470 IAC 3.1-3-1 - Local planning and coordinating council
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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