Sec. 17a-248d. Birth-to-three early intervention services. Data collection. Regulations. Notification to school boards.
Sec. 17a-248d. Birth-to-three early intervention services. Data collection.
Regulations. Notification to school boards. (a) The lead agency, in coordination with
the participating agencies and in consultation with the council, shall establish and maintain a state-wide birth-to-three system of early intervention services pursuant to Part H
of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1471 et seq., for eligible
children and families of such children.
(b) The state-wide system shall include a system for compiling data on the number
of eligible children in the state in need of appropriate early intervention services, the
number of such eligible children and their families served, the types of services provided
and other information as deemed necessary by the lead agency.
(c) The state-wide system shall include a comprehensive child-find system and public awareness program to ensure that eligible children are identified, located, referred
to the system and evaluated. The following persons and entities, within two working days
of identifying a child from birth to three years of age suspected of having a developmental
delay or of being at risk of having a developmental delay, shall refer the parent of such
child to the early intervention system unless the person knows the child has already
been referred: (1) Hospitals; (2) child health care providers; (3) local school districts;
(4) public health facilities; (5) early intervention service providers; (6) participating
agencies; and (7) such other social service and health care agencies and providers as
the commissioner specifies in regulation.
(d) The commissioner, in coordination with the participating agencies and in consultation with the council, shall adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, to carry out the
provisions of section 17a-248 and sections 17a-248b to 17a-248g, inclusive, 38a-490a
and 38a-516a.
(e) The state-wide system shall include a system for required notification to any
local or regional school board of education no later than January first of each year of
any child who resides in the local or regional school district, participates in the state-wide program and will attain the age of three during the next fiscal year. Such system
of notification shall include provisions for preserving the confidentiality of such child
and of the parent or guardian of such child.
(P.A. 96-185, S. 2, 16; P.A. 00-27, S. 4, 24; P.A. 03-174, S. 13; P.A. 04-54, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 96-185 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 00-27 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective May
1, 2000; P.A. 03-174 added Subsec. (e) re notification to school boards; P.A. 04-54 amended Subsec. (e) to add provision
requiring that notification to school board preserve confidentiality of child and parent or guardian of child, effective May
4, 2004.