1. (1) If the parent or legal guardian of an eligible child enrolls their child in a Baby Watch EI Program and receives fee eligible services the parent or legal guardian shall pay a family fee. The family fee applies for any month in which at least one billable service is:

   1. (a) provided to the child; or
   2. (b) not canceled by the family by 9 a.m. the morning of the scheduled service.
2. (2) The EI program shall charge the family based on a sliding fee schedule established by the department annually. The sliding fee schedule shall begin at 185% of the most recently published federal poverty guidelines.
3. (3) The maximum family fee on the sliding fee schedule shall be $200 per month.

4. (4) The EI program may not charge the family fee if the child or the child's family receives benefits under any of the following programs:

   1. (a) Medicaid;
   2. (b) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families;
   3. (c) Family Employment Plan - Cash Assistance;
   4. (d) Women Infants and Young Children;
   5. (e) Early Head Start based on income;
   6. (f) Child is a ward of the state;
   7. (g) Primary Care Network; or
   8. (h) Children's Health Insurance Program.

KEY: early intervention, education, disabilities

Date of Last Change: December 19, 2023

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 26B-1-202