California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16501.4

WIC § 16501.4 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 5

Statute text

In order to ensure the oversight of psychotropic medications that are prescribed for children pursuant to Section 369.5 or 739.5, all of the following shall occur:

(a)The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide to the State Department of Social Services, pursuant to a data sharing agreement meeting the requirements of applicable state and federal law and regulations, information for administration, oversight, and implementation of federal and state health and public social service programs for children in foster care. The departments shall also develop, in consultation with counties, a data sharing agreement in which county placing agencies may opt to participate, which shall enable the county to, at a minimum, receive data reports developed pursuant to this section.

(b)(1) In consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and stakeholders, the State Department of Social Services shall develop the content and format for monthly, county-specific reports that describe each child for whom one or more psychotropic medications have been paid for under Medi-Cal, including paid claims and managed care encounters. At a minimum, the report shall include the following information:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 534, Sec. 10. (SB 238) Effective January 1, 2016.