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(a) The ECI services provided with no out-of-pocket payment are: (1) child find; (2) evaluation and assessment; (3) development of the IFSP; (4) services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have visual impairments; (5) case management; (6) translation and interpreter services; and (7) administrative and coordination activities related to the implementation of procedural safeguards and other components of the statewide system of ECI services. (b) ECI services provided at no out-of-pocket charge to the parent must: (1) not be denied or delayed if the family fails to provide information related to third-party coverage, gross income, or family size; (2) begin or continue regardless of whether or not the parent has a signed family cost share agreement; (3) not be denied or delayed if the family refuses to consent to bill or to release personally identifiable information to a third-party payor; (4) begin or continue during any period of reconsideration; and (5) continue during any suspension period. (c) If the family has an inability to pay, all ECI services are provided with no out-of-pocket charge to the family.