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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 28M.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. Mental health and developmental disabilities commission
1 27 designees.
1 28 k. Family members and others proposed by interested
1 29 persons and jointly appointed by the state agency heads
1 30 creating the planning group.
1 31 2. The planning group shall develop proposals to assist
1 32 communities in developing a collaborative initiative to
1 33 improve the availability of mental health services to children
1 34 using schools as a focal point, by taking a proactive approach
1 35 to preventing children's problems from becoming more serious
2 1 and ensuring that the services may be easily accessed. The
2 2 planning group shall consider the following options in
2 3 developing proposals:
2 4 a. Using the child welfare and juvenile justice funding
2 5 decategorization projects operated under section 232.188 or
2 6 community empowerment area boards under chapter 28 to employ a
2 7 person within schools to provide case management and resource
2 8 and referral for children's mental health services. The
2 9 person would develop a system of coordination or contracting
2 10 between service providers, community mental health centers,
2 11 and schools.
2 12 b. Coordinating with local mental health service providers
2 13 to base a mental health professional within local school
2 14 districts to provide services to children which may include
2 15 case management, referral, and individual and family therapy.
2 16 c. Assembling key stakeholders to assist schools in
2 17 developing collaborative efforts between various service
2 18 providers to make children's mental health services available
2 19 through schools, which may include any of the following: in-
2 20 home family therapy, facility-based programming, and in-school
2 21 therapy or assessments.
2 22 3. In addition to the proposals developed in accordance
2 23 with subsection 2, the planning group shall consider other
2 24 approaches which may be implemented at the state or local
2 25 level for improving children's mental health services and
2 26 shall identify any potential funding sources for the proposals
2 27 and approaches. The planning group shall report any findings
2 28 and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly.
2 29 The initial report shall be submitted on or before December
2 30 19, 2003, and additional reports shall be submitted at least
2 31 annually by that date until the planning group submits a final
2 32 report. Notice of submission of the final report shall also
2 33 be provided to the Code editor.
2 34 EXPLANATION
2 35 This bill requires the directors of human services and
3 1 public health, the attorney general, and the director of the
3 2 department of education to jointly create and provide staffing
3 3 for a children's mental health planning group to include
3 4 various entities that are currently involved with child and
3 5 adult mental health services.
3 6 The planning group is to develop proposals to assist
3 7 communities in developing a collaborative initiative to
3 8 improve the availability of mental health services for
3 9 children using schools as a focal point, by taking a proactive
3 10 approach to preventing children's problems from becoming more
3 11 serious, and ensuring that the services may be easily
3 12 accessed. The bill outlines options for the planning group to
3 13 consider.
3 14 In addition to the proposals, the planning group is
3 15 directed to consider other approaches which may be implemented
3 16 at the state or local level for improving children's mental
3 17 health services and to identify potential funding sources.
3 18 The planning group is required to report its findings and
3 19 recommendations to the governor and general assembly. The
3 20 initial report is required to be submitted by December 19,
3 21 2003, and reports are to be submitted annually thereafter
3 22 until the final report is submitted. Notice of submission of
3 23 the final report is required to be provided to the Code
3 24 editor.
3 25 LSB 2011HH 80
3 26 jp/sh/8
Text: HF00149 Text: HF00151 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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