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Infant Learning Program urges expanding Part C eligibility, backs SB178 to bill Medicaid
Summary
The Alaska Infant Learning Program told the House Judiciary Committee Alaska’s Part C eligibility is the most restrictive in the nation and urged expanding the 50% developmental-delay threshold to 25%, a change proponents say would allow services for roughly 1,600 more children and pair with Senate Bill 178 to enable Medicaid billing.
Amy Simpson, executive director of programs for the Anchorage Infant Learning Program, told the House Judiciary Committee that Alaska’s birth-to-3 Part C early intervention system is excessively restrictive and that changing eligibility would provide earlier services, reduce later special-education costs and improve life outcomes.
Simpson said Alaska currently requires a 50% developmental delay for eligibility under state-adopted Part C standards, a stricter threshold than most states. She summarized…
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