Maryland Code, EDUCATION 7-438
Terms Used In Maryland Code, EDUCATION 7-438
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(2) “Behavioral health services” means prevention, intervention, and treatment services for the social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and physical health of students, including mental health and substance abuse disorders.
(3) (i) “Community-partnered school behavioral health services program” means a program that provides behavioral health services to students by community behavioral health providers in partnership with public schools and families that augment the behavioral health services and supports provided by public schools.
(ii) “Community-partnered school behavioral health services program” does not include school-based health centers.
(b) (1) The Department, in consultation with the Maryland Department of Health, county boards, and other interested stakeholders, as determined by the Department, shall develop and implement a standardized reporting system to determine the effectiveness of community-partnered school behavioral health services programs.
(2) The standardized reporting system developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall use measures that collect data on the outcomes of students who receive behavioral health services from community-partnered school behavioral health services programs, including a student’s academic, behavioral, social, and emotional functioning and progress.
(c) On or before December 1, 2017, and every 2 years thereafter, the Department shall submit a report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly that provides an analysis of the effectiveness of community-partnered school behavioral health services programs.