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 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 5867.
5867. Counties shall demonstrate a maintenance of effort in children’s mental health services. Any reduction of existing Bronzan-McCorquodale children’s services provided under Part 2 (commencing with Section 5600) shall be identified and justified in the program proposal developed under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1229, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
Section 5867.5.
5867.5. Beginning in the 1998–99 fiscal year, county mental health departments that receive full system of care funding, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services in consultation with counties, shall provide to children served by county social services and probation departments mental health screening, assessment, participation in multidisciplinary placement teams and specialty […]
Section 5855.5.
5855.5. (a) Projects funded pursuant to Part 4 (commencing with Section 5850) of Division 5, as added by Chapter 89 of the Statutes of 1991, shall continue under the terms of this part. (b) The State Department of Health Care Services shall negotiate with each participating county to establish appropriate evaluation measures for the county’s children’s system […]
Section 5868.
5868. (a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall establish service standards that ensure that children in the target population are identified and receive needed and appropriate services from qualified staff in the least restrictive environment. (b) The standards shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Providing a comprehensive assessment and treatment plan for each target […]
Section 5856.
5856. For the purposes of this part, “seriously emotionally disturbed children” means those minors under 18 years of age described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 5600.3. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1229, Sec. 2 (1st of two). Effective January 1, 1993.)