26-8D-3. Treatment for juvenile system involved youth.
The Department of Social Services may provide for and implement treatment for juvenile system involved youth. The Department of Social Services, in coordination with the Department of Corrections and Unified Judicial System, shall identify community-based treatment to be made available to juveniles with justice system involvement based on the needs of the youth. The Unified Judicial System and the Department of Corrections shall annually provide aggregated risk factor data to the Department of Social Services. Any treatment identified for implementation shall be quality assured and shown through research or documented evidence to reduce recidivism and other juvenile risk factors.
In cooperation with the Department of Corrections and the Unified Judicial System, the Department of Social Services shall establish a juvenile treatment referral process incorporating a risk and needs assessment tool for use by the Unified Judicial System and Department of Corrections, and supplemental mental health and substance abuse screening tools.
The Department of Corrections and Unified Judicial System shall use a validated risk and needs assessment, and either a mental health or substance abuse assessment, or both, if the risk and needs assessment indicates a mental health or substance abuse issue, to guide referrals to interventions identified under this section, consistent with the process established by the Department of Social Services.
Source: SL 2015, ch 152, ยง6.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 08D - Juvenile Justice Public Safety Improvement
Section 26-8D-1 - Definitions.
Section 26-8D-2 - Fiscal incentive program for diversion opportunities--Requirements.
Section 26-8D-3 - Treatment for juvenile system involved youth.
Section 26-8D-4 - Collection and report of treatment program referral and completion data.
Section 26-8D-6 - Report of evaluation and recommendations.
Section 26-8D-7 - Juvenile Justice Oversight Council established.
Section 26-8D-8 - Council members.
Section 26-8D-9 - Council meetings--Tasks.
Section 26-8D-10 - Community response teams--Confidentiality of records.
Section 26-8D-11 - Promulgation of rules regarding community response teams.
Section 26-8D-13 - Recipients of community services--Liability.
Section 26-8D-14 - Findings of fact and conclusions of law justifying need for extended detention.
Section 26-8D-15 - Unified Judicial System semiannual report to oversight council--Contents.
Section 26-8D-16 - Unified Judicial System semiannual report to oversight council on probation.
Section 26-8D-19 - Department of Corrections semiannual report to oversight council--Contents.
Section 26-8D-20 - Department of Corrections semiannual report to oversight council on aftercare.
Section 26-8D-21 - Juvenile justice detention cost-sharing fund created.
Section 26-8D-22 - Participating and nonparticipating counties.