Report Title:
Children with disabilities; council membership
Description:
Revises the Hawaii Early Intervention Coordinating Council (HEICC) membership and duties to be consistent with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 requirements regarding the State interagency coordination council.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2378 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII EARLY INTERVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 321-353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
?§321-353 Hawaii early intervention coordinating council; establishment. (a) There is established within the department for administrative purposes the Hawaii early intervention coordinating council. Members shall be appointed for three-year terms by the governor without the necessity of the advice and consent of the senate. The membership of the council shall consist of [fifteen] nineteen members selected from the following:
(1) At least [three] two parents of infants, toddlers, or children [under the] age [of seven] twelve or younger with special needs;
(2) At least two parents of infants, toddlers, or children age six or younger with special needs;
[(2)] (3) At least three public or private providers of early intervention services;
[(3)] (4) At least one representative from the legislature;
[(4)] (5) At least one person involved in personnel preparation;
[(5)] (6) At least one member representing the department of education [;] preschool services for children with special needs, or education of homeless children;
[(6)] (7) At least one member representing the department of human services [;] medicaid, child care program, or foster care;
(8) At least one member representing Head Start;
(9) At least one member representing the department of commerce and consumer affairs insurance division; and
[(7)] (10) At least one member representing the [office of the governor;] department of health early intervention services, or children′s mental health; and
[(8) Other members representing private or public agencies involved in or interested in the payment for or provision of services to infants and toddlers with special needs and their families.] (11) At least one representative of the American Academy of Pediatrics Hawaii Chapter. Any vacancy on the council shall be filled in the same manner in which the original position was filled.
(b) The council shall elect its officers, and [eight] ten members shall constitute a quorum. Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, necessary for the performance of their duties.
(c) The council shall meet at least quarterly and in such places as it deems necessary. The meetings shall be publicly announced, and be open and accessible to the general public.
(d) The council shall perform the following functions:
(1) Advise and assist the director in the identification of the sources of fiscal and other support for services for early intervention programs, assignment of financial responsibility to the appropriate agency, and the promotion of the interagency agreements;
(2) Advise and assist the department in the preparation of applications and amendments thereto; [and]
(3) Advise the department of education regarding the transition of toddlers with special needs to preschool and other appropriate services; and
[3] (4) Prepare and submit an annual report to the governor on the status of early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with special needs and their families within the State.″
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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