Sec. 2. 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 standards 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. As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.79.