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Committee releases bill to codify early language access program for deaf and hard-of-hearing children
Summary
An amended bill codifying an early language access program for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind children was released. The amendments place the program in the Department of Health, expand the interprofessional team, and allow services to be delivered through existing early-intervention pathways.
The Senate Health Committee released an amended bill to codify and expand a language instruction program for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and deafblind children. The measure establishes the Early Language Access Program within the Department of Health, to be implemented in conjunction with the Department of Education and the Marie H. Kasenbach School for the Deaf.
Committee amendments broaden the program from the original proposal: services for children up to age 3 will be delivered through the Department of Health’s early-intervention program to the extent permissible under federal and state law; the…
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