(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall require counties which receive funding to develop interagency collaboration with shared responsibilities for services under this part and achievement of the client and cost outcome goals and interagency collaboration goals specified.
(b) Collaborative activities shall include:
(1) Identification of those agencies that have a significant joint responsibility for the target population and ensuring collaboration on planning for services to that population.
(2) Identification of gaps in services to members of the target population, development of policies to assure service effectiveness and continuity, and setting priorities for interagency services.
(3) Implementation of public and private collaborative programs whenever possible to better serve the target population.
(4) Provision of interagency case management services to coordinate resources to target population members who are using the services of more than one agency.
(5) Coordination with federal agencies responsible for providing veterans’ services, as well as national, state, and local nonprofit organizations that provide veterans’ services, to maximize the integration of services and to eliminate duplicative efforts.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 34, Sec. 190. (SB 1009) Effective June 27, 2012.)