(a) The Division of Corrections may establish a correctional center nursery in one or more of the correctional centers for women operated by the division. The program would allow eligible inmates and children born to them while in the custody of the division to reside together in the institution. In establishing this program, neither the […]
An inmate is eligible to participate in the Correctional Center Nursery Program if she is pregnant at the time she is delivered into the custody of the Division of Corrections; she gives birth on or after the date the program is implemented; and she and the child meet any other criteria established by the division. […]
To participate in the Correctional Center Nursery Program, each eligible inmate selected by the division shall agree in writing to: (1) Comply with any educational, counseling or other requirements established for the program by the Division of Corrections;
An inmate's participation in the Correctional Center Nursery Program may be terminated by the division if one of the following occurs: (a) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under section three of this article; (b) The inmate's child becomes seriously ill, cannot meet medical criteria established by the division for the […]
(a) The rights to support assigned by any inmate shall constitute an obligation of the person who is responsible for providing the support to the division for the support provided the inmate and child pursuant to the Correctional Center Nursery Program. The Bureau of Child Support Enforcement shall collect support payments made pursuant to the […]
The division shall obtain sufficient resources to initiate and maintain the Correctional Center Nursery Program if the program is established. The division may accept gifts, grants, property, funds, money, interest on investment of the fund, materials, labor, supplies or services from the United States of America or from any governmental unit or any person, foundation, […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, neither the Correctional Center Nursery Program nor the division, with respect to the program, is subject to any regulation, licensing or oversight by the Department of Health and Human Resources unless the division and the Department of Health and Human Resources agree to voluntary regulation, […]
