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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-2 - Umbilical Cord Blood Testing › Section 69-2.3 - Responsibilities of the chief executive officer

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The chief executive officer shall ensure that:
(a) a satisfactory specimen is submitted to
					 an approved laboratory for each infant born in the responsible
					 institution;
(b) specimens shall be
					 taken from the cord immediately after birth, or if a specimen is taken from the
					 mother, the specimen shall be taken upon entry to the responsible institution
					 for the purpose of delivery. Body blood taken from the infant in response to a
					 positive syphilis serology in the mother must be drawn and submitted for
					 testing within 24 hours of receipt of the mother's test result; and
(c) the date and time of cord blood or body
					 blood collection and the test results of such specimens shall be recorded in
					 the infant's permanent health record. The same information for the mother's
					 blood shall be entered in the mother's permanent health record. Bloods
					 submitted for testing must be marked clearly as cord, newborn, or
					 mother/delivery in order to facilitate reporting to the local health unit
					 within 24 hours of receipt of test results.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-2 - Umbilical Cord Blood Testing › Section 69-2.4 - Responsibilities of the approved laboratory

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The approved laboratory shall report any positive results
						from cord, newborn, or mother's blood to the responsible physician or birth
						attendant and local health unit within 24 hours of completion of
						testing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-2 - Umbilical Cord Blood Testing › Section 69-2.5 - Duties of the responsible physician and birth attendant

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The responsible physician or birth attendant
						shall:
(a) collect, label, submit
					 specimens and assure that test results are recorded as specified in sections
					 69-2.2,
					 69-2.3(b)
					 and
					 69-2.3(c) 
					 of this Subpart unless the birth occurs in an institution in which the chief
					 executive officer is responsible for these procedures under section
					 69-2.3 
					 of this Subpart;
(b) report all
					 positive test results from cord, newborn or mother's blood, in accordance with
					 sections
					 2.10
					 and
					 2.12 
					 of this Title, to the local health unit within 24 hours of receiving the report
					 from the approved laboratory;
(c)
					 ascertain that both mother and infant are treated in accordance with
					 appropriate therapy and that follow-up treatment is arranged, if syphilis is
					 confirmed; and
(d) work in
					 cooperation with designated public health investigators to assure that
					 diagnosis, therapy, and any necessary follow-up testing meet current standards
					 of care.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.1 - Definitions

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(a)
Health
					 care provider
means a physician or other health care professional
					 licensed to practice in New York State.
(b)
Health care facility
means a facility in New York State where children are born including those
					 facilities licensed pursuant to Article 28 of the Public Health Law.
(c)
Clinical laboratory
means a laboratory which possesses a permit to test for hepatitis B surface
					 antigen (HBsAg) issued under Article 5, Title 5 of the Public Health
					 Law.
(d)
Hepatitis B
					 surface antigen (HBsAg) test
means a test which has been approved for
					 in vitro diagnostic use by the United States Food and Drug
					 Administration.
(e)
Satisfactory specimen
means a specimen received by a clinical
					 laboratory in a condition suitable for testing.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.2 - Responsibilities of health care providers attending pregnant women

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At the time a health care provider attending a pregnant
						woman takes a blood sample to be tested for syphilis (see section 2803  of the Public Health Law) or at
						another time when blood is drawn during prenatal care, the provider
						shall:
(a) submit or cause to be
					 submitted to a clinical laboratory from such a woman, a blood sample to be
					 tested for HBsAg;
(b) record the
					 HBsAg test result, including the date of specimen collection, prominently in
					 the pregnant woman's medical record at or before the time of admission to a
					 health care facility for delivery;
(c) report all positive HBsAg test results to
					 the local health officer in accordance with section
					 2.10 
					 of this Title.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.3 - Responsibilities of health care facilities

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(a) The health care facility shall assure
					 that the HBsAg test result for every woman admitted for delivery is recorded in
					 the newborn child's medical record.
(b) When a woman who has not been tested for
					 HBsAg during pregnancy is admitted for delivery or if a woman's HBsAg test
					 result is not available at the time of admission for delivery, the health care
					 facility shall:
(1) submit immediately a
					 satisfactory blood specimen from such a woman to a clinical laboratory that
					 will test it for HBsAg and make the test result available within 24 hours of
					 admission, or as soon thereafter as practicable, but in no event longer than 48
					 hours of admission. Blood specimens submitted for testing must be marked
					 clearly as "mother/delivery" in order to facilitate reporting of test results;
					 and
(2) record the date and time of
					 the blood collection and the HBsAg test results of such specimens in the
					 medical records of the woman and her newborn child or children.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.4 - Responsibilities of clinical laboratories

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Clinical laboratories shall:
(a) report immediately any initially reactive
					 HBsAg test result from a blood specimen marked "mother/delivery" to the
					 requesting health care provider or health care facility; and
(b) report any positive HBsAg test result to
					 the local health officer within 24 hours (see section 2102  of the Public Health Law).
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.5 - Responsibilities of the health care providers attending newborn children

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(a) Health care
					 providers attending newborn children of a woman with a positive HBsAg test
					 result shall offer or cause to be offered immunizing doses of hepatitis B
					 vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin for each such newborn child within 12
					 hours of birth unless a licensed physician or health care practitioner
					 practicing under the supervision of a licensed physician determines that the
					 child is not physiologically stable to permit immunization. In such cases the
					 hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin shall be administered when
					 the child becomes physiologically stable to permit immunization.
(b) Health care providers attending newborn
					 children of a pregnant woman admitted for delivery without a HBsAg test result
					 available shall offer or cause to be offered immunizing doses of hepatitis B
					 vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin for each such newborn child immediately
					 upon receiving a blood test result showing that the woman has a positive HBsAg
					 test.
(c) If a woman's HBsAg test
					 result is not available and her newborn child is to be discharged from the
					 health care facility or 48 hours has elapsed since birth and if, in the health
					 care provider's medical judgement the mother has a reasonable likelihood of
					 being positive for HBsAg, the provider shall offer or cause to be offered for
					 such a newborn child, immunizing doses of hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B
					 immune globulin.
(d) After
					 administering hepatitis B vaccine or hepatitis B immune globulin to a newborn
					 child, the health care provider shall record in the child's medical record the
					 date and time of immunization and the dosage, the manufacturer's lot number and
					 the sites of injection for hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immune globulin
					 and shall provide the woman with a certificate of immunization for her child
					 stating the immunizing agents administered and the dates of
					 administration.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.6 - Responsibilities of health care providers providing follow-up care for newborn children of women with a positive HBsAg test result

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Health care providers providing follow-up care for
						newborn children of women with a positive HBsAg test result shall arrange for
						follow-up immunizing doses of hepatitis B vaccine to be administered one and
						six months or one, two and twelve months after the first
						dose.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.7 - Responsibilities of the parent or legal guardian

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The parent or guardian of any child born to a woman with
						a positive HBsAg test result shall have administered to such child immunizing
						doses of hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine at birth as well
						as follow-up doses of hepatitis B vaccine.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.8 - Responsibilities of the local health officer

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(a) If the parent or legal guardian of a
					 child requiring hepatitis B immunization pursuant to this Subpart is unable to
					 pay for the services of a private physician or other authorized practitioner to
					 administer the follow-up doses of hepatitis B vaccine, such person shall
					 present such child to the health officer of the county in which the child
					 resides, who shall then administer the follow-up hepatitis B vaccine without
					 charge.
(b) The local health
					 officer shall make a report within 30 days of initiation of follow-up and
					 within 30 days of the completion of follow-up to the Commissioner of Health for
					 each newborn child of a HBsAg-positive woman. Such report shall include
					 verification of the woman's HBsAg test result and details of the child's
					 follow-up care.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.9 - Medical exemption from immunization

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If any licensed physician or health care practitioner
						practicing under the supervision of a licensed physician certifies that a
						follow-up dose of hepatitis B vaccine may be detrimental to a child's health,
						the requirements of this Subpart regarding follow-up immunizations shall be
						inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be detrimental to
						such child's health. The nature and duration of the medical exemption must be
						stated in the child's medical record.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.10 - Religious exemption from immunization

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The provisions of this Subpart regarding immunizations
						shall not apply in the case of any child whose parent or legal guardian holds
						genuine and sincere religious beliefs which prohibit immunization and who
						notifies the person charged with administering such immunization of the
						religious objection hereto. The health care provider attending the child shall
						document the religious objection exemption in the child's medical record,
						including a statement signed by the parents or legal guardian stating that they
						hold genuine and sincere religious beliefs which prohibit immunization and that
						they acknowledge that they have been informed about the risk to the child's
						health by withholding hepatitis B immunization.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-3 - Pregnant Women, Testing For Hepatitis B, Follow-up Care › Section 69-3.11 - Failure to obtain required immunization

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Barring a valid medical contraindication or religious
						exemption from hepatitis B immunization, if the parent or legal guardian of a
						child born to a woman with a positive HBsAg test result is unwilling to have
						the infant immunized, the health care provider attending the child, or the
						local health officer if vaccine is to be administered under section 3.8 of this
						Subpart, shall make a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment (see
						section 415  of the Social Services
						Law).
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.1 - Definitions

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(a)
Approval
means the procedures used by the department to
					 approve providers of service as set forth in section
					 69-4.5  of this Subpart, which may
					 include the requirement that approved evaluators, service coordinators, and
					 providers of early intervention services enter into and periodically renew
					 agreements with the department in order to conduct evaluations or render
					 service coordination services or early intervention services in the Early
					 Intervention Program and sets forth the terms and conditions of provider
					 participation in the program, including establishing the obligations,
					 expectations, and relationship between the department, municipalities within
					 the State, and the provider.
(b)
Approved provider
shall mean a provider of service that is
					 approved by the department in accordance with section
					 69-4.5(a)(4)  of
					 this Subpart and that has entered into an agreement with the department, where
					 the department has required such an agreement for program
					 participation.
(c)
Assessment
means initial and ongoing procedures used to
					 identify:
(1) the child's unique needs and
					 strengths and the services appropriate to meet those needs; and
(2) the resources, priorities and concerns of
					 the family and the supports and services necessary to enhance the family's
					 capacity to meet the developmental needs of their infant or toddler with a
					 disability.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.2 - Early intervention official's or public health officer's role in the child find system

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(a) The early
					 intervention official shall:
(1) make all
					 reasonable efforts to identify and locate eligible children within their
					 municipality;
(2) coordinate
					 efforts to identify, locate and track children conducted by other agencies
					 responsible for services to infants and toddlers and their families;
(3) provide for identification, tracking and
					 screening of children at risk of developmental delay, using available resources
					 and such other resources as the commissioner shall commit to this purpose.
(i) The municipality shall designate either
					 the early intervention official or the public health officer to receive all
					 early intervention referrals. If the public health officer is designated to
					 receive referrals, and is not the early intervention official, he or she shall
					 promptly transmit the referral of children suspected of having a developmental
					 delay to the early intervention official.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.3 - Referrals

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(a) The following
					 primary referral sources shall, within two working days of identifying an
					 infant or toddler who is less than three years of age and suspected of having a
					 disability or at risk of having a disability, refer such infant or toddler to
					 the official designated by the municipality, unless the child has already been
					 referred or unless the parent objects: all individuals who are qualified
					 personnel; all approved evaluators, service coordinators, and providers of
					 early intervention services; hospitals; child health care providers; day care
					 programs; local health units; local school districts; local social service
					 districts including public agencies and staff in the child welfare system;
					 public health facilities; early childhood direction centers; domestic violence
					 shelters and agencies; homeless family shelters; and, operators of any clinic
					 approved under article 28 of Public Health Law, article 16 of the Mental
					 Hygiene Law, or article 31 of the Mental Hygiene Law.
(1) A primary referral source who has
					 identified an infant or toddler suspected of having a disability shall:
(i) provide a general explanation of the
					 services that are available under the Early Intervention Program and the
					 benefits to the child's development and to the family of accessing those
					 services;
(ii) inform the parent
					 that, unless the parent objects, their child will be referred to the early
					 intervention official for purposes of a free screening and/or multidisciplinary
					 evaluation or, with parent permission, a review of medical or other records to
					 determine eligibility for services;
(iii) whenever feasible, inform the parent
					 about such referral in their dominant language or other mode of communication;
					 and
(iv) ensure the confidentiality
					 of all information transmitted at the time of referral.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.4 - Qualifications of service coordinators

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(a) All early intervention service
					 coordinators shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) a minimum of one of the following
					 educational or service coordination experience credentials:
(i) two years experience in service
					 coordination activities as delineated in this Subpart (voluntary or part-time
					 experience which can be verified will be accepted on a
pro
					 rata
basis); or
(ii) one
					 year of service coordination experience and an additional year of experience in
					 a service setting with infants and toddlers with developmental delays or
					 disabilities; or
(iii) one year of
					 service coordination experience and an Associates degree in a health or human
					 service field; or
(iv) a Bachelors
					 degree in a health or human service field; or
(v) a license, certification, or registration
					 in one of the professions listed in section
					 69-4.1(al)  of
					 this Subpart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.6 - Standards for initial and ongoing service coordinators

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(a) All agencies and individuals approved to
					 provide early intervention service coordination shall fulfill those functions
					 and activities necessary to assist and enable an eligible infant and toddler
					 and parent to receive the rights, procedural safeguards and services that are
					 authorized to be provided under State and Federal law, including other services
					 not required under the Early Intervention Program, but for which the family may
					 be eligible.
(1) Each eligible infant and
					 toddler and their family shall be provided with one service coordinator who
					 shall be responsible for:
(i) coordinating
					 all services across agency lines; and
(ii) serving as the single point of contract
					 in helping parents to obtain the services and/or assistance they
					 need.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.7 - Initial service coordinators

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(a) Upon
					 referral to the early intervention official of a child thought to be an
					 eligible child, the early intervention official shall promptly designate an
					 initial service coordinator, selecting whenever appropriate a service
					 coordinator who has an established relationship with the child or family, and
					 shall promptly notify the parent of such designation in writing.
(1) Upon receipt of the referral, the early
					 intervention official shall make reasonable efforts to promptly forward a copy
					 of the Early Intervention Program parents' handbook to the parent by mail or
					 other suitable means.
(2) For
					 children in care and custody or custody and guardianship of the local social
					 services commissioner, the early intervention official shall notify the local
					 commissioner of social services or designee of the designation of an initial
					 service coordinator.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.8 - Evaluation and screening of the child and assessment of the child and family

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(a)
Evaluations and screenings.
To determine eligibility for the Early Intervention
						Program, a timely screening and/or multidisciplinary evaluation may be
						conducted to determine if the child has a developmental delay or disability,
						unless eligibility is established in accordance with subdivision (c) of this
						section.
(1) The child's parent shall
					 have the opportunity to be present and participate in the performance of a
					 screening, evaluation and, where applicable, assessment, unless the parent's
					 circumstances prevent the parent's presence. If the parent's circumstances
					 prevent the parent's presence, the parent shall have the opportunity to
					 designate, in writing, another family member to be present and participate in
					 the performance of the screening, evaluation and, where applicable,
					 assessment.
(2) If the child's
					 eligibility is established in accordance with subdivision (c) of this section,
					 a multidisciplinary assessment of the child shall, with parental consent, be
					 conducted and a voluntary family-directed assessment shall be offered to the
					 parent in accordance with subdivisions (f) and (g) of this section.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.9 - Standards for the provision of services

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(a) For purposes of this section, early
					 intervention providers includes all approved agencies and individuals and Early
					 Intervention Program services means service coordination, evaluations, and
					 early intervention services.
(b) On
					 or before September 1, 2010 and thereafter, all approved providers shall comply
					 with the criteria set forth in section
					 69-4.5(a)(4) 
					 of this Subpart.
(c) Each
					 municipality shall ensure that the Early Intervention Program services
					 contained in individualized family service plans are provided to eligible
					 children, who reside in such municipality, and their families. Municipalities
					 shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that Early Intervention Program
					 services provided to children residing in the municipality are delivered in a
					 manner that protects the health and safety of eligible children, in accordance
					 with this Subpart and with standards and procedures on health, safety, and
					 sanitation developed by the department for the Early Intervention Program.
(1) If an early intervention official
					 reasonably believes that the early intervention provider is out of compliance
					 with this subpart and/or with the department's standards and procedures on
					 health, safety, and sanitation, or otherwise posing an imminent risk of danger
					 to children, parents, or staff, the municipality shall take immediate action to
					 ensure the health and safety of such persons.
(2) Upon the taking of such action by the
					 municipality, the early intervention official shall immediately notify the
					 department, for purposes of the initiation of an investigation which may result
					 in the suspension, limitation or revocation of the early intervention service
					 provider in accordance with procedures set forth in section
					 69-4.24 
					 of this Subpart.
(i) The department shall
					 notify all early intervention officials in the catchment area of the provider
					 that an investigation has been initiated.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.10 - Service model options

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(a) The
					 Department of Health, State early intervention service agencies, and early
					 intervention officials shall make reasonable efforts to ensure the full range
					 of early intervention service options are available to eligible children and
					 their families.
(1) The following models of
					 early intervention service delivery shall be available:
(i) home and community based
					 individual/collateral visits: the provision by appropriate qualified personnel
					 of early intervention services to the child and/or parent or other designated
					 caregiver at the child's home or any other natural environment in which
					 children under three years of age are typically found (including day care
					 centers and family day care homes);
(ii) facility-based individual/collateral
					 visits: the provision by appropriate qualified personnel of early intervention
					 services to the child and/or parent or other designated caregiver at an
					 approved early intervention provider's site;
(iii) Parent-child groups: a group composed
					 of parents or caregivers, children, and a minimum of one appropriate qualified
					 provider of early intervention services at an early intervention provider's
					 site or a community-based site (
e.g.,
day care center, family
					 day care, or other community settings). The site of the service must be listed
					 on the IFSP with the name of the provider and contact information.
(iv) Group early intervention services: the
					 provision of early intervention services by appropriate qualified personnel to
					 a group of eligible children at an approved early intervention provider's site
					 or in a community-based site. Such provider's site or community-based site must
					 be identified in the provider's initial or amended application and documented
					 in the provider's current Department approval.
(v) family/caregiver support group: the
					 provision of early intervention services to a group of parents, caregivers
					 (foster parents, day care staff, etc.) and/or siblings of eligible children for
					 the purposes of:
(a) enhancing their capacity
					 to care for and/or enhance the development of the eligible child; and
(b) providing support, education, and
					 guidance to such individuals relative to the child's unique developmental
					 needs.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.11 - Individualized family service plan

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(a)
Individualized family service plan
					 (IFSP) participation.
(1) If the
					 evaluator determines that the infant or toddler is an eligible child, the early
					 intervention official shall convene a meeting of the IFSP team within 45 days
					 of the receipt of the child's referral, to develop the initial IFSP, provided
					 however that such timeline does not apply for any period when:
(i) the child or parent is unavailable to
					 complete the initial evaluation and assessment of the child and family or is
					 unavailable for the initial IFSP meeting due to exceptional family
					 circumstances that are documented in the child's early intervention records and
					 the multidisciplinary evaluation, and the initial evaluation and assessment and
					 the initial IFSP meeting are completed as soon as possible after the
					 exceptional family circumstances no longer exist; or
(ii) the parent has not provided timely
					 consent for the initial evaluation and assessment of the child despite
					 documented repeated attempts by the evaluator to obtain parental consent, and
					 the initial evaluation and assessment and the initial IFSP meeting are
					 completed as soon as possible after parental consent has been obtained for the
					 initial evaluation and assessment of the child.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.13 - Local early intervention coordinating councils

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(a) A local early intervention coordinating
					 council shall be established in each municipality and shall consist of the
					 following members appointed by the early intervention official:
(1) at least four parents of children with
					 disabilities age birth through 12 years of age;
(2) at least three public or private
					 providers of early intervention services;
(3) at least one child care provider or
					 representative of child care providers;
(4) the chief executive or their designees of
					 the municipalities departments of social services, health and mental hygiene;
					 and, a representative from the local developmental disabilities services
					 office; and
(5) a representative
					 from one or more committees on preschool special education of local school
					 districts in the municipality.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.14 - Reporting

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(a) Early
					 intervention officials shall report to the department of Health such data as
					 the department may require.
(b)
					 Approved early intervention evaluators, service providers, and service
					 coordinators will provide to early intervention officials all the data
					 necessary to complete required reports in a timely manner.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.15 - Children in care

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(a)
Definitions.
The following terms shall have the following
						meanings:
(1)
foster
					 child
shall mean a child in the care, custody or guardianship of a
					 commissioner of a local social services district;
(2)
homeless child
shall
					 mean a child placed in a hotel, motel, shelter, or other temporary housing
					 arrangement by a social services district because of the unavailability of
					 permanent housing;
(3)
municipality of current
location shall mean a municipality in
					 which a child lives which is different from the municipality in which a child
					 or such child's family lived at the time a social services district assumed
					 responsibility for the placement of such child or family or at the time the
					 child was admitted for care or treatment in a facility licensed or operated by
					 a State agency other than the department of Health;
(4)
municipality of
					 residence
shall mean the municipality in which a child or such child's
					 family lived at the time the local social services district assumed
					 responsibility or custody for such child or family or at the time the child was
					 admitted for care or treatment in a facility licensed or operated by a State
					 agency other than the department of Health; and
(5)
child in residential
					 care
shall mean an infant or toddler living in a residential facility
					 licensed or operated by a State agency. For the purposes of subdivisions (b),
					 (c) and (d) of this section, a
child in residential care
shall
					 be deemed a homeless child.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.16 - Parents, persons in parental relation and surrogate parents

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(a) The early
					 intervention official shall make every effort to protect the right of parents,
					 which includes persons in a parental relation, to make decisions about a
					 child's receipt of early intervention services.
(b) Where the parent's availability to the
					 child is limited due to life circumstances, including residing far from their
					 child or the parent is residing in an institution, or the child's placement in
					 the care and custody of the local social services commissioner, the early
					 intervention official shall, as appropriate, facilitate the parent's
					 involvement in early intervention services.
(c) The early intervention official shall be
					 responsible for the determination of the need for a surrogate parent for
					 eligible or potentially eligible children and make reasonable efforts,
					 including contacting persons who might have information concerning the parent,
					 or visit and/or send letters via regular and certified mail to addresses at
					 which the parent may have lived, to discover the whereabouts of a parent before
					 appointing a surrogate.
(1) The early
					 intervention official shall establish agreements with local social services
					 districts, Family Court and other relevant public agencies regarding procedures
					 which will be used to identify eligible or potentially eligible children in
					 need of surrogate parents.
(2) Upon
					 receipt of a referral of an eligible or potentially eligible child who is in
					 the care and custody or custody and guardianship of the local commissioner of
					 social services, the early intervention official, in consultation with the
					 local commissioner of social services or designee, shall determine the
					 availability of the parent.
(3) In
					 the event that the child is a ward of the State, or in the care and custody of
					 the local social services commissioner, and his or her parents by birth or
					 adoption are unavailable and the child has no person in parental relation, the
					 early intervention official shall consult with the local commissioner of social
					 services with care and custody or custody and guardianship of the child to
					 promptly appoint a surrogate parent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.17 - Procedural safeguards

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(a) The
					 early intervention official shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the
					 parent is fully informed in their dominant language of and understand the
					 rights and entitlement afforded them under the Early Intervention Program,
					 including the right to:
(1) elect or decline
					 to have the child screened and/or evaluated to determine eligibility for early
					 intervention services and to participate in the voluntary family-directed
					 assessment process;
(2) elect or
					 decline to participate in the Early Intervention Program without jeopardizing
					 their right to future participation in the Early Intervention
					 Program;
(3) accept or decline any
					 early intervention service without jeopardizing other early intervention
					 services;
(4) confidentiality of
					 personally identifiable information;
(5) review and correct records;
(6) be notified by the early intervention
					 official within a reasonable time prior to a proposal or refusal to initiate or
					 change the identification, evaluation, or delivery of appropriate early
					 intervention services to the child and family unit;
(7) participate in and invite the
					 participation of others in all decisionmaking meetings regarding a proposal, or
					 refusal, to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, or delivery of
					 services to the child and family unit;
(8) use due process procedures to resolve
					 complaints;
(9) use an attorney or
					 advocate in any and all dealings with the State Early Intervention
					 Program;
(10) receive an
					 explanation of the use of and impact on insurance, including protection against
					 co-payments and safeguards for lifetime and annual caps as provided in State
					 law; and
(11) when the initial
					 service coordinator or the early intervention official has not made contact
					 with the parent prior to the evaluation, the approved evaluator shall review
					 with the parent their rights under the program and document the review in the
					 evaluation summary.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.18 - Respite services

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(a) As
					 appropriate, respite services and models for respite services may be discussed
					 with the parent at the individualized family service plan meeting.
(b) The provision of respite services for an
					 eligible child and family shall be determined in the context of IFSP
					 development, based on the individual needs of the child and family, and with
					 consideration given to the following criteria:
(1) severity of child's disability and
					 needs;
(2) potential risk of
					 out-of-home placement for the child if respite services are not
					 provided;
(3) lack of access to
					 informal support systems (
e.g.,
extended family, supportive
					 friends, community supports, etc.);
(4) lack of access to other sources of
					 respite (
e.g.,
family support services under the auspices of
					 the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities and respite
					 provided through other State early intervention service agencies), due to
					 barriers such as waiting lists, remote/inaccessible location of services,
					 etc.;
(5) presence of factors known
					 to increase family stress (
e.g.,
family size, presence of
					 another child or family member with a disability, etc.); and
(6) the perceived and expressed level of need
					 for respite services by parent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.19 - Transportation

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(a) The
					 municipality shall ensure that transportation is available beginning the first
					 day of service as agreed upon in the individualized family service plan when
					 transportation is necessary to enable the child and the child's family to
					 receive early intervention services.
(1)
					 Transportation may be provided directly, by contract, or through reimbursement
					 of the parent at a mileage rate authorized by the municipality for the use of a
					 private vehicle or for other reasonable transportation costs, including public
					 transportation, tolls, and parking fees.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.20 - Transition planning

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(a) A
					 transition plan shall be established in the IFSP to ensure a smooth transition
					 for every child exiting the Early Intervention Program.
(1) If the child may be eligible for
					 preschool services under section 4410  of the Education Law, the service
					 coordinator, with parental consent, shall convene a conference among the early
					 intervention official, the parent, and the chairperson of the CPSE or designee,
					 not fewer than 90 days, and at the discretion of all parties, not more than
					 nine months before the child's third birthday to discuss any services the child
					 may receive under education law.
(2) If the child is not potentially eligible
					 for preschool services under section 4410  of Education Law, the service
					 coordinator, with parental consent, shall make reasonable efforts to convene a
					 conference among the early intervention official, the parent, and providers of
					 other appropriate services for the toddler to discuss appropriate services that
					 the child may receive, including early education, head start, early head start,
					 child care programs or other appropriate services.
(3) All meetings to develop the transition
					 plan, including the transition conference, must be at a time and place mutually
					 convenient to all participants and must meet all requirements pertaining to
					 IFSP meetings in section
					 69-4.11(a)(2)-(5) 
					 of this Subpart.
(4) The transition
					 plan established in the IFSP must be developed with the child's family and
					 shall include procedures to prepare the child and family for changes in service
					 delivery, including:
(i) a review of program
					 and service options for the child from the child's third birthday through the
					 remainder of the program year, if appropriate;
(ii) steps for the child and his or her
					 family to exit from the Early Intervention Program;
(iii) steps and services to help the child
					 adjust to and function in a new setting;
(iv) procedures to prepare program staff or
					 individual qualified personnel who will be providing services to the child to
					 facilitate a smooth transition; and
(v) transition services and other activities
					 that the IFSP participants determine are needed by the child and family to
					 support the transition of the child.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter H - Family Health › Part 69 - Family Health › Subpart 69-4 - Early Intervention Program › Section 69-4.21 - Reimbursement of municipal administrative costs

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(a) Municipalities shall be eligible for
					 reimbursement for administrative costs. exclusive of due process costs,
					 incurred during the preceding year pursuant to this Title.
(b) The costs of direct early intervention
					 services are not considered administrative costs. Administrative costs shall
					 include personnel and operating expenses incurred for administration of the
					 program.