The purpose of the Citizen Substitute Care Review Act is to provide a permanent system for independent and objective monitoring of children placed in the custody of the department by examining the policies, procedures and practices of the department and, where appropriate, specific cases to evaluate the extent to which the department is effectively discharging its child protection responsibilities.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-8-2, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 204; 2016, ch. 60, § 5.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, clarified how the citizen substitute care review boards are to monitor children placed in the custody of the children, youth and families department; and after "custody of the department", added the remainder of the section.
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