CHAPTER 5. CHILDREN'S SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PLAN

IC 20-19-5

    

Chapter 5. Children's Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health
Plan

IC 20-19-5-1

Department duties

    

Sec. 1. The department of education, in cooperation with the
department of child services, the department of correction, and the
division of mental health and addiction, shall:

        (1) develop and coordinate the children's social, emotional, and
behavioral health plan that is to provide recommendations
concerning:

            (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 adopt
rules 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 before
adopting 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 health
plan 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 in
obtaining necessary services to treat social, emotional, and
mental health issues;

        (3) procedures to coordinate provider services and interagency
referral networks for an individual from birth through
twenty-two (22) years of age;

        (4) guidelines for incorporating social, emotional, and
behavioral development into school learning standards and
education programs;

        (5) that social, emotional, and mental health screening be
included as a part of routine examinations in schools and by
health 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, and
behavioral health system with shared accountability among
state agencies that will:

            (A) conduct ongoing needs assessments;

            (B) use outcome indicators and benchmarks to measure
progress; and

            (C) implement quality data tracking and reporting systems;

        (8) a state budget for children's social, emotional, and mental
health prevention and treatment;

        (9) how state agencies and local entities can obtain federal
funding and other sources of funding to implement a children's
social, emotional, and behavioral health plan;

        (10) how to maintain and expand the workforce to provide
mental health services for individuals from birth through
twenty-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 model
programs for children's social, emotional, and behavioral health;

        (13) how to disseminate research and provide training and
educational 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, and
behavioral development; and

                (ii) how to access children's social, emotional, and
behavioral development services.

As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.79.