{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-248m","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-248m","heading":"Receipt of early intervention services by Spanish-speaking qualified personnel and service coordinators. Spanish-speaking interpreting or translator services.","body":"On and after July 1, 2023, an eligible child whose primary language is Spanish shall be entitled to receive early intervention services from Spanish-speaking qualified personnel and a Spanish-speaking service coordinator. If no such Spanish-speaking qualified personnel or Spanish-speaking coordinator are available within the state-wide birth-to-three system for the provision of such early intervention services, a Spanish-speaking interpreter or translator shall be used to provide interpreting or translation services to such Spanish-speaking eligible children on behalf of the qualified personnel and service coordinators providing early intervention services, and such Spanish-speaking interpreter or translator shall be reimbursed at the rate received by court-appointed interpreters and translators within the judicial branch.","path":["TITLE 17a. SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RESOURCES","CHAPTER 319b. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319b.htm#sec_17a-248m","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:02Z","sha256":"7e5a897a023f642533f762f67f3a38007682653a78570c19a87003b5b204c42e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-248l","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-248n"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}