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125A.48 STATE INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT.
(a) The commissioners of the Departments of Education, Health, and Human Services
must enter into an agreement to implement this section and Part C, Public Law 108-446, and as
required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 303.523, to promote the development
and implementation of interagency, coordinated, multidisciplinary state and local early childhood
intervention service systems for serving eligible young children with disabilities, birth through
age two, and their families and to ensure the meaningful involvement of underserved groups,
including children with disabilities from minority, low-income, homeless, and rural families, and
children with disabilities who are wards of the state. The agreement must be reviewed annually.
(b) The state interagency agreement must outline at a minimum the conditions, procedures,
purposes, and responsibilities of the participating state and local agencies for the following:
(1) membership, roles, and responsibilities of a state interagency committee for the oversight
of priorities and budget allocations under Part C, Public Law 108-446, and other state allocations
for this program;
(2) child find;
(3) establishment of local interagency agreements;
(4) review by a state interagency committee of the allocation of additional state and federal
early intervention funds by local agencies;
(5) fiscal responsibilities of the state and local agencies;
(6) intraagency and interagency dispute resolution;
(7) payor of last resort;
(8) maintenance of effort;
(9) procedural safeguards, including mediation;
(10) complaint resolution;
(11) quality assurance;
(12) data collection;
(13) an annual summary to the state Interagency Coordinating Council regarding conflict
resolution activities including disputes, due process hearings, and complaints; and
(14) other components of the state and local early intervention system consistent with Public
Law 108-446.
Written materials must be developed for parents, IEIC's, and local service providers that describe
procedures developed under this section as required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 34,
section 303.
History: 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 59,164; art 11 s 3; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2006 c 282 art 2 s 23

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