2552 - Responsibility of municipality. - New York Statutes

§ 2552. Responsibility of municipality. 1. Each municipality shall be responsible for ensuring that the early intervention services contained in an IFSP are provided to eligible children and their families who reside in such municipality and may contract with approved providers of early intervention services for such purpose. 2. After consultation with early intervention officials, the commissioner shall develop procedures to permit a municipality to contract or otherwise make arrangements with other municipalities for an eligible child and the child's family to receive services from such other municipalities. 3. The municipality shall monitor claims for service reimbursement authorized by this title and shall verify such claims prior to payment. The municipality shall inform the commissioner of discrepancies in billing and when payment is to be denied or withheld by the municipality. 4. The early intervention official shall require an eligible child's parent to furnish the parents' and eligible child's social security numbers for the purpose of the department's and municipality's administration of the program.