A. When the legal custody of a child or the placement and care responsibility of an eligible adult is vested in a public agency, under the provisions of the Children's Code, the public agency may transfer physical custody of the child or the eligible adult to an appropriate private agency and may purchase care and treatment from the private agency if the private agency submits periodic reports to the public agency covering the care and treatment the child or eligible adult is receiving and the child's or eligible adult's responses to that care and treatment. These reports shall be made as frequently as the public agency deems necessary, but not less often than once each six months for each child or eligible adult. The private agency shall also afford an opportunity for a representative of the public agency to examine or consult with the child or eligible adult as frequently as the public agency deems necessary.
B. As used in this section, "eligible adult" means an individual who meets the eligibility criteria for participation in the fostering connections program established pursuant to the Fostering Connections Act.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-1-20, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 29; 2019, ch. 149, § 12.
The 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, authorized a public agency, which has the care responsibility of an eligible adult, to purchase care and treatment for that eligible adult from a private agency; added new subsection designation "A."; in Subsection A, after "custody of a child", added "or the placement and care responsibility of an eligible adult", after "physical custody of the child", added "or the eligible adult", after "treatment the child", added "or eligible adult", after "and the child's", added "or eligible adult", after "six months for each child", added "or eligible adult", and after "consult with the child", added "or the eligible adult"; and added Subsection B.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Article 1 - General Provisions
Section 32A-1-1 - Short title.
Section 32A-1-2 - Short title; scope.
Section 32A-1-3 - Purpose of act.
Section 32A-1-4 - Definitions.
Section 32A-1-5 - Children's court established as division of district court; transfer.
Section 32A-1-6 - Children's court attorney.
Section 32A-1-7 - Guardian ad litem; powers and duties.
Section 32A-1-7.1 - Child's attorney; powers and duties.
Section 32A-1-8 - Jurisdiction of the court; tribal court jurisdiction.
Section 32A-1-9 - Venue and transfer.
Section 32A-1-10 - Petition; who may sign.
Section 32A-1-11 - Petition; form and content.
Section 32A-1-12 - Summons; issuance and content; waiver of service.
Section 32A-1-13 - Summons; service.
Section 32A-1-14 - Notice to Indian tribes.
Section 32A-1-15 - Release or delivery from custody.
Section 32A-1-16 - Basic rights.
Section 32A-1-18 - Procedural matters.
Section 32A-1-19 - Court costs and expenses.
Section 32A-1-20 - Purchase of care from private agency by public agency.
Section 32A-1-21 - Runaway child; law enforcement; permitted acts.