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§ 4302. State interagency team
(a) A state interagency team is created and shall consist of eight members:
(1) the director of the division responsible for special education for the department of education;
(2) the department of education's consultant for children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance;
(3) the director of the division responsible for mental health services for the department of developmental and mental health services;
(4) the children's program specialist for the division responsible for mental health services for the department of developmental and mental health services;
(5) the director of the division responsible for social services for the department of social and rehabilitation services;
(6) the placement consultant for the division responsible for social services for the department of social and rehabilitation services;
(7) a representative of the secretary of the agency of human services;
(8) a parent of a child or adolescent with a severe emotional disturbance. Such parent shall receive compensation in accordance with the provisions of section 1010 of Title 32, and such compensation shall be paid for by the agency of human services.
(b) The state interagency team shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) submit an annual report to the commissioners of developmental and mental health services, social and rehabilitation services and education on the status of programs for children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance which shall include a system of care plan. The system of care plan shall identify the characteristics and number of children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance in need of services, describe the educational, residential, mental health or other services needed, describe the programs and resources currently available, recommend a plan to meet the needs of such children and adolescents, and recommend priorities for the continuation or development of programs and resources;
(2) ensure that local interagency teams are established by January 1, 1989;
(3) develop and coordinate the provision of services to children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance;
(4) make recommendations to the local interagency team for resolution of any case of a child or adolescent with a severe emotional disturbance referred by a local interagency team under subsection 4303(f) of this chapter; and
(5) recommend to the secretary of the agency of human services and to the commissioners of the departments of education, developmental and mental health services, and social and rehabilitation services any fiscal, policy, or programmatic change at the local, regional, or state level necessary to enhance the state's system of care for children and adolescents with a severe emotional disturbance and their families. (Added 1987, No. 264 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1989, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
