Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Entity: 479
Entity Type: State Government
Prior Names
Department of Health. Bureau for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Abstract
This agency provides services for children who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. The bureau also runs the Baby Watch Early Intervention program and newborn screening clinics.
Biography/History Notes
This agency provides services for children who "have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally" (Pediatrics Vol. 102 No. 1 July 1998). The bureau also runs the Baby Watch Early Intervention program and newborn screening clinics.