The board shall encourage all plans, including those receiving purchasing credits, that provide services under the program to have viable protocols for screening and referring children needing supplemental services outside of the scope of the screening, preventive, and medically necessary and therapeutic services covered by the contract to public programs providing such supplemental services for which they may be eligible, as well as for coordination of care between the plan and the public programs. The public programs for which plans may be required to develop screening, referral, and care coordination protocols may include the California Children’s Services Program, the regional centers, county mental health programs, substance use disorder programs administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and programs administered by local education agencies.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 75. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 110 of Ch. 22.)