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 OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides that one of the purposes of the Help Me Grow program is to provide early intervention services in accordance with part C of the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act". Authorizes the director of health to enter into an interagency agreement with one or more state agencies to implement the Help Me Grow program and ensure coordination of early childhood programs. Authorizes the director to distribute Help Me Grow program funds through contracts, grants, or subsidies to entities providing services and directs the department of health, to the extent funds are available, to establish a system of payment to providers of home visiting and part C early intervention services. Requires that, as a condition of receiving payments for home visiting services, providers must report to the director specified data on the program performance
indicators that are used to assess progress toward achieving the goals of the program. Requires the director of health to prepare an annual report on the data received from the providers. Requires the director to adopt rules on specified components of the program. Specifies that a family enrolled in the Help Me Grow at-risk program on the effective date of H.B. 153 must be eligible for at-risk services until December 31, 2013, or until the eligible child reaches three years of age, whichever occurs first.
486-488 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Early Intervention Services
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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