Section 4 Overview
This section pertains to the policy and procedures necessary when an out-of-home placement of a child is imminent or has occurred.
Chapter 24 Overview
This chapter addresses the medical/mental health planning process and legal basis for the provision of medical and mental health services to children in the legal custody of the Children’s Division. Routine medical care, life support/sustaining therapies, and HIV/AIDS issues are discussed. This chapter also establishes a protocol to be used in determining which Children’s Division (CD) families involve children who have been placed in custody due solely to a need for mental health services and where no instance of parental abuse, neglect, or abandonment exists and a protocol to divert such children from the Division’s custody. Also, included in this chapter are procedures for responding to the death of a child in the legal custody of the Children’s Division.
Table of Contents
24.1 Legal Basis for the Provision of Medical/Mental Health Services
24.2 Medical Information to be Obtained when Child Enters Care
24.3 Medical Service Alternatives/Planning
24.3.1 Routine Medical/Dental Care
24.3.2 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Screening
24.3.3 Emergency and Extraordinary Medical/Dental Care
24.3.4 Children's Treatment Services
24.3.5 Missouri Medical/Dental Services Program (MM/DSP) (Also Known as Title XIX or Medicaid)24.3.5.1 Medicaid Eligibility Documentation of U.S. Citizenship and Identity
24.3.6 Bureau for Children with Special Health Care Needs (BCSHCN)
24.3.7 Department of Mental Health
24.3.8 Residential Care Referral
24.3.9 Private Psychiatric Hospital Placement
24.3.10 Medical Foster Care
24.5 Custody Diversion Protocol
24.6 Voluntary Placement Agreement
24.7 Pregnancy of Child in Out-of-Home Care
24.8 Chemical Dependency Treatment
24.9 HIV/AIDS Issues
24.11 Death of a Child in Out-of-Home Care
24.11.1 Burial Arrangements
Chapter Memoranda History: (prior to 1/31/07)
CD04-83, CD05-05, CD05-48, CD05-50, CD05-51, CD06-76, CD08-47
