Section 5878.3.
5878.3. (a) Subject to the availability of funds as determined pursuant to Part 4.5 (commencing with Section 5890) of this division, county mental health programs shall offer services to severely mentally ill children for whom services under any other public or private insurance or other mental health or entitlement program is inadequate or unavailable. Other entitlement […]
Section 5877.
5877. (a) For system of care counties, or as part of the county program proposal to apply for status as a system of care county, requests may be made for waivers from those state regulations that appear to prevent interagency coordination or collaboration in interagency case management and other service delivery capabilities. (b) The state regulation or […]
Section 5878.
5878. (a) (1) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may waive any state regulatory obstacles to the integration of public responsibilities and resources required for counties which have been approved as system of care counties. (2) The waiver shall remain in […]
Section 5878.1.
5878.1. (a) It is the intent of this article to establish programs that ensure services will be provided to severely mentally ill children as defined in Section 5878.2 and that they be part of the children’s system of care established pursuant to this part. It is the intent of this act that services provided under this […]
Section 5878.2.
5878.2. For purposes of this article, severely mentally ill children means minors under the age of 18 who meet the criteria set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3. (Added November 2, 2004, by initiative Proposition 63, Sec. 5. Operative January 1, 2005, pursuant to Sec. 16 of Prop. 63.)
Section 5863.
5863. In addition to the requirements of Section 5862, each county program proposal shall contain all of the following: (a) Methods and protocols for the county mental health department to identify and screen the eligible target population children. These protocols shall be developed with collaborative partners and shall ensure that eligible children can be referred from […]
Section 5864.
5864. Participating counties shall, prior to the submission of their program proposals, develop baseline data on children served by the county in the mental health services system, social services system, the juvenile justice system, and the special education system. Data shall include, but not be limited to, the numbers of children and current expenditures for […]
Section 5865.
5865. Each county shall have in place, with qualified mental health personnel, all of the following within three years of funding by the state: (a) A comprehensive, interagency system of care that serves the target population as defined in Section 5856. (b) A method to screen and identify children in the target population. County mental health staff […]
Section 5865.1.
5865.1. When a county system of care serves children 15 to 21 years of age, the following structures and services shall, to the extent possible, be available, and if not available, the county plan shall identify a timeline for the development of these services: (a) Collaborative agreements with schools, community colleges, independent living programs, child welfare […]
Section 5865.3.
5865.3. When a county system of care services children, zero to five years of age, the following structures and services shall be available, and when not available, the county plan shall identify a timeline for the development of these services: (a) Collaborative agreements with public health systems, regional center services, child care programs, CalWORKs providers, drug […]