Bill Text: MN SF1165 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Children early intervention criteria modification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-19 - General Orders: Stricken and re-referred to Finance [SF1165 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1165-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to children; modifying early intervention criteria; amending Minnesota
1.3Statutes 2010, section 626.556, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes
1.42011 Supplement, section 125A.30.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 125A.30, is amended to read:
1.7125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.
1.8(a) A school district, group of districts, or special education cooperative, in
1.9cooperation with the health and human service agencies located in the county or counties
1.10in which the district or cooperative is located, must establish an Interagency Early
1.11Intervention Committee for children with disabilities under age five and their families
1.12under this section, and for children with disabilities ages three to 22 consistent with
1.13the requirements under sections125A.023 and
125A.027 . Committees must include
1.14representatives of local health, education, and county human service agencies, county
1.15boards, school boards, early childhood family education programs, Head Start, parents of
1.16young children with disabilities under age 12, child care resource and referral agencies,
1.17school readiness programs, current service providers, and may also include representatives
1.18from other private or public agencies and school nurses. The committee must elect a chair
1.19from among its members and must meet at least quarterly.
1.20(b) The committee must develop and implement interagency policies and procedures
1.21concerning the following ongoing duties:
1.22(1) develop public awareness systems designed to inform potential recipient
1.23families, especially parents with premature infants, or infants with other physical risk
2.1factors associated with learning or development complications, of available programs
2.2and services;
2.3(2) to reduce families' need for future services, and especially parents with premature
2.4infants, or infants with other physical risk factors associated with learning or development
2.5complications, implement interagency child find systems as defined in section 125A.27,
2.6subdivision 11, that are designed to actively seek out, identify, and refer infants and young
2.7children with, or at risk of, disabilities, including a child under the age of threewho: (i)
2.8is involved in a substantiated case of abuse or neglect for whom a child maltreatment
2.9report has been accepted for an investigation or family assessment or (ii) who is identified
2.10as affected by illegal substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal
2.11drug exposure;
2.12(3) establish and evaluate the identification, referral, child and family assessment
2.13systems, procedural safeguard process, and community learning systems to recommend,
2.14where necessary, alterations and improvements;
2.15(4) assure the development of individualized family service plans for all eligible
2.16infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth through age two, and their families,
2.17and individualized education programs and individual service plans when necessary to
2.18appropriately serve children with disabilities, age three and older, and their families and
2.19recommend assignment of financial responsibilities to the appropriate agencies;
2.20(5) implement a process for assuring that services involve cooperating agencies at all
2.21steps leading to individualized programs;
2.22(6) facilitate the development of a transitional plan if a service provider is not
2.23recommended to continue to provide services;
2.24(7) identify the current services and funding being provided within the community
2.25for children with disabilities under age five and their families;
2.26(8) develop a plan for the allocation and expenditure of additional state and federal
2.27early intervention funds under United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C,
2.28Public Law 108-446) and United States Code, title 20, section 631, et seq. (Chapter I,
2.29Public Law 89-313); and
2.30(9) develop a policy that is consistent with section13.05, subdivision 9 , and federal
2.31law to enable a member of an interagency early intervention committee to allow another
2.32member access to data classified as not public.
2.33(c) The local committee shall also:
2.34(1) participate in needs assessments and program planning activities conducted by
2.35local social service, health and education agencies for young children with disabilities and
2.36their families; and
3.1(2) review and comment on the early intervention section of the total special
3.2education system for the district, the county social service plan, the section or sections of
3.3the community health services plan that address needs of and service activities targeted
3.4to children with special health care needs, the section on children with special needs in
3.5the county child care fund plan, sections in Head Start plans on coordinated planning and
3.6services for children with special needs, any relevant portions of early childhood education
3.7plans, such as early childhood family education or school readiness, or other applicable
3.8coordinated school and community plans for early childhood programs and services, and
3.9the section of the maternal and child health special project grants that address needs of and
3.10service activities targeted to children with chronic illness and disabilities.
3.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 626.556, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.12to read:
3.13 Subd. 10n. Required referral to early intervention services. A child under age
3.14three who is involved in a substantiated case of maltreatment or who is the subject of a
3.15maltreatment report shall be referred for screening under the Individuals with Disabilities
3.16Education Act, part C. If maltreatment has not been substantiated, parents or the child's
3.17guardian may decline to have a referral made after they have been presented information
3.18regarding healthy child development and early intervention referral and services. Parents
3.19must be informed that the referral, evaluation, and acceptance of services are voluntary.
3.20The commissioner of human services shall monitor referral rates by county and annually
3.21report the information to the legislature beginning March 15, 2014. Refusal to have a
3.22child screened is not a basis for a child in need of protection or services petition under
3.23chapter 260C.
1.3Statutes 2010, section 626.556, by adding a subdivision; Minnesota Statutes
1.42011 Supplement, section 125A.30.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 125A.30, is amended to read:
1.7125A.30 INTERAGENCY EARLY INTERVENTION COMMITTEES.
1.8(a) A school district, group of districts, or special education cooperative, in
1.9cooperation with the health and human service agencies located in the county or counties
1.10in which the district or cooperative is located, must establish an Interagency Early
1.11Intervention Committee for children with disabilities under age five and their families
1.12under this section, and for children with disabilities ages three to 22 consistent with
1.13the requirements under sections
1.14representatives of local health, education, and county human service agencies, county
1.15boards, school boards, early childhood family education programs, Head Start, parents of
1.16young children with disabilities under age 12, child care resource and referral agencies,
1.17school readiness programs, current service providers, and may also include representatives
1.18from other private or public agencies and school nurses. The committee must elect a chair
1.19from among its members and must meet at least quarterly.
1.20(b) The committee must develop and implement interagency policies and procedures
1.21concerning the following ongoing duties:
1.22(1) develop public awareness systems designed to inform potential recipient
1.23families, especially parents with premature infants, or infants with other physical risk
2.1factors associated with learning or development complications, of available programs
2.2and services;
2.3(2) to reduce families' need for future services, and especially parents with premature
2.4infants, or infants with other physical risk factors associated with learning or development
2.5complications, implement interagency child find systems as defined in section 125A.27,
2.6subdivision 11, that are designed to actively seek out, identify, and refer infants and young
2.7children with, or at risk of, disabilities, including a child under the age of three
2.8
2.9report has been accepted for an investigation or family assessment or (ii) who is identified
2.10as affected by illegal substance abuse, or withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal
2.11drug exposure;
2.12(3) establish and evaluate the identification, referral, child and family assessment
2.13systems, procedural safeguard process, and community learning systems to recommend,
2.14where necessary, alterations and improvements;
2.15(4) assure the development of individualized family service plans for all eligible
2.16infants and toddlers with disabilities from birth through age two, and their families,
2.17and individualized education programs and individual service plans when necessary to
2.18appropriately serve children with disabilities, age three and older, and their families and
2.19recommend assignment of financial responsibilities to the appropriate agencies;
2.20(5) implement a process for assuring that services involve cooperating agencies at all
2.21steps leading to individualized programs;
2.22(6) facilitate the development of a transitional plan if a service provider is not
2.23recommended to continue to provide services;
2.24(7) identify the current services and funding being provided within the community
2.25for children with disabilities under age five and their families;
2.26(8) develop a plan for the allocation and expenditure of additional state and federal
2.27early intervention funds under United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C,
2.28Public Law 108-446) and United States Code, title 20, section 631, et seq. (Chapter I,
2.29Public Law 89-313); and
2.30(9) develop a policy that is consistent with section
2.31law to enable a member of an interagency early intervention committee to allow another
2.32member access to data classified as not public.
2.33(c) The local committee shall also:
2.34(1) participate in needs assessments and program planning activities conducted by
2.35local social service, health and education agencies for young children with disabilities and
2.36their families; and
3.1(2) review and comment on the early intervention section of the total special
3.2education system for the district, the county social service plan, the section or sections of
3.3the community health services plan that address needs of and service activities targeted
3.4to children with special health care needs, the section on children with special needs in
3.5the county child care fund plan, sections in Head Start plans on coordinated planning and
3.6services for children with special needs, any relevant portions of early childhood education
3.7plans, such as early childhood family education or school readiness, or other applicable
3.8coordinated school and community plans for early childhood programs and services, and
3.9the section of the maternal and child health special project grants that address needs of and
3.10service activities targeted to children with chronic illness and disabilities.
3.11 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 626.556, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.12to read:
3.13 Subd. 10n. Required referral to early intervention services. A child under age
3.14three who is involved in a substantiated case of maltreatment or who is the subject of a
3.15maltreatment report shall be referred for screening under the Individuals with Disabilities
3.16Education Act, part C. If maltreatment has not been substantiated, parents or the child's
3.17guardian may decline to have a referral made after they have been presented information
3.18regarding healthy child development and early intervention referral and services. Parents
3.19must be informed that the referral, evaluation, and acceptance of services are voluntary.
3.20The commissioner of human services shall monitor referral rates by county and annually
3.21report the information to the legislature beginning March 15, 2014. Refusal to have a
3.22child screened is not a basis for a child in need of protection or services petition under
3.23chapter 260C.
