County payment of costs for juvenile services.

WORKING DRAFT
2010
STATE OF
WYOMING
10LSO-0279

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0055

County payment of costs for juvenile

s
ervices
.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Sessions

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
juvenile services; requiring payment of specified services
for juveniles under the Juvenile Justice Act and the Children in Need of Supervision Act
by boards of county commissioners when certain conditions are present; providing for release from the requirement when the specified conditions are no longer present;
and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

W.S. 14
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6
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235 by creating new subsection
s
(e)
and (f)
and
14
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435 by creating new subsection
s
(c)
and (d)
are amended to read:

14
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6
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235.

Fees, costs and expenses.

(
e
)

Any costs
for any services
that would
otherwise
be paid by the state for juveniles

under this act shall be paid by the board of county commissioners
of the county where the proceedings under this act are held

as follows
:

(i)

In those counties where the number of juveniles
removed from their homes and placed in the custody of the department
under this act in
the pre
c
eding
twelve (12) month
s
is ten (10)
or fewer,
and at least t
wo
(
2
) of those
juveniles returned home and subsequently
were placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department
,

t
he services that shall be paid by the board of county
commissioners
shall include a
ll
costs that would otherwise be paid by the state
for
each
such
juvenile who
returned home and
was
subsequently placed in the custody of the department
under this act
within twelve (12) months after being released from the custody of the department
.

The costs the board of county commissioners shall be required to pay under this subsection

shall
not include any costs that the
juvenile
's parents or any other person who may be legally obligated to support the
juvenile
would be required to pay
;

(ii)

In those counties where the number of juveniles
removed from their homes and placed in the custody of the department
under this act in the preceding twelve (12) months is more than ten (10), and
the
percentage
of
those
juveniles
who

returned home and subsequently were placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department
is equal to or exceeds twenty percent (20%)
, the services that shall be paid by the board of county commissioners shall include all costs that would otherwise be paid by the state for
each

such
juvenile who
returned home and was subsequently placed in the custody of the department under this act within twelve (12) months after being released from the custody of the department
. The costs the board of county commissioners shall be required to pay under this subsection shall
not include any costs that the
juvenile
's parents or any other person who may be legally obligated to support the
juvenile
would be required to pay.

(f)

Costs for services that are paid by the county under subsection (e) of this section shall cease when statistics compiled by the department show that the rate of
juveniles
within the county
who returned home after being
placed
in the custody of the department
under this act
, and who were again placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department,
does not meet the criteria specified in paragraph (e)(i) or (ii) of this section.

14
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6
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435.

Ordering payment for support and treatment of child; how paid; enforcement.

(
c
)

Any costs for any services that would otherwise be paid by the state for children under this act shall be paid by the board of county commissioners of the county where the proceedings under this act are held
as follows
:

(i)

In those counties where the number of children
removed from their homes and placed in the custody of the department
under this act in the preceding twelve (12) months is ten (10) or fewer, and at least t
wo
(
2
) of those children
returned home and subsequently were placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department
,
the services that shall be paid by the board of county commissioners shall include all costs that would otherwise be paid by the state for
each

such
child who
returned home and was subsequently placed in the custody of the department under this act within twelve (12) months after being released from the custody of the department
. The costs the board of county commissioners shall be required to pay under this subsection shall not include any costs that the child's parents or any other person who may be legally obligated to support the child would be required to pay
;

(ii)

In those counties where the number of children
removed from their homes and placed in the custody of the department
under this act in the preceding twelve (12) months is more than ten (10), and the percentage of those children
who returned home and subsequently were placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department is equal to or exceeds twenty percent (20%)
,
the services that shall be paid by the board of county commissioners shall include all costs that would otherwise be paid by the state
for each
such
child who
returned home and was subsequently placed in the custody of the department under this act within twelve (12) months after being released from the custody of the department
.

The costs the board of county commissioners shall be required to pay under this subsection shall not include any costs that the child's parents or any other person who may be legally obligated to support the child would be required to pay.

(
d
)

Costs for services that are paid by the county under subsection (
c
) of this section shall cease when
statistics compiled by the department show that
the rate of children within the county
who returned home after being placed in

the custody of the department
under this act
, and who were again placed in the custody of the department within twelve
(12)
months after their initial release from the custody of the department,
does not meet the criteria specified in
paragraph (
c
)(i) or (ii) of this section
.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 20
10
.

(END)

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