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(A) The purpose of HMG is to provide and maintain a comprehensive, coordinated system to meet the needs of eligible expectant families, newborns, infants and toddlers and their families who reside in Ohio.
(B) Part C and GRF help me grow funds shall be allocated by the Director to each county.
(C) Counties receiving HMG funds shall attempt to enroll and serve at least the number of eligible participants in the county as determined by the director.
(D) Help me grow funds shall be used to:
(1) Provide direct services for eligible participants in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, terms of contracts, grants and subsidy agreements authorizing the allocation of funds, and other state and federal laws as applicable.
(2) To expand and improve on existing services already provided by other public and private sources.
(E) Subject to the availability of funds
and terms of any contract or grant authorizing the award of HMG funds, the following HMG services shall be provided to all families eligible under paragraph (B) of rule 3701-8-03 of the Administrative Code:
(1) Child find;
(2) Developmental screening;
(3) Family assessment;
(4) Development and review of a family plan;
(5) Home visiting services;
(6) Transition services; and
(7) County FCFC dispute resolution process.
(F) The following HMG services are provided at no cost to part C eligible infants, toddlers and their families and shall be provided in accordance with part C regulations:
(1) Child find;
(2) Developmental evaluation and family assessment;
(3) Development, review and evaluation of an IFSP;
(4) Service coordination;
(5) Transition services;
(6) Procedural safeguards and due process procedures; and
(7) Family to family support services.
(G) Early intervention services may be subject to a system of payment or use of private insurance. Early intervention services include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Assistive technology;
(2) Audiology;
(3) Family training, counseling, and home visits necessary to assist the family in understanding the special needs of the child and enhancing the child’s development;
(4) Health services necessary to enable newborns, infants and toddlers with delays or disabilities to benefit from other services during the time the child is receiving early intervention services;
(5) Medical services only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes;
(6) Nursing;
(7) Nutrition;
(8) Occupational therapy;
(9) Physical therapy;
(10) Psychological and social work;
(11) Special developmental instruction;
(12) Speech-language pathology;
(13) Transportation and related costs;
(14) Vision (including orientation and mobility); and
(15) Other services the IFSP team deems necessary.
(H) Early intervention services shall be paid for through part C funds in accordance with rule 3701-8-10 of the Administrative Code and only if all of the following parameters have been met and documented:
(1) The child is eligible for part C;
(2) The IFSP team is in full agreement regarding the services;
(3) The service best supports the family and its needs;
(4) As payor of last resort, when there is no other alternative source for payment.
Documentation must include evidence of the parent’s inability to pay, as well as alternative funding sources that were sought; and
(5) Unless inappropriate, the service will be provided in the child’s everyday routines, activities and places.
(I) Help me grow funds cannot be used for the following:
(1) Medical health services that are routinely recommended for all children such as immunizations and “well-baby” health care; or
(2) Medical services that are surgical or purely medical in nature.
Effective: 07/16/2010
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/16/2010 and 01/16/2012
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3701.61
Rule Amplifies: 3701.61, Section 289.20 of Am.Sub. H.B. 1 (128th
G.A.) Prior Effective Dates: 8/8/2005