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(5) for the award of grants under AS 47.20.060 — 47.20.290. (b) The department shall establish a system for compiling data on the numbers of children and their families in the state who need early intervention services, the numbers being served, the types of services provided, and other information as required under federal law. Personally identifiable information obtained under AS 47.20.060 — 47.20.290 is confidential for purposes of AS 40.25.110 — 40.25.120. Sec. 47.20.290. Definitions. In AS 47.20.060 — 47.20.290, (1) “additional early intervention services” means (A) family training and counseling; (B) speech pathology and audiology; (C) occupational therapy; (D) physical therapy; (E) psychological services; (F) medical services only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes; and (G) health services for the child that are necessary to enable the child to benefit from the other early intervention services; (2) “core early intervention services” means (A) case management services; (B) special instruction; and (C) early identification, screening, and assessment; (3) “department” means the Department of Health; (4) “developmentally delayed” means functioning at least 15 percent below a chronological or corrected age or 1.5 standard deviations below age appropriate norms in one or more of the following areas: cognitive development, gross motor development, sensory development, speech or language development, or psychosocial development, including self-help skills and behavior, as measured and verified by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures or through systematic observation of functional abilities in a daily routine by two professionals and a parent, developmental history, and appropriate assessment procedures; (5) “disability” means having an identifiable physical, mental, sensory, or psychosocial condition that has a probability of resulting in developmental delay even though a developmental delay may not be exhibited at the time the condition is identified, including (A) chromosomal abnormalities associated with delays in development, such as Down's syndrome, Turner's syndrome, Cornelia de Lange syndrome, or fragile X syndrome; (B) other syndromes and conditions associated with delays in development, such as fetal alcohol syndrome, cocaine and other drug-related syndromes, metabolic disorders, cleft lip, or