IC 20-19-5
    Chapter 5. Children's Social, Emotional, and Behavioral HealthPlan

IC 20-19-5-1
Department duties
    Sec. 1. The department of education, in cooperation with thedepartment of child services, the department of correction, and thedivision of mental health and addiction, shall:
        (1) develop and coordinate the children's social, emotional, andbehavioral health plan that is to provide recommendationsconcerning:
            (A) comprehensive mental health services;
            (B) early intervention; and
            (C) treatment services;
        for individuals from birth through twenty-two (22) years of age;
        (2) make recommendations to the state board, which shall adoptrules under IC 4-22-2 concerning the children's social,emotional, and behavioral health plan; and
        (3) conduct hearings on the implementation of the plan beforeadopting rules under this chapter.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.79.

IC 20-19-5-2
Plan recommendations
    Sec. 2. The children's social, emotional, and behavioral healthplan shall recommend:
        (1) procedures for the identification and assessment of social,emotional, and mental health issues;
        (2) procedures to assist a child and the child's family inobtaining necessary services to treat social, emotional, andmental health issues;
        (3) procedures to coordinate provider services and interagencyreferral networks for an individual from birth throughtwenty-two (22) years of age;
        (4) guidelines for incorporating social, emotional, andbehavioral development into school learning standards andeducation programs;
        (5) that social, emotional, and mental health screening beincluded as a part of routine examinations in schools and byhealth care providers;
        (6) procedures concerning the positive development of children,including:
            (A) social, emotional, and behavioral development;
            (B) learning; and
            (C) behavioral health;
        (7) plans for creating a children's social, emotional, andbehavioral health system with shared accountability amongstate agencies that will:
            (A) conduct ongoing needs assessments;            (B) use outcome indicators and benchmarks to measureprogress; and
            (C) implement quality data tracking and reporting systems;
        (8) a state budget for children's social, emotional, and mentalhealth prevention and treatment;
        (9) how state agencies and local entities can obtain federalfunding and other sources of funding to implement a children'ssocial, emotional, and behavioral health plan;
        (10) how to maintain and expand the workforce to providemental health services for individuals from birth throughtwenty-two (22) years of age and families;
        (11) how employers of mental health professionals may:
            (A) improve employee job satisfaction; and
            (B) retain employees;
        (12) how to facilitate research on best practices and modelprograms for children's social, emotional, and behavioral health;
        (13) how to disseminate research and provide training andeducational materials concerning the children's social,emotional, and behavioral health program to:
            (A) policymakers;
            (B) practitioners; and
            (C) the general public; and
        (14) how to implement a public awareness campaign to:
            (A) reduce the stigma of mental illness; and
            (B) educate individuals:
                (i) about the benefits of children's social, emotional, andbehavioral development; and
                (ii) how to access children's social, emotional, andbehavioral development services.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.79.