Article 1. General Provisions

Sec 8-451. Department; purpose

Sec 8-452. Director; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Sec 8-453. Powers and duties

Sec 8-454. Department organization

Sec 8-455. Centralized intake hotline; purposes; report of possible crime; report for investigation; risk assessment tools; access to information; public awareness; definition

Sec 8-456. Investigative function; training; criminal offenses; definition

Sec 8-457. Service coordination function

Sec 8-458. Inspections bureau; monitoring and evaluation; quality assurance process

Sec 8-459. Community advisory committee; duties; membership

Sec 8-460. Acquisition of lands and buildings; lease-purchase agreements; lease or sublease of lands or buildings

Sec 8-461. Child safety collections; fund; definition

Sec 8-462. Housing assistance

Sec 8-463. Department of child safety employees; fingerprint requirement

Sec 8-464. Electronic communication by department

Sec 8-465. Auditor general; department audit team; duties

Article 2. Criminal Conduct Allegation Investigations

Sec 8-471. Office of child welfare investigations; training; responsibilities; annual report

Article 3. Healthy Families Program

Sec 8-481. Healthy families program; administration; consent; access to records

Article 4. Child Welfare and Placement

Sec 8-501. Definitions

Sec 8-502. Foster parent and child welfare agency information; confidentiality; permissible disclosure; use; violation; classification; definitions

Sec 8-503. Powers and duties

Sec 8-503.01. Children and family services training program fund; purposes; status report; exemption from lapsing

Sec 8-504. Sanitation, fire and hazard inspection

Sec 8-505. Issuance of licenses; application; investigation; renewal

Sec 8-506. Denial, suspension or revocation of license; foster home; hearing

Sec 8-506.01. Denial, suspension, revocation or change of license; child welfare agency; appeal

Sec 8-507. Operation without license

Sec 8-508. Receipt of articles of incorporation

Sec 8-509. Licensing of foster homes; renewal of license; provisional license; exemption from licensure; immunization requirements

Sec 8-510. Acceptance of children by agency

Sec 8-511. Short-term caregiver

Sec 8-512. Comprehensive medical and dental care; guidelines

Sec 8-513. Participation in activities; contact with relatives; placement with siblings

Sec 8-514. Placement in foster homes

Sec 8-514.01. Placement of children with developmental disabilities

Sec 8-514.02. Placement with parent or relative

Sec 8-514.03. Kinship foster care; requirements; investigation; report

Sec 8-514.04. Kinship care program; requirements

Sec 8-514.05. Foster care provider access to child health information; consent to treatment

Sec 8-515. Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders

Sec 8-515.01. Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings

Sec 8-515.02. Case assignment; distribution of records

Sec 8-515.03. Duties of local foster care review boards

Sec 8-515.04. State foster care review board; members; personnel; training programs; compensation

Sec 8-515.05. Removal of child from foster parent's home; requirements; notification; review

Sec 8-516. Supervision of foster homes; reports; review of file; progress report

Sec 8-517. Withdrawal from foster home

Sec 8-518. Central registry; change of address; marital status

Sec 8-519. Records and reports

Sec 8-520. Violations; classification

Sec 8-521. Independent living program; conditions; eligibility; rules; case management unit; reports

Sec 8-521.01. Transitional independent living program

Sec 8-522. Dependency actions; special advocate; appointment; duties; immunity

Sec 8-523. Special advocate program

Sec 8-524. Special advocate fund

Sec 8-525. Open court proceedings; closure; records

Sec 8-526. Child welfare; reporting requirements

Sec 8-527. Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities

Sec 8-527. Children in out-of-home care; noninterference with regular school activities

Sec 8-528. Newborn infants left with safe haven providers; placement protocol; definitions

Sec 8-529. Children in foster care; rights

Sec 8-530. Foster parents; rights

Article 5. Termination of Parent-Child Relationship

Sec 8-531. Definitions

Sec 8-531.01. Prohibition

Sec 8-532. Jurisdiction; dependency based termination

Sec 8-533. Petition; who may file; grounds

Sec 8-534. Contents of petition

Sec 8-535. Notice of initial hearing; waiver; guardian ad litem

Sec 8-536. Social study before disposition; contents

Sec 8-537. Termination adjudication hearing

Sec 8-538. Court order; form; contents

Sec 8-539. Effect of court order

Sec 8-540. Court costs

Sec 8-541. Records; disclosure; exception

Sec 8-542. Confidentiality of information; violation; classification

Sec 8-543. Sibling information exchange program; definition

Sec 8-544. Termination decrees of other states

Article 6. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children

Sec 8-548. Enactment of compact; terms

Sec 8-548.01. Financial responsibility

Sec 8-548.02. Interstate compact administrator

Sec 8-548.03. Supplementary agreements

Sec 8-548.04. Financial arrangements

Sec 8-548.05. Visitation, inspection and supervision

Sec 8-548.06. Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers

Article 7. Funding of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Programs

Sec 8-550.01. Child abuse prevention fund; purpose; definition

Article 8. Dependent Children

Sec 8-801. Definitions

Sec 8-802. Child safety worker; fingerprint clearance cards; interview requirements; temporary custody limit; cooperation and coordination; alteration of files; violation; classification

Sec 8-803. Limitation of authority; duty to inform

Sec 8-804. Central registry; notification

Sec 8-804.01. Maintenance of reports; records

Sec 8-805. Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communications

Sec 8-806. Voluntary placement; conditions; notice of placement; time limit; rules

Sec 8-807. DCS information; public record; use; confidentiality; violation; classification; definition

Sec 8-807.01. Incidents involving fatality or near fatality; definition

Sec 8-808. Parent assistance program

Sec 8-810. Missing children; notification; entry into databases

Sec 8-811. Hearing process; definitions

Sec 8-812. Child safety expedited substance abuse treatment fund

Sec 8-813. Preplacement investigation; medical examination; disposition

Sec 8-814. Permanent guardianship subsidy; offsets; discontinuation; annual review; appeals; definition

Sec 8-815. Indian child welfare act; inquiry

Sec 8-816. Family builders program; services; program termination; definitions

Sec 8-817. Initial screening and safety assessment and investigation protocols

Sec 8-818. Child safety services; financial and program accountability

Sec 8-819. Determination of neglect

Article 9. Removal of Child

Sec 8-821. Taking into temporary custody; medical examination; placement; interference; violation; classification

Sec 8-822. Removal of child from home; rules and policies; approval; definition

Sec 8-823. Notice of taking into temporary custody

Sec 8-824. Preliminary protective hearing; probable cause; appointment of counsel

Sec 8-825. Court determinations in preliminary protective hearing

Sec 8-826. Further hearings and proceedings

Sec 8-829. Judicial determinations; timing; documentation

Sec 8-830. Residential drug treatment center; services; program termination; definitions

Article 10. Dependency Determination and Disposition

Sec 8-841. Dependency petition; service; preliminary orders

Sec 8-842. Initial dependency and dependency adjudication hearings; deadlines

Sec 8-843. Initial dependency hearing; rights

Sec 8-844. Dependency adjudication hearing; settlement conference or mediation

Sec 8-845. Disposition hearing

Sec 8-846. Services provided to the child and family

Sec 8-847. Periodic review hearings

Article 11. Permanency Determination

Sec 8-861. Return of child

Sec 8-862. Permanency hearing

Sec 8-863. Hearing to terminate parental rights; notice; grounds

Sec 8-864. Timing of motions and hearings; consolidation of hearings

Article 12. Permanent Guardianship

Sec 8-871. Permanent guardianship of a child

Sec 8-872. Permanent guardianship; procedure

Sec 8-873. Revocation of permanent guardianship

Sec 8-874. Appointment of successor permanent guardian

Article 13. Substance Abuse Treatment Assistance

Sec 8-881. Coordination of substance abuse treatment; contracting for services; joint substance abuse treatment fund

Sec 8-882. Program development

Sec 8-883. Requirements for contractors

Sec 8-884. Evaluation of community programs

Article 14. In-Home Intervention

Sec 8-891. In-home intervention

Sec 8-892. Compliance