Chapter 75.--STATE DEPARTMENTS; PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Article 56.--DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
75-5649. Same; early intervention services; rules and regulations; duties of
secretary of health and environment. The secretary of health and environment
may adopt rules and regulations in order to carry out the responsibilities of
the lead agency under PL 102-119, Part H which include, but are not limited to:
(a) The administration of federal and state funds designated for this program;
(b) the entry into contracts with agencies in a local community which have been
designated by a local council as the providers of services within their community;
(c) the development of procedures to ensure that services are provided to infants
and toddlers with disabilities and their families in a timely manner;
(d) a procedure for contracting or making of other arrangements with service
providers to provide early intervention services in Kansas;
(e) procedural safeguards with respect to programs under this early intervention
system shall include, but are not limited to, procedures which address resolution
of complaints, confidentiality issues, ability of parents to examine records,
informed consent, provision of services during disputes and adequate notice to
parents;
(f) procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of standards to
ensure that personnel necessary to carry out this program are appropriately and
adequately prepared and trained;
(g) a system for compiling data on the numbers of infants and toddlers with disabilities
and their families in Kansas in need of appropriate early intervention services,
the number of such infants and toddlers and their families served, types of services
provided, and other information required by the United States secretary of education;
(h) the development of an early intervention service system which shall consist
of local councils which plan and coordinate early intervention services for infants
and toddlers with disabilities and their families; and
(i) a procedure for making grants or other funding mechanisms, within the limits
of appropriations, by the secretary of health and environment to local community
agencies or entities to provide comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary,
interagency, early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities
and their families.
History: L. 1992, ch. 126, § 2; July 1.
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