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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;