§321-171 - Children's mental health services; department responsibility.

PART XV. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

§321-171  Children's mental health services;department responsibility.  It shall be the responsibility of thedepartment of health to:

(1)  Provide preventative health services for childrenand youth;

(2)  Provide diagnostic and treatment services foremotionally disturbed children and youth; and

(3)  Provide treatment and rehabilitative services formentally ill children and youth.

Such services shall be delivered at the earliestpossible moment after the need for such services is established.  All eligiblechildren and youth between the ages of birth and seventeen shall receive thenecessary mental health services to insure their proper and full development. If there is any adjudication or settlement of any legal action involving thedelivery of children's mental health services, the department of health shallbe responsible for the coordination of carrying out the terms of the judgmentor settlement. [L 1974, c 211, pt of §1; am L 1996, c 125, §1]