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38-12-2
Section 38-12-2 Program established. (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care Program
in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from his or
her home and is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, the department shall
attempt to place the child with a relative for kinship foster care. If the relative is approved
by the department to provide foster care services, in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the department regarding foster care services, and a placement with the relative
is made, the relative may receive payment for the full foster care rate only as provided by
federal law for the care of the child and any other benefits that might be available to foster
parents, whether in money or in services. Foster care payments shall cease upon the effective
date of the kinship subsidiary payments or as provided by the department. (c) The department
shall establish standards for becoming a kinship foster parent as...
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12-15-314
Section 12-15-314 Dispositions for dependent children. (a) If a child is found to be dependent,
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare
of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal
custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe.
(2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources.
(3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources.
b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume
the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department
of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child.
c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is
found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the...
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12-15-315
Section 12-15-315 Permanency hearing for Department of Human Resources cases only. (a) Within
12 months of the date a child is removed from the home and placed in out-of-home care, and
not less frequently than every 12 months thereafter during the continuation of the child in
out-of-home care, the juvenile court shall hold a permanency hearing. The Department of Human
Resources shall present to the juvenile court at the hearing a permanent plan for the child.
The juvenile court shall consult with the child, in an age-appropriate manner, regarding the
permanency plan and any transition plan to independent living. If a permanent plan is not
presented to the juvenile court at this hearing, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that
the child should be returned home. This provision is intended to ensure that a permanent plan
is prepared by the Department of Human Resources and presented to the juvenile court within
12 months of the placement of any child in foster care and no less...
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26-25-2
Section 26-25-2 Notification to Department of Human Resources. (a) No later than the close
of the first business day after the date on which an emergency medical services provider takes
possession of a child pursuant to Section 26-25-1, the provider shall notify the Department
of Human Resources that the provider has taken possession of the child. (b) The department
shall assume the care, control, and custody of the child immediately on receipt of notice
pursuant to subsection (a). The department shall be responsible for all medical and other
costs associated with the child and shall reimburse the hospital for any costs incurred prior
to the child being placed in the care of the department. (Act 2000-760, p. 1740, ยง2.)...
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38-7-2
Section 38-7-2 Definitions. Terms used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,
have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words in the singular number include the
plural number, and words in the plural number include the singular number, and the word "shall"
is always mandatory and not merely directory: (1) CHILD. Any person under 19 years of age,
a person under the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 12-15-117,
or a person under 21 years of age in foster care as defined by the Department of Human Resources.
(2) CHILD-CARE INSTITUTION or INSTITUTION FOR CHILD CARE. A child-care facility where more
than 10 children are received and maintained for the purpose of providing them with care or
training or both, or transitional living program services, but does not include: a. Any institution
for child care which is under the ownership or control,...
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29-2-100
Section 29-2-100 Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) CHILDREN
IN STATE CARE. A child who is described by any of the following circumstances: a. The child's
foster care placement is primarily the financial responsibility of the state. b. The child
is under the legal or physical custody of a state agency, including, but not limited to, the
Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth
Services. c. The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department
of Youth Services, or any other agency is providing out of home services to the child. d.
Children not included under this definition are children whose care is furnished by a child
care center, group day care home, or family day care home. (2) COMMITTEE. The Permanent Joint
Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. (3) COUNCIL. Interdepartmental
Coordination Council on Children in State Care. (Act 98-612, p. 1347,...
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38-15-3
Section 38-15-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CHILD. A person under the age of 18 years. (2) COMMUNITY TREATMENT
FACILITY FOR YOUTHS. A religious, faith-based, or church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for
profit youth residential facility that provides mental health treatment services to children
in a group setting and that has the capacity to provide secure containment. (3) DEPARTMENT.
The State Department of Human Resources. (4) DIRECTOR. The Director of the State Department
of Human Resources. (5) LONG TERM YOUTH RESIDENTIAL FACILITY. A religious, faith-based, or
church nonprofit, other nonprofit, or for profit long term residential facility, group care
facility, or similar facility as determined by the director, providing 24-hour nonmedical
care of youth in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining
the activities of daily living or for the protection of the child and...
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26-14-7.2
Section 26-14-7.2 Child denied medical treatment due to parents' religious beliefs. (a) When
an investigation of child abuse or neglect by the Department of Human Resources determines
that a parent or legal guardian legitimately practicing his or her religious beliefs has not
provided specific medical treatment for a child, the parent or legal guardian shall not be
considered a negligent parent or guardian for that reason alone. This exception shall not
preclude a court from ordering that medical services be provided to the child when the child's
health requires it. (b) The department may, in any case, pursue any legal remedies, including
the initiation of legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, as may be necessary
to provide medical care or treatment for a child when the care or treatment is necessary to
prevent or remedy serious harm to the child, or to prevent the withholding of medically indicated
treatments from infants with disabilities and with life-threatening...
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12-15-215
Section 12-15-215 Disposition of delinquent children or children in need of supervision generally.
(a) If the juvenile court finds on proof beyond a reasonable doubt, based upon competent,
material, and relevant evidence, that a child committed the acts by reason of which the child
is alleged to be delinquent or in need of supervision, it may proceed immediately to hear
evidence as to whether the child is in need of care or rehabilitation and to file its findings
thereon. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a finding that the child has committed
an act which constitutes a felony is sufficient to sustain a finding that the child is in
need of care or rehabilitation. If the juvenile court finds that the child is not in need
of care or rehabilitation, it shall dismiss the proceedings and discharge the child from any
detention or other temporary care theretofore ordered. If the juvenile court finds that the
child is in need of care or rehabilitation, it may make any of the...
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12-15-208
Section 12-15-208 Facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally;
when child may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification
of juvenile court, when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons
charged with crimes; development of statewide system; Department of Youth Services to subsidize
detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention
facility, when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. (a) Persons
who shall not be detained or confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1)
STATUS OFFENDERS. Effective October 1, 2009, status offenders, as defined in this article,
shall not be detained or confined in secure custody, except that a status offender who is
charged with or who commits a violation of a valid court order may be detained in secure custody
in a juvenile detention facility for up to 72 hours in any six-month...
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