The Department of Family and Children’s Services will have responsibility for administering the bill if it becomes a law.  The bill is to provide for the health of children in state custody by managing their mental health care.  It is to comply with the Health Care Oversight and Coordination Plan mandates of the Federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008.  The bill would require certain provisions such as:   creating new parameters for the use of psychotropic medication on children, requiring DHS to have a clinical review team conduct a semiannual review of each child’s psychotropic medications, encourage other therapies, obtain written consent from the child’s legal guardian, consult with a child psychiatrist, require DHS to keep records on all medication the child is taking as well as their diagnosis, dosage, and possible side effects of the medications.

According to the bill, foster children will continue to receive services (mental health care treatment); but DHS will have to follow the above mentioned guidelines before administering psychotropic medications.
The bill gives no mention to the funding or financing of the legislation.  Foster children’s medical care is covered by Medicaid; which is funded by the state.