1. (A) The department must:

   1. (1) monitor programs and activities to ensure compliance with federal law and regulations;
   2. (2) identify, facilitate, and coordinate all available resources within the State from federal, state, local, and private sources;
   3. (3) develop procedures to ensure that services are provided to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families in a timely manner pending the resolution of disputes among public agencies or service providers;
   4. (4) develop procedures to ensure resolution of intraagency and interagency disputes;
   5. (5) develop formal interagency agreements that, consistent with state law, define the financial responsibility of each agency for paying for early intervention services and procedures for resolving disputes.
2. (B) To ensure that all eligible infants and toddlers receive services, pending resolution of any dispute the department shall assign financial responsibility among agencies providing early intervention services.
3. (C) All publicly funded agencies shall continue to provide all services within their respective statutory responsibility to eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities.

HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 114, Section 2; 1991 Act No. 41, Section 2.