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Indiana Code 20-19-5-1 Development and coordination of plan by department of education.

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.

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Indiana Code

Indiana Code 20-19-5-2 Recommendations.

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 Standard 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 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 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.