(a)  The coordination of children’s community social services, education, and mental health pilot program shall oversee children’s services councils in two (2) geographic divisions of the state. The pilot program shall be conducted in the existing Pawtucket/Central Falls local coordinating council and the existing Washington County local coordinating council. Each of the local coordinating councils which are conducting the pilot children’s services coordination program shall be comprised of their existing membership and may additionally include, but are not limited to, including in their membership, any combination of the following:

(1)  A former consumer child now over the age of eighteen (18);

(2)  A present or former consumer parent or guardian;

(3)  A local school district representative;

(4)  A community mental health representative;

(5)  A local representative of the department of children, youth, and families;

(6)  A local representative of the department of human services;

(7)  A representative of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals;

(8)  A representative of a health maintenance organization providing services in the geographic area; and

(9)  A representative of the department of health.

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(b)  A local coordinating councils meeting may proceed only if at least one of the consumer members set forth in this section is present.

(c)  Each of the coordination of children’s services councils shall convene community planning teams (CPTs, formerly referred to as CASSP Case Review teams) which shall be charged with the responsibility of receiving referrals of a child and family for planning purposes where the child and/or family are in need of education and/or care and treatment. The composition of the community planning team for a particular child may include, but shall not be limited to, any combination of the following:

(1)  The child, when appropriate;

(2)  The parent(s) and/or guardian(s) of the child;

(3)  A representative of the local education authority;

(4)  A representative of the community mental health agency which serves the geographic area in which the child resides;

(5)  A representative of the local department of children, youth, and families regional office, which serves the geographic area in which the child resides;

(6)  Other involved service providers;

(7)  Others knowledgeable about the child or invited by a parent;

(8)  Others invited by any involved agency;

(9)  A representative of the local department of human services office, which serves the geographic area in which the child resides;

(10)  A representative of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals;

(11)  A representative of the health maintenance organization or other health insurer, which provides coverage to the child, if applicable;

(12)  A present or former consumer parent or guardian who is not the parent or guardian of the child being considered by the community planning team; and

(13)  A representative of the department of health when the community planning team is considering a child under the age of three (3).

(d)  A community planning team meeting may proceed only if the child, when appropriate, and/or the parent or guardian of the child is present.