On and after July 1, 2012, a local or regional board of education that is responsible for providing special education and related services to a child, pursuant to section 10-76a, shall provide applied behavior analysis services to any such child with autism spectrum disorder if the individualized education program or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 requires such services. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the inclusion of applied behavior analysis services in an individualized education program or plan pursuant to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
(P.A. 10-175, S. 2; P.A. 12-173, S. 7; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 195.)
History: P.A. 10-175 effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 12-173 replaced “individualized education plan” with “individualized education program” in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective June 15, 2012; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted provisions re persons to whom services are to be provided, teacher or paraprofessional implementing program or plan and definition of applied behavior analysis, deleted former Subsec. (b), and deleted Subsec. (c) designator, effective July 1, 2018.