Illinois Administrative Code
Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH
Part 662 - EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION CODE
Section 662.60 - Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee
Universal Citation: 77 IL Admin Code ยง 662.60
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) The Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Committee shall consist of representatives from:
1) Audiologists;
2) Chicago Department of Public
Health;
3) Early intervention
providers;
4) Health insurance
plans;
5) Illinois Department of
Human Services;
6) Illinois
Department of Healthcare and Family Services;
7) Illinois Department of Public
Health;
8) Parents of children with
hearing loss;
9) Pediatric
Associations;
10) Persons with
hearing loss;
11) Public and
private hospitals;
12) University
of Illinois at Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children; and
13) Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Commission.
b) The advisory committee shall:
1) Recommend
policies and procedures to DHS, IDPH, and DSCC to ensure the efficient and
effective administration of the Hearing Screening for Newborns Act. Develop and
conduct training for hospitals implementing newborn hearing
screening.
2) Review any reports
made available by the State with respect to the hearing screening status of all
newborns.
3) Review the
availability of third party reimbursement for universal hospital-based hearing
screening, diagnostic testing, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and similar
concerns.
4) Review administrative
rules and make recommendations to the Department regarding those
rules.
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