Below is a summary of the state payment rates for Birth to Three Early Intervention Services and Remote Services. Refer to the Payment to Program Procedure, and provider contracts for comprehensive information and requirements regarding payment.
- Evaluation: $180 per unit where one unit equals one person completing an evaluation regardless of the time required.
- Assessment: $120 per hour billable in 15 minute units.
- IFSP meetings: $120 per hour billable in 15 minute units.
- EI Treatment Service (EITS)*
- Professional Rates: $120 per hour if six or fewer 15 minute units are billed per practitioner per day. If more than six units are billed per practitioner per day all the units in the day are paid using $96 per hour.
- Para professional Rates: $84 per hour if six or fewer 15 minute units are billed per practitioner per day. If more than six units are provided per practitioner per day all the units in the day are paid using $48 per hour.
*NOTE: Follow payment procedure if ongoing planned intensity of services for a child requires billing more than 32 units per day per child of EITS.
- General Administrative Payment (GAP): $200 per child for the program with an IFSP on the 1st of the billing month that plans for less than 9 hours of service per month and as long as at least one service was provided during the billing month. GAPs for children that transfer programs are paid to the program with the IFSP on the 1st of the month as long as a service was provided by the sending program before the transfer. Receiving programs will be paid the GAP in the following month, as long as all the requirements for a GAP are in place.
- Interpretation: When meeting all requirements, programs will be reimbursed for the actual cost of interpreting services following the rates below:
- Up to $85 per hour for all languages, other than English, Spanish, and interpretation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH) individuals
- Up to $95 per hour for Spanish
- Up to $125 per hour for DHOH interpretation
- Distance: When meeting all requirements, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialty programs may seek distance payment for eligible services based on the Payment to Programs Procedure, at the rate of $120 per eligible service.
For services, rates and limits visit the Department of Social Services (DSS) webpage established for Birth to Three.
The State Plan Amendment was approved effective 10/1/17.
Assistive Technology and Related Service Rates:
Visit the DSS Website
From this web page,
- Go to “Provider”,
- then to “Provider Fee Schedule Download”
Navigate to the Feed Schedule
- Click on the “I Accept” button and scroll down to the fee schedule you are interested in viewing:
“Special Services – Birth to Three Yrs”
Additional Info
To view the DSS Audit Protocol – with Birth to Three Procedure References click here.
(procedure reference is listed in red in the left box on document)
Last updated: 11/1/2024