Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 248 - Early Intervention Services for Infants and Toddlers and Their Families › Section 17a-248-14 - Adjustment to parent contributions and insurance co-payments

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A parent may request in writing an
			 adjustment of the family's adjusted gross income if there are one or more
			 extraordinary expenditures that should be taken into account when calculating
			 the contribution and, if applicable, insurance co- payment. Adjustments may be
			 requested through the director or the director's designee as prescribed in this
			 section. If such an adjustment is denied, the parent may request an
			 administrative proceeding pursuant to section
			 17a-248-9
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The lead agency may reduce a family's
			 adjusted gross income from which the contribution and, if applicable, insurance
			 co-payment is calculated, upon the written request of the parent and with the
			 submission of appropriate documentation.
(c) The lead agency shall review requests
			 submitted and, upon determination, a parent shall be notified of the
			 decision.
(d) A parent who is
			 aggrieved by such a decision may request in writing through the director or the
			 director's designee an administrative proceeding not later than thirty (30)
			 days after the date of receipt of the notice of the lead agency's
			 decision.
(e) The lead agency shall
			 hold such proceeding not later than thirty (30) days after the date of receipt
			 of a request for an administrative proceeding. The lead agency shall mail a
			 notice, giving the time and place of the proceeding to the aggrieved parent,
			 not later than ten (10) days prior to the date of the proceeding. A period of
			 continuance, not to exceed twenty (20) days, may be granted.
(f) The aggrieved parent shall appear
			 personally at the administrative proceeding and may have
			 representation.
(g) A record shall
			 be made of each administrative proceeding, but shall only be transcribed upon
			 request.
(h) The administrative
			 proceeding shall be conducted by the commissioner of the lead agency or the
			 commissioner's designee.
(i) The
			 lead agency shall render a final decision not later than ninety (90) days after
			 the close of the administrative proceeding. Written notice of the final
			 decision shall be sent to the aggrieved parent by the lead agency by certified
			 mail.
(j) A parent shall continue
			 to be billed at the original contribution and, if applicable, insurance
			 co-payment amount until a request for adjustment of the contribution and, if
			 applicable, insurance co-payment amount is approved either by the director or
			 the director's designee or through the administrative proceeding.
(k) The lead agency, upon approval of an
			 adjustment of the contribution and, if applicable, insurance co-payment amount,
			 shall adjust a parent's contribution and, if applicable, insurance co-payment
			 to reflect any overpayment or underpayment of contributions and, if applicable,
			 insurance co-payments during the approval process and the administrative
			 proceeding.