The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1)(A), (3), (c)(1)(B), and (e)(1)(C)(i), is title VI of Puspan. L. 91–230, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 175. Part C of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1431 et seq.) of chapter 33 of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1400 of Title 20 and Tables.
The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Titles V, XIX, and XXI of the Act are classified generally to subchapters V (§ 701 et seq.), XIX (§ 1396 et seq.), and XXI (§ 1397aa et seq.), respectively, of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.
2022—Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 117–241, § 2(1), inserted par. (3) designation before “The term ‘medical evaluation’ ”.
Subsec. (f)(1). Puspan. L. 117–241, § 2(2)(A), substituted “$17,818,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027” for “$17,818,000 for fiscal year 2018, $18,173,800 for fiscal year 2019, $18,628,145 for fiscal year 2020, $19,056,592 for fiscal year 2021, and $19,522,758 for fiscal year 2022”.
Subsec. (f)(2). Puspan. L. 117–241, § 2(2)(B), substituted “$10,760,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027” for “$10,800,000 for fiscal year 2018, $11,026,800 for fiscal year 2019, $11,302,470 for fiscal year 2020, $11,562,427 for fiscal year 2021, and $11,851,488 for fiscal year 2022”.
2017—Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(a), substituted “Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns, infants, and young children” for “Early detection, diagnosis, and treatment regarding hearing loss in newborns and infants” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(span)(2), substituted “newborn, infant, and young child” for “newborn and infant” and “providers (including, as appropriate, education and training of family members),” for “providers,” in introductory provisions.
Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(span)(1), substituted “newborn, infant, and young child” for “newborn and infant” in heading.
Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(span)(3), in first sentence, substituted “newborns, infants, and young children (referred to in this section as ‘children’)” for “newborns and infants” and “medical, and communication (or language acquisition) interventions (including family support), for children identified as deaf or hard-of-hearing, consistent with the following:” for “and medical interventions for children identified with hearing loss.”; designated second sentence as subpar. (A) and substituted “, and delivery of,” for “and delivery of”, “by organizations such as schools and agencies (including community, consumer, and family-based agencies), in health care settings (including medical homes for children), and in programs mandated” for “by schools and agencies, including community, consumer, and parent-based agencies and organizations and other programs mandated”, and “hard-of-hearing children.” for “hard of hearing newborns, infants, toddlers, and children.”; struck out third sentence which read “Programs and systems under this paragraph shall establish and foster family-to-family support mechanisms that are critical in the first months after a child is identified with hearing loss.”; and added subpars. (B) and (C).
Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(span)(4), substituted “To continue to provide technical support to States, through one or more technical resource centers, to assist in further developing and enhancing State early hearing detection and intervention programs.” for “To collect data on statewide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems that can be used for applied research, program evaluation and policy development.”
Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(span)(5), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: “Other activities may include developing efficient models to ensure that newborns and infants who are identified with a hearing loss through screening receive follow-up by a qualified health care provider, and State agencies shall be encouraged to adopt models that effectively increase the rate of occurrence of such follow-up.”
Subsec. (span)(1). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(c), made extensive amendments to text and structure of par. (1). Prior to amendments, text of par. (1) read as follows: “The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall make awards of grants or cooperative agreements to provide technical assistance to State agencies to complement an intramural program and to conduct applied research related to newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems. The program shall develop standardized procedures for data management and program effectiveness and costs, such as—
“(A) to ensure quality monitoring of newborn and infant hearing loss screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs and systems;
“(B) to provide technical assistance on data collection and management;
“(C) to study the costs and effectiveness of newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems conducted by State-based programs in order to answer issues of importance to State and national policymakers;
“(D) to identify the causes and risk factors for congenital hearing loss;
“(E) to study the effectiveness of newborn and infant hearing screening, audiologic and medical evaluations and intervention programs and systems by assessing the health, intellectual and social developmental, cognitive, and language status of these children at school age; and
“(F) to promote the sharing of data regarding early hearing loss with State-based birth defects and developmental disabilities monitoring programs for the purpose of identifying previously unknown causes of hearing loss.”
Subsec. (c)(1). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(d)(1), substituted “consult with—” for “consult with”, “(A) other Federal” for “other Federal”, “(B) State and local agencies, including agencies” for “State and local agencies, including those”, “(C) consumer groups of, and that serve,” for “consumer groups of and that serve”, “(D) appropriate national” for “appropriate national”, “(E) individuals who are deaf or” for “persons who are deaf and”, “(F) other qualified” for “other qualified”, “children,” for “newborns, infants, toddlers, children,”, “(G) third-party” for “third-party”, and “(H) related commercial” for “related commercial”.
Subsec. (c)(3). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(d)(2), substituted “States—” for “States”, “(A) to establish newborn, infant, and young child” for “to establish newborn and infant”, “subsection (a); and” for “subsection (a) and”, and “(B) to develop” for “to develop”.
Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(e), substituted “that do not” for “which do not” and “parent’s” for “parents’ ” and struck out “newborn infants or young” after “hearing loss of”.
Subsec. (e)(1). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(1), made extensive amendments to text and structure of par. (1). Prior to amendments, par. (1) read as follows: “The term ‘audiologic evaluation’ refers to procedures to assess the status of the auditory system; to establish the site of the auditory disorder; the type and degree of hearing loss, and the potential effects of hearing loss on communication; and to identify appropriate treatment and referral options. Referral options should include linkage to State coordinating agencies under part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or other appropriate agencies, medical evaluation, hearing aid/sensory aid assessment, audiologic rehabilitation treatment, national and local consumer, self-help, parent, and education organizations, and other family-centered services.”
Subsec. (e)(2). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(4), made extensive amendments to text and structure of par. (2). Prior to amendments, par. (2) read as follows: “The term ‘early intervention’ refers to providing appropriate services for the child with hearing loss, including nonmedical services, and ensuring that families of the child are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented information about the full range of family support, training, information services, and language and communication options and are given the opportunity to consider and obtain the full range of such appropriate services, educational and program placements, and other options for their child from highly qualified providers.”
Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(2), (3), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: “The terms ‘audiologic rehabilitation’ and ‘audiologic intervention’ refer to procedures, techniques, and technologies to facilitate the receptive and expressive communication abilities of a child with hearing loss.”
Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(5), substituted “The term ‘medical evaluation’ means key components performed by a physician including history, examination, and medical decisionmaking” for “(3) The term ‘medical evaluation by a physician’ refers to key components including history, examination, and medical decision making”.
Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(3), redesignated par. (4) as (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (2).
Subsec. (e)(4). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(6), substituted “means” for “refers to”, “or surgical” for “and/or surgical”, and “for hearing loss or other medical disorders” for “of hearing loss and/or related medical disorder”.
Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(3), redesignated par. (5) as (4). Former par. (4) redesignated (3).
Subsec. (e)(5). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(7), substituted “The term ‘newborn, infant, and young child hearing screening’ means” for “The term ‘newborn and infant hearing screening’ refers to” and “, infants, and young children under 3 years of age” for “and infants”.
Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(3), redesignated par. (6) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (4).
Subsec. (e)(6). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(f)(3), redesignated par. (6) as (5).
Subsec. (f)(1). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(g)(1), substituted “$17,818,000 for fiscal year 2018, $18,173,800 for fiscal year 2019, $18,628,145 for fiscal year 2020, $19,056,592 for fiscal year 2021, and $19,522,758 for fiscal year 2022.” for “such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011 through 2015.”
Subsec. (f)(2). Puspan. L. 115–71, § 2(g)(2), substituted “$10,800,000 for fiscal year 2018, $11,026,800 for fiscal year 2019, $11,302,470 for fiscal year 2020, $11,562,427 for fiscal year 2021, and $11,851,488 for fiscal year 2022.” for “such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011 through 2015.”
2010—Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(1), substituted “newborns and infants” for “infants” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(2)(A), substituted “screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs and systems, and to assist in the recruitment, retention, education, and training of qualified personnel and health care providers,” for “screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(2)(B), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “To develop and monitor the efficacy of state-wide newborn and infant hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs and systems. Early intervention includes referral to schools and agencies, including community, consumer, and parent-based agencies and organizations and other programs mandated by part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which offer programs specifically designed to meet the unique language and communication needs of deaf and hard of hearing newborns, infants, toddlers, and children.”
Subsec. (a)(3). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(2)(C), added par. (3).
Subsec. (span)(1)(A). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(3), substituted “hearing loss screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs” for “hearing loss screening, evaluation, and intervention programs”.
Subsec. (c)(2), (3). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(4), substituted “hearing screening, evaluation, diagnosis, and intervention programs” for “hearing screening, evaluation and intervention programs”.
Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(5)(A), substituted “ensuring that families of the child are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented information about the full range of family support, training, information services, and language and communication options and are given the opportunity to consider and obtain the full range of such appropriate services, educational and program placements, and other options for their child from highly qualified providers.” for “ensuring that families of the child are provided comprehensive, consumer-oriented information about the full range of family support, training, information services, communication options and are given the opportunity to consider the full range of educational and program placements and options for their child.”
Subsec. (e)(6). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(5)(B), struck out “, after rescreening,” after “infants who”.
Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 111–337, § 2(6), substituted “fiscal years 2011 through 2015” for “fiscal year 2002” in pars. (1) to (3).
Puspan. L. 111–8, div. F, title II, § 224, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat. 784, provided that:
Puspan. L. 106–310, div. A, title VII, § 701, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1120, provided that: