63M-9-201 - Families, Agencies, and Communities Together State Council -- Composition -- Duties -- Interagency case management team.
63M-9-201. Families, Agencies, and Communities Together State Council --Composition -- Duties -- Interagency case management team.
(1) (a) There is created within state government the Families, Agencies, andCommunities Together State Council composed of:
(i) the state superintendent of public instruction;
(ii) the executive director of the Department of Health;
(iii) the executive director of the Department of Human Services;
(iv) the state court administrator; and
(v) the executive director of the Department of Workforce Services.
(b) The council members listed in Subsection (1)(a) shall appoint to a four-year term thefollowing nonvoting members:
(i) a representative of community-based service organizations appointed to a four-yearterm;
(ii) a parent representative from a rural community; and
(iii) a parent representative from an urban community.
(c) If a vacancy occurs with respect to a council member appointed under Subsection(1)(b), council members listed in Subsection (1)(a) shall appoint a replacement for the unexpiredterm.
(d) Appointments and reappointments under Subsections (1)(b) and (c) shall be madewithin 60 days of a vacancy.
(2) (a) The council shall annually elect a chair from its membership.
(b) All voting members of the council are necessary to constitute a quorum at anymeeting.
(c) The action of a majority of a quorum is the action of the council, except that aunanimous vote of the council is required to appoint or remove a nonvoting council member.
(d) The council shall meet quarterly or more frequently as determined by the chair.
(3) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, butmay receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
(a) Section 63A-3-106;
(b) Section 63A-3-107; and
(c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and63A-3-107.
(4) The council shall:
(a) provide leadership to increase and enhance efficient and effective services to Utah'schildren and youth at risk by:
(i) cooperatively planning, funding, monitoring, evaluating, and marketing innovativeand individualized service delivery and funding strategies;
(ii) recommending legislative, executive, and judicial policy and procedural changes,including joint budget proposals as described in Section 63J-1-201;
(iii) developing incentives and strategies to increase family involvement, collaboration,and public-private partnerships in the planning and delivery of services at the state and locallevel;
(iv) promoting prevention and early intervention services;
(v) increasing public understanding of and advocating for the needs of Utah's childrenand youth who are at risk; and
(vi) establishing policies to remove administrative barriers to collaboration incommunities;
(b) compile and disseminate information regarding effective service delivery and fundingstrategies for replication;
(c) receive and act upon recommendations of the steering committee;
(d) approve the establishment of collaborative service delivery systems under Section63M-9-402 and adopt performance goals for those systems;
(e) recommend to the governor for each fiscal year funds contained in an agency's basebudget and building block request that can be identified for collaborative service deliverysystems established under Section 63M-9-402;
(f) develop model administrative and governance structures to be established bycommunities that at least:
(i) ensure accountability for public funds;
(ii) are voluntarily adopted and modified by communities, based on community needs;
(iii) ensure collaboration on matters of policy and administrative processes in operatingprograms under this chapter between the state, school districts, and counties;
(iv) establish a board consisting of heads of state and local government agencies, privateagencies, and school districts that provide services under this chapter; and
(v) ensure equity in the scope, duration, and level of services throughout a prescribedgeographical area;
(g) review the structure and function of the steering committee before December 1, 1999,to determine the effectiveness of the steering committee in:
(i) achieving the purposes and carrying out the responsibilities of the committee; and
(ii) assisting communities to establish collaborative service delivery systems;
(h) forward to the Legislature for the 2000 General Session recommendations forrestructuring the size, membership, and function of the steering committee based on the reviewconducted under Subsection (4)(g); and
(i) report to the governor and the Legislature on an annual basis.
(5) The council may, through contracts that provide funding for programs under thischapter, give incentives to communities to establish an administrative and governance structurethat meets the requirements of Subsection (4)(f) and to designate the geographical area withinwhich that administrative and governance structure will operate.
(6) The council shall ensure that projects selected under Section 63M-9-401 haveoutcomes that:
(a) focus all project activities on the prevention of academic failure and socialmisbehaviors;
(b) involve parents in planning, implementation, and evaluation of services;
(c) allow frequent opportunities for planning between teachers, parents, schooladministrators, and representatives of agencies and community-based service organizations thatprovide services; and
(d) provide frequent monitoring and assessment of each child's and youth's progress.
(7) (a) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,the council shall make rules to ensure cooperative development of individualized andcoordinated service plans by local interagency councils and case management teams for childrenor youth at risk and their families who receive services under this chapter.
(b) For purposes of developing and implementing individualized and coordinated plans,the members of the local interagency councils and case management teams shall be considered tobe employees of each agency represented on the team and entitled to review and discuss agencyrecords as necessary in planning and providing services under a plan.
(c) Records shared by the teams remain the property of the supplying agency and may notbe incorporated in the records of another agency unless transferred in accordance with standardprocedures for transfer of records of the type in question.
Amended by Chapter 286, 2010 General Session