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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 28L.1 CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH
1 2 INITIATIVE.
1 3 1. The directors of human services and public health, the
1 4 attorney general, and the director of the department of
1 5 education shall jointly create and provide staffing for a
1 6 children's mental health planning group in accordance with
1 7 this section. All of the following shall be represented on
1 8 the planning group:
1 9 a. Each of the three departments and the juvenile law
1 10 section of the office of the attorney general.
1 11 b. Area education agencies.
1 12 c. The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning
1 13 of the department of human rights.
1 14 d. School counselors, special education program
1 15 representatives, and other representatives of local school
1 16 districts.
1 17 e. County mental health, mental retardation, and
1 18 developmental disabilities services single entry point process
1 19 administrators.
1 20 f. County medical assistance targeted case management
1 21 service providers.
1 22 g. Community mental health centers.
1 23 h. Community empowerment area board designees.
1 24 i. Public and private children's mental health services
1 25 providers and providers of funding for the services.
1 26 j. Family members and others proposed by interested
1 27 persons and jointly appointed by the state agency heads
1 28 creating the planning group.
1 29 2. The planning group shall develop proposals to assist
1 30 communities in developing a collaborative initiative to
1 31 improve the availability of mental health services for
1 32 children using schools as a focal point, by taking a proactive
1 33 approach to preventing children's problems from becoming more
1 34 serious and ensuring that the services may be easily accessed.
1 35 The planning group shall consider the following options in
2 1 developing proposals:
2 2 a. Using the child welfare and juvenile justice funding
2 3 decategorization projects operated under section 232.188 or
2 4 community empowerment area boards under chapter 28 to employ a
2 5 person within schools to provide case management and resource
2 6 and referral for children's mental health services. The
2 7 person would develop a system of coordination or contracting
2 8 between service providers, community mental health centers,
2 9 and schools.
2 10 b. Coordinating with local mental health service providers
2 11 to base a mental health professional within the school system
2 12 to provide services to children which may include case
2 13 management, referral, and individual and family therapy.
2 14 c. Assembling key stakeholders to assist schools in
2 15 developing collaborative efforts between various service
2 16 providers to make children's mental health services available
2 17 through schools, which may include any of the following: in-
2 18 home family therapy, facility-based programming, and in-school
2 19 therapy or assessments.
2 20 3. In addition to the proposals developed in accordance
2 21 with subsection 2, the planning group shall consider other
2 22 approaches which may be implemented at the state or local
2 23 level for improving children's mental health services and
2 24 shall identify any potential funding sources for the proposals
2 25 and approaches. The planning group shall report any findings
2 26 and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly.
2 27 The initial report shall be submitted on or before December
2 28 20, 2001, and additional reports shall be submitted at least
2 29 annually by that date until the planning group submits a final
2 30 report. Notice of submission of the final report shall also
2 31 be provided to the Code editor.
2 32 EXPLANATION
2 33 This bill requires the directors of human services and
2 34 public health, the attorney general, and the director of the
2 35 department of education to jointly create and provide staffing
3 1 for a children's mental health planning group to include
3 2 various entities that are currently involved with child and
3 3 adult mental health services.
3 4 The planning group is to develop proposals to assist
3 5 communities in developing a collaborative initiative to
3 6 improve the availability of mental health services for
3 7 children using schools as a focal point, by taking a proactive
3 8 approach to preventing children's problems from becoming more
3 9 serious, and ensuring that the services may be easily
3 10 accessed. The bill outlines options for the planning group to
3 11 consider.
3 12 In addition to the proposals, the planning group is
3 13 directed to consider other approaches which may be implemented
3 14 at the state or local level for improving children's mental
3 15 health services and to identify potential funding sources.
3 16 The planning group is required to report its findings and
3 17 recommendations to the governor and general assembly. The
3 18 initial report is required to be submitted by December 20,
3 19 2001, and reports are to be submitted annually thereafter
3 20 until the final report is submitted. In addition, notice of
3 21 submission of the final report is required to be provided to
3 22 the Code editor.
3 23 LSB 2789HH 79
3 24 jp/gg/8.1
Text: HF00749 Text: HF00751 Text: HF00700 - HF00799 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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