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, […]
Section 29-2-101 Oversight Committee – Created; members; meetings. There is created a Permanent Joint Legislative Oversight Committee of Children in State Care. The committee shall consist of three members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. The committee shall […]
Section 29-2-102 Oversight Committee – Assistance; compensation; expenses. The Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Legislative Reference Service, the Legislative Fiscal Office, the Examiners of Public Accounts and the council created pursuant to Section 29–2–105 shall provide any assistance as may be necessary at the committee’s request. Each member […]
Section 29-2-103 Oversight committee – Duties. It shall be the duty of the committee to study and review the criteria for placing and keeping children in state care, to review the criteria for selection of child care providers by state agencies, to review the minimum base pay and distribution of funds for providers, to identify […]
Section 29-2-104 Report to Legislature. The committee shall report any findings and recommendations to the Legislature no later than the seventh legislative day of each regular session. (Act 98-612, p. 1347, §5.)
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council – Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee of each department of state government that administers services to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the […]
Section 29-2-106 State Case Registry of Children in State Care. (a) The Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services shall create a joint project team to develop a requirements analysis and conceptual design for maintaining a central repository of case information within 12 months of May 6, […]
Section 29-2-107 Disclosure of information; violation. (a) All records, reports, permanency plans, reviews, and reports of children in state care or any material prepared in connection with the planning, placement, or care of a child in the care or custody of a state agency shall not be a public record and shall be disclosed only […]
