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tal health services, providers of educational services, 
providers of vocational counseling and vocational re-
habilitation services, and providers of protection and 
advocacy services with respect to mental health. 
‘‘(3) FACILITATION OF SERVICES OF CERTAIN 
PROGRAMS.—A funding agreement for a grant under 
section 571(a) is that a system of care under sub-
section (a) will, for purposes of paragraph (1), enter 
into a memorandum of understanding regarding fa-
cilitation of— 
‘‘(A) services available pursuant to title 
XIX of the Social Security Act, including serv-
ices regarding early periodic screening, diag-
nosis, and treatment; 
‘‘(B) services available under parts B and 
C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act; and 
‘‘(C) services available under other appro-
priate programs, as identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING SERVICES 
OF SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.—A fund-
ing agreement for a grant under section 571(a) is 
that a system of care under subsection (a) will pro-
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vide for the case management of each child provided 
access to the system in order to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the services provided through the sys-
tem to the child are coordinated and that the 
need of each such child for the services is peri-
odically reassessed; 
‘‘(B) information is provided to the family 
of the child on the extent of progress being 
made toward the objectives established for the 
child under the plan of services implemented for 
the child pursuant to section 573; and 
‘‘(C) the system provides assistance with 
respect to— 
‘‘(i) establishing the eligibility of the 
child, and the family of the child, for fi-
nancial assistance and services under Fed-
eral, State, or local programs providing for 
health services, mental health services, 
educational services, social services, or 
other services; and 
‘‘(ii) seeking to ensure that the child 
receives 
appropriate 
services 
available 
under such programs. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
PROVISIONS.—A funding agree-
ment for a grant under section 571(a) is that a sys-
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tem of care under subsection (a), in providing the 
services of the system, will— 
‘‘(A) provide the services of the system in 
the cultural context that is most appropriate for 
the child and family involved; 
‘‘(B) ensure that individuals providing 
such services to the child can effectively com-
municate with the child and family in the most 
direct manner; 
‘‘(C) provide the services without discrimi-
nating against the child or the family of the 
child on the basis of race, religion, national ori-
gin, sex, disability, or age; 
‘‘(D) seek to ensure that each child pro-
vided access to the system of care remains in 
the least restrictive, most normative environ-
ment that is clinically appropriate; and 
‘‘(E) provide outreach services to inform 
individuals, as appropriate, of the services avail-
able from the system, including identifying chil-
dren with a serious emotional disturbance who 
are in the early stages of such disturbance. 
‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—An agreement 
made under paragraph (2) may not be construed— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to subparagraph (C) of 
such paragraph— 
‘‘(i) to prohibit a system of care under 
subsection (a) from requiring that, in 
housing provided by the grantee for pur-
poses of residential treatment services au-
thorized under subsection (c), males and 
females be segregated to the extent appro-
priate in the treatment of the children in-
volved; or 
‘‘(ii) to prohibit the system of care 
from complying with the agreement made 
under subsection (b); or 
‘‘(B) with respect to subparagraph (D) of 
such paragraph, to authorize the system of care 
to expend the grant under section 571(a) (or 
the non-Federal contributions made with re-
spect to the grant) to provide legal services or 
any service with respect to which expenditures 
regarding the grant are prohibited under sub-
section (d)(1)(B). 
‘‘(f) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF GRANT.—A funding 
agreement for a grant under section 571(a) is that the 
grant, and the non-Federal contributions made with re-
spect to the grant, will not be expended— 
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‘‘(1) to purchase or improve real property (in-
cluding the construction or renovation of facilities); 
‘‘(2) to provide for room and board in residen-
tial programs serving 10 or fewer children; 
‘‘(3) to provide for room and board or other 
services or expenditures associated with care of chil-
dren in residential treatment centers serving more 
than 10 children or in inpatient hospital settings, ex-
cept intensive home-based services and other services 
provided on an ambulatory or outpatient basis; or 
‘‘(4) to provide for the training of any indi-
vidual, 
except 
training 
authorized 
in 
section 
574(a)(2) and training provided through any appro-
priate course in continuing education whose duration 
does not exceed 2 days. 
‘‘(g) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may waive one or 
more of the requirements of subsection (c) for a public 
entity that is an Indian Tribe or tribal organization, or 
American Samoa, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, or the 
United States Virgin Islands if the Secretary determines, 
after peer review, that the system of care is family-cen-
tered and uses the least restrictive environment that is 
clinically appropriate. 
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‘‘SEC. 573. INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR SERVICES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A funding agreement for a grant 
under section 571(a) is that a system of care under section 
572(a) will develop and carry out an individualized plan 
of services for each child provided access to the system, 
and that the plan will be developed and carried out with 
the participation of the family of the child and, unless 
clinically inappropriate, with the participation of the child. 
‘‘(b) MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.—A funding agree-
ment for a grant under section 571(a) is that the plan 
required in subsection (a) will be developed, and reviewed 
and as appropriate revised not less than once each year, 
by a multidisciplinary team of appropriately qualified indi-
viduals who provide services through the system, including 
as appropriate mental health services, other health serv-
ices, educational services, social services, and vocational 
counseling and rehabilitation; 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH SERVICES UNDER INDI-
VIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT.—A fund-
ing agreement for a grant under section 571(a) is that, 
with respect to a plan under subsection (a) for a child, 
the multidisciplinary team required in subsection (b) 
will— 
‘‘(1) in developing, carrying out, reviewing, and 
revising the plan consider any individualized edu-
cation program in effect for the child pursuant to 
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