The children's social, emotional, and behavioral health plan shall recommend:

1. (1) procedures for the identification and assessment of social, emotional, and mental health issues;
2. (2) procedures to assist a child and the child's family in obtaining necessary services to treat social, emotional, and mental health issues;
3. (3) procedures to coordinate provider services and interagency referral networks for an individual from birth through twenty-two
4. (22) years of age;
5. (4) guidelines for incorporating social, emotional, and behavioral development into school learning standards and education programs;
6. (5) that social, emotional, and mental health screening be included as a part of routine examinations in schools and by health care providers;

7. (6) procedures concerning the positive development of children, including:

   1. (A) social, emotional, and behavioral development;
   2. (B) learning; and
   3. (C) behavioral health;

8. (7) plans for creating a children's social, emotional, and behavioral health system with shared accountability among state agencies that will:

   1. (A) conduct ongoing needs assessments;
   2. (B) use outcome indicators and benchmarks to measure progress; and
   3. (C) implement quality data tracking and reporting systems;
9. (8) a state budget for children's social, emotional, and mental health prevention and treatment;
10. (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;
11. (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;

12. (11) how employers of mental health professionals may:

    1. (A) improve employee job satisfaction; and
    2. (B) retain employees;
13. (12) how to facilitate research on best practices and model programs for children's social, emotional, and behavioral health;

14. (13) how to disseminate research and provide training and educational materials concerning the children's social, emotional, and behavioral health program to:

    1. (A) policymakers;
    2. (B) practitioners; and
    3. (C) the general public; and

15. (14) how to implement a public awareness campaign to:

    1. (A) reduce the stigma of mental illness; and

    2. (B) educate individuals:

       1. (i) about the benefits of children's social, emotional, and behavioral development; and
       2. (ii) how to access children's social, emotional, and behavioral development services.

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