NY State Senate Bill 2009-S3873

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to children and families
Apr 02, 2009	referred to children and families

2009-S3873 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7969
Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §483-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: A7029

2009-S3873 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for coordinated children's services for children and youth with cross-system needs.

2009-S3873 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3873

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to coordinated
children's services for children and youth with cross-system needs


 PURPOSE :

The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the coordinated children's
services initiative (CCSI) by placing CCSI within the administrative
purview of the Council on Children and Families (the Council),
clarifying the roles and responsibilities of state and local entities
participating in CCSI, and better defining the population of children
and youth eligible for services through CCSI.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill would amend Social Services Law (SSL) § 483-c to
change certain definitions and modify the current CCSI structure.
Specifically, this section would strengthen the state-level CCSI
structure by designating the Executive Director of the Council as the
Chair of the State-level CCSI team. This section also would create
regional teams, which would act as liaisons between the state and
county teams and provide cross-systems training and technical

assistance on the local and regional levels.  In addition, this
section would amend the current CCSI structural nomenclature by
renaming current CCSI "tiers" with more readily understandable names,
such as "family-based team" or "county-based team," as appropriate.
Finally, this section of the bill would change the required submission
date for the annual CCSI report from July 1 to November 1.

Section 2 of the bill would provide for an immediate effective date.

 EXISTING LAW :

Social Services Law § 483-c currently sets forth the CCSI principles
and framework.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

This is a new bill.

 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT :

In 2002, legislation was enacted to codify CCSI, an interagency
initiative launched in the 1990's to support localities in the
creation of integrated systems of care that help children and their
families who have needs that cross administrative and service delivery
lines. CCSI's current framework comprises three levels, referred to as
tiers.  Tier III is the statewide team made up of state agency and
family representatives; tier II is the county-level team made up of
local government, service systems and family representatives; and tier
I are interagency teams that are created to meet the particular needs
of a child and his or her family.

Chapter 247 of the Laws of 2002 set forth a set of core principles to
guide cross systems planning, funding, and individualized services to
children and youth and their families. While CCSI has received
widespread support, several recent studies of CCSI provide suggestions
for improving this statewide interagency initiative. Most recently, in
2007, the state-level committee, or Tier III, commissioned an
assessment of CCSI by Caldwell Management Associates.  (the "Caldwell
Report"). Chief among the recommendations provided in this review was
the suggestion to revitalize the state-level CCSI team to improve
CCSI's effectiveness. Under the current structure, no state entity has
administrative responsibility for CCSI; it is an interagency
initiative with no one agency at the helm; This proposal designates
the Executive Director of the Council, the State's interagency entity,
as Chair of the state-level CCSI team, thereby providing a single
point of accountability and resources for interested parties,
including state and local officials and family and youth
representatives. Furthermore, this designation would help ensure the
State is responding in a proactive and timely manner to concerns
regarding the coordination and integration of systems of care.

The Caldwell Report also recommended that CCSI's statute be amended to
better define the children who are served. Current law provides that
CCSI is intended to assist children with "emotional and/or behavioral
disorders." The bill better defines the population of children and
youth that CCSI is designed to serve and uses less stigmatizing
terminology. It also removes any references to age in the definition
of a child or youth, as this restriction was viewed as unnecessary
given that each involved agency already has its own age-based
eligibility standards and these ages vary by system.

While the current statute sets forth the structural framework and
guiding principles of the initiative, the law does not provide clear
expectations for the entities participating in CCSI. This omission
makes it difficult to accurately assess the various components and
overall efficacy of the initiative. This proposal seeks to address
this deficiency by requiring the state-level committee, in
collaboration with the regional and county CCSI teams, to develop
appropriate reporting mechanisms designed to track the outcomes
achieved through CCSI.

This proposal also adds a new, regional, level to the CCSI structure.
In practice, the regional state agency staff play an integral role in
service delivery, as they directly work with counties and service
providers. This proposed addition to the CCSI structure formalizes the
expectations for regional staff.

The state agencies which compose the Council have expressed a renewed
commitment to working together to best meet the needs of New York's
children and families, and these health, human services and education
agencies have all called for the Council to assume an interagency
leadership role.  This proposal seeks to codify the CCSI structure to
ensure that the Council is properly empowered to carry out this
function.

 BUDGET IMPLICATIONS :

This proposal has no fiscal implications.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This proposal would take effect immediately.

2009-S3873 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3873

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- (at request of the Council on Children
  & Families) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
  committed to the Committee on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to coordinated
  children's services for children and youth with cross-system needs

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  483-c  of  the  social services law, as added by
section 2 of part F-2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  S  483-c. Coordinated children's services for children with [emotional
and/or behavioral disorders] CROSS-SYSTEM  NEEDS.    1.  Purpose.    The
purpose  of  this  section shall be to establish a coordinated system of
care for children [with emotional and behavioral disorders]  AND  YOUTH,
and  their families, who require assistance from multiple agency systems
to [appropriately maintain] ENABLE such children  AND  YOUTH  TO  REMAIN
with  their  families,  in  their  communities and in their local school
systems, AND TO THEREBY  REDUCE  INAPPROPRIATE  AND  COSTLY  RESIDENTIAL
PLACEMENTS.  Such INTEGRATED system of care shall provide for the effec-
tive  collaboration among state and local health, mental hygiene, educa-
tion, CHILD WELFARE, juvenile justice, probation  [of  care]  and  other
human  services agencies [directed at improving] TO IMPROVE outcomes for
children [with emotional and/or behavioral disorders and their  families
leading  to  full  participation  in their communities and schools. This
shall include children with co-occurring disorders. The absence of coor-
dinated care often results in  inappropriate  and  costly  institutional
placements and limited community-based services that support maintaining
the  child  in  the  community]  AND  YOUTH WHOSE SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL,
DEVELOPMENTAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL  AND/OR  BEHAVIORAL  CHAL-
LENGES   REQUIRE   THE  INTEGRATION  OF  FAMILY-CENTERED  INDIVIDUALIZED
SUPPORTS AND SERVICES  ACROSS  MULTIPLE  CHILD-SERVING  SYSTEMS.    SUCH

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07461-03-9

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SYSTEM  OF  CARE  SHALL  BE DESIGNED TO BE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY
COMPETENT AT EVERY LEVEL OF CARE.  Establishing  the  coordinated  chil-
dren's  services  initiative statewide is intended to improve the manner
in  which  services  of  multiple systems are delivered and to eliminate
barriers to a coordinated system of care.
  2. Definitions. As used in this section:
  (a) "Child [with an emotional and/or  behavioral  disorder]  OR  YOUTH
WITH  CROSS-SYSTEM  NEEDS"  shall mean a person [under eighteen years of
age, or a person under twenty-one years of age  who  has  not  completed
secondary  school,  who  has a mental illness, as defined in subdivision
twenty of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law, or is classified as  a
student  with a disability pursuant to article eighty-nine of the educa-
tion law or section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act, or is consid-
ered to have a serious emotional or behavioral problem, as considered by
a tier I and/or tier II team representative pursuant  to  this  section.
Such  term  shall  include children with co-occurring disorders] WHO HAS
SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL,  DEVELOPMENTAL,  INTELLECTUAL,  PHYSICAL,  SOCIAL
AND/OR BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE THE INTEGRATION OF FAMILY-CEN-
TERED  INDIVIDUALIZED  SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES  FROM  TWO  OR MORE STATE
DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES.
  (b) "Individualized family support plan" shall mean a  plan  developed
in conjunction with the family through a strength-based child and family
assessment  containing  a summary of the strengths, needs and goals of a
child OR YOUTH with [an emotional and/or behavioral disorder] CROSS-SYS-
TEM NEEDS, and the services and supports  agreed  to  by  the  child  OR
YOUTH,  family  and the [tier I] FAMILY-BASED team representatives. SUCH
PLAN SHALL BE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT.
  (c) "Family" shall mean, when appropriate, a child OR YOUTH  with  [an
emotional  and/or  behavioral  disorder]  CROSS-SYSTEM NEEDS, his or her
parents or those in parental relationship to the child OR  YOUTH,  blood
relatives and extended family, including non-relatives identified by the
child  OR  YOUTH  and/or  HIS  OR  HER  parents  OR  THOSE IN A PARENTAL
RELATIONSHIP TO HIM OR HER. Nothing in this section shall  be  construed
to  deny  the  child  OR  YOUTH,  his or her parents or those persons in
parental relationship to [the] SUCH child OR YOUTH of any  rights  [they
are] HE OR SHE IS otherwise entitled to by law.
  (d)  "County" shall mean a county, except in the case of a county that
is wholly included within a city, such term shall mean such city.
  (e) "Family [support] representative" shall mean [a volunteer  who  is
also]  a  parent  [or  primary  caregiver  of]  OR  PERSON IN A PARENTAL
RELATIONSHIP TO a child OR YOUTH with [an  emotional  and/or  behavioral
disorder] CROSS-SYSTEM NEEDS.  The family [support] representative shall
assist  families  throughout  the process of developing and implementing
[an] individualized family support  [plan]  PLANS  as  defined  in  this
section.
  (F) "YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE" SHALL MEAN A YOUTH WHO IS CURRENTLY, OR WAS
PREVIOUSLY,  ENGAGED  WITH  ONE  OR MORE CHILD- AND FAMILY-SERVING HUMAN
SERVICE SYSTEMS. THE YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE SHALL ASSIST YOUTH  AND  FAMI-
LIES  IN  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF  INDIVIDUALIZED  FAMILY  SUPPORT PLANS AS
DEFINED IN THIS SECTION.
  3. [Interagency] COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES INITIATIVE structure;
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.   (a) [There shall be  established  a  three
tiered interagency structure, as follows:
  (i)  State  tier  III  team.  There is hereby established a state team
designated as the "tier III team", which shall consist of the  chair  of
the  council,  the commissioners of children and family services, mental

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health, health, education, alcohol and  substance  abuse  services,  and
mental  retardation  and developmental disabilities, and the director of
probation and correctional alternatives, or their  designated  represen-
tatives,  and  representatives  of  families  of children with emotional
and/or behavioral disorders. Other representatives may be added  at  the
discretion of such team.
  (ii) County tier II team] THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE COUN-
CIL  ON  CHILDREN  AND FAMILIES A COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES INITI-
ATIVE COMMITTEE (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "COMMITTEE")
COMPOSED OF THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  THE
COMMISSIONER  OF  MENTAL  HEALTH, THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL RETARDATION
AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, THE  COMMIS-
SIONER  OF EDUCATION, THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SERVICES, THE COMMISSIONER OF TEMPORARY AND DISABILITY  ASSISTANCE,  THE
DIRECTOR  OF  PROBATION  AND CORRECTIONAL ALTERNATIVES, AND THE CHAIR OF
THE COMMISSION ON QUALITY OF CARE AND ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES. THE COMMITTEE SHALL ALSO CONSIST OF YOUTH AND FAMILIES REPRESENT-
ING CHILDREN WITH CROSS-SYSTEM NEEDS, WHO SHALL BE CHOSEN BY THE PARTIC-
IPATING STATE AGENCIES.   OTHER REPRESENTATIVES  MAY  BE  ADDED  UPON  A
MAJORITY  VOTE  BY THE COMMITTEE.  THE COMMITTEE, WHICH SHALL BE CHAIRED
BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COUNCIL, SHALL:
  (I) ESTABLISH CROSS-SYSTEMS PRIORITIES;
  (II) DEVELOP SHARED PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO A SYSTEM OF CARE THAT IS CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT;
  (III) ADDRESS CROSS-SYSTEMS BARRIERS; AND
  (IV) DEVELOP A REPORTING MECHANISM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE  REGIONAL
AND  COUNTY  TEAMS  TO  TRACK OUTCOMES ACHIEVED BY THE COORDINATED CHIL-
DREN'S SERVICES INITIATIVE.
  (B)  COORDINATED  CHILDREN'S  SERVICES  REGIONAL  TEAMS   (HEREINAFTER
REFERRED  TO  IN  THIS SECTION AS "REGIONAL TEAMS"). THE COMMITTEE SHALL
ESTABLISH REGIONAL TEAMS. MEMBERSHIP ON THE REGIONAL TEAMS SHALL INCLUDE
REGIONAL STAFF OF PARTICIPATING STATE AGENCIES, AS WELL  AS  FAMILY  AND
YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES. THE REGIONAL TEAMS SHALL:
  (I) ACT AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND COUNTY TEAMS;
  (II) ASSIST WITH THE RESOLUTION OF CROSS-SYSTEMS BARRIERS;
  (III)  PROVIDE  CROSS-SYSTEMS  TRAINING  AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON A
LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL; AND
  (IV) PROMOTE SERVICES THAT ARE CULTURALLY  AND  LINGUISTICALLY  COMPE-
TENT.
  (C) COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNTY TEAMS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO IN THIS SECTION AS "COUNTY TEAMS").  A county, or consortium of coun-
ties,  choosing  to  participate  in the coordinated children's services
initiative shall establish an interagency team consisting  of,  but  not
limited  to, the local commissioners or leadership assigned by the chief
elected official responsible for the local health, mental hygiene, juve-
nile justice, probation and other human services systems. The  education
system  shall  be represented, AT A MINIMUM, by the district superinten-
dent of the board of cooperative educational services,  or  his  or  her
designee,  and in the case of the city of New York, by the chancellor of
the city school district of the city of New York, or his or  her  desig-
nee, and appropriate local school district representatives as determined
by  the  district superintendent of the board of cooperative educational
services or such chancellor. Such team shall [be sensitive to issues  of
cultural  competence,  and shall] include representatives of families of
children AND  YOUTH  with  [an  emotional  and/or  behavioral  disorder]

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CROSS-SYSTEM  NEEDS.  Regional  state agency representatives may partic-
ipate when requested by such team.
  [(iii)  Family-based  tier I team. Tier II] TEAMS SHALL COORDINATE THE
COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES INITIATIVE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SUCH TEAM
SHALL:
  (I) COORDINATE CROSS-SYSTEMS TRAINING AND PROVIDE  LINKAGES  TO  OTHER
COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING FOR CHILDREN;
  (II)  ADDRESS  LOCAL  AND  REGIONAL  BARRIERS  TO  THE COORDINATION OF
SERVICES;
  (III) REPORT ON STATE LEVEL BARRIERS  TO  THE  EFFECTIVE  DELIVERY  OF
COORDINATED SERVICES;
  (IV)   REPORT  ON  OUTCOMES  USING  THE  MECHANISM  DEVELOPED  BY  THE
STATE-LEVEL COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES INITIATIVE COMMITTEE;
  (V) IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE  COORDINATED  CHILDREN'S
SERVICES INITIATIVE;
  (VI) ENSURE THAT SERVICES ARE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT;
AND
  (VII)  MAKE  MONIES AVAILABLE CONSISTENT WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF THIS
SECTION.
  (D) COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES  FAMILY-BASED  TEAMS  (HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "FAMILY TEAMS"). COUNTY teams, in cooper-
ation  with a child OR YOUTH with [an emotional and/or behavioral disor-
der] CROSS-SYSTEM NEEDS and his or her family, shall  establish  intera-
gency  teams  to  work with such child OR YOUTH and family to develop an
individualized, strength-based family support plan and coordinate inter-
agency services agreed to in such plan. Such teams  shall  include  such
child  OR YOUTH and family and, based on the needs of the child OR YOUTH
and family, should also include a family support representative,  repre-
sentatives  from  the mental hygiene, education, CHILD WELFARE, juvenile
justice, probation, health, and other county child and  family  services
systems.
  [(b)  Roles and responsibilities of teams. (i) The state tier III team
shall coordinate statewide implementation of the coordinated  children's
services initiative. Such team shall:
  (A)  coordinate planning across the health, mental hygiene, education,
juvenile justice, probation and human services systems;
  (B) address barriers to the effective delivery  of  local  interagency
services;
  (C)  coordinate the provision of technical assistance and training for
the effective implementation  of  the  coordinated  children's  services
initiative;
  (D)  develop  an appropriate reporting mechanism to track the outcomes
being achieved. Such  mechanism  shall  be  developed  in  concert  with
participating counties; and
  (E)  report  results  and  recommendations for change to the governor,
legislature and state board of regents, as appropriate.
  (ii) The tier II teams shall  coordinate  the  coordinated  children's
services initiative at the local level. Such team shall:
  (A)  coordinate  cross-systems  training and provide linkages to other
county and school district planning for children;
  (B) address local/regional barriers to the coordination of services;
  (C) report on state level barriers to the effective delivery of  coor-
dinated services and recommended changes to the state tier III team;
  (D) report on outcomes using the mechanism developed by the state tier
III team;

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  (E)  implement  the goals and principles of the coordinated children's
services initiative; and
  (F)  make  monies  available  consistent with subdivision five of this
section.
  (iii) Each tier I team shall work collaboratively with the  family  to
develop an individualized family support plan that is:
  (A) family-focused and family driven;
  (B) built on child and family strengths; and
  (C)  comprehensive,  including  appropriate services and supports from
appropriate systems and natural supports from the community.] EACH  TEAM
SHALL  WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE FAMILY TO DEVELOP AN INDIVIDUALIZED
FAMILY SUPPORT PLAN THAT IS:
  (I) FAMILY FOCUSED AND FAMILY DRIVEN;
  (II) BUILT ON CHILD AND FAMILY STRENGTHS;
  (III) CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT; AND
  (IV) COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUDING APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND  SUPPORTS  FROM
APPROPRIATE SYSTEMS AND NATURAL SUPPORTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
  4. Goals and principles of operation. (a) Goals. The coordinated chil-
dren's   services  initiative  shall  enable  children  AND  YOUTH  with
[emotional and/or behavioral  disorders]  CROSS-SYSTEM  NEEDS,  whenever
appropriate [for the child and family] to:
  (i) reside with their families;
  (ii) live and participate successfully in their communities;
  (iii) attend and be successful in their local school systems; and
  (iv)  grow  towards  becoming independent, contributing members of the
community.
  (b) Principles of operation. The [tier III and II]  COORDINATED  CHIL-
DREN'S  SERVICES  INITIATIVE  COMMITTEE AND teams shall provide a system
for serving children AND YOUTH with [emotional and/or behavioral  disor-
ders] CROSS-SYSTEM NEEDS that is:
  (i)   community-based,  allowing  children  and  families  to  receive
services close to their home;
  (ii) culturally AND LINGUISTICALLY competent;
  (iii) individualized and strengths-based in approach;
  (iv) family friendly, involving the family as full and active partners
at every level of decision making, including policy  development,  plan-
ning, treatment and service delivery;
  (v)  comprehensive,  involving  all appropriate parties, including but
not limited to the family, child OR YOUTH, YOUTH  AND  FAMILY  REPRESEN-
TATIVES,  natural supports, provider agencies and other necessary commu-
nity services;
  (vi) funded through multiple systems with flexible funding  mechanisms
that support creative approaches;
  (vii) unconditionally committed to the success of each child OR YOUTH;
and
  (viii)  accountable  with  respect  to  use  of agreed on and measured
outcomes.
  5. Funding. Counties and school districts, including boards of cooper-
ative educational services as requested by component  school  districts,
choosing  to  participate  in the coordinated children's services initi-
ative, unless expressly prohibited by law, shall have the authority to:
  (a) combine state and federal resources of  the  participating  county
and  educational  agencies  to  provide services to groups or individual
children OR YOUTHS and their families  necessary  to  maintain  children
[with emotional and/or behavioral disorders] AND YOUTH, WHO HAVE SIGNIF-
ICANT  EMOTIONAL,  DEVELOPMENTAL,  INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND/OR

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BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE THE  INTEGRATION  OF  FAMILY-CENTERED
INDIVIDUALIZED  SUPPORTS  AND  SERVICES  ACROSS  MULTIPLE  CHILD-SERVING
SYSTEMS, in their homes, communities and schools, and  support  families
in  achieving  this  goal, as long as the use of the funds is consistent
with the purposes for which they were appropriated; and
  (b) apply flexibility in use of funds, pursuant to  an  individualized
family-support  plan,  or for collaborative programs, an agreement among
the county, city and school districts or the board of cooperative educa-
tional services, monies combined  pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of  this
subdivision may be used to allow flexibility in determining and applying
interventions  that  will  address  the  unique needs of the family. The
[tier III team] COORDINATED  CHILDREN'S  SERVICES  INITIATIVE  COMMITTEE
shall  develop  guidelines for the flexible use of funds in implementing
an individualized family support plan.
  6. Administration and reports. (A) The [council shall  be  responsible
for the administration of the provisions of this section.
  (a)  The  tier III team] COMMITTEE shall submit a report [to the coun-
cil] detailing the effectiveness in reaching the goals and objectives of
the program established by  this  section.  Such  report  shall  include
recommendations,   based  on  the  experience  gained  pursuant  to  the
provisions of this article,  for  modifying  statewide  policies,  regu-
lations  or statutes. [The council shall forward such] SUCH report SHALL
BE SUBMITTED to the governor, the legislature and  the  state  board  of
regents  on  or  before  the first day of [July] NOVEMBER of each year[,
including the recommendations of the  tier  III  members  regarding  the
feasibility and implications of implementing the recommendations].
  (b)  The  [tier  III  team] COORDINATED CHILDREN'S SERVICES INITIATIVE
COMMITTEE shall have authority to receive funds and work  within  agency
structures, as agreed to by member agencies, to administer funds for the
purposes of carrying out its responsibilities.
  (c)  [Parents and representatives of families] YOUTH AND FAMILY REPRE-
SENTATIVES, who are not compensated for  [attendance]  PARTICIPATION  as
part of their employment, shall be compensated for their [tier III team]
COORDINATED  CHILDREN'S  SERVICES INITIATIVE COMMITTEE participation and
reimbursed for actual expenses, including, but  not  limited  to,  child
care.
  7.  Confidentiality.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state
law to the contrary, [tier I, II and III] team participants in the coor-
dinated children's services system shall have access to case record  and
related  treatment  information  as necessary to support the purposes of
this section, to the extent permitted by federal law.
  (b) [Tier I, II and III]  ALL  COORDINATED  CHILDREN'S  SERVICES  team
participants shall protect the confidentiality of all individual identi-
fying  case record and related treatment information, and prevent access
thereto, by, or the distribution thereof to, other persons  not  author-
ized by State or federal law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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