(a) The commissioner may establish one local interagency coordinating council in each region of the state. Each council shall consist of five or more individuals interested in the welfare of children ages birth to three years with disabilities or developmental delays.

(b) Each local interagency coordinating council established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall meet at least four times a year and shall advise and assist the lead agency regarding any matter relating to early intervention policies and procedures within the towns served by that council that is brought to its attention by parents, providers, public agencies or others, including the transition from early intervention services to services and programs under sections 10-76a to 10-76g, inclusive, and other early childhood programs.

(c) Council members who are parents of children with disabilities shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(P.A. 96-185, S. 9, 16; P.A. 00-27, S. 3, 24; P.A. 05-256, S. 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 207; P.A. 10-93, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 96-185 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 00-27 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 1, 2000; P.A. 05-256 amended Subsec. (a) to change membership of local interagency coordinating councils, amended Subsec. (b) to require councils to advise and assist regional birth-to-three managers and to change matters about which councils are to advise and assist, deleted former Subsec. (c) re annual report and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as new Subsec. (c), effective June 30, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 10-93 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “commissioner shall establish at least one” council with “commissioner may establish one” council and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “regional birth-to-three managers” with “lead agency”.