2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 633 - Intellectual Disabilities and Developmental Disabilities
Section 633.033 Departments of mental health and social services to prepare plan for mental health services and support needs for children and persons seventeen years — report required when.

Effective 28 Aug 2003

633.033. Departments of mental health and social services to prepare plan for mental health services and support needs for children and persons seventeen years — report required when. — 1. The department of mental health and the department of social services shall jointly prepare a plan to address the need for mental health services and supports for:

(1) All of the cases in the custody of the department of social services that involve children in the system due exclusively to a need for mental health services, and where there is no instance of abuse, neglect, or abandonment; and

(2) Children or persons seventeen years of age who are determined by the court to require mental health services under subdivision (5) of subsection 1 of section 211.181.

2. Such plan shall include:

(1) An analysis of federal funding, including waivers, that may be used to support the needed mental health services and supports;

(2) An analysis of the budgetary and programmatic impact of meeting the needs of the children and persons seventeen years of age for mental health services and supports; and

(3) An analysis of the feasibility, including time frames, of securing federal funds for the support of the needed mental health services and supports.

3. The plan required in this section shall be completed on or before January 1, 2004. The directors of the department of social services and the department of mental health shall submit a copy of the plan to the governor, the president pro tem of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives.

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(L. 2003 S.B. 266 §1)