1. (a) The ECI services provided with no out-of-pocket payment are:

   1. (1) child find;
   2. (2) evaluation and assessment;
   3. (3) development of the IFSP;
   4. (4) services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have visual impairments;
   5. (5) case management;
   6. (6) translation and interpreter services; and
   7. (7) administrative and coordination activities related to the implementation of procedural safeguards and other components of the statewide system of ECI services.

2. (b) ECI services provided at no out-of-pocket charge to the parent must:

   1. (1) not be denied or delayed if the family fails to provide information related to third-party coverage, gross income, or family size;
   2. (2) begin or continue regardless of whether or not the parent has a signed family cost share agreement;
   3. (3) not be denied or delayed if the family refuses to consent to bill or to release personally identifiable information to a third-party payor;
   4. (4) begin or continue during any period of reconsideration; and
   5. (5) continue during any suspension period.
3. (c) If the family has an inability to pay, all ECI services are provided with no out-of-pocket charge to the family.

Source Note:The provisions of this §350.1411 adopted to be effective May 1, 2014, 39 TexReg 3449; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 941; amended to be effective February 13, 2025, 50 TexReg 772.