00SENATE BILL NO. 100                                                                                                     
01 "An Act relating to grant authority for services for developmentally delayed or                                         
02 disabled children and their families."                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
05  Sec. 47.20.075.  Grant authority.  The department may award grants for                                                
06 covered services to children and their families who are eligible under this chapter.                                    
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 47.20.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
08  (a)  The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter,                                      
09 including regulations                                                                                                   
10   (1)  for personnel development, including preservice and in-service                                                  
11 training programs for providers of early intervention services;                                                         
12   (2)  to govern resolution of intra-agency and interagency disputes about                                             
13 the provision of services under this chapter and the financial responsibility of the                                    
14 respective parties for those services;                                                                                  

01   (3)  that ensure that services are provided to children and their families                                           
02 in a timely manner pending the resolution of disputes among public agencies or service                                  
03 providers;                                                                                                              
04   (4)  providing for due process with respect to the rights of children and                                            
05 parents who are eligible for services under this chapter; the regulations must provide                                  
06 that during the pendency of a complaint about a change in services, the child and                                       
07 family shall continue to receive the prior services unless the state and the family                                     
08 otherwise agree, or, if the complaint relates to an application for initial services, the                               
09 child and family shall receive the services that are not in dispute; and                                               
10   (5)  for the award of grants under this chapter.