PART XV.  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Note

  Part heading amended by L 2025, c 178, §3.

     §321-171  Mental health services for children and adolescents; department responsibility.  It shall be the responsibility of the department of health to:

     (1)  Provide preventive health services for children and adolescents; and

     (2)  Provide diagnostic and treatment services for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.

These services shall be delivered as soon as reasonably possible after the need for the services is established.  Subject to the availability of federal or state resources, eligible children and adolescents between the ages of birth and seventeen years shall receive the necessary mental health services to ensure their proper and full development.  The department of health shall be responsible for the coordination of carrying out the terms of any judgment or settlement related to the delivery of mental health services to children and adolescents, as required by this section. [L 1974, c 211, pt of §1; am L 1996, c 125, §1; am L 2025, c 178, §4]