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Sub. S. B. No. 27As Reported by the Senate Judiciary--Civil Justice CommitteeAs Reported by the Senate Judiciary--Civil Justice Committee
124th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2001-2002 |
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SENATORS Mumper, Jacobson, Blessing
A BILL
To amend sections 2151.36, 2151.62, 2152.72,
3107.013, and 3107.12, and to enact sections
2151.361 and 3107.017 of the Revised Code to
modify the law regarding child support for a
child
who is adopted by foster parents, to modify the
law regarding the information
that must be
provided to prospective adoptive
parents about a
prospective adoptive child's
background, to
require a psychological examination of certain
prospective adoptive children, to extend the
permissible time period between psychological
exams for certain prospective adoptive children,
to require the Director of Job and Family Services
to create a task force to study methods to assess
behaviors of children in the foster care and
adoption systems, and to amend the
version of
section 2151.36 of the Revised Code
that is
scheduled to take effect on January 1,
2002, to
continue the provisions of this act
on
and after
that effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2151.36, 2151.62, 2152.72,
3107.013, and 3107.12 be amended and sections 2151.361 and
3107.017 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 2151.36.
When
Except as provided in section 2151.361 of
the Revised Code, when a child has been committed as provided
by
this chapter, the juvenile court
shall issue an order pursuant to
sections Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised
Code requiring that
the parent,
guardian, or person charged with
the child's support
pay for the care,
support, maintenance, and
education
of the
child. The juvenile court shall order that the
parents, guardian,
or person pay
for the expenses involved in
providing orthopedic,
medical, or surgical treatment for, or for
special care of, the
child, enter a judgment for the amount due,
and enforce
the
judgment by execution as in the court of common
pleas. Any expenses incurred for the care, support, maintenance,
education, orthopedic, medical, or
surgical treatment, and special
care of a
child who has a legal settlement in another county shall
be at
the expense of the county of legal settlement if the consent
of
the juvenile judge of the county of legal settlement is first
obtained. When the consent is obtained, the board of county
commissioners of the county in which the child has a legal
settlement shall reimburse the committing court for the
expenses
out of its general fund. If the department of job and family
services
considers it to be in the best interest of any
delinquent,
dependent, unruly, abused, or neglected child who has
a legal
settlement in a foreign state or country that the child be
returned to the state or country of legal settlement, the
juvenile
court may commit the child to the department for the
child's
return to that state or country. Any expenses ordered by the court for the care,
support,
maintenance, education, orthopedic, medical, or surgical
treatment, or special care of a dependent, neglected,
abused,
unruly, or delinquent child or of a juvenile traffic offender
under this chapter,
except the part of the expense that may be
paid by the state
or
federal government or paid by the parents,
guardians, or person charged
with the child's support pursuant to
this section, shall be paid from the
county treasury upon
specifically itemized vouchers, certified to by the judge. The
court shall not be responsible for any expenses
resulting from the
commitment of children to any home, public children services
agency, private child placing agency, or other institution,
association, or agency, unless the court
authorized
the expenses
at the time of commitment.
Sec. 2151.361. (A) If the parents of a child enter into an
agreement with a public children services agency or private child
placing agency to place the child into the temporary custody
of
the agency, the juvenile court, at its discretion, may issue
an
order pursuant to Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of
the
Revised Code requiring that the parents pay for the care,
support,
maintenance, and education of the child if both of the
following
apply:
(1) The parents adopted the child. (2) The parents were the foster caregivers to the child
prior to adopting the child.
(B) When determining whether to issue an order under
division (A) of this section, the juvenile court shall consider
all pertinent issues, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) The ability of the parents to pay for the care,
support, maintenance, and education of the child;
(2) The chances for reunification of the parents and child;
(3) Whether issuing the order will encourage the
reunification of the parents and child or undermine that
reunification; (4) Whether the problem underlying the agreement to
place
the child into temporary custody existed prior to the parents'
adoption of the
child and whether the parents were informed of the
problem prior
to that adoption;
(5) Whether the problem underlying the agreement to
place
the child into temporary custody began after the parents' adoption
of the
child;
(6) Whether the parents have contributed to the child's
problems;
(7) Whether the parents are part of the solution to the
child's problems.
Sec. 2151.62. (A) This section applies only to a child who
is or
previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an
act to which any of
the following applies: (1) It is a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03,
2903.04,
2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2907.02, 2907.03, or 2907.05
of the Revised Code; (2) It is a violation of section 2923.01 of the
Revised Code
and involved an attempt to
commit aggravated murder or murder; (3) It would be a felony if committed by an adult, and the
court determined that the child, if an adult, would be guilty of
a
specification found in section 2941.141, 2941.144, or 2941.145
of
the Revised Code or in another section of the
Revised Code that
relates to the possession or use of a
firearm
during the
commission of the act for which the child was adjudicated a
delinquent child; (4) It would be an offense of violence that is a felony if
committed by an adult, and the court determined that the child, if
an
adult, would be guilty of a specification found in section
2941.1411 of the Revised Code or
in another section of the Revised
Code that
relates to the wearing or carrying of body armor during
the commission
of the act for which the child was adjudicated a
delinquent
child. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this
section,
a
public children services agency, private child placing
agency,
private noncustodial agency, or court, the department of youth
services, or another private or government entity shall not place
a child in a
certified foster home
or for adoption until it
provides the foster
caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents
with all
of the
following: (a) A written report describing the child's social history; (b) A written report describing all the acts committed by
the
child
the entity knows of that
resulted in the child being
adjudicated a delinquent child and
the disposition made by the
court, unless the records pertaining
to the acts have been sealed
pursuant to section 2151.358 of the
Revised Code; (c) A written report describing any other violent act
committed
by the
child of which the entity is aware; (d) The substantial and material conclusions and
recommendations
of any
psychiatric or psychological examination
conducted
on the child or, if no psychological or psychiatric
examination of the child
is available, the substantial and
material conclusions and recommendations of
an examination to
detect mental and emotional disorders conducted in
compliance with
the requirements of Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code by an
independent social worker, social worker, professional clinical
counselor, or
professional counselor licensed under that chapter.
The entity shall not
provide any part of a psychological,
psychiatric, or mental and emotional
disorder examination to the
foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents other than the
substantial and
material
conclusions. (2) Notwithstanding section 2151.358 of the Revised
Code, if
records of an adjudication that a child is a delinquent
child have
been sealed pursuant to that section and an entity knows the
records have been sealed, the entity shall provide the foster
caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents a
written statement
that the records of a prior
adjudication have been sealed. (C)(1) The entity that places
the child in a certified
foster
home
or for adoption shall conduct a psychological
examination of
the
child,
except that the
unless either of the
following applies: (a) An entity is not required to conduct the
examination
if
such an examination was conducted no more than
one
year prior
to
the child's
placement, and division (C)(1)(b) of this section does
not apply.
No (b) An entity is not required to conduct the examination if a
foster caregiver seeks to adopt the foster caregiver's foster
child, and an examination was conducted no more than two years
prior to the date the foster caregiver seeks to adopt the child. (2) No later than
sixty days
after placing
the child, the
entity shall
provide the
foster
caregiver
or prospective adoptive
parents a written
report
detailing the substantial and material
conclusions
and
recommendations of the examination conducted
pursuant to this
division. (D)(1) Except as provided in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of
this
section, the expenses of conducting the examinations and
preparing the reports
and assessment required by division (B) or
(C) of this
section shall be paid by the entity that places the
child in the
certified foster home
or for adoption. (2) When a juvenile court grants temporary or permanent
custody of a child
pursuant to any section of the Revised Code,
including section 2151.33,
2151.353, 2151.354,
or 2151.355 of the
Revised Code, to a public children services agency or
private
child placing agency, the
court shall provide the agency the
information described in division
(B) of this
section, pay the
expenses of preparing that information, and, if a new
examination
is required to be conducted, pay the expenses of
conducting the
examination described in division (C) of this section.
On receipt
of the information described in division (B) of this
section, the
agency shall provide to the court written acknowledgment that the
agency received the information. The court shall keep the
acknowledgment and
provide a copy to the agency. On the motion of
the agency, the court may
terminate the order granting
temporary
or permanent custody of the child to that agency, if the court
does
not provide the information described in division (B) of this
section. (3) If one of the following entities is placing a child in a
certified
foster home
or for adoption
with the assistance of or by
contracting
with a public children services
agency, private child
placing
agency, or a private noncustodial agency, the
entity shall
provide
the agency with the information described in division
(B)
of this
section, pay the expenses of preparing that information,
and, if a
new examination is required to be conducted, pay the
expenses of
conducting the examination described in division (C)
of this
section: (a) The department of youth services if the placement is
pursuant
to any section of the Revised Code including section
2151.38, 5139.06,
5139.07, 5139.38, or
5139.39 of the Revised
Code; (b) A juvenile court with temporary or permanent custody of
a
child pursuant to section 2151.354 or 2151.355 of the Revised
Code; (c) A public children services agency or private child
placing
agency with temporary or permanent custody of the child. The agency receiving the information described in division
(B) of
this section shall provide the entity
described in division
(D)(3)(a) to (c)
of this section that sent the information written
acknowledgment that the
agency received
the information and
provided it to the foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive
parents. The entity shall
keep the
acknowledgment and provide a
copy
to the agency. An entity that
places a child in a certified
foster home
or for adoption with the assistance of
or by
contracting with an agency remains responsible to provide
the
information described in division
(B) of this section to the
foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents unless the
entity receives written
acknowledgment that the agency provided
the information. (E) If a child is placed
in a certified foster home as a
result of an emergency removal of the
child from home pursuant to
division
(D) of section 2151.31 of the
Revised Code, an emergency
change in
the child's case plan pursuant to division
(E)(3) of
section 2151.412 of
the Revised Code, or an emergency placement by
the
department of youth services pursuant to this chapter or
Chapter
5139. of the Revised Code, the entity that places the
child
in the certified foster
home shall provide the information
described in division
(B) of this section no later
than ninety-six
hours after the child is placed in the certified foster
home. (F) On receipt of the information described in divisions
(B)
and (C) of this section, the foster caregiver
or prospective
adoptive parents shall
provide to the
entity that places the child
in the foster caregiver's
or prospective adoptive parents' home a
written acknowledgment that the foster caregiver
or prospective
adoptive parents received the
information.
The
entity shall keep
the acknowledgment and provide
a copy to the foster
caregiver
or
prospective adoptive parents. (G) No person employed by an entity subject to this section
and made responsible by that entity for the child's placement in a
certified foster home
or for adoption
shall
fail to provide the
foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents
with the
information
required by divisions (B) and
(C) of this
section. (H) It is not a violation of any duty of
confidentiality
provided for in the
Revised
Code or a code of professional
responsibility for a person or government entity to provide the
substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of a
psychiatric or psychological examination, or an examination to
detect mental and emotional disorders, in accordance with
division
(B)(1)(d) or
(C) of this section. (I) As used in this section: (1) "Body armor" has the same meaning as in section
2941.1411 of
the Revised Code.
(2) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of
the
Revised Code.
Sec. 2152.72. (A) This section applies only to a child who
is or
previously has been adjudicated a delinquent child for an
act to which any of
the following applies: (1) The act is a violation of section 2903.01, 2903.02,
2903.03, 2903.04,
2903.11, 2903.12, 2903.13, 2907.02, 2907.03, or
2907.05 of the Revised Code;. (2) The act is a violation of section 2923.01 of the
Revised
Code and involved an attempt to
commit aggravated murder or
murder;. (3) The act would be a felony if committed by an adult, and
the
court determined that the child, if an adult, would be guilty
of
a specification found in section 2941.141, 2941.144, or
2941.145
of the Revised Code or in another section of the
Revised
Code that relates to the possession or use of a
firearm
during the
commission of the act for which the child was adjudicated a
delinquent child;. (4)
It
The act would be an offense of violence that is a
felony if
committed by an adult, and the court determined that the
child, if
an
adult, would be guilty of a specification found in
section
2941.1411 of the Revised Code or
in another section of the
Revised
Code that
relates to the wearing or carrying of body armor
during
the commission
of the act for which the child was
adjudicated a
delinquent
child. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (E) of this
section,
a
public children services agency, private child placing
agency,
private noncustodial agency, or court, the department of youth
services, or another private or government entity shall not place
a child in a
certified foster home
or for adoption until it
provides the foster
caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents
with all
of the
following: (a) A written report describing the child's social history; (b) A written report describing all the acts committed by
the
child
the entity knows of that
resulted in the child being
adjudicated a delinquent child and
the disposition made by the
court, unless the records pertaining
to the acts have been sealed
pursuant to section 2151.358 of the
Revised Code; (c) A written report describing any other violent act
committed
by the
child of which the entity is aware; (d) The substantial and material conclusions and
recommendations
of any
psychiatric or psychological examination
conducted
on the child or, if no psychological or psychiatric
examination of the child
is available, the substantial and
material conclusions and recommendations of
an examination to
detect mental and emotional disorders conducted in
compliance with
the requirements of Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code by an
independent social worker, social worker, professional clinical
counselor, or
professional counselor licensed under that chapter.
The entity shall not
provide any part of a psychological,
psychiatric, or mental and emotional
disorder examination to the
foster caregivers other than the substantial and
material
conclusions. (2) Notwithstanding section 2151.358 of the Revised
Code, if
records of an adjudication that a child is a delinquent
child have
been sealed pursuant to that section and an entity knows the
records have been sealed, the entity shall provide the foster
caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents a
written statement
that the records of a prior
adjudication have been sealed. (C)(1) The entity that places
the child in a certified
foster
home
or for adoption shall conduct a psychological
examination of
the
child,
except that the
unless either of the
following applies: (a) An entity is not required to conduct the
examination
if
such an examination was conducted no more than one
year prior
to
the child's
placement, and division (C)(1)(b) of this section does
not apply.
No (b) An entity is not required to conduct the examination if a
foster caregiver seeks to adopt the foster caregiver's foster
child, and an examination was conducted no more than two years
prior to the date the foster caregiver seeks to adopt the child.
(2) No later than sixty days
after placing
the child, the
entity shall
provide the foster
caregiver
or prospective adoptive
parents a written
report
detailing the substantial and material
conclusions
and
recommendations of the examination conducted
pursuant to this
division. (D)(1) Except as provided in divisions (D)(2) and (3) of
this
section, the expenses of conducting the examinations and
preparing the reports
and assessment required by division (B) or
(C) of this
section shall be paid by the entity that places the
child in the
certified foster home
or for adoption. (2) When a juvenile court grants temporary or permanent
custody of a child
pursuant to any section of the Revised Code,
including section 2151.33,
2151.353, 2151.354,
or 2152.19 of the
Revised Code, to a public children services agency or
private
child placing agency, the
court shall provide the agency the
information described in division
(B) of this
section, pay the
expenses of preparing that information, and, if a new
examination
is required to be conducted, pay the expenses of
conducting the
examination described in division (C) of this section.
On receipt
of the information described in division (B) of this
section, the
agency shall provide to the court written acknowledgment that the
agency received the information. The court shall keep the
acknowledgment and
provide a copy to the agency. On the motion of
the agency, the court may
terminate the order granting
temporary
or permanent custody of the child to that agency, if the court
does
not provide the information described in division (B) of this
section. (3) If one of the following entities is placing a child in a
certified
foster home
or for adoption
with the assistance of or by
contracting
with a public children services
agency, private child
placing
agency, or a private noncustodial agency, the
entity shall
provide
the agency with the information described in division
(B)
of this
section, pay the expenses of preparing that information,
and, if a
new examination is required to be conducted, pay the
expenses of
conducting the examination described in division (C)
of this
section: (a) The department of youth services if the placement is
pursuant
to any section of the Revised Code including section
2152.22, 5139.06,
5139.07, 5139.38, or
5139.39 of the Revised
Code; (b) A juvenile court with temporary or permanent custody of
a
child pursuant to section 2151.354 or 2152.19 of the Revised
Code; (c) A public children services agency or private child
placing
agency with temporary or permanent custody of the child. The agency receiving the information described in division
(B) of
this section shall provide the entity
described in division
(D)(3)(a) to (c)
of this section that sent the information written
acknowledgment that the
agency received
the information and
provided it to the foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive
parents. The entity shall
keep the
acknowledgment and provide a
copy
to the agency. An entity that
places a child in a certified
foster home
or for adoption with the assistance of
or by
contracting with an agency remains responsible to provide
the
information described in division
(B) of this section to the
foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents unless the
entity receives written
acknowledgment that the agency provided
the information. (E) If a child is placed
in a certified foster home as a
result of an emergency removal of the
child from home pursuant to
division
(D) of section 2151.31 of the
Revised Code, an emergency
change in
the child's case plan pursuant to division
(E)(3) of
section 2151.412 of
the Revised Code, or an emergency placement by
the
department of youth services pursuant to this chapter or
Chapter
5139. of the Revised Code, the entity that places the
child
in the certified foster
home shall provide the information
described in division
(B) of this section no later
than ninety-six
hours after the child is placed in the certified foster
home. (F) On receipt of the information described in divisions
(B)
and (C) of this section, the foster caregiver
or prospective
adoptive parents shall
provide to the
entity that places the child
in the foster caregiver's
or prospective adoptive parents' home a
written acknowledgment that the foster caregiver
or prospective
adoptive parents received the
information.
The
entity shall keep
the acknowledgment and provide
a copy to the foster
caregiver
or
prospective adoptive parents. (G) No person employed by an entity subject to this section
and made responsible by that entity for the child's placement in a
certified foster home
or for adoption
shall
fail to provide the
foster caregivers
or prospective adoptive parents
with the
information
required by divisions (B) and
(C) of this
section. (H) It is not a violation of any duty of
confidentiality
provided for in the
Revised
Code or a code of professional
responsibility for a person or government entity to provide the
substantial and material conclusions and recommendations of a
psychiatric or psychological examination, or an examination to
detect mental and emotional disorders, in accordance with
division
(B)(1)(d) or
(C) of this section. (I) As used in this section: (1) "Body armor" has the same meaning as in section
2941.1411 of
the Revised Code.
(2) "Firearm" has the same meaning as in section 2923.11 of
the
Revised Code.
Sec. 3107.013. An agency arranging an adoption pursuant to
an
application submitted to the agency under section 3107.012 of
the
Revised Code for a foster
caregiver seeking to adopt the
foster caregiver's foster child shall
offer to
provide the foster
caregiver
information about adoption, including information about
state adoption law, adoption assistance available pursuant
to
section 5153.163 of the
Revised
Code and
Title
IV-E
of the "Social
Security
Act," 94
Stat. 501, 42
U.S.C.A. 670 (1980), as amended,
the types of behavior that the prospective adoptive parents may
anticipate from children who have experienced abuse and neglect,
suggested interventions and the assistance available if the child
exhibits those types of behavior after adoption,
and other
adoption issues the department of job and family
services
identifies.
If the foster caregiver informs the agency
that the
foster caregiver wants the information, the
The agency shall
provide the information to the foster caregiver in accordance with
rules the department of job and family services shall adopt in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised
Code.
Sec. 3107.017. The department of job and family services
shall develop a standardized form for the disclosure of
information about a prospective adoptive child to prospective
adoptive parents. The information disclosed shall include all
background information available on the child. The department
shall distribute the form to all agencies.
Sec. 3107.12. (A) Except as provided in division
(B) of
this section, an assessor shall conduct a prefinalization
assessment of
a minor and petitioner before a
court issues a final
decree of adoption or finalizes an interlocutory order of
adoption
for the minor. On completion of the assessment, the assessor
shall
prepare a written report of the assessment and provide a
copy of the report to
the court before which
the adoption petition
is pending. The report of a prefinalization assessment shall include all
of the
following: (1) The adjustment of the minor and the petitioner
to the
adoptive placement; (2) The present and anticipated needs of the minor and the
petitioner, as determined by a review of the minor's medical and
social
history, for adoption-related services, including
assistance under
Title IV-E of the "Social Security Act," 94 Stat.
501 (1980), 42 U.S.C.A. 670,
as amended, or section 5153.163 of
the Revised Code
and counseling, case management services, crisis
services, diagnostic
services, and therapeutic counseling.
(3) The physical, mental, and
developmental condition of the
minor; (4) If known, the minor's biological
family background,
including identifying information about the biological or
other
legal parents; (5) The reasons for the minor's
placement with the
petitioner, the petitioner's attitude toward the proposed
adoption, and the circumstances under which the minor was placed
in the home
of the petitioner; (6) The attitude of the minor toward
the proposed adoption,
if the minor's age makes this feasible; (7) If the minor is an Indian child, as defined in 25
U.S.C.A. 1903(4), how the placement complies with the "Indian
Child
Welfare Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 3069, 25 U.S.C.A. 1901, as
amended; (8) If known, the minor's psychological background, including
prior abuse of the child and behavioral problems of the child.
The assessor shall file the prefinalization report with the
court not later
than twenty days prior to the date scheduled for
the final hearing on the
adoption unless the court determines
there is good cause for filing the report
at a later date. The assessor shall provide a copy of the written report of
the assessment to the petitioner with the identifying information
about the biological or other legal parents redacted. (B) This section does not apply if the petitioner
is the
minor's stepparent, unless a court, after determining a
prefinalization assessment is in the best interest of the minor,
orders that an assessor conduct a prefinalization assessment.
This
section
also does not apply if the petitioner is the minor's
foster caregiver and the
minor has resided in the petitioner's
home as the foster caregiver's foster
child for at least twelve
months prior to the date the petitioner submits an
application
prescribed under division (B) of section 3107.012 of the Revised
Code to
the agency arranging the adoption. (C) The director of job and
family services shall adopt
rules in accordance
with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code defining
"counseling," "case management
services," "crisis services,"
"diagnostic services," and "therapeutic
counseling" for the
purpose of this section.
Section 2. That existing sections 2151.36, 2151.62, 2152.72,
3107.013, and 3107.12 of the Revised Code
are hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the version of section 2151.36 of the Revised
Code
scheduled to take effect January 1, 2002, be amended to read
as
follows:
Sec. 2151.36.
When
Except as provided in section 2151.361 of
the Revised Code, when a child has been committed as provided
by
this chapter or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code, the juvenile
court
shall issue an order pursuant to
sections Chapters 3119.,
3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised
Code requiring that
the
parent,
guardian, or person charged with the child's support
pay
for the care,
support, maintenance, and education
of the
child.
The juvenile court shall order that the
parents, guardian,
or
person pay
for the expenses involved in providing orthopedic,
medical, or surgical treatment for, or for special care of, the
child, enter a judgment for the amount due, and enforce
the
judgment by execution as in the court of common pleas. Any expenses incurred for the care, support, maintenance,
education, orthopedic, medical, or
surgical treatment, and special
care of a
child who has a legal settlement in another county shall
be at
the expense of the county of legal settlement if the consent
of
the juvenile judge of the county of legal settlement is first
obtained. When the consent is obtained, the board of county
commissioners of the county in which the child has a legal
settlement shall reimburse the committing court for the
expenses
out of its general fund. If the department of job and family
services
considers it to be in the best interest of any
delinquent,
dependent, unruly, abused, or neglected child who has
a legal
settlement in a foreign state or country that the child be
returned to the state or country of legal settlement, the
juvenile
court may commit the child to the department for the
child's
return to that state or country. Any expenses ordered by the court for the care,
support,
maintenance, education, orthopedic, medical, or surgical
treatment, or special care of a dependent, neglected,
abused,
unruly, or delinquent child or of a juvenile traffic offender
under this chapter or Chapter 2152. of the Revised Code,
except
the part of the expense that may be
paid by the state
or
federal
government or paid by the parents,
guardians, or person charged
with the child's support pursuant to
this section, shall be paid
from the
county treasury upon
specifically itemized vouchers,
certified to by the judge. The
court shall not be responsible for
any expenses
resulting from the
commitment of children to any
home, public children services
agency, private child placing
agency, or other institution,
association, or agency, unless the
court
authorized
the expenses
at the time of commitment.
Section 4. That the existing version of section 2151.36 of
the Revised Code scheduled to take effect January 1, 2002, is
hereby repealed.
Section 5. (A) Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect
January 1, 2002.
(B) Section 2152.72 of the Revised Code, as amended by this
act, shall take effect January 1, 2002.
Section 6. The Director of Job and Family Services, in
conjunction with the Director of Mental Health, shall create a
task force to advise the General Assembly on the development and
evaluation of caseworker
assessment education and training
programs, assessment standards
and criteria, and other programs or
initiatives that may better
assist foster and adoptive parents in
dealing with children with
behavioral problems. The members of
the task force shall include
professionals from the mental health
field with expertise in the
evaluation of at risk or special needs
children and
representatives of other organizations the Directors
consider
appropriate. The task force, by July 1, 2002, shall submit to the Speaker
and minority leader of the House of Representatives and to the
President and the minority leader of the Senate a report of its
findings and recommendations.
Section 7. The amendment of section 2151.62 of the Revised
Code is not intended to supersede its amendment and renumbering by
Am. Sub. S.B. 179 of the 123rd General Assembly. Paragraphs of
section 2151.62 of the Revised Code that are amended by this act
were moved to section 2152.72 of the Revised Code by Am. Sub. S.B.
179, effective January 1, 2002, as part of its revision of the
juvenile sentencing laws. Therefore, section 2152.72 of the
Revised Code is amended by this act to continue, on and after
January 1, 2002, the amendments this act is making to section
2151.62 of the Revised Code; section 2151.62 of the Revised Code
as amended by this act is superseded on January 1, 2002, by the
section as it results from its amendment and renumbering by Am.
Sub. S.B. 179; and section 2152.72 of the Revised Code as amended
by this act takes effect on January 1, 2002.
Section 8. (A) Section 2151.62 of the Revised Code is
presented in this act as a composite of the section
as amended by
both Sub. H.B. 448 and Am. Sub. S.B. 222 of
the
123rd General
Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in
division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments
are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous
operation, finds that the composite is the resulting
version of
the section in effect prior to the effective date of
the section
as presented in this act. (B) Section 2152.72 of the Revised Code is presented in
this
act as a composite of the section as amended by
Sub. H.B.
448, Am.
Sub. S.B. 222, and Am. Sub. S.B. 179 of
the
123rd General
Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in
division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments
are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous
operation, finds that the composite is the resulting
version of
the section in effect prior to the effective date of
the section
as presented in this act. (C) Section 2151.36 of the Revised Code is
presented in
Section 3 of this act as a composite of the section as amended by
both Am. Sub. S.B. 179 and Am. Sub. S.B. 180 of
the 123rd General
Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the
principle stated in
division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised
Code that amendments
are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of
simultaneous
operation, finds that the composite is the resulting
version of
the section in effect prior to the effective date of
the section
as presented in Section 3 of this act.
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