
26 | area.
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1 | (l) "Early intervention provider" means an individual who | ||||||
2 | is qualified, as
defined by the lead agency, to provide one or | ||||||
3 | more types of early intervention
services, and who has | ||||||
4 | enrolled as a provider in the early intervention program.
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5 | (m) "Fully credentialed early intervention provider" means | ||||||
6 | an individual who
has met the standards in the State | ||||||
7 | applicable to the relevant
profession, and has met such other | ||||||
8 | qualifications as the lead agency has
determined are suitable | ||||||
9 | for personnel providing early intervention services,
including | ||||||
10 | pediatric experience, education, and continuing education. The | ||||||
11 | lead
agency shall establish these qualifications by rule filed | ||||||
12 | no later than 180
days
after the effective date of this | ||||||
13 | amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.
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14 | (n) "Telehealth" has the meaning given to that term in | ||||||
15 | Section 5 of the Telehealth Act. | ||||||
16 | (Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-104, eff. 7-22-21.)
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