Section 41-90-3 - Legislative findings

Based on information from the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Institutes of Health, American Academy of Audiology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and others who have completed extensive research on early identification of children with hearing loss, the Legislature finds an urgent need to establish an early identification system and a comprehensive service delivery system of developmentally appropriate services for infants and toddlers with hearing impairments and their families. Laws, 1997, ch. 514, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 419, § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.