§ 20-19-5-2

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;(B) use outcome indicators and benchmarks to measure progress; and(C) implement quality data tracking and

th shared accountability among state agencies that will:(A) conduct ongoing needs assessments;(B) use outcome indicators and benchmarks to measure progress; and(C) implement quality data tracking and reporting systems;(8) a state budget for children's social, emotional, and mental health prevention and treatment;(9) how state agencies and local entities can obtain federal funding and other sources of funding to implement a children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plan;(10) how to maintain and expand the workforce to provide mental health services for individuals from birth through twenty-two (22) years of age and families;(11) how employers of mental health professionals may:(A) improve employee job satisfaction; and(B) retain employees;(12) how to facilitate research on best practices and model programs for children's social, emotional, and behavioral health;(13) how to disseminate research and provide training and educational materials concerning the children's social, emotional, and behavioral health program to:(A) policymakers;(B) practitioners; and(C) the general public; and(14) how to implement a public awareness campaign to:(A) reduce the stigma of mental

ial, emotional, and behavioral health program to:(A) policymakers;(B) practitioners; and(C) the general public; and(14) how to implement a public awareness campaign to:(A) reduce the stigma of mental illness; and(B) educate individuals:(i) about the benefits of children's social, emotional, and behavioral development; and(ii) how to access children's social, emotional, and behavioral development services.As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.79.