Sec. 303.520 (b) (1) (i)
(i) The State may not use the private insurance of a parent of an infant or toddler with a disability to pay for part C services unless the parent provides parental consent, consistent with §§303.7 and 303.420(a)(4), to use private insurance to pay for part C services for his or her child or the State meets one of the exceptions in paragraph (b)(2) of this section. This includes the use of private insurance when such use is a prerequisite for the use of public benefits or insurance. Parental consent must be obtained—
(A) When the lead agency or EIS provider seeks to use the parent’s private insurance or benefits to pay for the initial provision of an early intervention service in the IFSP; and
(B) Each time consent for services is required under §303.420(a)(3) due to an increase (in frequency, length, duration, or intensity) in the provision of services in the child’s IFSP.
(ii) If a State requires a parent to pay any costs that the parent would incur as a result of the State’s use of private insurance to pay for early intervention services (such as co-payments, premiums, or deductibles), those costs must be identified in the State’s system of payments policies under §303.521; otherwise, the State may not charge those costs to the parent.
(iii) When obtaining parental consent required under paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section or initially using benefits under a child or parent’s private insurance policy to pay for an early intervention service under paragraph (b)(2) of this section, the State must provide to the parent a copy of the State’s system of payments policies that identifies the potential costs that the parent may incur when their private insurance is used to pay for early intervention services under this part (such as co-payments, premiums, or deductibles or other long-term costs such as the loss of benefits because of annual or lifetime health insurance coverage caps under the insurance policy).
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Last modified on May 3, 2017