16-1646. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ANNUAL REPORT. The state department of health and welfare shall submit an annual report regarding the foster care program to the germane standing committees of the legislature no later than ten (10) days following the start of each regular session. On or before February 15 of each year, the state department of health and welfare shall appear before the germane standing committees to present the report. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the number of children that are in the department’s legal custody pursuant to this chapter, the number of such children who have been placed in foster care, how many times such children have been moved to different foster care homes and the reasons for such moves, best practices in foster care, goals to improve the foster care system in Idaho to ensure best practices are adhered to, a description of progress made with regard to the previous year’s goals to improve the foster care system and any other information relating to foster care that the legislature requests. If a member of the legislature requests additional information between the time the report is received by the legislature and the time the department appears to present the report, then the department shall supplement its report to include such additional information.
History:
[(16-1646) 16-1644, added 2016, ch. 284, sec. 1, p. 784; am. and redesig. 2017, ch. 58, sec. 7, p. 104.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 16 - JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 16 - CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT
Section 16-1602 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 16-1603 - JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS.
Section 16-1604 - RETENTION OF JURISDICTION.
Section 16-1605 - REPORTING OF ABUSE, ABANDONMENT OR NEGLECT.
Section 16-1607 - REPORTING IN BAD FAITH — CIVIL DAMAGES.
Section 16-1608 - EMERGENCY REMOVAL.
Section 16-1609 - EMERGENCY REMOVAL — NOTICE.
Section 16-1612 - SERVICE OF SUMMONS — TRAVEL EXPENSES — NECESSARY WITNESSES.
Section 16-1613 - HEARINGS UNDER THE CHILD PROTECTIVE ACT.
Section 16-1615 - SHELTER CARE HEARING.
Section 16-1616 - INVESTIGATION.
Section 16-1617 - INVESTIGATION BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS.
Section 16-1618 - INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS OF ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE VICTIMS.
Section 16-1619 - ADJUDICATORY HEARING — CONDUCT OF HEARING — CONSOLIDATION.
Section 16-1619A - PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN A QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM.
Section 16-1620 - FINDING OF AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES — PERMANENCY PLAN — HEARING.
Section 16-1621 - CASE PLAN HEARING — NO FINDING OF AGGRAVATED CIRCUMSTANCES.
Section 16-1622 - REVIEW HEARINGS — STATUS HEARINGS — ANNUAL PERMANENCY HEARINGS.
Section 16-1623 - AMENDED DISPOSITION — REMOVAL DURING PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION.
Section 16-1624 - TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.
Section 16-1625 - APPEAL — EFFECT ON CUSTODY.
Section 16-1626 - COURT RECORDS.
Section 16-1627 - AUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.
Section 16-1628 - SUPPORT OF COMMITTED CHILD.
Section 16-1629 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Section 16-1630 - OTHER DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 16-1631 - AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT TO ACT.
Section 16-1632 - GUARDIAN AD LITEM COORDINATOR — DUTIES — ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 16-1633 - GUARDIAN AD LITEM — DUTIES.
Section 16-1634 - GUARDIAN AD LITEM — RIGHTS AND POWERS.
Section 16-1635 - IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Section 16-1636 - COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW.
Section 16-1638 - GUARDIAN AD LITEM ACCOUNT — CREATION.
Section 16-1639 - GUARDIAN AD LITEM GRANTS.
Section 16-1640 - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.
Section 16-1641 - CONSTRUCTION.
Section 16-1642 - SHORT TITLE.
Section 16-1643 - SEVERABILITY.
Section 16-1644 - LIMITATIONS ON CAREGIVER LIABILITY.
Section 16-1646 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 16-1647 - CITIZEN REVIEW PANELS — CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATIVE REVIEW PANEL.