As Amended
SEC. 43-14-1. Children's Advisory Council established; purpose; composition, function, etc.; pilot program of care.
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to pilot the development of a coordinated interagency system of necessary services and care in two (2) regions of the state, designated by the Children's Advisory Council established herein, for children and youth up to age twenty-one (21) with serious emotional/behavioral disturbance or mental illness who require services from a multiple services and multiple programs system, in the most fiscally responsible (cost efficient) manner possible, based on an individualized plan of care which takes into account other available interagency programs, including, but not limited to, Early Intervention Act of Infants and Toddlers, Section 41-87-1 et seq., Early Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment, Section 43-13-117(5), waivered program for home- and community-based services for developmentally disabled people, Section 43-13-117(29), and waivered program for targeted case management services for children with special needs, Section 43-13-117(31), and is tied to clinically appropriate outcomes. Some of the outcomes are to reduce the number of inappropriate out-of-home placements inclusive of those out-of-state.
(2) There is established a Children's Advisory Council comprised of one (1) member from each of the appropriate child-serving divisions or sections of the State Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the State Department of Mental Health, the State Department of Education, the Division of Medicaid of the Governor's Office, a family member designated by Mississippi Families as Allies for Children's Mental Health, Inc. and a representative from the Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges.
(3) The Children's Advisory Council shall oversee a pool of state funds contributed by each participating agency that currently expends funds for services, including residential and psychiatric care for the children and youth who are to be served by this chapter. This pool of funds shall be available for providing necessary community-centered services based on an individualized plan of care. The monetary contribution of each participating agency shall be determined as fair and equitable by the governing board or other duly authorized state level oversight authority for such agency by July 1 of each fiscal year, to begin July 1, 1998.In lieu of contributing funds, the State Department of Health shall contribute to the pilot system of care program described in this section in-kind health/medical services through the department to the children and youth to be served by this chapter.
(4) The local coordinating care entity to administer the pilot program in the two (2) designated regions shall be designated by the Children's Advisory Council. Each local coordinating care entity is an administrative body capable of securing and insuring the delivery of services and care across all necessary agencies and/or any other appropriate service provider(s) to meet each child or youth's authorized plan of care. After June 30, 1999, the Children's Advisory Council will add an additional coordinating care entity so that all of the children in the State of Mississippi served by this chapter will be covered by June 30, 2000. Those local coordinating care entities designated by the Children's Advisory Council shall be those that clearly reflect their capability to select and secure appropriate services and care in the most cost-efficient and timely manner for the children and youth who are to be served by this chapter.
(5) Each state agency named in subsection (2) of this section shall enter into a binding interagency agreement to participate in the oversight of the pilot system of care program for the children and youth described in this section. The agreement shall be signed and in effect by July 1, 1998, and shall remain in effect for a period of three (3) years, through June 30, 2001.
SOURCES: Laws, 1993, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1993. Laws, 1994, ch. 649, Sec. 11; reenacted and amended, 1996, ch. 476, Sec. 1, eff from and after July 1, 1996, and shall stand repealed on July 1, 1998; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1998, ch. 383, Sec. 1, HB 512, eff July 1, 1998, and shall stand repealsed on July 1, 2000. Reeancted and amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 547, Sec. 1, HB250, eff. July 1, 2000.
PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000