§ 8-512.02 – Comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund; reversion
8-512.02. Comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund; reversion A. The department shall establish and maintain a comprehensive health plan expenditure authority fund, which is a separate fund to distinguish the department’s revenues and the department’s expenditures pursuant to section 8-512 from other programs that are funded and administered by the department. The fund shall be […]
§ 8-513 – Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings; independent living programs
8-513. Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings; independent living programs A. A child may participate in activities and functions generally accepted as usual and normal for children of the child’s age group if permission is granted as follows: 1. If the activity by law requires a license, the agency or division that […]
§ 8-514 – Placement in foster homes
8-514. Placement in foster homes A. Subject to the provisions of section 8-514.01, the division or a licensed child welfare agency if so authorized in its license may place a child in a licensed foster home for care or for adoption. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the division or a licensed child welfare agency […]
§ 8-503.01 – Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing
8-503.01. Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing A. The division shall establish a children and family services training program fund consisting of monies received pursuant to sections 8-243.01 and 8-807. Subject to legislative appropriation, the fund monies shall be used to enhance the collection of monies owed the […]
§ 8-504 – Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection
8-504. Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection A. The division shall visit each child welfare agency and foster home and inspect the premises used for care of children for sanitation, fire and other actual and potential hazards. The division shall take action it deems necessary to carry out the duties imposed by this section including the […]
§ 8-505 – Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal
8-505. Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal A. The issuance of initial and renewal licenses for child welfare agencies shall be made by the division. B. A child welfare agency shall not receive any child for care or maintenance or for placement in a foster home unless the agency is licensed by the division. Application […]
§ 8-506 – Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing; exception
8-506. Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing; exception A. The division may deny the application or suspend or revoke the license of any foster home for wilful violation of any provision of this article or failure to maintain the standards of the care prescribed by the division. Written notice of the grounds […]
§ 8-506.01 – Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal
8-506.01. Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal The division may deny the application or suspend or revoke the license of any child welfare agency for the wilful violation of any provision of this article or for failure to maintain the standards of the care prescribed by the division. Written notice […]
§ 8-507 – Operation without license
8-507. Operation without license A. When the division has reason to believe that an agency or foster home is being conducted or maintained without a license, it shall make an investigation, and, if necessary, the division shall take action to prevent such continued operation. B. If an agency provides treatment or permits restrictive behavior techniques […]
§ 8-508 – Receipt of articles of incorporation
8-508. Receipt of articles of incorporation Before issuing a charter for the incorporation of any organization for the purpose of receiving children for care or for placement in foster homes, the corporation commission shall transmit a copy of the petition for incorporation, together with all information in its possession pertaining to the proposed corporation, to […]