Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=4-1303.03e
Timestamp: 2019-11-12 13:50:55
Document Index: 660695336

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4', '§ 7', '§ 303', '§ 505', '§ 7004', '§ 7004', '§ 4']

§ 4-1303.03e. Behavioral health screening and assessment requirements.
(a) All children in the custody of the Agency shall, to the extent that it is not inconsistent with a court order, receive a behavioral health screening and, if necessary, a behavioral health assessment within 30 days of initial contact with the Agency or a placement disruption. Through rulemaking, the Mayor may reduce the number of days within which a behavioral health screening and behavioral health assessment are required.
(b) The Agency shall connect all children who are assessed as being in need of behavioral health care to an appropriate behavioral health service.
(c) The Agency shall provide the behavioral health resource guide for parents and legal guardians and the behavioral health resource guide for youth created pursuant to § 7-1131.18 to families of children in Agency custody.
(Sept. 23, 1997, D.C. Law 2-22, § 303e, as added June 7, 2012, D.C. Law 19-141, § 505(b), 59 DCR 3083.)
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section 601 of D.C. Law 19-141, see § 7004 of Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-383, June 19, 2012, 59 DCR 7764).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section 601 of D.C. Law 19-141, see § 7004 of Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2012 (D.C. Act 19-413, July 25, 2012, 59 DCR 9290).
For history of Law 19-141, see notes under § 4-1301.02.
Section 601 of D.C. Law 19-141, as amended by section 7004 of D.C. Law 19-168, provides:
"Sec. 601. Applicability.
"Sections 302(b)(1), 304, and 502(a) shall apply upon the inclusion of their fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan."
Section 7016 of D.C. Law 19-168 provides:
"Sec. 7016. Sections 7001, 7004, 7007, 7009, 7011, and 7015 shall apply as of the effective date of the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2012, passed on emergency basis on June 5, 2012 (Enrolled version of Bill 19- 796)."