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.