California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 9 - Joint Regulations for Pupils with Disabilities › Chapter 1 - Interagency Responsibilities for Providing Services to Pupils with Disabilities › Article 5 - Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy › Section 60310 - Local Interagency Agreements Between CCS and Education Agencies

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In order to
				  facilitate the provision of services described in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and
				  (d) of Section
				  7572 of the
				  Government Code and subdivisions (a), (b), and (d) of Section
				  7575 of the
				  Government Code, each independent county agency and each authorized dependent county
				  agency of CCS shall appoint a liaison for the county agency of CCS. The county
				  Superintendent of Schools or SELPA director shall ensure the designation of a
				  liaison for each SELPA in each local plan.
(b) In the event of multi-SELPA counties or
				  multi-county SELPAs, the liaisons representing education and CCS shall develop a
				  process for interagency decision making that results in a local interagency
				  agreement.
(c) Each independent county
				  agency and each dependent county agency of CCS and the county Superintendent of
				  Schools or SELPA director shall ensure the development and implementation of a local
				  interagency agreement in order to facilitate the provision of medically necessary
				  occupational therapy and physical therapy which shall include at a minimum a
				  delineation of the process for:
(1) Identifying a
				  contact person within each LEA in the SELPA and within each CCS county
				  agency;
(2) Referring pupils, birth to
				  twenty-one years of age, who may have or are suspected of having a neuromuscular,
				  musculoskeletal, or other physical impairment who may require medically- necessary
				  occupational therapy or physical therapy.
(3) Exchanging between the agencies the
				  educational and medical information concerning the pupil with a disability upon
				  receiving the parent's written, informed consent obtained in accordance with Section
				  300.500 of Title 34 of the Code of
				  Federal Regulations.
(4) Giving 10 days
				  notice to the county CCS agency of all IEP team meetings for pupils served by CCS
				  medical therapy program;
(5) Giving 10
				  days notice to the LEA and the parent of an impending change in the CCS medical
				  therapy program services which may necessitate a change in the IEP;
(6) Describing the methods of participation of CCS
				  in the IEP team meetings pursuant to Government Code Section
				  7572(d);
(7) Developing or amending the therapy services
				  indicated in the pupil's IEP in accordance with Section
				  56341 of the
				  Education Code;
(8) Transporting pupils
				  with disabilities to receive medically-necessary occupational therapy or physical
				  therapy services at the medical therapy unit or medical therapy unit
				  satellite;
(9) Determining the need for
				  and location of medical therapy units or medical therapy unit satellites, or other
				  off-site facilities authorized by state CCS and the California Department of
				  Education;
(10) Approving the
				  utilization of designated therapy space when not in use by CCS staff.
(11) Planning for joint staff development
				  activities;
(12) Resolving conflicts
				  between the county CCS agency and the LEA; and
(13) Annually reviewing the local interagency
				  agreement and modifying it as necessary.