The contractor must explain the contents of the IFSP to the parents and obtain informed written consent from a parent before providing any early childhood intervention services. The parent has the right to:
  (1) be present and participate in the development of the IFSP;
  (2) have decisions about early childhood intervention services made based on the individualized needs of the child and family;
  (3) receive a full explanation of the IFSP, including the identified strengths and needs of the child and family, priorities of the family, the developmental goals for the child and the recommended services to meet those goals, and any identified service coordination and case management goals;
  (4) consent to some, but not all, early childhood intervention services;
  (5) receive all IFSP services for which the parent gives consent;
  (6) request an administrative hearing or file a complaint with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission if the parent does not agree with the other IFSP team members;
  (7) indicate disagreement in writing in the parent's native language with a part of the IFSP, even though the parent consents to early childhood intervention services;
  (8) have the IFSP written in the parent's native language, as defined in §350.103 of this chapter (relating to Definitions), or mode of communication; and
  (9) receive a copy of the IFSP.

Source Note: The provisions of this §350.209 adopted to be effective September 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 5387; amended 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; amended to be effective March 17, 2022, 47 TexReg 1277