California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14717

WIC § 14717 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 8.9

Statute text

(a)In order to facilitate the receipt of medically necessary specialty mental health services by a foster child who is placed outside his or her county of original jurisdiction, the department shall take all of the following actions:

(1)On or before July 1, 2008, create all of the following items, in consultation with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the California Institute for Mental Health, the Child and Family Policy Institute of California, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, and the California Alliance of Child and Family Services:

(A)A standardized contract for the purchase of medically necessary specialty mental health services from organizational providers when a contract is required.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 455, Sec. 58. (SB 804) Effective January 1, 2016. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 14721.