1713-S2 AMH SENN EYCH 050

2SHB 1713 - H AMD 99

By Representative Senn

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 03/01/2017

    On page 7, beginning on line 1, strike all of section 6 and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to RCW 28A.630 RCW to read as follows:   

    (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a competitive application process to designate two educational service districts in which to pilot one lead staff person for children's mental health.

    (2) The office must select two educational service districts as pilot sites by October 1, 2017. When selecting the pilot sites, the office must endeavor to achieve a balanced geographic distribution of sites east of the crest of the cascade mountains and west of the crest of the cascade mountains.

    (3) The lead staff person for each pilot site must have the primary responsibility for:

    (a) Coordinating medicaid billing for schools and school districts in the educational service district;

    (b) Facilitating partnerships with community mental health agencies and other providers;

    (c) Sharing service models;

    (d) Seeking public and private grant funding;

    (e) Ensuring the adequacy of other system level supports for students with mental health needs; and

    (f) Collaborating with the other selected project and with the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

    (4) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must report on the results of the two pilot projects to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 by December 1, 2019. The report must also include:

    (a) A case study of an educational service district that is successfully delivering and coordinating children's mental health activities and services. Activities and services may include but are not limited to medicaid billing, facilitating partnerships with community mental health agencies, and seeking and securing public and private funding; and

    (b) Recommendations regarding whether to continue or make permanent the pilot projects and how the projects might be replicated in other educational service districts.

    (5) This section expires January 1, 2020."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:

· Requires, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to:

o designate two educational service districts (ESD) in which to pilot a lead staff person for children's mental health;

o select pilot projects by October 1, 2017; and

o report on the results of the pilot, provide a case study of an ESD that is successfully delivering and coordinating children's mental health services, and provide recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by December 1, 2019.

· Provides an expiration date for this section of January 1, 2020.

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