HB4861

Illinois HB4861 amends the Department of Early Childhood Act to establish procedural safeguards for families involved in early intervention services.

Illinois HB4861 amends the Department of Early Childhood Act to ensure that public agencies involved in early intervention services adopt procedural safeguards. These safeguards must meet federal requirements and include timely administrative resolution of complaints, due process hearings, and mediations. They also provide parents and guardians the right to examine and receive copies of records, confidentiality of personally identifiable information, timely written prior notice of changes to services, and written prior notice of procedural safeguards in a comprehensible manner.