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§ 1441. State interagency coordinating council
(a) Establishment
(1) In general
(2) Appointment
(3) Chairperson
(b) Composition
(1) In general
The council shall be composed as follows:
(A) Parents
(B) Service providers
(C) State legislature
(D) Personnel preparation
(E) Agency for early intervention services
(F) Agency for preschool services
(G) State medicaid agency
(H) Head Start agency
(I) Child care agency
(J) Agency for health insurance
(K) Office of the Coordinator of Education of Homeless Children and Youth
(L) State foster care representative
(M) Mental health agency
(2) Other members
(c) Meetings
(d) Management authority
(e) Functions of council
(1) Duties
The council shall—
(A) advise and assist the lead agency designated or established under section 1435(a)(10) of this title in the performance of the responsibilities set forth in such section, particularly the identification of the sources of fiscal and other support for services for early intervention programs, assignment of financial responsibility to the appropriate agency, and the promotion of the interagency agreements;
(B) advise and assist the lead agency in the preparation of applications and amendments thereto;
(C) advise and assist the State educational agency regarding the transition of toddlers with disabilities to preschool and other appropriate services; and
(D) prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor and to the Secretary on the status of early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families operated within the State.
(2) Authorized activity
(f) Conflict of interest
(Pub. L. 91–230, title VI, § 641, as added Pub. L. 108–446, title I, § 101, Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2758.)