36-3433. Annual budget; request and
allocation


A. The department shall annually include in its budget request a separate
appropriations request for the comprehensive behavioral health service system for
children. The request shall be based on the annual plan and assessment studies from the
division. All behavioral health services provided for children by the division shall be
included in the request.


B. In preparing its budget request the division shall:


1. Identify that no less than twenty per cent of the total amount of appropriations
requested be set aside for prevention and early identification programs.


2. Allocate up to five per cent of the total appropriations requested for
evaluation of the system.


3. Establish priorities for allocation of funding which include:


(a) Outpatient services.


(b) Secure residential services for seriously emotionally disturbed children.


(c) Residential services for children with substance abuse problems.


(d) Partial care and day treatment services.


(e) Emergency services including crisis shelter, crisis stabilization and emergency
inpatient hospitalization.


4. Consider the special needs of rural and urban areas of the state and the special
needs of cultural and ethnic groups requiring services.


C. The division may modify the priorities identified in subsection B of this
section based on the results of the division's needs assessments and resource assessments
and shall include the justification for modifications in its annual plan required
pursuant to section 36-3432. No monies allocated for evaluation under subsection B,
paragraph 2 of this section shall be used for design and implementation of a management
information system.


D. Subject to legislative appropriation, the division shall establish as a goal an
annual increase of total children's service system capacity by ten per cent annually.