2001 Minnesota Statutes

     125A.27 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  For the purposes of sections 
 125A.259 to 125A.48, the following terms have the meanings given 
 them.  

    Subd. 2.    Coordinate.  "Coordinate" means to provide 
 ready access to a community's services and resources to meet 
 child and family needs.  

    Subd. 3.    Core early intervention services.  "Core 
 early intervention services" means services that are available 
 at no cost to children and families.  These services include: 

    (1) identification and referral; 

    (2) screening; 

    (3) evaluation; 

    (4) assessment; 

    (5) service coordination; 

    (6) special education and related services provided under 
 section 125A.08, and United States Code, title 20, section 1401; 
 and 

    (7) protection of parent and child rights by means of 
 procedural safeguards. 

    Subd. 4.    County board.  "County board" means a county 
 board established under chapter 375. 

    Subd. 5.    Early intervention record.  "Early 
 intervention record" means any personally identifiable 
 information about a child or the child's family that is 
 generated by the early intervention system, and that pertains to 
 evaluation and assessment, development of an individualized 
 family service plan, and the delivery of early intervention 
 services. 

    Subd. 6.    Early intervention services.  "Early 
 intervention services" means services provided in conformity 
 with an individualized family service plan that are designed to 
 meet the special developmental needs of a child eligible under 
 Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, part 303, and the needs 
 of the child's family related to enhancing the child's 
 development and that are selected in collaboration with the 
 parent.  These services include core early intervention services 
 and additional early intervention services listed in section 
 125A.29 and services defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
 title 34, section 303, et seq. 

    Subd. 7.    Early intervention system.  "Early 
 intervention system" means the total effort in the state to meet 
 the needs of eligible children and their families, including, 
 but not limited to: 

    (1) any public agency in the state that receives funds 
 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United 
 States Code, title 20, sections 1471 to 1485 (Part H, Public Law 
 Number 102-119); 

    (2) other state and local agencies administering programs 
 involved in the provision of early intervention services, 
 including, but not limited to: 

    (i) the Maternal and Child Health program under title V of 
 the Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 
 701 to 709; 

    (ii) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 
 United States Code, title 20, sections 1411 to 1420 (Part B); 

    (iii) medical assistance under the Social Security Act, 
 United States Code, title 42, section 1396 et seq.; 

    (iv) the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
 Rights Act, United States Code, title 42, sections 6021 to 6030 
 (Part B); and 

    (v) the Head Start Act, United States Code, title 42, 
 sections 9831 to 9852; and 

    (3) services provided by private groups or third-party 
 payers in conformity with an individualized family service plan. 

    Subd. 8.    Eligibility for Part H.  "Eligibility for 
 Part H" means eligibility for early childhood special education 
 under section 125A.02 and Minnesota Rules, part 3525.2335, 
 subpart 1, items A and B. 

    Subd. 9.    Facilitate payment.  "Facilitate payment" 
 means helping families access necessary public or private 
 assistance that provides payment for services required to meet 
 needs identified in a service plan, individual education plan 
 (IEP), individual service plan (ISP), or individualized family 
 service plan (IFSP), according to time frames required by the 
 plan.  This may also include activities to collect fees for 
 services provided on a sliding fee basis, where permitted by 
 state law. 

    Subd. 10.    Individualized family service plan.  
 "Individualized family service plan" or "IFSP" means a written 
 plan for providing services to a child and the child's family.  

    Subd. 11.    Interagency child find systems.  
 "Interagency child find systems" means activities developed on 
 an interagency basis with the involvement of interagency early 
 intervention committees and other relevant community groups to 
 actively seek out, identify, and refer infants and young 
 children with, or at risk of, disabilities, and their families. 

    Subd. 12.    Local primary agency.  "Local primary 
 agency" means the agency designated jointly by the school and 
 county board under section 125A.29. 

    Subd. 13.    Natural environments.  "Natural 
 environments" means the child's home and community settings in 
 which children without disabilities participate. 

    Subd. 14.    Parent.  "Parent" means the biological 
 parent with parental rights, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or 
 surrogate parent. 

    Subd. 15.    Part C state plan.  "Part C state plan" 
 means the annual state plan application approved by the federal 
 government under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
 Act, United States Code, title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part C, 
 Public Law Number 105-117). 

    Subd. 16.    Pay for.  "Pay for" means using federal, 
 state, local, and private dollars available for early 
 intervention services. 

    Subd. 17.    Respite.  "Respite" means short-term, 
 temporary care provided to a child with a disability due to the 
 temporary absence or need for relief of the family member or 
 members or primary caregiver, normally providing the care. 

    Subd. 18.    State lead agency.  "State lead agency" 
 means the state agency receiving federal funds under the 
 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, United States Code, 
 title 20, section 1471 et seq. (Part H, Public Law Number 
 102-119). 

    Subd. 19.    Surrogate parent.  "Surrogate parent" means 
 a person appointed by the local education agency to assure that 
 the rights of the child to early intervention services are 
 protected.  A person cannot be a surrogate parent to a child for 
 whom the person provides 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 
 42,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 2 s 15; 1Sp2001 c 6 art 3 s 
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