Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities Program
12-12.7-2-15. Powers and Duties

Sec. 15. The council shall do the following:
(1) Advise and assist the division in the performance of the responsibilities set forth in section 6 of this chapter, particularly the following:
(A) Identification of sources of fiscal and other support for services for early intervention programs.
(B) Use of existing resources to the full extent in implementing early intervention programs.
(C) Assignment of financial responsibility to the appropriate agency.
(D) Promotion of interagency agreements.
(E) Development and implementation of utilization review procedures.
(2) Advise and assist the division in the preparation of applications required under 20 U.S.C. 1431 through 1444.
(3) Prepare and submit an annual report to the governor, the general assembly, and the United States Secretary of Education by November 1 of each year concerning the status of early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. The report must contain the following information concerning the funding of the program under this chapter:
(A) The total amount billed to a federal or state program each state fiscal year for services provided under this chapter, including the following programs:
(i) Medicaid.
(ii) The children's health insurance program.
(iii) The federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program (45 CFR 265).
(iv) Any other state or federal program.
(B) The total amount billed each state fiscal year to an insurance company for services provided under this chapter and the total amount reimbursed by the insurance company.
(C) The total copayments collected under this chapter each state fiscal year.
(D) The total administrative expenditures.
A report submitted under this subdivision to the general assembly must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.
(4) Periodically request from the agencies responsible for providing early childhood intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and preschool special education programs written reports concerning the implementation of each agency's respective programs.
(5) Make recommendations to the various agencies concerning improvements to each agency's delivery of services.
(6) Otherwise comply with 20 U.S.C. 1441.
As added by P.L.93-2006, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.210-2015, SEC.29; P.L.130-2018, SEC.45.