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SECTION 4097-4097.3
4097. There is hereby established, under the administration of the State Department of Mental Health, an Early Intervention Mental Health Program. This program shall provide services to infants and toddlers, from birth to three years of age, and their families. To the extent funding is available through the annual Budget Act, and professional collaborative relationships have been established, the program may be expanded beyond the 1999-2000 pilot project focus on children who have been diagnosed with a developmental disability or delay or who are at risk of a developmental disability or delay. 4097.1. Up to three million dollars ($3,000,000) may be allocated on an annual basis for three years to the department for this program. No more than 5 percent of these funds may be used for state administrative costs. 4097.2. Program services shall be designed to facilitate a relationship-based approach that promotes optimal social and emotional development of the child in interactions between parent, or primary caregiver and child, and shall include both prevention and treatment aspects. A key component of the program shall include training of, and technical assistance to, public and private agencies that currently provide, or plan to provide, early intervention mental health services. 4097.3. The program shall be formally evaluated by the department and the results of the evaluation reported to the fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature before any additional state funding is authorized beyond June 30, 2003. The department shall provide interim annual progress reports to the Legislature by March 1, 2001, and 2002, which shall include data on the progress of implementation and findings to date.