71-827 Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committee of the Legislature; created; members; duties; meetings; report. - Nebraska Statutes

71-827. Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committee of the Legislature; created; members; duties; meetings; report.(1) The Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committee of the Legislature is created as a special legislative committee. The committee shall consist of nine members of the Legislature appointed by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council as follows: (a) Two members of the Appropriations Committee of the Legislature, (b) two members of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature, (c) two members of the Judiciary Committee of the Legislature, and (d) three members of the Legislature who are not members of such committees. The Children's Behavioral Health Oversight Committee shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members. The executive board shall appoint members of the committee no later than thirty days after May 23, 2009, and within the first six legislative days of the regular legislative session in 2011. The committee and this section terminate on December 31, 2012.(2) The committee shall monitor the effect of implementation of the Children and Family Behavioral Health Support Act and other child welfare and juvenile justice initiatives by the department related to the provision of behavioral health services to children and their families.(3) The committee shall meet at least quarterly with representatives of the Division of Behavioral Health and the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services and with other interested parties and may meet at other times at the call of the chairperson.(4) Staff support for the committee shall be provided by existing legislative staff as directed by the executive board. The committee may request the executive board to hire consultants that the committee deems necessary to carry out the purposes of the committee under this section.(5) The committee shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 1 of each year. The report shall include, but not be limited to, findings and recommendations relating to the provision of behavioral health services to children and their families. SourceLaws 2009, LB603, § 11.Operative Date: May 23, 2009Termination Date: December 31, 2012