Indiana Administrative Code
Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES
Article 3.1 - FIRST STEPS EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
Rule 3 - Local Administration
Section 3-1 - Local planning and coordinating council

Universal Citation: 470 IN Admin Code 3-1

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17-15

Sec. 1.

(a) The LPCC shall serve as a coordinating body, advising and assisting the division in its implementation and monitoring of the early intervention system.

(b) The LPCC shall consist of members who reasonably represent the population of the region where it is located. LPCC members shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) Two (2) parents of children with disabilities.

(2) One (1) health or medical representative.

(3) One (1) educational representative.

(4) One (1) social services representative.

(5) One (1) early intervention service provider.

(6) One (1) Head Start representative.

(7) One (1) child care representative.

(c) The LPCC shall advise and assist the division in the division's responsibility to ensure the following:

(1) Parents, representatives of entities that refer, evaluate, or provide services to young children and their families in the community, and other interested persons are involved in the planning, development, operation, and evaluation of the early intervention service system in the region represented by the LPCC.

(2) A comprehensive child find system is established, including activities to make the public aware of the early intervention system, and development of a formal system of communication and coordination among pertinent entities, especially hospitals and physicians, that may have contact with eligible children and their families.

(3) An intake coordinator is appointed for every child referred for evaluation.

(4) A parent needing or seeking early intervention services for a child is informed orally and in writing about the following:
(A) The purposes of the early intervention system.

(B) The processes available to seek information and services.

(C) The procedural safeguards afforded by the system.

(5) The parent is a member of the multidisciplinary team responsible for the development and implementation of the IFSP.

(6) Informed written consent of the child's parent is obtained before the initial eligibility determination for needed services and assessments are conducted.

(7) The providers of early intervention services are identified on the provider service matrix.

(8) Informed written consent of a child's parent is obtained before the provision of early intervention services for the child and family to implement the IFSP.

(9) The confidentiality of personally identifiable information about:
(A) a child;

(B) a parent of the child; or

(C) other member of the child's family; is maintained.

(10) The need of a child for a surrogate parent is determined, and a surrogate parent is assigned in accordance with 470 IAC 3.1-13-5 if the child needs one.

(11) An early intervention record is maintained for each child at the SPOE, including the following:
(A) The child's IFSP.

(B) Information regarding all required early intervention services.

(C) Other individualized early intervention services needed or received by the child.

(D) Parental consent documents.

(E) Other relevant documents pertaining to the child or the child's family.

This record is made available at the SPOE for inspection by the child's parent, and representatives of the division, the office of the secretary of family and social services, and the United States government.

(12) Early intervention documents are maintained by the LPCC, including the following:
(A) Interagency agreements regarding transitions and referrals.

(B) Records of how funds for the LPCC are budgeted and expended. These documents shall be made available for inspection by representatives of the division, the office of the secretary of family and social services, and the United States government.

(13) The division is provided, upon request, the following:
(A) Financial and other written reports.

(B) Information regarding the use of funds.

(C) Systems request for funds (RFF).

(D) Any other information required to describe and assess the operation of the early intervention system.

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