H3567: Foster care and residential treatment programs

Legislative Summary

Amend Section 63-7-20, As Amended, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Terms Defined In The Children's Code, So As To Add A Definition For "qualified Residential Treatment Program" And Other Terms; To Amend Sections 63-7-1210 And 63-7-2350, As Amended, Relating To Investigations Of Institutional Abuse And Restrictions On Foster Care Placements, Respectively, So As To Make Conforming Changes; By Adding Sections 63-7-1730 And 63-7-1740 So As To Require Assessment, Case Planning, And Judicial Review For Children Placed In Qualified Residential Treatment Programs; And To Amend Section 63-7-1700, Relating To Permanency Planning, So As To Make Conforming Changes. - Ratified Title