The purpose of procedural safeguards is to enforce the legal rights of children with developmental delays or disabilities and their families pertaining to early childhood intervention services. Procedural safeguards are integrated through every stage of a family's early childhood intervention services experience. These procedures are a part of, not separate from, the required programmatic processes.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §350.202 adopted to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 5524; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 941