1998 Minnesota Statutes

     125A.32 Individualized family service plan. 

    (a) A team must participate in IFSP meetings to develop the 
 IFSP.  The team shall include:  

    (1) a parent or parents of the child; 

    (2) other family members, as requested by the parent, if 
 feasible to do so; 

    (3) an advocate or person outside of the family, if the 
 parent requests that the person participate; 

    (4) the service coordinator who has been working with the 
 family since the initial referral, or who has been designated by 
 the public agency to be responsible for implementation of the 
 IFSP; and 

    (5) a person or persons involved in conducting evaluations 
 and assessments.  

    (b) The IFSP must include: 

    (1) information about the child's developmental status; 

    (2) family information, with the consent of the family; 

    (3) major outcomes expected to be achieved by the child and 
 the family that include the criteria, procedures, and timelines; 

    (4) specific early intervention services necessary to meet 
 the unique needs of the child and the family to achieve the 
 outcomes; 

    (5) payment arrangements, if any; 

    (6) medical and other services that the child needs, but 
 that are not required under the Individual with Disabilities 
 Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et 
 seq. (Part H, Public Law Number 102-119) including funding 
 sources to be used in paying for those services and the steps 
 that will be taken to secure those services through public or 
 private sources; 

    (7) dates and duration of early intervention services; 

    (8) name of the service coordinator; 

    (9) steps to be taken to support a child's transition from 
 early intervention services to other appropriate services; and 

    (10) signature of the parent and authorized signatures of 
 the agencies responsible for providing, paying for, or 
 facilitating payment, or any combination of these, for early 
 intervention services.  

    HIST: 1994 c 647 art 3 s 9,34; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c 
 412 art 3 s 4,5; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 2 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 
 42-59,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 2 s 15-18; art 3 s 1; 1998 
 c 408 s 23