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SB 1506 Comprehensive Services Act Program; judicial assignment of services for children.

Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Comprehensive Services Program; judicial assignment of services for children.  Provides that in cases of judicial assignment of services for children under the Comprehensive Services Program where a party requests a level of service not identified or recommended in the report submitted to the court by the family assessment and planning team, the court shall request the community policy and management team to submit a second report characterizing comparable levels of service to the requested level of service. 

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Comprehensive Services Program; judicial assignment of children.  Provides that in cases of judicial assignment of children to the Comprehensive Services Program the court shall consider (i) the recommendations of the family assessment and planning team and the community policy and management team and (ii) if the cost of any services ordered may exceed the average cost for that category of services, as reported on the publicly accessible website of the Office of Comprehensive Services, the recommendations of the local governing body that will be responsible for the local match portion of the cost of the services. This bill also provides that services ordered shall be limited to services approved by the community policy and management team of the locality that will be responsible for the cost of services rendered pursuant to the order.