§ 9-28-120. Public disclosure of information on deaths and maltreatment
(a) (1) The Department of Human Services shall place a notice on the department’s web page when a fatality or near fatality of a child is reported to the Child Abuse Hotline under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq., within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of a report from the hotline. (2) The […]
§ 9-28-217. Juvenile records confidentiality
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, or other material that personally identifies a juvenile, including protected health information, compiled or received by a juvenile detention facility, a community-based provider for the Division of Youth Services, or the Division of Youth Services shall be confidential and shall […]
§ 9-28-201. Legislative intent and purpose
(a) The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a responsibility to provide its youth with appropriate services and programs to help decrease the number of juvenile offenders in the state and to create a better future for the state’s youth and that reforms in the juvenile justice system require oversight by an organization with […]
§ 9-28-202. Creation of the Division of Youth Services — Director
(a) There is hereby created the Division of Youth Services within the Department of Human Services. (b) (1) The Governor may appoint the Director of the Division of Youth Services or may delegate that function to the Secretary of the Department of Human Services. (2) The director shall report to the secretary.
§ 9-28-203. Division of Youth Services — Powers and duties
(a) The Division of Youth Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication among the various components of the juvenile justice system; (2) Oversee reform of the state’s juvenile justice system, review the quality and consistency of reforms and reform proposals, and monitor youth and family outcomes […]
§ 9-28-204. Observation and assessment center
(a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain an observation and assessment center for the reception, orientation, classification, and adjustment evaluation of all youths committed to the division. (b) (1) The staff of the center shall be provided by the division or its designee. (2) The staff […]
§ 9-28-205. Youth services centers
(a) The physical facilities and programs at each of the youth services centers shall be designed and developed to be particularly suitable for the physical custody, care, education, and rehabilitation of youths of particular classifications. (b) In classifying and committing youths to the various centers and facilities, the Division of Youth Services shall take into […]
§ 9-28-206. Disposition of delinquent juvenile
(a) When a circuit court or any other court having jurisdiction of a juvenile under eighteen (18) years of age finds a juvenile to be delinquent as defined by the laws of this state, the court may commit the juvenile to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services for an indeterminate […]
§ 9-28-207. Commitment to the Division of Youth Services
(a) When any youth is committed to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services as authorized in this section, the youth shall be under the exclusive care, physical custody, and control of the division from the time of the lawful reception of the youth by a youth services center until the […]
§ 9-28-208. Order of commitment
(a) (1) An order of commitment to the Division of Youth Services shall state that the juvenile is found to be delinquent and shall state information regarding the underlying facts of the adjudication. (2) No circuit court may commit a juvenile found solely in criminal contempt to the Division of Youth Services. (3) All healthcare […]