28-4-565. Community responsibilities.
(a) Each community shall have a local interagency coordinating council
(ICC) that has as one of its purposes the coordination of early intervention
services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.
(I)
The local interagency coordinating council shall consist of members who
reflect the community, including at a minimum the following:
(A) two parents
of children with disabilities;
(B) a representative of a health or medical agency;
(C) a representative of an educational agency; and
(D) a representative of a social service agency.
(2) The names of local
interagency coordinating council members shall be submitted to and
acknowledged by the state lead agency.
(3) The chair of the council shall be elected by the local interagency
coordinating council. The name of the chair shall be communicated to
the state lead agency.
(4) The responsibilities of the local interagency coordinating council
include the following:
(A) identifying local service providers who
can provide early intervention services to infants and toddlers with
disabilities and their families; (B) advising and assisting local service
providers; and (C) communicating, combining, cooperating, and collaborating
with other local councils on issues of concern.
(b) Each community, in collaboration with its local ICC, shall develop
a plan describing the system for coordinating early intervention services.
The plan shall include the following:
(1) identification of a local lead
agency, which shall be acknowledged by the secretary of the state lead
agency;
(2) identification of a local fiscal agency, which shall be acknowledged
by the secretary of the state lead agency. The local lead agency and local
fiscal agency may be the same agency, if the local lead agency is a legal
entity;
(3) a description of the child find plan, including assurance that child
find activities are available at least monthly;
(4) a description of identified community needs and resources;
(5) a
description of written interagency agreements or memoranda of understanding,
and how those agreements are used in the development of IFSPs for eligible
children and families;
(6) a public awareness program that informs community members about child
find activities, the central point of contact for the community, and
the availability of early intervention services;
(7) a provision that the services that shall be at no cost to eligible
infants and toddlers and their families include the following:
(A) child
find activities;
(B) evaluation and assessments;
(C) family service
coordination; and
(D) administrative and coordinative activities related
to the development, review, and evaluation of the individualized family
service plan, and implementation of procedural safeguards and
other components of the statewide system of early intervention services;
and
(8) an assurance that the information regarding the community plan
is available in the community.
(d) Each community shall be required to utilize multiple funding sources
for early intervention services for children with disabilities from birth
through age two and their families.
(Authorized by and implementing K.S.A.
1996 Supp. 75-5649; effective Jan. 30, 1995; amended Aug. 15, 1997.)
