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UT Code § 62A-4a-706 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 706 - Jurisdiction over delinquent children.

62A-4a-706. Jurisdiction over delinquent children.  Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution in another state, pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V of the compact.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 260, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-707 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 707 - Executive -- Authority.

62A-4a-707. Executive -- Authority.  As used in Article VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, "executive" means the executive director of the department. The executive director is authorized to appoint a compact administrator in accordance with the terms of Article VII of the compact.  Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 260, 1994 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-708 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 708 - Existing authority for child placement continues.

62A-4a-708. Existing authority for child placement continues.  Any person who, under any law of this state other than this part or the interstate compact established under Section 62A-4a-701, has authority to make or assist in making the placement of a child, shall continue to have the ability lawfully to make or assist in making that placement, and the provisions of Part 6, Child Placing, and of Title 78B, Chapter 6, Part 1, Utah Adoption Act, continue to apply.  Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-709 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 709 - Medical assistance identification.

 Effective 7/1/2016  62A-4a-709. Medical assistance identification.    (1) As used in this section:   (a) "Adoption assistance" means financial support to adoptive parents provided under the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, Titles IV (e) and XIX of the Social Security Act.     (b) "Adoption assistance agreement" means a written agreement between the division and adoptive parents or between any state and adoptive parents, providing for adoption assistance.     (c) "Interstate compact" means an agreement executed by the division with any other state, under the authority granted in Section 62A-4a-907.       (2) The Workforce Development Division in the Department of Workforce Services and the Division of Health Care Financing shall cooperate with the division and comply with interstate compacts.     (3) A child who is a resident of this state and is the subject of an interstate compact is entitled to receive medical assistance identification from the Workforce Development Division in the Department of Workforce Services and the Division of Health Care Financing by filing a certified copy of his adoption assistance agreement with that office. The adoptive parents shall annually provide that office with evidence, verifying that the adoption assistance agreement is still effective.     (4) The Workforce Development Division in the Department of Workforce Services shall consider the holder of medical assistance identification received under this section as it does any other holder of medical assistance identification received under an adoption assistance agreement executed by the division.     (5) The submission of any claim for payment or reimbursement under this section that is known to be false, misleading, or fraudulent is punishable as a third degree felony.    Amended by Chapter 296, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-710 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 710 - Interjurisdictional home study report.

62A-4a-710. Interjurisdictional home study report.    (1) The state of Utah may request a home study report from another state or an Indian Tribe for purposes of assessing the safety and suitability of placing a child in a home outside of the jurisdiction of the state of Utah.     (2) The state of Utah may not impose any restriction on the ability of a state agency administering, or supervising the administration of, a state program operated under a state plan approved under Section 42 U.S.C. 671 to contract with a private agency to conduct a home study report described in Subsection (1).     (3) When the state of Utah receives a home study report described in Subsection (1), the home study report shall be considered to meet all requirements imposed by the state of Utah for completion of a home study before a child is placed in a home, unless, within 14 days after the day on which the report is received, the state of Utah determines, based on grounds that are specific to the content of the report, that making a decision in reliance on the report would be contrary to the welfare of the child.    Enacted by Chapter 152, 2007 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-711 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 7 - Interstate Compact on Placement of Children|Section 711 - Penalty.

 Effective 9/1/2021  62A-4a-711. Penalty.  An individual or entity that knowingly engages in an unregulated custody transfer, as defined in Section 80-1-102, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Amended by Chapter 262, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-801 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 8 - Safe Relinquishment of a Newborn Child|Section 801 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/12/2020  62A-4a-801. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1) "Hospital" means a general acute hospital, as that term is defined in Section 26-21-2, that is:   (a) equipped with an emergency room;     (b) open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and     (c) employs full-time health care professionals who have emergency medical services training.       (2) "Newborn child" means a child who is approximately 30 days of age or younger, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty.    Amended by Chapter 170, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-901 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 901 - Legislative purpose.

62A-4a-901. Legislative purpose.  The purpose of this part is to provide adoption assistance to eligible adoptive families to establish and maintain a permanent adoptive placement for a child who has a special need and who qualifies under state and federal law.  Enacted by Chapter 115, 2001 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-902 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 902 - Definitions.

 Effective 5/14/2019  62A-4a-902. Definitions.    (1)   (a) "Adoption assistance" means direct financial subsidies and support to adoptive parents of a child with special needs or whose need or condition has created a barrier that would prevent a successful adoption.     (b) "Adoption assistance" may include state medical assistance, reimbursement of nonrecurring adoption expenses, or monthly subsidies.       (2) "Child who has a special need" means a child who cannot or should not be returned to the home of his biological parents and who meets at least one of the following conditions:   (a) the child is five years of age or older;     (b) the child is under the age of 18 with a physical, emotional, or mental disability; or     (c) the child is a member of a sibling group placed together for adoption.       (3) "Monthly subsidy" means financial support to assist with the costs of adopting and caring for a child who has a special need.     (4) "Nonrecurring adoption expenses" means reasonably necessary adoption fees, court costs, attorney's fees, and other expenses which are directly related to the legal adoption of a child who has a special need.     (5) "State medical assistance" means the Medicaid program and medical assistance as those terms are defined in Section 26-18-2.     (6) "Supplemental adoption assistance" means financial support for extraordinary, infrequent, or uncommon documented needs not otherwise covered by a monthly subsidy, state medical assistance, or other public benefits for which a child who has a special need is eligible.    Amended by Chapter 393, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-903 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 903 - Eligibility.

 Effective 5/10/2016  62A-4a-903. Eligibility.    (1) The Division of Child and Family Services shall establish, by rule, eligibility criteria for the receipt of adoption assistance and supplemental adoption assistance.     (2) Eligibility determination shall be based upon:   (a) the needs of the child;     (b) the resources available to the child; and     (c) the federal requirements of Section 473, Social Security Act.       (3) The division:   (a) may, to the extent funds are available, use state funds appropriated for adoption assistance to provide post-adoption services to a child who is adopted from the custody of the division; and     (b) unless a parent or guardian of a child who is adopted from the custody of the division expressly requests otherwise, may not require, request, or recommend that a parent terminate parental rights, or that a parent or guardian transfer or surrender custodial rights, in order to receive post-adoption services for the child, regardless of whether funds for the post-adoption services come from funds appropriated for adoption assistance or post-adoption services.      Amended by Chapter 219, 2016 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-904 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 904 - Adoption assistance.

62A-4a-904. Adoption assistance.    (1) Pursuant to federal requirements of 42 U.S.C. Sec. 670 et seq., Social Security Act, the Division of Child and Family Services:   (a) shall provide for:   (i) payment of nonrecurring adoption expenses for an eligible child who has a special need; and     (ii) state medical assistance when required by federal law; and       (b) may provide for monthly subsidies for an eligible child who has a special need.       (2) Payment of nonrecurring adoption expenses may not exceed $2,000 and shall be limited to costs incurred prior to finalization of an adoption.     (3) The level of monthly subsidy under Subsection (1)(b) shall be based on:   (a) the child's present and long-term treatment and care needs; and     (b) the family's ability to meet the needs of the child.       (4)   (a) The level of monthly subsidy may increase or decrease when the child's level of need or the family's ability to meet the child's need changes.     (b) Either the family or the division may initiate changes to the monthly subsidy.       (5) Financial support provided under Subsection (1)(b) may not exceed the maximum foster care payment or residential room and board payment that would be paid at the time the subsidy amount is initiated or revised.    Enacted by Chapter 115, 2001 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-905 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 905 - Supplemental adoption assistance.

 Effective 5/14/2019  62A-4a-905. Supplemental adoption assistance.    (1) The division may, based upon annual legislative appropriations for adoption assistance and division rules, provide supplemental adoption assistance for a child who has a special need. Supplemental adoption assistance shall be provided only after all other resources for which a child is eligible have been exhausted.     (2)   (a) The department shall, by rule, establish in each region at least one advisory committee to review and make recommendations to the division on individual requests for supplemental adoption assistance. The committee shall be comprised of:   (i) an adoption expert;     (ii) an adoptive parent;     (iii) a division representative;     (iv) a foster parent; and     (v) an adoption caseworker.       (b) The division rule required in Subsection (1) shall include a provision that establishes a threshold amount for requests for supplemental adoption assistance that require review by the committee established in this Subsection (2).      Amended by Chapter 335, 2019 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-906 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 9 - Adoption Assistance|Section 906 - Termination or modification of adoption assistance.

62A-4a-906. Termination or modification of adoption assistance.    (1) Adoption assistance may not be terminated or modified unless the division has given adoptive parents notice and opportunity for a hearing as required in Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.     (2) Adoption assistance shall be terminated if any of the following occur:   (a) the adoptive parents request termination;     (b) the child reaches 18 years of age, unless approval has been given by the division to continue beyond the age of 18 due to mental or physical disability, but in no case shall assistance continue after a child reaches 21 years of age;     (c) the child dies;     (d) the adoptive parents die;     (e) the adoptive parent's legal responsibility for the child ceases;     (f) the state determines that the child is no longer receiving support from the adoptive parents;     (g) the child marries; or     (h) the child enters military service.      Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-1001 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 10 - Management Information System and Licensing Information System|Section 1001 - Title.

62A-4a-1001. Title.  This part is known as the "Management Information System and Licensing Information System."  Enacted by Chapter 77, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-1002 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 10 - Management Information System and Licensing Information System|Section 1002 - Definitions.

 Effective 3/22/2018  62A-4a-1002. Definitions.  As used in this part:  (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), "severe type of child abuse or neglect" means:   (i) if committed by a person 18 years of age or older:   (A) chronic abuse;     (B) severe abuse;     (C) sexual abuse;     (D) sexual exploitation;     (E) abandonment;     (F) chronic neglect; or     (G) severe neglect; or       (ii) if committed by a person under the age of 18:   (A) serious physical injury, as defined in Subsection 76-5-109(1), to another child which indicates a significant risk to other children; or     (B) sexual behavior with or upon another child which indicates a significant risk to other children.         (b) "Severe type of child abuse or neglect" does not include:   (i) the use of reasonable and necessary physical restraint by an educator in accordance with Subsection 53G-8-302(2) or Section 76-2-401;     (ii) a person's conduct that:   (A) is justified under Section 76-2-401; or     (B) constitutes the use of reasonable and necessary physical restraint or force in self-defense or otherwise appropriate to the circumstances to obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object in the possession or under the control of a child or to protect the child or another person from physical injury; or       (iii) a health care decision made for a child by the child's parent or guardian, unless, subject to Subsection 62A-4a-1004(2), the state or other party to the proceeding shows, by clear and convincing evidence, that the health care decision is not reasonable and informed.         (2) "Significant risk" means a risk of harm that is determined to be significant in accordance with risk assessment tools and rules established by the division that focus on:   (a) age;     (b) social factors;     (c) emotional factors;     (d) sexual factors;     (e) intellectual factors;     (f) family risk factors; and     (g) other related considerations.      Amended by Chapter 415, 2018 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-1004 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 10 - Management Information System and Licensing Information System|Section 1004 - Risk assessment training -- Second health care opinion.

62A-4a-1004. Risk assessment training -- Second health care opinion.    (1) The division shall train its child protection workers to apply the risk assessment tools and rules established under Subsection 62A-4a-1002(2).     (2) Nothing in Subsection 62A-4a-1002(1)(b)(iii) may prohibit a parent or guardian from exercising the right to obtain a second health care opinion.    Enacted by Chapter 77, 2006 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-1007 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 10 - Management Information System and Licensing Information System|Section 1007 - False reports -- Penalties.

62A-4a-1007. False reports -- Penalties.    (1) The division shall send a certified letter to any person who submits a report of abuse or neglect that is placed into or included in any part of the Management Information System, if the division determines, at the conclusion of its investigation, that:   (a) the report is false;     (b) it is more likely than not that the person knew the report was false at the time that person submitted the report; and     (c) the reporting person's address is known or reasonably available.       (2) The letter shall inform the reporting person of:   (a) the division's determination made under Subsection (1);     (b) the penalty for submitting false information under Section 76-8-506 and other applicable laws; and     (c) the obligation of the division to inform law enforcement and the person alleged to have committed abuse or neglect:   (i) in the present instance if law enforcement considers an immediate referral of the reporting person to law enforcement to be justified by the facts; or     (ii) if the reporting person submits a subsequent false report involving the same alleged perpetrator or victim.         (3) The division may inform law enforcement and the alleged perpetrator of a report for which a letter is required to be sent under Subsection (1), if an immediate referral is justified by the facts.     (4) The division shall inform law enforcement and the alleged perpetrator of a report for which a letter is required to be sent under Subsection (1) if a second letter is sent to the reporting person involving the same alleged perpetrator or victim.     (5) The division shall determine, in consultation with law enforcement:   (a) what information should be given to an alleged perpetrator relating to a false report; and     (b) whether good cause exists, as defined by the division by rule, for not informing an alleged perpetrator about a false report.       (6) Nothing in this section may be construed as requiring the division to conduct an investigation beyond what is described in Subsection (1), to determine whether or not a report is false.    Amended by Chapter 299, 2008 General Session
UT Code § 62A-4a-1010 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 62A - Utah Human Services Code|Chapter 4a - Child and Family Services|Part 10 - Management Information System and Licensing Information System|Section 1010 - Notice and opportunity for court hearing for persons listed in Licensing Information System.

 Effective 9/1/2021  62A-4a-1010. Notice and opportunity for court hearing for persons listed in Licensing Information System.    (1) Persons whose names were listed on the Licensing Information System as of May 6, 2002 and who have not been the subject of a court determination with respect to the alleged incident of abuse or neglect may at any time:   (a) request review by the division of their case and removal of their name from the Licensing Information System pursuant to Subsection (3); or     (b) file a petition for an evidentiary hearing and a request for a finding of unsubstantiated or without merit.       (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an individual who has been the subject of any of the following court determinations with respect to the alleged incident of abuse or neglect:   (a) conviction;     (b) adjudication under Section 80-3-402 or 80-6-701;     (c) plea of guilty;     (d) plea of guilty with a mental illness; or     (e) no contest.       (3) If an alleged perpetrator listed on the Licensing Information System prior to May 6, 2002, requests removal of the alleged perpetrator's name from the Licensing Information System, the division shall, within 30 days:   (a)   (i) review the case to determine whether the incident of alleged abuse or neglect qualifies as:   (A) a severe type of child abuse or neglect;     (B) chronic abuse; or     (C) chronic neglect; and       (ii) if the alleged abuse or neglect does not qualify as a type of abuse or neglect described in Subsections (3)(a)(i)(A) through (C), remove the alleged perpetrator's name from the Licensing Information System; or       (b) determine whether to file a petition for substantiation.       (4) If the division decides to file a petition, that petition must be filed no more than 14 days after the decision.     (5) The juvenile court shall act on the petition as provided in Subsection 80-3-404(3).     (6) If a person whose name appears on the Licensing Information System prior to May 6, 2002 files a petition pursuant to Section 80-3-404 during the time that an alleged perpetrator's application for clearance to work with children or vulnerable adults is pending, the court shall hear the matter on an expedited basis.    Amended by Chapter 262, 2021 General Session