Bill Text: IL HB0779 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0779 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0779-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 HB0779 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
325 ILCS 20/11 from Ch. 23, par. 4161
Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning family service plans.
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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 11 as follows:
(325 ILCS 20/11) (from Ch. 23, par. 4161)
Sec. 11. Individualized Family Service Plans.
(a) Each eligible infant or toddler and and that infant's
or toddler's family shall receive:
(1) timely, comprehensive, multidisciplinary
assessment of the unique needs of each eligible infant and
toddler, and assessment of the concerns and priorities of
the families to appropriately assist them in meeting their
needs and identify services to meet those needs; and
(2) a written Individualized Family Service Plan
developed by a multidisciplinary team which includes the
parent or guardian. The individualized family service plan
shall be based on the multidisciplinary team's assessment
of the resources, priorities, and concerns of the family
and its identification of the supports and services
necessary to enhance the family's capacity to meet the
developmental needs of the infant or toddler, and shall
include the identification of services appropriate to meet

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those needs, including the frequency, intensity, and
method of delivering services. During and as part of the
initial development of the individualized family services
plan, and any periodic reviews of the plan, the
multidisciplinary team shall consult the lead agency's
therapy guidelines and its designated experts, if any, to
help determine appropriate services and the frequency and
intensity of those services. All services in the
individualized family services plan must be justified by
the multidisciplinary assessment of the unique strengths
and needs of the infant or toddler and must be appropriate
to meet those needs. At the periodic reviews, the team
shall determine whether modification or revision of the
outcomes or services is necessary.
(b) The Individualized Family Service Plan shall be
evaluated once a year and the family shall be provided a review
of the Plan at 6 month intervals or more often where
appropriate based on infant or toddler and family needs. The
lead agency shall create a quality review process regarding
Individualized Family Service Plan development and changes
thereto, to monitor and help assure that resources are being
used to provide appropriate early intervention services.
(c) The evaluation and initial assessment and initial Plan
meeting must be held within 45 days after the initial contact
with the early intervention services system. With parental
consent, early intervention services may commence before the

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completion of the comprehensive assessment and development of
the Plan.
(d) Parents must be informed that, at their discretion,
early intervention services shall be provided to each eligible
infant and toddler in the natural environment, which may
include the home or other community settings. Parents shall
make the final decision to accept or decline early intervention
services. A decision to decline such services shall not be a
basis for administrative determination of parental fitness, or
other findings or sanctions against the parents. Parameters of
the Plan shall be set forth in rules.
(e) The regional intake offices shall explain to each
family, orally and in writing, all of the following:
(1) That the early intervention program will pay for
all early intervention services set forth in the
individualized family service plan that are not covered or
paid under the family's public or private insurance plan or
policy and not eligible for payment through any other third
party payor.
(2) That services will not be delayed due to any rules
or restrictions under the family's insurance plan or
policy.
(3) That the family may request, with appropriate
documentation supporting the request, a determination of
an exemption from private insurance use under Section
13.25.

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(4) That responsibility for co-payments or
co-insurance under a family's private insurance plan or
policy will be transferred to the lead agency's central
billing office.
(5) That families will be responsible for payments of
family fees, which will be based on a sliding scale
according to income, and that these fees are payable to the
central billing office, and that if the family encounters a
catastrophic circumstance, as defined under subsection (f)
of Section 13 of this Act, making it unable to pay the
fees, the lead agency may, upon proof of inability to pay,
waive the fees.
(f) The individualized family service plan must state
whether the family has private insurance coverage and, if the
family has such coverage, must have attached to it a copy of
the family's insurance identification card or otherwise
include all of the following information:
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the
insurance carrier.
(2) The contract number and policy number of the
insurance plan.
(3) The name, address, and social security number of
the primary insured.
(4) The beginning date of the insurance benefit year.
(g) A copy of the individualized family service plan must
be provided to each enrolled provider who is providing early

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intervention services to the child who is the subject of that
plan.
(Source: P.A. 91-538, eff. 8-13-99; 92-10, eff. 6-11-01;
92-307, eff. 8-9-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02.)