Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 500 - EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Subpart E - PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS/CLIENT RIGHTS
Section 500.165 - Written Prior Notice
Universal Citation: 89 IL Admin Code ยง 500.165
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) General
Written prior notice must be given to the parents of a child eligible under this Part a reasonable time before a participating agency proposes, or refuses, to initiate or change the identification, evaluation or placement of the child, or the provision of appropriate EI services to the child and the child's family.
b) Content of Notice
The notice must be in sufficient detail to inform the parents about:
1) The action that is being
proposed or refused;
2) The reasons
for taking the action; and
3) All
procedural safeguards that are available under this Part, including a
description of Mediation under Section
500.145,
the State Complaint procedure under Section
500.170
and the due process procedures under Section
500.140,
including the timelines under those procedures.
c) Native language
1) The notice must be written in language
understandable to the general public and provided in the native language of the
parents or other mode of communication used by the parent, unless it is clearly
not feasible to do so.
2) If the
native language or other mode of communication of the parent is not a written
language, the public agency or designated service provider shall take steps to
ensure that:
A) the notice is translated
orally or by other means to the parent in the parent's native language or other
mode of communication;
B) the
parent understands the notice; and
C) there is written evidence that the
requirements of subsection (c) have been met.
3) If a parent is deaf or hard of hearing,
blind or visually impaired, or has no written language, the mode of
communication must be that normally used by the parent (such as sign language,
Braille, oral communication or other mode of communication as determined
through consultation with the parent).
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