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WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 5850-5851.5 



5850.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children's
Mental Health Services Act.



5851.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no
comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the
delivery of mental health services to seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Specific problems
to be addressed include the following:
   (1) The population of children which should receive highest
priority for services has not been defined.
   (2) Clear and objective client outcome goals for children
receiving services have not been specified.
   (3) Although seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed
children usually have multiple disabilities, the many different state
and county agencies, particularly education, social services,
juvenile justice, health, and mental health agencies, with shared
responsibility for these individuals, do not always collaborate to
develop and deliver integrated and cost-effective programs.
   (4) A range of community-based treatment, case management, and
interagency system components required by children with serious
emotional disturbances has not been identified and implemented.
   (5) Service delivery standards that ensure culturally competent
care in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment have not
been specified and required.
   (6) The mental health system lacks accountability and methods to
measure progress towards client outcome goals and cost-effectiveness.
There are also no requirements for other state and county agencies
to collect or share relevant data necessary for the mental health
system to conduct this evaluation.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the model
developed in Ventura County beginning in the 1984-85 fiscal year
through the implementation of Chapter 1474 of the Statutes of 1984
and expanded to the Counties of Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Riverside
in the 1989-90 fiscal year pursuant to Chapter 1361 of the Statutes
of 1987, provides a comprehensive, interagency system of care for
seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their
families and has successfully met the performance outcomes required
by the Legislature. The Legislature finds that this accountability
for outcome is a defining characteristic of a system of care as
developed under this part. It finds that the system established in
these four counties can be expanded statewide to provide greater
benefit to children with serious emotional and behavioral
disturbances at a lower cost to the taxpayers. It finds further that
substantial savings to the state and these four counties accrue
annually, as documented by the independent evaluator provided under
this part. Of the amount continuing to be saved by the state in its
share of out-of-home placement costs and special education costs for
those counties and others currently funded by this part, a portion is
hereby reinvested to expand and maintain statewide the system of
care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances.
   (c) Therefore, using the Ventura County model guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following:
   (1) To phase in the system of care for children with serious
emotional and behavioral problems developed under this part to all
counties within the state.
   (2) To require that 100 percent of the new funds appropriated
under this part be dedicated to the targeted population as defined in
Sections 5856 and 5856.2. To this end, it is the intent of the
Legislature that families of eligible children be involved in county
program planning and design and, in all cases, be involved in the
development of individual child treatment plans.
   (3) To expand interagency collaboration and shared responsibility
for seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in
order to do the following:
   (A) Enable children to remain at home with their families whenever
possible.
   (B) Enable children placed in foster care for their protection to
remain with a foster family in their community as long as separation
from their natural family is determined necessary by the juvenile
court.
   (C) Enable special education pupils to attend public school and
make academic progress.
   (D) Enable juvenile offenders to decrease delinquent behavior.
   (E) Enable children requiring out-of-home placement in licensed
residential group homes or psychiatric hospitals to receive that care
in as close proximity as possible to the child's usual residence.
   (F) Separately identify and categorize funding for these services.
   (4) To increase accountability by expanding the number of counties
with a performance contract that requires measures of client outcome
and cost avoidance.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the outcomes
prescribed by this section shall be achieved regardless of the
cultural or ethnic origin of the seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families.



5851.5.  For the purposes of this part, a "system of care county"
means a county which has been approved by the State Department of
Mental Health as having the capability to provide child- and
family-centered services in a collaborative manner, resulting in
quantitative outcome measures.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Wic > 5850-5851.5

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 5850-5851.5 



5850.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children's
Mental Health Services Act.



5851.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no
comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the
delivery of mental health services to seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Specific problems
to be addressed include the following:
   (1) The population of children which should receive highest
priority for services has not been defined.
   (2) Clear and objective client outcome goals for children
receiving services have not been specified.
   (3) Although seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed
children usually have multiple disabilities, the many different state
and county agencies, particularly education, social services,
juvenile justice, health, and mental health agencies, with shared
responsibility for these individuals, do not always collaborate to
develop and deliver integrated and cost-effective programs.
   (4) A range of community-based treatment, case management, and
interagency system components required by children with serious
emotional disturbances has not been identified and implemented.
   (5) Service delivery standards that ensure culturally competent
care in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment have not
been specified and required.
   (6) The mental health system lacks accountability and methods to
measure progress towards client outcome goals and cost-effectiveness.
There are also no requirements for other state and county agencies
to collect or share relevant data necessary for the mental health
system to conduct this evaluation.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the model
developed in Ventura County beginning in the 1984-85 fiscal year
through the implementation of Chapter 1474 of the Statutes of 1984
and expanded to the Counties of Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Riverside
in the 1989-90 fiscal year pursuant to Chapter 1361 of the Statutes
of 1987, provides a comprehensive, interagency system of care for
seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their
families and has successfully met the performance outcomes required
by the Legislature. The Legislature finds that this accountability
for outcome is a defining characteristic of a system of care as
developed under this part. It finds that the system established in
these four counties can be expanded statewide to provide greater
benefit to children with serious emotional and behavioral
disturbances at a lower cost to the taxpayers. It finds further that
substantial savings to the state and these four counties accrue
annually, as documented by the independent evaluator provided under
this part. Of the amount continuing to be saved by the state in its
share of out-of-home placement costs and special education costs for
those counties and others currently funded by this part, a portion is
hereby reinvested to expand and maintain statewide the system of
care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances.
   (c) Therefore, using the Ventura County model guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following:
   (1) To phase in the system of care for children with serious
emotional and behavioral problems developed under this part to all
counties within the state.
   (2) To require that 100 percent of the new funds appropriated
under this part be dedicated to the targeted population as defined in
Sections 5856 and 5856.2. To this end, it is the intent of the
Legislature that families of eligible children be involved in county
program planning and design and, in all cases, be involved in the
development of individual child treatment plans.
   (3) To expand interagency collaboration and shared responsibility
for seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in
order to do the following:
   (A) Enable children to remain at home with their families whenever
possible.
   (B) Enable children placed in foster care for their protection to
remain with a foster family in their community as long as separation
from their natural family is determined necessary by the juvenile
court.
   (C) Enable special education pupils to attend public school and
make academic progress.
   (D) Enable juvenile offenders to decrease delinquent behavior.
   (E) Enable children requiring out-of-home placement in licensed
residential group homes or psychiatric hospitals to receive that care
in as close proximity as possible to the child's usual residence.
   (F) Separately identify and categorize funding for these services.
   (4) To increase accountability by expanding the number of counties
with a performance contract that requires measures of client outcome
and cost avoidance.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the outcomes
prescribed by this section shall be achieved regardless of the
cultural or ethnic origin of the seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families.



5851.5.  For the purposes of this part, a "system of care county"
means a county which has been approved by the State Department of
Mental Health as having the capability to provide child- and
family-centered services in a collaborative manner, resulting in
quantitative outcome measures.


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WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTION 5850-5851.5 



5850.  This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children's
Mental Health Services Act.



5851.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is no
comprehensive county interagency system throughout California for the
delivery of mental health services to seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families. Specific problems
to be addressed include the following:
   (1) The population of children which should receive highest
priority for services has not been defined.
   (2) Clear and objective client outcome goals for children
receiving services have not been specified.
   (3) Although seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed
children usually have multiple disabilities, the many different state
and county agencies, particularly education, social services,
juvenile justice, health, and mental health agencies, with shared
responsibility for these individuals, do not always collaborate to
develop and deliver integrated and cost-effective programs.
   (4) A range of community-based treatment, case management, and
interagency system components required by children with serious
emotional disturbances has not been identified and implemented.
   (5) Service delivery standards that ensure culturally competent
care in the most appropriate, least restrictive environment have not
been specified and required.
   (6) The mental health system lacks accountability and methods to
measure progress towards client outcome goals and cost-effectiveness.
There are also no requirements for other state and county agencies
to collect or share relevant data necessary for the mental health
system to conduct this evaluation.
   (b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the model
developed in Ventura County beginning in the 1984-85 fiscal year
through the implementation of Chapter 1474 of the Statutes of 1984
and expanded to the Counties of Santa Cruz, San Mateo, and Riverside
in the 1989-90 fiscal year pursuant to Chapter 1361 of the Statutes
of 1987, provides a comprehensive, interagency system of care for
seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children and their
families and has successfully met the performance outcomes required
by the Legislature. The Legislature finds that this accountability
for outcome is a defining characteristic of a system of care as
developed under this part. It finds that the system established in
these four counties can be expanded statewide to provide greater
benefit to children with serious emotional and behavioral
disturbances at a lower cost to the taxpayers. It finds further that
substantial savings to the state and these four counties accrue
annually, as documented by the independent evaluator provided under
this part. Of the amount continuing to be saved by the state in its
share of out-of-home placement costs and special education costs for
those counties and others currently funded by this part, a portion is
hereby reinvested to expand and maintain statewide the system of
care for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances.
   (c) Therefore, using the Ventura County model guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature to accomplish the following:
   (1) To phase in the system of care for children with serious
emotional and behavioral problems developed under this part to all
counties within the state.
   (2) To require that 100 percent of the new funds appropriated
under this part be dedicated to the targeted population as defined in
Sections 5856 and 5856.2. To this end, it is the intent of the
Legislature that families of eligible children be involved in county
program planning and design and, in all cases, be involved in the
development of individual child treatment plans.
   (3) To expand interagency collaboration and shared responsibility
for seriously emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children in
order to do the following:
   (A) Enable children to remain at home with their families whenever
possible.
   (B) Enable children placed in foster care for their protection to
remain with a foster family in their community as long as separation
from their natural family is determined necessary by the juvenile
court.
   (C) Enable special education pupils to attend public school and
make academic progress.
   (D) Enable juvenile offenders to decrease delinquent behavior.
   (E) Enable children requiring out-of-home placement in licensed
residential group homes or psychiatric hospitals to receive that care
in as close proximity as possible to the child's usual residence.
   (F) Separately identify and categorize funding for these services.
   (4) To increase accountability by expanding the number of counties
with a performance contract that requires measures of client outcome
and cost avoidance.
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature that the outcomes
prescribed by this section shall be achieved regardless of the
cultural or ethnic origin of the seriously emotionally and
behaviorally disturbed children and their families.



5851.5.  For the purposes of this part, a "system of care county"
means a county which has been approved by the State Department of
Mental Health as having the capability to provide child- and
family-centered services in a collaborative manner, resulting in
quantitative outcome measures.


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