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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 371
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(A) (1) THERE IS A MARYLAND INFANTS AND TODDLERS PROGRAM IN THE
DEPARTMENT.
(2) THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A STATEWIDE,
COMMUNITY-BASED INTERAGENCY SYSTEM OF COMPREHENSIVE EARLY
INTERVENTION SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE INFANTS AND TODDLERS, BIRTH THROUGH
AGE 2, AND THEIR FAMILIES.
(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR SUPERVISING. AND
MONITORING THE PROGRAM.
[(b)] (C) The [interagency system] PROGRAM shall include the early
intervention services provided or supervised by THE DEPARTMENT AND the State
Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene INCLUDING THE PROGRAM FOR
HEARING-IMPAIRED INFANTS ESTABLISHED UNDER TITLE 13, SUBTITLE 6 OF THE
HEALTH - GENERAL ARTICLE[, Human Resources, and Juvenile Justice,] AND
HUMAN RESOURCES, and the Office for Children, Youth, and Families.
[(c)] (D) The [interagency system of early intervention services] PROGRAM
shall be administered in accord with the applicable requirements of [Federal Public
Law 99-457] PART C OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT and
other applicable federal and State laws.
[(d)] (E) An interagency coordinating council shall be appointed by the
Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall:
(1) Advise and assist the Department in the supervision and monitoring
of the [interagency system of early intervention services] PROGRAM; and
(2) Submit an annual report to the Governor and the federal
government.
[(e)] (F) Local lead agencies shall be established or designated in each county
and Baltimore City to administer the [interagency system of early intervention
services] PROGRAM in their subdivision, under the direction of the Department.
[(f)] (G) (1) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners,
as appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor shall establish a local interagency
coordinating council to advise and assist the local lead agency in the development and
implementation of policies that constitute the local [early intervention system]
PROGRAM.
(2) (i) In each county, the county executive or county commissioners,
as appropriate, or in Baltimore City, the Mayor may designate the local management
board to serve as the local interagency coordinating council or establish the local
interagency coordinating council as a part of that board.
(ii) Where a local management board and a local interagency
coordinating council coexist, they shall work cooperatively.
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(H) (1) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004 2005 2004, THE ANNUAL PER CHILD COST OF
THE PROGRAM IS $4,044 $4,165 $4,044.
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