§321-174  Coordination of services withdepartment of education.  The children's mental health services team shallcooperate with the schools located in their particular geographic region inidentifying and referring for treatment such children or youths in need ofmental health services.  In conjunction with the children's mental healthservices team, the department of education and the department of health shalldevelop a memorandum of agreement which shall provide for a sharing ofresponsibilities for the affected agencies and shall include but not be limitedto provisions for:

(1)  Accepting referrals from the school counselorsand diagnostic teams for evaluation and direct treatment of children and youthsuffering from mental and emotional disorders;

(2)  Providing consultation to enable teachers andother school personnel to aid in the identification and screening of childrenin need of professional mental health services and the services ofpsychologists, as defined in chapter 465;

(3)  Providing training and education about emotionaldisturbances of children to teachers, school counselors, and parents;

(4)  Assisting the department of education with mentalhealth services and the services of psychologists, as defined in chapter 465for handicapped children;

(5)  Developing an ongoing mechanism to assess,document and report to the legislature and the governor unmet needs for mentalhealth services for students in each geographic region; and

(6)  Performing other related services for schoolpersonnel, children, and parents. [L 1974, c 211, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 59,§3; am L 1985, c 55, §3; am L 1988, c 257, §1]