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SB 501 - This act establishes in the Department of Mental Health, an "Office of Comprehensive Child Mental Health" to implement a comprehensive child mental health service system plan. The office shall provide oversight, support, training, and coordination with other teams in the implementation of the service system plan. This act also creates the Comprehensive Child Mental Health Clinical Advisory Council, consisting of ten members from the following disciplines: pediatric medicine, child psychiatry, child psychology, social work, clinical counseling, school psychologist, research, financing, and evaluation. Members of the council shall share information, identify funding and research opportunities, and advise the department on how to provide a comprehensive child mental health system. The department and the comprehensive system management team shall conduct an analysis of all state funding by departments providing child mental health services by January 1, 2006, and submit any recommendations to the governor and general assembly by July 1, 2006. Further, the system management team shall establish a process to assist communities with child mental health services. The process may include the provision of monetary grants, respite and school-based services, and the development of local funding for mental health services. ADRIANE CROUSE
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