Indiana Administrative Code
Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES
Article 3.1 - FIRST STEPS EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
Rule 12 - Financial Administration
Section 12-2 - Funding sources

(a) The individualized services specified in 470 IAC 3.1-4-2, provided to eligible infants and toddlers and their families, shall be financed through multiple funding sources. Sources that may be available to finance individualized services, as appropriate, may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(b) All infants and toddlers and their families who are eligible for early intervention services through Medicaid and Children's Special Health Care Services must apply for Medicaid and Children's Special Health Care Services.

(c) Third party payors, such as health insurance companies, may be billed for the costs of appropriate early intervention services.

(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a)(4), (b), (c), and sections 3 and 7 of this rule, the provision of early intervention services may not be denied or delayed due to disputes between service providers or other agencies regarding financial responsibility to pay for early intervention services, nor because of the inability of the parent of an eligible child to pay for services, under a cost participation plan.

(e) Nothing in this article shall be construed as restricting any service provider from providing services to any person regardless of eligibility status; however, no service provider may utilize any early intervention system funding source for services provided to any ineligible child or family or file claims for reimbursement from the early intervention system for services rendered to such child or family.