Ky. Rev. Stat. § 158.4418

Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch.225
Section 158.4418 - Annual report on trauma-informed approach plans and school-based mental health services - Model interagency agreements
(1) The Kentucky Department of Education shall annually provide to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Education a summary of the data gathered pursuant to subsection (2)(a) to (c) of this section.
(2) The department shall:
(a) Collect the plans for a trauma-informed approach required by KRS 158.4416(5);
(b) Compile information from the 2020-2021 school year and each year thereafter regarding Medicaid billing for school-based mental health services provided by school-based or contracted mental health services providers;
(c) Compile and monitor the number and types of mental health services providers who are providing services in schools and the progress being made toward reaching the goal specified in KRS 158.4416(3)(a); and
(d) Coordinate technical assistance, professional development, and evidence-based training of school staff on childhood trauma-related experiences.
(3) The department shall collaborate with the Center for School Safety to develop model interagency agreements between local school districts and other local public agencies, including but not limited to health departments, departments of social services, mental health agencies, and courts, in order to provide cooperative services and sharing of costs for services to students who are at risk of academic failure, at risk of mental health crises, at risk of participation in juvenile crime, or who have been expelled from the school district.

KRS 158.4418

Added by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 165,§ 6, eff. 7/15/2024.