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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 38, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, by adding an appropriately numbered section to read:
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(DSS: Out-of-Home Child Placement data) From the
funds appropriated to the Department of Social Services (DSS),
DSS shall submit reports to the House Judiciary Committee and
Senate Judiciary Committee detailing:
(A)(1)
the monthly total number of reports of suspected child
abuse or neglect resulting in execution of a safety plan (safety
plan cases) as part of which DSS places the child with a
relative or another person pursuant to Section 63-7-690 or
otherwise outside of the home without taking legal custody of
the child;
(2)
the monthly total number of child abuse
or neglect determinations made as provided for in Section
63-7-920:
(a)
within forty-five days after receipt of
the report;
(b)
between forty-six and sixty days after
receipt of the report; and
(c)
more than sixty days after receipt of the
report;
(3)
the monthly total number of reports of
suspected child abuse or neglect in which a determination has
not been made within sixty days of receipt of the report;
(4)
the monthly total number of children
residing with a relative or another person for more than sixty
days as part of a safety plan;
(5)
the monthly total number of safety plan
cases in which DSS:
(a)
returns the child to the home with
services;
(b)
returns the child to the home without
services;
(c)
removes custody of the child from the
relative or another person with whom the child has been
placed;
(d)
files a removal petition pursuant to
Section 63-7-1660; or
(e)
files an intervention petition pursuant to Section
63-7-1650;
(6)
the monthly total number of safety plan
cases in which DSS executes a family preservation treatment plan
within thirty days after indicating a report of child abuse or
neglect;
(7)
the monthly total number of safety plan
cases in which DSS executes a family preservation treatment plan
within ninety days after placement of a child with a relative or
another person outside of the home as part of the safety plan;
(8)
the monthly total number of family
preservation cases that have undergone a status review after
nine months pursuant to DSS policy;
(9)
the monthly total number of family
preservation cases that have not undergone a status review after
nine months pursuant to DSS policy;
(10)
the monthly total number of family
preservation cases in which DSS files an intervention petition
pursuant to Section 63-7-1650; and
(11)
the monthly total number of family
preservation cases in which DSS files a removal petition
pursuant to Section 63-7-1660.
(B)
DSS shall provide the reports pursuant to the following
schedule:
(1)
July 31, 2015, for the quarter ending
June 30, 2015;
(2)
October 31, 2015, for the quarter ending
September 30, 2015;
(3)
January 31, 2016, for the quarter ending
December 31, 2015; and
(4)
April 30, 2016, for the quarter ending
March 31, 2016.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.