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SB 487 Comprehensive Services Act; Executive Council oversee development of services for at-risk children.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Comprehensive Services Act; intensive care coordination and service planning.  Requires the State Executive Council to oversee the development and implementation of mandatory uniform guidelines for intensive care coordination services for children who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential care through the Comprehensive Services Act program. The community policy and management team is responsible for establishing policies for providing intensive care coordination services. The bill also requires family assessment and planning teams to identify children who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential care through the Comprehensive Services Act program who can be appropriately and effectively served in their homes, relatives' homes, family-like settings, and communities and coordinate services and develop a plan for returning the child to his home, relative's home, family-like setting, or community. This bill incorporates SB 480, SB 488, and SB 489 (Hanger), and SB 658 (Howell). This bill is identical to HB 503 (Hamilton).

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Comprehensive Services Act; intensive care coordination and service planning.  Requires the State Executive Council to oversee the development and implementation of mandatory uniform guidelines for intensive care coordination services for children who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential care through the Comprehensive Services Act program. The community policy and management team is responsible for establishing policies for providing intensive care coordination services. The bill also requires family assessment and planning teams to identify children who are at risk of entering, or are placed in, residential care through the Comprehensive Services Act program who can be appropriately and effectively served in their homes, relatives' homes, family-like settings, and communities and coordinate services and develop a plan for returning the child to his home, relative's home, family-like setting, or community. This bill incorporates SB 480, SB 488, and SB 489 (Hanger), and SB 658 (Howell).

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Comprehensive Services Act; service planning.  Requires family assessment and planning teams to develop residential service plans for youth placed in residential facilities. Such plans shall (i) identify goals for residential placement, (ii) identify specific programs and services necessary to meet those goals, (iii) provide for periodic review of the placement to determine continued appropriateness of the placement for the child, and (iv) establish a plan for returning the youth to his home or community at the earliest appropriate time, including identification of any community-based services to support the transition to community-based care.