§346-1 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, when used in this chapter: “Abused or neglected” means subjected to “harm”, “imminent harm”, or “threatened harm” as defined in section 587A-4. “Adoption assistance” means the provision of one or more of the following to enable the adoption of children with special needs: (1) Monetary […]
§346-1.7 REPEALED. L 2012, c 178, §7.
§346-10 Protection of records; divulging confidential information prohibited. (a) The department and its agents shall keep records that may be necessary or proper in accordance with this chapter. All applications and records concerning any applicant or recipient shall be confidential. The use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients shall be limited to: (1) […]
§346-11 Unauthorized disclosure or inspection. Any person, including any person acquiring information through inspection permitted the person or another under section 346-10, who, knowing the information to have been acquired from the confidential records or files of the department of human services, intentionally divulges the same other than as authorized by law, or who intentionally […]
§346-12 Hearing. An applicant or recipient, deeming oneself aggrieved, shall be entitled to appeal to the director in the manner prescribed by department rules and shall be afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing at which all of the evidence presented by the parties, to the extent allowed by chapter 91, shall be considered […]
§346-13 Attendance and testimony of witnesses. (a) In all hearings or investigations conducted by or initiated at the request of the director of human services or the director’s designated subordinate with respect to all matters reasonably related to department functions and programs, the director or the director’s designated subordinate shall have the same powers respecting […]
§346-14 Duties generally. Except as otherwise provided by law, the department of human services shall: (1) Establish and administer programs and standards, and adopt rules as deemed necessary for all public assistance programs; (2) Establish, extend, and strengthen services for the protection and care of abused or neglected children and children in danger of becoming […]
§346-14.3 Guiding principles to be used by state agencies when dealing with children of incarcerated parents. The guiding principles to be used by the state agencies when dealing with children of incarcerated parents shall be as follows: (1) Children should be treated with respect and dignity at all times; (2) The children’s safety and care […]
§346-14.5 Financial assistance advisory council; established. (a) There is created within the department for administrative purposes the financial assistance advisory council. The financial assistance advisory council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the director. The members of the financial assistance advisory council shall serve at the pleasure of the director and without compensation. […]
§346-15 Death benefits for deceased medical or financial assistance recipients and disposition of unclaimed dead human bodies. (a) Where the decedent was a medical assistance or financial assistance recipient at the time of death and is ineligible for the Social Security Administration’s one-time lump-sum death benefit, the department may issue a lump-sum death benefit in […]
§346-16 Definitions. (a) As used in this chapter: “Child caring institution” means any institution other than an institution of the State, maintained for the purpose of receiving six or more minor children for care and maintenance, not of common parents, apart from their parents or guardians on a twenty-four hour basis for monetary payment. This […]
§346-17 Child placing organizations, child caring institutions, and resource family homes; authority over, investigation of, and standards for. (a) No child placing organization shall engage in the investigation, placement, and supervision of minor children in foster care unless it meets the standards of conditions, management, and competence set by the department of human services. (b) […]
§346-17.2 Health assessment. The department shall ensure the provision of a comprehensive health assessment for each child in out-of-home placement forty-five days before or after an initial placement. [L 2010, c 135, pt of §2]
§346-17.3 Motor vehicle insurance. The parents of a child under foster care who has obtained a driver’s license shall pay the costs of the child’s motor vehicle insurance, unless the court determines the parents to be financially unable to pay the costs, in which case the child’s insurance costs shall be paid pursuant to sections […]
§346-17.4 Higher education stipends for students. (a) An eligible former foster youth shall be eligible for a higher education stipend after reaching the age of majority, and the higher education stipend for that former foster youth shall be paid to an intermediary contracted by the department, to the former foster youth, or to the former […]
§346-17.5 Federal aid to children in foster care. (a) Beginning October 1, 1983, not more than forty per cent of the total number of children for whom maintenance is provided pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act may have been in foster care for more than twenty-four months. (b) Commencing […]
§346-17.6 Consent to no cost emergency shelter and related services. (a) A provider may provide no cost emergency shelter and related services to a consenting minor if the provider reasonably believes that: (1) The minor understands the significant benefits, responsibilities, risks, and limits of the shelter and services and can communicate an informed consent; (2) […]
§ §346-18 to 346-19.5 REPEALED. L 1985, c 208, §4.
§346-19.6 REPEALED. L 2003, c 95, §9(3).
§346-19.7 Prospective adoptive parents; standards and home studies. (a) The department shall develop standards to ensure the reputable and responsible character of prospective adoptive parents as defined in this chapter. (b) The department shall develop procedures for obtaining verifiable information regarding the criminal history and child abuse and neglect registry information of persons who are […]
