§ 33-8-102. Responsibilities of Department With Regard to Children
The department in coordination with the council on children’s mental health care shall promote effective advocacy for services and supports for all children with serious emotional disturbance, mental illness, or developmental disabilities. The department’s responsibilities for children shall include, but not be limited to: Promoting collaboration among care givers and service providers and equitable involvement […]
§ 33-8-103. Children as Priority Population
Children with serious emotional disturbances are a priority population for the department’s mental health services and supports. Children with developmental disabilities are a priority population for the department’s developmental disabilities services and supports. The department shall set the array of services and supports for these priority populations annually in its plan. The state will fund […]
§ 33-8-104. Emancipated Children — Rights and Responsibilities Under This Title
Children who are emancipated by marriage, court order, or in any other way recognized by law in the state have all the rights and responsibilities of adults under this title, except to the extent those rights are restricted by court order. The parent of an emancipated child shall be treated as the parent of an […]
§ 33-8-105. Interagency Plans for Transition to Adult Services
Mental health and developmental disabilities service providers shall prepare interagency plans to assure that persons seventeen (17) years of age in state custody who will continue to need services and supports in adulthood can make a smooth transition to adult services. The plan should take into account the requirements of other state and federal laws […]
§ 33-8-101. Applicability of Title to Children
Services for children who have serious emotional disturbance, mental illness, or developmental disabilities are governed by all of this title. The general assembly finds that supporting families in their role as primary care givers for their children is more humane, efficient, and cost effective than placing children in state custody to obtain necessary services or […]