CHILD MENTAL HEALTH LOCAL FUND House SponsorsRep. Mary E. Flowers 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die New Act Creates the Children's Mental Health Local Collaborative Transformation Fund Act. Creates local children's mental health collaboratives. Defines "local children's mental health collaborative" as an entity formed by the agreement of representatives of the local system of care, including mental health services, social services, correctional services, education services, health services, and vocational services, for the purpose of developing and governing an integrated service system. Provides that, to qualify as a local children's mental health collaborative and be eligible to receive start-up funds, the representatives of the local system of care and nongovernmental entities (such as parents of children in the target population; parent and consumer organizations; community, civic, and religious organizations; private and nonprofit mental and physical health care providers; culturally specific organizations; local foundations; and businesses) or, at a minimum, one county, one school district or special education cooperative, one mental health entity, and one juvenile justice or juvenile corrections entity, must agree to the following: (1) to establish a local children's mental health collaborative and develop an integrated service system; (2) to commit resources to providing services through the local children's mental health collaborative; and (3) to develop a plan to contribute funds to the children's mental health collaborative. Effective January 1, 2024. 1/4/2023HousePrefiled with Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers 1/12/2023HouseFirst Reading 1/12/2023HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/21/2023HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Health & Human Services Committee 3/10/2023HouseCommittee/3rd Reading Deadline Extended-Rule May 19, 2023 5/19/2023HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/7/2025HouseSession Sine Die