633.033. Departments of mental health and social services to prepare plan for mental health services and support needs for children and persons seventeen years--report required when.

Departments of mental health and social services to prepare planfor mental health services and support needs for children andpersons seventeen years--report required when.

633.033. 1. The department of mental health and the department ofsocial services shall jointly prepare a plan to address the need for mentalhealth services and supports for:

(1) All of the cases in the custody of the department of socialservices that involve children in the system due exclusively to a need formental health services, and where there is no instance of abuse, neglect,or abandonment; and

(2) Children or persons seventeen years of age who are determined bythe court to require mental health services under subdivision (5) ofsubsection 1 of section 211.181, RSMo.

2. Such plan shall include:

(1) An analysis of federal funding, including waivers, that may beused to support the needed mental health services and supports;

(2) An analysis of the budgetary and programmatic impact of meetingthe needs of the children and persons seventeen years of age for mentalhealth services and supports; and

(3) An analysis of the feasibility, including time frames, ofsecuring federal funds for the support of the needed mental health servicesand supports.

3. The plan required in this section shall be completed on or beforeJanuary 1, 2004. The directors of the department of social services andthe department of mental health shall submit a copy of the plan to thegovernor, the president pro tem of the senate, and the speaker of the houseof representatives.

(L. 2003 S.B. 266 §1)