(1) On or before September 1, 2018, and by September 1 of each year thereafter, each mental health agency shall report to the state department the following information:
(a) The number of children and youth who are at risk of out-of-home placement and whose parent or legal guardian requested residential or community-based care pursuant to section 27-67-104 to whom the following services were provided:
An assessment pursuant to section 27-67-104 (1)(a);
Community-based care;
Residential treatment; or
Post-residential follow-up services;
(b) The number of children and youth who are at risk of out-of-home placement and for whom a child abuse and neglect referral was made to the county department; (c) The number of children and youth for whom either:
An assessment was requested but not performed, and the reasons that the assessmentwas not performed; or
An assessment was performed but the mental health agency did not provide servicespursuant to this article 67, and the reasons that services were not provided, including whether the family refused the services offered;
The costs associated with the provision of the mental health treatment services described in subsection (1)(a) of this section;
The demographic information of the children, youth, and families served, as outlinedby the state department;
The outcomes of treatment for the children and youth served, as determined by thestate department in consultation with mental health agencies, service providers, and families;
The length of stay and funding totals for residential services and community-basedcare; and
The aggregate number of third-party reviews completed by the state department forchildren served pursuant to this article 67, delineated by children who are and are not categorically eligible for medicaid.
(2) On or after January 1, 2019, the state department shall make the information obtained pursuant to subsection (1) of this section available to the public by posting it to the state department's website. Any information so posted must not include any personal health information.
Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 710, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2018: Entire section R&RE, (HB 18-1094), ch. 343, p. 2041, § 5, effective June 30; IP(1)(a) and (1)(b) amended, (HB 18-1431), ch. 313, p. 1893, § 12, effective August 8.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 27-10.3-105 as it existed prior to 2010.
(2) Subsections IP(1)(a) and (1)(b) were amended in HB 18-1431, effective August 8, 2018. However, those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this section in HB 18-1094, effective June 30, 2018.