HB0235 Child protection-case planning. | Wyoming Bill

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Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0235
Drafter:

JHR

LSO No.:
09LSO-0451
Effective Date:

7/1/2009

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0047

Chapter No.:
70

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Mercer

Catch Title:
Child
protection-case planning.

Subject:
Specifies new duties of multidisciplinary teams
in child protection and delinquency cases.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill:

o

Requires that members of the
multidisciplinary team (MDT) in a child protection or a delinquency case
receive a summary with specified information from the Department of Family
Services before the first MDT meeting;

o

Requires the MDT to formulate
reasonable and attainable goals and objectives for parents to meet to effect
the return of the child to the home or to close the case;

o

Requires the submission of a
summary to MDT members and the court after each MDT meeting describing the
recommendations of the goals and objectives decided upon at the meeting and a
detailed explanation of any changes to the goals and objectives previously
established;

o

Authorizes the court to require
the parents or guardian to attend classes designed to address problems that
contributed to the adjudication.

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0235

ENROLLED ACT NO. 47, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2009 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
child
protection
;
specifying new duties of a multidisciplinary team in child protection cases; requiring case planning focused on returning the child to the home or closing a child abuse or neglect case;
specifying applicability of the act;

and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
427(e) and (f)
,
14
‑
3
‑
429(d)(iii)
, 14
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6
‑
227(e) and (f) and 14
‑
6
‑
427(e) and (f)
are amended to read:

14
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3
‑
427.

Predisposition studies and reports.

(e)

The multidisciplinary team shall review the child's personal and family history, school records, mental health records and department of family services records and any other pertinent information, for the purpose of making case planning recommendations. To the extent appropriate, the team shall involve the child in the development of the recommendations.

(f)

recommendations to the court with respect to the
goals or objectives in the plan to effect the return of the child to the home or to close the case.

In formulating recommendations, the multidisciplinary team shall give consideration to the best interest of the child, the best interest of the family, the most appropriate and least restrictive case planning options available as well as costs of care.

After each multidisciplinary team meeting, the coordinator shall prepare for submission to each member of the team and to the court a summary of the multidisciplinary team meeting specifically describing the
recommendations for the

court
and the goals and objectives
which

should be met
to return the child to the home or to close the case. If the
recommendations for the
case
plan ha
ve
been changed, the summary shall include a detailed explanation of the change in the
recommendations
and the reasons for the change.

14
‑
3
‑
429.

Decree where child adjudged neglected; dispositions; terms and conditions; legal custody.

(d)

As a part of any order of disposition and the terms and conditions thereof, the court may:

(iii)

Require the child's parents or guardian to attend a parenting class or other appropriate education or treatment

designed to address problems which contributed to the adjudication
and to pay all or part of the cost of the class, education or treatment in accordance with the court's determination of their ability to pay.

14
‑
6
‑
227.

Predisposition studies and reports.

(e)

The multidisciplinary team shall, as quickly as reasonably possible, review the child's personal and family history, school, mental health and department of family services records and any other pertinent information, for the purpose of making sanction recommendations. The team shall involve the child in the development of recommendations to the extent appropriate.

(f)

The multidisciplinary team shall formulate written recommendations consistent with the purposes of this act.
After each multidisciplinary team meeting, the coordinator shall prepare for submission to each member of the team and to the court a summary of the multidisciplinary team meeting specifically describing the recommendations for the court and the goals and objectives which should be met to return the child to the home or to close the case
, or until ordered by the court in termination proceedings
. If the recommendations for the case plan have been changed, the summary shall include a detailed explanation of the change in the recommendations and the reasons for the change.

14
‑
6
‑
427.

Predisposition studies and reports.

(e)

Before the first multidisciplinary team meeting, the department of family services shall provide each member of the multidisciplinary team with a brief summary of the case detailing the allegations in the petition that have been adjudicated, if any.
The multidisciplinary team shall, as quickly as reasonably possible, review the child's personal and family history, school, mental health and department of family services records and any other pertinent information, for the purpose of making case planning recommendations. The team shall involve the child in the development of recommendations to the extent appropriate.

(f)

At the first multidisciplinary team meeting, the team shall formulate reasonable and attainable recommendations for the court outlining the goals or objectives the parents should be required to meet for the child to be returned to the home or for the case to be closed. At each subsequent meeting, the multidisciplinary team shall review the progress of the parents and the child, and shall reevaluate the plan ordered by the court. For cause, which shall be set forth with specificity, the multidisciplinary team may adjust its recommendations to the court with respect to the goals or objectives in the plan to effect the return of the child to the home or to close the case, or until ordered by the court in termination proceedings.
In formulating recommendations, the multidisciplinary team shall give consideration to the best interest of the child, the best interest of the family, the most appropriate and least restrictive case planning options available as well as costs of care.
After each multidisciplinary team meeting, the coordinator shall prepare for submission to each member of the team and to the court a summary of the multidisciplinary team meeting specifically describing the recommendations for the court and the goals and objectives which should be met to return the child to the home or to close the case
, or until ordered by the court in termination proceedings
. If the recommendations for the case plan have been changed, the summary shall include a detailed explanation of the change in the recommendations and the reasons for the change.

Section 2.

The provisions of W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
427(e) and (f)
,
14
‑
3
‑
429(d),
14-6-227(e) and (f) and 14-6-427(e) and (f)
as amended by section 1 of this act, shall apply to child protection cases in which a petition was filed under W.S. 14
‑
3
‑
412
, 14
‑
6
‑
212 or 14
‑
6
‑
412
on or after July 1, 2009.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2009.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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