S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11F.1 of S.L. 2017-57 mandates that funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, for the North Carolina Child Treatment Program be used exclusively for the following purposes:

• To continue to provide clinical training and coaching to licensed clinicians on an array of evidence-based treatments and to provide a statewide platform to assure accountability and measurable outcomes;
• To maintain and manage a public roster of program graduates, linking high-quality clinicians with children, families, and professionals; and
• To partner with leadership within the State, local management entities/managed care organizations as defined in G.S. 122C-3, and the private sector to bring effective mental health treatment to children in juvenile justice and mental health facilities.

This section became effective July 1, 2017.