52-2-601. Establishment of substitute care for youth. The legislature, in recognition of the wide and varied needs of youth in need of care, delinquent youth, and youth in need of intervention of this state and of the desirability of meeting these needs on a community level to the fullest extent possible, establishes by this part a system of substitute care to provide facilities and services for youth placed out of their homes and establishes a program to provide those facilities and services through local nonprofit corporations, counties, and the department of public health and human services.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 465, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 609, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 434, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 182, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 550, L. 1997; Sec. 41-3-1101, MCA 1999; redes. 52-2-601 by Sec. 17(3)(d), Ch. 281, L. 2001.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 2. Children's Services
Part 6. Youth Residential Services
52-2-601. Establishment of substitute care for youth
52-2-603. Powers and duties of department
52-2-604. Transfer of custody to private agency -- reports
52-2-605. through 52-2-610 reserved
52-2-612. Debt to state by natural or adoptive parents -- limitations
52-2-613. through 52-2-615 reserved
52-2-616. Power of nonprofit corporations to establish homes and to receive facilities and funds
52-2-617. Governmental contracts with nonprofit organizations
52-2-618. through 52-2-620 reserved
52-2-622. Issuance of license -- authority of issuing agency -- rules
52-2-623. Penalty for failure to obtain license
52-2-624. through 52-2-626 reserved
52-2-628. Respite care providers -- recruitment, training, and employment -- qualifications