2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 2-A - Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities and Their Families › 2551 - Coordinated Standards and Procedures.

§  2551.  Coordinated  standards  and  procedures.  1. The state early
intervention  service  agencies  shall  jointly  establish   coordinated
standards and procedures for:
(a) early intervention services and evaluations;
(b) child find system and public awareness program; and
(c)  programs  and services, operating under the approval authority of
any state early intervention service agency,  which  include  any  early
intervention services or evaluations.
2. Such coordinated standards and procedures shall be designed to:
(a)  enhance  the objectives of this title, including the provision of
services in natural environments to the maximum extent possible;
(b) minimize duplicative and inconsistent  regulations  and  practices
among the state early intervention service agencies;
(c)  conform,  to  the  extent  appropriate, to existing standards and
procedures of state early intervention service agencies; and
(d) ensure that persons who provide early  intervention  services  are
trained, or can demonstrate proficiency in principles of early childhood
development.
3.   Coordinated  standards  and  procedures  may  include  guidelines
suggesting  appropriate  early  intervention  services  for   enumerated
disabilities that are most frequently found in eligible children.
4.  Coordinated  standards  and  procedures may encompass or allow for
agreements among two or more such agencies.
5. Any standards promulgated by regulation or otherwise by  any  state
early  intervention service agency governing early intervention services
or evaluations shall be consistent with the  coordinated  standards  and
procedures.
6. In the event of an inability to agree upon any coordinated standard
or  procedure, any state early intervention service agency may refer the
issue to the early intervention coordinating council for its advice with
respect to the standard or procedure which the council shall provide  to
the  early  intervention  service  agencies  affected  by the issue. The
commissioner, after obtaining such advice, shall  adopt  an  appropriate
standard or procedure, provided however, that the commissioner may adopt
an interim standard or procedure while awaiting such advice.
7.  The  early intervention service agencies, in consultation with the
director of the budget, shall, where appropriate, require as a condition
of approval that evaluators and providers of early intervention services
participate in the medical assistance program.
8.  The  coordinated  standards  and  procedures  shall  permit   such
evaluators  and  providers  of services to rely on subcontracts or other
written agreements with qualified professionals, or  agencies  employing
such  professionals,  provided  that  such  professionals  perform their
responsibilities in conformance with regulations of the commissioner and
that providers and evaluators  fully  disclose  any  such  arrangements,
including  any  financial or personal interests, on all applications for
approval.
9. Coordinated standards and procedures may identify circumstances and
procedures  under  which  an  evaluator  or  service  provider  may   be
disqualified   under   this   title,   including  procedures  whereby  a
municipality may request such disqualification.