§ 42-72-1. Establishment of department — Director. (a) There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of children, youth, and families. (b) The head of the department shall be the director of children, youth, and families, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of […]
§ 42-72-10. Development of service plan. (a) A written service plan for care and treatment shall be prepared for each child under the department’s supervision. The service plan shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of the needs of each child together with the proposed treatment and placement. The service plan for treatment […]
§ 42-72-11. Protective services. In furtherance of the purposes and duties imposed by this chapter, and in order to implement the procedures of the Rhode Island Child Abuse and Neglect Act contained in chapter 11 of title 40, the department shall provide protective services for children. The department shall: (1) In cases in which reasonable […]
§ 42-72-12. Repealed.
§ 42-72-13. Liability for support of committed children. (a) The department, within available appropriations, shall pay for the support and maintenance of any child in residence, in any of the department’s institutions or facilities or in transit from one institution or facility to another, whether public or private, under a purchase of services agreement. Nothing […]
§ 42-72-14. Voluntary admissions. (a) The director may, in his or her discretion, admit to the department on a voluntary basis any child who, in his or her opinion, could benefit from any of the services offered in foster care or residential facilities administered by or under contract with, or otherwise available to, the department. […]
§ 42-72-15. Children’s bill of rights. (a) No child placed or treated under the supervision of the department in any public or private facility shall be deprived of any personal property or civil rights, except in accordance with due process. (b) Each child placed or treated under the supervision of the department in any public […]
§ 42-72-16. Transfer of powers from department of human services. There are hereby transferred to the director of children, youth, and families: (1) Those functions of the department of human services which were administered through or with respect to the division of community services to include generally and specifically the administration of child welfare services […]
§ 42-72-17. Transfer of functions from department of corrections. There are transferred to the director of children, youth, and families: (1) Those functions of the department of corrections which were administered through or with respect to the division of youth services and the division of field services to include generally and specifically juvenile diagnostic service: […]
§ 42-72-17.1. Location of facilities. No facility or portion of a facility of the “Rhode Island Training School for Youth” shall be located on any portion of the property within the city of Cranston known as the John O. Pastore Center as described in § 22-7.4-34 which is south of Howard Avenue, so called. History […]
§ 42-72-17.2. Limits to population at the youth development center and the youth assessment center. (a) The Rhode Island training school shall consist of a youth development center, a youth assessment center and a female correctional treatment facility. The youth development center and the youth assessment center shall not exceed a maximum daily capacity of […]
§ 42-72-18. Transfer of functions from department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals. There are transferred to the director of the department of children, youth, and families: (1) Those children and youth functions and services of the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals administered through or with respect to the division of […]
§ 42-72-19. Transfer of functions from department of community affairs. There are transferred to the director of children, youth, and families: (1) Those functions of the department of community affairs which were administered through or with respect to the division of youth development and of all officers, employees, agencies, advisory councils, committees, and commissions relating […]
§ 42-72-2. Declaration of policy. The state finds and declares: (1) That parents have the primary responsibility for meeting the needs of their children, and the state has an obligation to help them discharge this responsibility or to assume this responsibility when parents are unable to do so; (2) That the state has a basic […]
§ 42-72-20. Transfer determinations. (a) The director of administration, with the approval of the governor, shall make the conclusive determination of the number of positions, personnel, property, records, and appropriation balances, allocations and other funds of the department of human services, department of corrections, department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, and department of […]
§ 42-72-21. Continuity of administrative functions. In order to insure continuity of the administrative business of the state, the actual transfer of functions, or any part thereof, to the department of children, youth, and families from the department of human services, department of corrections, department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals, and department of […]
§ 42-72-22. Reorganization within department. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any division or unit or agency within the department of children, youth, and families, however entitled or described, may at any time be reorganized, divided, consolidated, abolished, or otherwise reconstituted by the director, with the approval of the governor, as may be desirable for […]
§ 42-72-23. Preservation of rights and remedies. The abolition of any department or transfer of any function as provided in this chapter shall not impair the obligation of any contract or agreement nor abate any suit, action or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or officer of the state […]
§ 42-72-24. Law revision by law revision office of the joint committee on legislative services. All general and public laws affected by this chapter shall be revised, amended, consolidated and conformed by the law revision office of the joint committee on legislative services. Wherever in general and public laws reference is made to the functions […]
§ 42-72-25. Relations with other governmental agencies. The department is authorized to cooperate with the appropriate agencies of the federal government, this state or other states, and regional and local agencies in the planning, design and implementation of any programs and facilities necessary to implement this chapter. The department is authorized to apply for and […]
