Bill Text: MN HF1202 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Children early intervention criteria modified.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Author added Allen [HF1202 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1202-Introduced.html
1.2relating to children; modifying early intervention criteria; amending Minnesota
1.3Statutes 2010, section 125A.30.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.30, is amended to read:
1.6125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.
1.7(a) A school district, group of districts, or special education cooperative, in
1.8cooperation with the health and human service agencies located in the county or counties
1.9in which the district or cooperative is located, must establish an Interagency Early
1.10Intervention Committee for children with disabilities under age five and their families
1.11under this section, and for children with disabilities ages three to 22 consistent with
1.12the requirements under sections125A.023 and
125A.027 . Committees must include
1.13representatives of local health, education, and county human service agencies, county
1.14boards, school boards, early childhood family education programs, Head Start, parents of
1.15young children with disabilities under age 12, child care resource and referral agencies,
1.16school readiness programs, current service providers, and may also include representatives
1.17from other private or public agencies and school nurses. The committee must elect a chair
1.18from among its members and must meet at least quarterly.
1.19(b) The committee must develop and implement interagency policies and procedures
1.20concerning the following ongoing duties:
1.21(1) develop public awareness systems designed to inform potential recipient
1.22families, especially parents with premature infants, or infants with other physical risk
1.23factors associated with learning or development complications, of available programs
1.24and services;
2.1(2) to reduce families' need for future services, and especially parents with premature
2.2infants, or infants with other physical risk factors associated with learning or development
2.3complications, implement interagency child find systems designed to actively seek out,
2.4identify, and refer infants and young children with, or at risk of, disabilities, including
2.5a child under the age of three who: (i) isinvolved in a substantiated case of abuse or
2.6neglect the subject of a child maltreatment report or (ii) is identified as affected by illegal
2.7substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure;
2.8(3) establish and evaluate the identification, referral, child and family assessment
2.9systems, procedural safeguard process, and community learning systems to recommend,
2.10where necessary, alterations and improvements;
2.11(4) assure the development of individualized family service plans for all eligible
2.12infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth through age two, and their families, and
2.13individual education plans and individual service plans when necessary to appropriately
2.14serve children with disabilities, age three and older, and their families and recommend
2.15assignment of financial responsibilities to the appropriate agencies;
2.16(5) implement a process for assuring that services involve cooperating agencies at all
2.17steps leading to individualized programs;
2.18(6) facilitate the development of a transitional plan if a service provider is not
2.19recommended to continue to provide services;
2.20(7) identify the current services and funding being provided within the community
2.21for children with disabilities under age five and their families;
2.22(8) develop a plan for the allocation and expenditure of additional state and federal
2.23early intervention funds under United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C,
2.24Public Law 108-446) and United States Code, title 20, section 631, et seq. (Chapter I,
2.25Public Law 89-313); and
2.26(9) develop a policy that is consistent with section13.05, subdivision 9 , and federal
2.27law to enable a member of an interagency early intervention committee to allow another
2.28member access to data classified as not public.
2.29(c) The local committee shall also:
2.30(1) participate in needs assessments and program planning activities conducted by
2.31local social service, health and education agencies for young children with disabilities and
2.32their families; and
2.33(2) review and comment on the early intervention section of the total special
2.34education system for the district, the county social service plan, the section or sections of
2.35the community health services plan that address needs of and service activities targeted
2.36to children with special health care needs, the section on children with special needs in
3.1the county child care fund plan, sections in Head Start plans on coordinated planning and
3.2services for children with special needs, any relevant portions of early childhood education
3.3plans, such as early childhood family education or school readiness, or other applicable
3.4coordinated school and community plans for early childhood programs and services, and
3.5the section of the maternal and child health special project grants that address needs of and
3.6service activities targeted to children with chronic illness and disabilities.
1.3Statutes 2010, section 125A.30.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 125A.30, is amended to read:
1.6125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.
1.7(a) A school district, group of districts, or special education cooperative, in
1.8cooperation with the health and human service agencies located in the county or counties
1.9in which the district or cooperative is located, must establish an Interagency Early
1.10Intervention Committee for children with disabilities under age five and their families
1.11under this section, and for children with disabilities ages three to 22 consistent with
1.12the requirements under sections
1.13representatives of local health, education, and county human service agencies, county
1.14boards, school boards, early childhood family education programs, Head Start, parents of
1.15young children with disabilities under age 12, child care resource and referral agencies,
1.16school readiness programs, current service providers, and may also include representatives
1.17from other private or public agencies and school nurses. The committee must elect a chair
1.18from among its members and must meet at least quarterly.
1.19(b) The committee must develop and implement interagency policies and procedures
1.20concerning the following ongoing duties:
1.21(1) develop public awareness systems designed to inform potential recipient
1.22families, especially parents with premature infants, or infants with other physical risk
1.23factors associated with learning or development complications, of available programs
1.24and services;
2.1(2) to reduce families' need for future services, and especially parents with premature
2.2infants, or infants with other physical risk factors associated with learning or development
2.3complications, implement interagency child find systems designed to actively seek out,
2.4identify, and refer infants and young children with, or at risk of, disabilities, including
2.5a child under the age of three who: (i) is
2.6
2.7substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure;
2.8(3) establish and evaluate the identification, referral, child and family assessment
2.9systems, procedural safeguard process, and community learning systems to recommend,
2.10where necessary, alterations and improvements;
2.11(4) assure the development of individualized family service plans for all eligible
2.12infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth through age two, and their families, and
2.13individual education plans and individual service plans when necessary to appropriately
2.14serve children with disabilities, age three and older, and their families and recommend
2.15assignment of financial responsibilities to the appropriate agencies;
2.16(5) implement a process for assuring that services involve cooperating agencies at all
2.17steps leading to individualized programs;
2.18(6) facilitate the development of a transitional plan if a service provider is not
2.19recommended to continue to provide services;
2.20(7) identify the current services and funding being provided within the community
2.21for children with disabilities under age five and their families;
2.22(8) develop a plan for the allocation and expenditure of additional state and federal
2.23early intervention funds under United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C,
2.24Public Law 108-446) and United States Code, title 20, section 631, et seq. (Chapter I,
2.25Public Law 89-313); and
2.26(9) develop a policy that is consistent with section
2.27law to enable a member of an interagency early intervention committee to allow another
2.28member access to data classified as not public.
2.29(c) The local committee shall also:
2.30(1) participate in needs assessments and program planning activities conducted by
2.31local social service, health and education agencies for young children with disabilities and
2.32their families; and
2.33(2) review and comment on the early intervention section of the total special
2.34education system for the district, the county social service plan, the section or sections of
2.35the community health services plan that address needs of and service activities targeted
2.36to children with special health care needs, the section on children with special needs in
3.1the county child care fund plan, sections in Head Start plans on coordinated planning and
3.2services for children with special needs, any relevant portions of early childhood education
3.3plans, such as early childhood family education or school readiness, or other applicable
3.4coordinated school and community plans for early childhood programs and services, and
3.5the section of the maternal and child health special project grants that address needs of and
3.6service activities targeted to children with chronic illness and disabilities.
