§49-2-1001. Purpose; Intent
Juvenile Offender Rehabilitation Act §49-2-1001. Purpose; intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the creation of all reasonable means and methods that can be established by a humane and enlightened state, solicitous of the welfare of its children, for the prevention of delinquency and for the care and rehabilitation of juvenile […]
§49-2-1002. Responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Resources and Division of Juvenile Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety; Programs and Services; Rehabilitation; Cooperative Agreements
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Division of Juvenile Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety shall establish programs and services designed to prevent juvenile delinquency, to divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system, to provide community-based alternatives to juvenile detention and correctional facilities and to encourage a […]
§49-2-1003. Rehabilitative Facilities for Status Offenders; Requirements; Educational Instruction
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall establish and maintain one or more rehabilitative facilities to be used exclusively for the lawful custody of status offenders. Each facility will be a nonsecure facility having as its purpose the rehabilitation of status offenders. The facility will have a bed capacity for not more than […]
§49-2-811. Abrogation of Privileged Communications; Exception
The privileged quality of communications between husband and wife and between any professional person and his or her patient or his or her client, except that between attorney and client, is hereby abrogated in situations involving suspected or known child abuse or neglect.
§49-2-812. Failure to Report; Penalty
(a) Any person, official or institution required by this article to report a case involving a child known or suspected to be abused or neglected, or required by section eight hundred nine of this article to forward a copy of a report of serious injury, who knowingly fails to do so or knowingly prevents another […]
§49-2-813. Statistical Index; Reports
The Department of Health and Human Resources shall maintain a statewide child abuse and neglect statistical index of all substantiated allegations of child abuse or neglect cases to include information contained in the reports required under this article and any other information considered appropriate by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources. […]
§49-2-814. Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children
(a) This section may be referred to as "Erin Merryn's Law". (b) The Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children is established. The task force consists of the following members: (1) The Chair of the West Virginia Senate Committee on Health and Human Resources, or his or her designee;
§49-2-901. Policy; Cooperation
of the Division of Juvenile Services §49-2-901. Policy; cooperation. (a) It is the policy of the state to: (1) Provide a coordinated continuum of care for its children who have been charged with an offense which would be a crime if committed by an adult, whether they are taken into custody and securely detained or […]
§49-2-902. Division of Juvenile Services; Transfer of Functions; Juvenile Placement
(a) The Division of Juvenile Services is created within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. The director shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and shall be responsible for the control and supervision of each of its offices. The director may appoint deputy directors and assign […]
§49-2-903. Powers and Duties; Comprehensive Strategy; Cooperation
The Division of Juvenile Services has the following duties as to juveniles in detention facilities or juvenile corrections facilities: (1) Cooperating with the United States Department of Justice in operating, maintaining and improving juvenile correction facilities and predispositional detention centers, complying with regulations thereof, and receiving and expending federal funds for the services;