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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.536 - Cost of foster care, how paid — failure of parent to pay required amount, court orders against assets, collection procedure.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
210.536. Cost of foster care, how paid — failure of parent to pay required amount, court orders against assets, collection procedure. —
1. The cost of foster care shall be paid by the children's division under chapter 207, except that the court shall evaluate the ability of parents to pay part or all of the cost for such care, and shall order such payment to the department of social services.
2. The court may effectuate such order against any asset of the parent for failure to provide part or all of the cost of foster care according to the court order; provided further, that any assignment, attachment, garnishment, or lien against such assets shall be served upon the person in possession of the assets or shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which the parent resides or in which the asset is located. The department of social services may contract on a contingency fee basis with private attorneys for the collection and enforcement of orders against such assets. Any such third party payment shall be paid directly to the department of social services.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al. § 210.536 subsec. 2, 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.537 - County foster parent associations may be established, duties of division.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
210.537. County foster parent associations may be established, duties of division. —
The children's division shall cooperate with and shall help promote foster parent associations in each county. The children's division shall provide county foster parent associations with data, information and guidelines on the obligations, responsibilities and opportunities of foster parenting and shall keep the associations and members apprised of changes in laws and regulations relevant to foster parenting.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al. § 8, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.539 - State health insurance, foster parents may purchase, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
210.539. State health insurance, foster parents may purchase, when. —
1. Any specialized foster parent as defined in section 210.543 and licensed under this chapter who provides temporary foster care for children who have a documented history of presenting behaviors or diagnoses which render the child unable to effectively function outside of a highly structured setting, not in anticipation of adoption and not for children related to such foster parent may, at the foster parent's own expense, purchase the same state health insurance as state employees for himself or herself and his or her dependents through the Missouri consolidated health care plan at the actuarially determined rate of total premium for such health care coverage.
2. Documentation of eligibility for the purchase of state health insurance shall be required prior to the purchase of any such insurance. The department of social services shall provide the appropriate documentation of initial and ongoing eligibility of foster parents who qualify for the purchase of state health insurance under this section to the Missouri consolidated health care plan.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1576)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.542 - Training and standards for foster parents to be provided, when — evaluation of foster parents.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
210.542. Training and standards for foster parents to be provided, when — evaluation of foster parents. —
1. The children's division shall provide certain standards and training that prospective foster care parents shall meet before becoming licensed.
2. The children's division shall provide performance-based criteria for the evaluation of licensed foster parents and may establish by rule the frequency of such evaluation.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1453 merged with S.B. 762)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.543 - Specialized foster parents, training, fiscal incentives.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
210.543. Specialized foster parents, training, fiscal incentives. —
The children's division shall train and license a separate category of foster parents who are able to provide special care and supervision to foster children who have special needs because of a history of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, or severe chronic neglect. The training received by such specialized foster parents shall be in addition to the training required in section 210.540. Fiscal incentives for training and/or longevity may be provided by the division, subject to appropriation. The division shall place foster children with such specialized foster parents subject to available funds.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 244, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.545 - Respite care facilities for foster families — rules and regulations — procedure.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
210.545. Respite care facilities for foster families — rules and regulations — procedure. —
1. The children's division shall establish reasonably accessible respite care facilities which may be utilized by foster parents licensed by the division. Such licensed foster parents shall be permitted to leave agency foster children in the respite care facilities for periods of time determined jointly by the foster parent and the division and subject to available funds.
2. Such respite care facilities may be licensed day care centers or residential treatment centers who have contracted with the division to provide such services. Licensed foster homes may also be designated as respite care facilities.
3. The children's division shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 244, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.551 - Grievance procedure for decisions of division to be developed with cooperation of foster parents group.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014
210.551. Grievance procedure for decisions of division to be developed with cooperation of foster parents group. —
The children's division shall, by January 1, 1988, develop a procedure by which foster parents may appeal adverse decisions affecting their rights made by the division. Such procedure shall be mutually agreed upon by the division and an organization of foster parents with whom they shall consult.
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(L. 1987 S.B. 244 § 3, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.564 - Citation of law — foster care bill of rights.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017
210.564. Citation of law — foster care bill of rights. —
1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Foster Care Bill of Rights".
2. The children's division shall provide every school-aged foster child and his or her foster parent with an age-appropriate orientation and explanation of the foster care bill of rights. Any children's division office, residential care facility, child placing agency, or other agency involved in the care and placement of foster children shall post the foster care bill of rights in the office, facility, or agency. The children's division shall also make the foster care bill of rights readily available and easily accessible online.
3. The foster care bill of rights shall be as follows:
(1) In all circumstances, the best interests of the child shall be the first priority of the children's division;
(2) Recognizing the importance of familial stability in foster care and adoption placement, it shall be the practice of the children's division, when appropriate, to support a child's return to the custody and care of the parents or guardians with whom the child resided immediately prior to state custody;
(3) When restoration of care and custody is not appropriate or possible, the children's division shall attempt to place the child with suitable relatives in accordance with section 210.565;
(4) The children's division shall further support familial stability by ensuring continuity of foster placement, except in instances where cause for a change in a child's placement is reasonably found;
(5) The children's division shall work with each child in state custody to develop both a permanency plan and a case plan. These plans shall be developed within twelve months of a child's entrance into state custody. The permanency plan shall include the child's immediate and long-term placement goals, while the case plan shall address a child's specific medical and emotional needs;
(6) Recognizing the value of familial relationships in foster care and adoption settings, it shall be the practice of the children's division to place siblings in the same foster care, kinship, guardianship, or adoptive placement, unless doing so would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings. If siblings are not placed together, it shall be the practice of the children's division to support regular visitation and communication between siblings in state custody, and between children in state custody and their parents and relatives, where not otherwise prohibited or against a child's best interests; and
(7) The children's division shall support all children twelve years of age or older in state custody to attend any hearings pertaining to the child's placement, custody, or care, provided that the child is willing and able to attend such hearings, and that attending such hearings is in the best interests of the child.
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(L. 2017 S.B. 160)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.568 - Juvenile offender regimented discipline program, certain counties — commitments, manner — vote required to establish program, ballot.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
210.568. Juvenile offender regimented discipline program, certain counties — commitments, manner — vote required to establish program, ballot. —
1. In a county of the first classification with a population of at least two hundred thousand that adjoins no other counties of the first classification, the governing body of the county after an affirmative vote pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, may establish within the county a "Juvenile Offender Regimented Discipline Program", to be known as the "Juvenile Offender Boot Camp of ______ County". After establishment of such a program within any county of the first classification, the juvenile court of the circuit may, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 211, commit any person to such program for a duration to be determined by the court, but not to exceed the time which the juvenile court retains jurisdiction over such person. Commitments to the program shall be reserved for persons subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court who have been adjudicated or found to have committed an act which would constitute a felony if committed by an adult, or persons subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court who, in the determination of the court, would benefit from a commitment to the program.
2. No county of the first classification shall establish a regimented discipline program pursuant to this section until the establishment of such a program has been approved by a majority of the voters of the county voting thereon. The question may be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the county of ______ establish a regimented discipline program, to be known as the "Juvenile Offender Boot Camp of ______ County", for the treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents?
☐ YES
☐ NO
3. If a majority of the voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal submitted pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, the county commission may establish the program. If a majority of the voters voting thereon are not in favor of the proposal submitted pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, the county commission shall not establish the program and shall not resubmit the question to the voters of the county for a period of at least one year after the date of such election.
4. Any regimented discipline program established pursuant to this section may be modeled after the regimented discipline program administered by the department of corrections pursuant to section 217.378.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 347 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.580 - Compact binding, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
210.580. Compact binding, when. —
The compact shall become binding upon the state of Missouri upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five of the states. The initial effective date shall be the later of August 28, 2007, or upon enactment into law by the thirty-fifth jurisdiction
*
. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.
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(L. 1955 p. 675 § 2, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84)
*Revisor's Note: On August 26, 2008, Illinois became the thirty-fifth jurisdiction to enact this Compact into law.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.590 - Courts and agencies to cooperate to promote purposes of compact.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
210.590. Courts and agencies to cooperate to promote purposes of compact. —
All courts, departments of the state and its political subdivisions, police and law enforcement agencies and other proper officers of the state and its political subdivisions shall cooperate with the compact administration and shall do all things appropriate to effect the purposes and intent of the compact which rightfully fall within their respective jurisdictions.
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(L. 1955 p. 675 § 3a)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.622 - Emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, approval required, when.

There are multiple enactments of 210.622
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
210.622. Emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, approval required, when. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 210.620, the children's division may enter into an agreement with a similar agency in any state adjoining Missouri that provides for the emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, without the prior approval required by the interstate compact. A request for approval pursuant to section 210.620 shall be initiated if the placement extends beyond thirty days.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 711, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84)
Contingent effective date, see § 210.620
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.622 - Emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, approval required, when.

There are multiple enactments of 210.622
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985, 2 histories
*210.622. Emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, approval required, when. —
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 210.620
**
, the division of family services may enter into an agreement with a similar agency in any state adjoining Missouri that provides for the emergency placement of abused or neglected children across state lines, without the prior approval required by the interstate compact. A request for approval pursuant to section 210.620 shall be initiated if the placement extends beyond thirty days.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 711)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
**Section "210.260" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.625 - Financial responsibility for child, how fixed.

There are multiple enactments of 210.625
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
210.625. Financial responsibility for child, how fixed. —
The financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article VII thereof, in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of state laws fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 2, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84)
Contingent effective date, see § 210.650
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.625 - Financial responsibility for child, how fixed.

There are multiple enactments of 210.625
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975, 2 histories
*210.625. Financial responsibility for child, how fixed. —
The financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the Provisions of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article V thereof, in the first instance. However, in the event of partial or complete default of performance thereunder, the provisions of state laws fixing responsibility for the support of children also may be invoked.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 2)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.630 - Definitions — governor's appointment of administrator authorized.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975, 2 histories
*210.630. Definitions — governor's appointment of administrator authorized. —
1. The
"appropriate public authorities"
as used in Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall, with reference to this state, mean Division of Family Services, and said Division of Family Services shall receive and act with reference to notices required by said Article III.
2. As used in paragraph (a) of Article V
"appropriate authority in the receiving state"
shall mean the Division of Family Services.
3. As used in Article VII of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children the term
"executive head"
means the Governor. The Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a compact administrator in accordance with the terms of said Article VII.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 §§ 3, 4, 6)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.635 - Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction.

There are multiple enactments of 210.635
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
210.635. Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction. —
Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution of or in another state pursuant to Article III of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article IV thereof.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 5, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84)
Contingent effective date, see § 210.650
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.635 - Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction.

There are multiple enactments of 210.635
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975, 2 histories
*210.635. Placement authority of courts, retention of jurisdiction. —
Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution of or 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 thereof.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 5)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.640 - Placements from nonparty states, procedure for.

There are multiple enactments of 210.640
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
210.640. Placements from nonparty states, procedure for. —
No placement made into this state from a jurisdiction not party to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be lawful unless the person or agency making the placement complies with and follows the procedures and requirements of that compact as though the state or jurisdiction from which the child is sent or brought were party thereto. This section shall not apply to any placement which would not be subject to the terms of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children if both this state and the other state or jurisdiction from which the child is sent or brought were parties thereto.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 7, A.L. 2007 S.B. 84)
Contingent effective date, see § 210.650
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.640 - Placements from nonparty states, procedure for.

There are multiple enactments of 210.640
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975, 2 histories
*210.640. Placements from nonparty states, procedure for. —
No placement made into this state from a jurisdiction not party to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children shall be lawful unless the person or agency making the placement complies with and follows the procedures and requirements of Article III of that compact as though the state or jurisdiction from which the child is sent or brought were party thereto. This section shall not apply to any placement which would not be subject to the terms of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children if both this state and the other state or jurisdiction from which the child is sent or brought were parties thereto.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 162 § 7)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.650 - Contingent effective date.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
210.650. Contingent effective date. —
The repeal and reenactment of sections 210.620, 210.622, 210.625, 210.635, and 210.640 of section A of this act
*
, and the repeal of sections 210.630 and 210.700 of section A of this act
*
shall become effective August 28, 2007, or upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than thirty-five states, whichever later occurs.
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(L. 2007 S.B. 84 § B)
*This "act" (S.B. 84, 2007) contained numerous sections. Consult Disposition of Sections table for a definitive listing.
Revisor's Note: To date, thirty-five states have not enacted the revised Compact into law.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.652 - Electronic exchanging of data and documents.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
210.652. Electronic exchanging of data and documents. —
Beginning August 28, 2020, the department of social services, in conjunction with the office of administration, shall implement a computerized method to allow for the electronic exchanging of data and documents required by the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children to place children across state lines.
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(L. 2020 S.B. 653)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.660 - Definitions

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
210.660. Definitions —
As used in sections 210.660 to 210.680, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Age- or developmentally appropriate activities"
:
(a) Activities or items that are generally accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child, based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities that are typical for an age or age group; and
(b) In the case of a specific child, activities, or items that are suitable for the child based on the developmental stages attained by the child with respect to the cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities of the child;
(2)
"Caregiver"
, a foster parent, relative, or kinship provider with whom a child in foster care has been placed or a designated official for a child care institution in which a child in foster care has been placed;
(3)
"Division"
, the Missouri children's division within the department of social services;
(4)
"Reasonable and prudent parent standard"
, the standard characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain the health, safety, and best interests of a child while at the same time encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child that a caregiver shall use when determining whether to allow a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.665 - Designated caregiver, court and parties to defer to reasonable decisions of — onsite caregiver to be designated by division — training — immunity from liability, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
210.665. Designated caregiver, court and parties to defer to reasonable decisions of — onsite caregiver to be designated by division — training — immunity from liability, when. —
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 8 of this section, the court and all parties to a case under chapter 211 involving a child in care shall defer to the reasonable decisions of the child's designated caregiver involving the child's participation in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities.
2. A caregiver shall use the reasonable and prudent parent standard when making decisions relating to the activity of the child.
3. The division or a contracted agency thereof shall designate at least one onsite caregiver who has authority to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard for each child placed in its custody.
4. The caregiver shall consider:
(1) The child's age, maturity, and developmental level;
(2) The overall health and safety of the child;
(3) Potential risk factors and appropriateness of the activity;
(4) The best interests of the child;
(5) Promoting, where safe and as appropriate, normal childhood experiences; and
(6) Any other relevant factors based on the caregiver's knowledge of the child.
5. Caregivers shall receive training with regard to the reasonable and prudent parent standard as required by the division. The training shall include:
(1) Knowledge and skills relating to the developmental stages of the cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities of a child;
(2) Knowledge and skills relating to applying the standard to decisions, including but not limited to whether to allow the child to engage in social, extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities, such as sports, field trips, and overnight activities lasting one or more days; and
(3) Knowledge and skills relating to decisions, including but not limited to the signing of permission slips and arranging of transportation for the child to and from extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities.
6. A caregiver shall not be liable for harm caused to a child while participating in an activity chosen by the caregiver, provided the caregiver acted in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent standard.
7. No court shall order the division or a contracted agency thereof to provide funding for activities chosen by the caregiver.
8. A caregiver's decisions with regard to the child may be overturned by the court only if, upon notice and a hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence the reasonable and prudent parent standard has been violated. The caregiver shall have the right to receive notice, to attend the hearing, and to present evidence at the hearing.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.670 - Case plans, foster children fourteen and over to be consulted — copy of rights provided to foster child — documents provided to child upon leaving foster care.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
210.670. Case plans, foster children fourteen and over to be consulted — copy of rights provided to foster child — documents provided to child upon leaving foster care. —
1. Children in foster care under the responsibility of the state who have attained the age of fourteen shall be consulted in the development of, revision of, or addition to their case plan.
2. The children may choose individuals to participate as members of the family support team. The division may reject members chosen by the child if the division has good cause to believe the individual would not act in the best interests of the child. The child may designate one member to be his or her advisor and, as necessary, advocate with respect to the application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard to the child.
3. The child shall receive:
(1) A document which describes the rights of the child with respect to education, health, visitation, court participation, the child's right to documents pursuant to subsection 4 of this section, and the child's right to stay safe and avoid exploitation; and
(2) A signed acknowledgment by the child indicating he or she has been provided with a copy of the document, and the child's rights contained in the document have been explained to the child in an age- and developmentally appropriate manner.
4. If a child is leaving foster care by reason of having attained eighteen years of age or such greater age as the state has elected, the division shall provide the child with an official or certified copy of his or her United States birth certificate, a Social Security card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, health insurance information, a copy of the child's medical records, and a driver's license or identification card issued by the state, unless the child has been in foster care for less than six months and unless the child is ineligible to receive such documents.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.675 - Permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement, prohibited for foster children under sixteen — findings required at hearing for such plan.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
210.675. Permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement, prohibited for foster children under sixteen — findings required at hearing for such plan. —
1. No child in foster care under the responsibility of the state under the age of sixteen shall have a permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement.
2. For children with a permanency plan of another planned permanent living arrangement, the court shall make the following findings of fact and conclusions of law at each permanency hearing:
(1) The division's intensive, ongoing, and unsuccessful efforts to return the child home or to secure a placement for the child with a fit and willing relative, such as adult siblings, a legal guardian, or an adoptive parent, including efforts to utilize search technology, like social media, to find biological family members of the child;
(2) The child's desired permanency outcome;
(3) A judicial determination explaining why, as of the date of the hearing, another planned permanent living arrangement is the best permanency plan for the child, including compelling reasons why it continues not to be in the best interests of the child to:
(a) Return home;
(b) Be placed for adoption;
(c) Be placed with a legal guardian; or
(d) Be placed with a fit and willing relative; and
(4) The division's efforts to ensure:
(a) The child's foster family home child care institution is following the reasonable and prudent parent standard; and
(b) The child has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age- or developmentally appropriate activities, including consulting with the child in an age-appropriate manner about the opportunities of the child to participate in the activities.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.680 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
210.680. Rulemaking authority. —
The division shall adopt regulations to implement the requirements of sections 210.660 to 210.675. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1877)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.700 - Definitions

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982, 2 histories
*210.700. Definitions —
As used in sections 210.700 to 210.760, the following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(1)
"Child"
shall mean a person under the age of eighteen years whose custody has been committed to an authorized agency by an order of a judge, or by a surrender agreement, or who has been committed temporarily to the care of an authorized agency by a parent, guardian or relative within the second degree of consanguinity.
(2)
"Foster care"
shall mean care provided a child in a foster home, a group home, agency, child care institution, or any combination thereof.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al.)
*This section was amended by S.B. 84, 2007. Due to the contingent effective date contained in section 210.650, both versions of this section are printed.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.710 - Child committed to care of authorized agency — written report of status required for court review, when — dispositional hearing, when, purpose — child not returned home, when.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
210.710. Child committed to care of authorized agency — written report of status required for court review, when — dispositional hearing, when, purpose — child not returned home, when. —
1. In the case of a child who has been committed to the care of an authorized agency by a parent, guardian or relative and where such child has remained in the care of one or more authorized agencies for a continuous period of six months, the agency shall petition the juvenile court in the county where the child is present to review the status of the child. A written report on the status of the child shall be presented to the court. The court shall then review the status of the child and may hold a dispositional hearing thereon. The purpose of the dispositional hearing shall be to determine whether or not the child should be continued in foster care or whether the child should be returned to a parent, guardian or relative, or whether or not proceedings should be instituted to terminate parental right and legally free such child for adoption.
2. If the child is in the care of an authorized agency based on an allegation that the child has abused another child and the court determines that such abuse occurred, the court shall not return the child to or permit the child to reside in any residence located within one thousand feet of the residence of the abused child, or any child care facility or school that the abused child attends, until the abused child reaches eighteen years of age. The prohibitions of this subsection shall not apply where the alleged abuse occurred between siblings.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 2005 S.B. 155)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.720 - Court-ordered custody — written report of status required for court review, when — permanency hearing when, purpose.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
210.720. Court-ordered custody — written report of status required for court review, when — permanency hearing when, purpose. —
1. In the case of a child who has been placed in the custody of the children's division in accordance with subdivision (17) of subsection 1 of section 207.020 or another authorized agency by a court or who has been placed in foster care by a court, every six months after the placement, the foster family, group home, agency, or child care institution with which the child is placed shall file with the court a written report on the status of the child. The court shall review the report and shall hold a permanency hearing within twelve months of initial placement and at least annually thereafter. The permanency hearing shall be for the purpose of determining in accordance with the best interests of the child a permanent plan for the placement of the child, including whether or not the child should be continued in foster care or whether the child should be returned to a parent, guardian or relative, or whether or not proceedings should be instituted by either the juvenile officer or the division to terminate parental rights and legally free such child for adoption.
2. In such permanency hearings the court shall consider all relevant factors including:
(1) The interaction and interrelationship of the child with the child's foster parents, parents, siblings, and any other person who may significantly affect the child's best interests;
(2) The child's adjustment to his or her foster home, school and community;
(3) The mental and physical health of all individuals involved, including any history of abuse of any individuals involved. If the child is in the care of an authorized agency based on an allegation that the child has abused another child and the court determines that such abuse occurred, the court shall not return the child to or permit the child to reside in any residence located within one thousand feet of the residence of the abused child, or any child care facility or school that the abused child attends, until the abused child reaches eighteen years of age. The prohibitions of this subsection shall not apply where the alleged abuse occurred between siblings; and
(4) The needs of the child for a continuing relationship with the child's parents and the ability and willingness of parents to actively perform their functions as mother and father for the needs of the child.
3. The judge shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law in any order pertaining to the placement of the child.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1990 H.B. 1370, et al., A.L. 1998 H.B. 1822 merged with S.B. 674, A.L. 2005 S.B. 155, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.730 - Court to have continuing jurisdiction for certain proceedings — duties to review children under continued foster care, when — goals.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
210.730. Court to have continuing jurisdiction for certain proceedings — duties to review children under continued foster care, when — goals. —
The court shall possess continuing jurisdiction in proceedings under sections 210.700 to 210.760 and, in the case of children who are continued under foster care, shall review the status of the child whenever it deems necessary or desirable, but at least once every six months. It shall be the goal of the court and the authorized agency in whose custody a child has been placed, that the percentage of children who are in foster care in excess of twenty-four months shall not exceed thirty percent in any fiscal year.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.760 - Placement in foster care — division's duties — removal of children from school, restrictions.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
210.760. Placement in foster care — division's duties — removal of children from school, restrictions. —
1. In making placements in foster care the children's division shall:
(1) Arrange for a preplacement visit of the child, except in emergencies;
(2) Provide full and accurate medical information and medical history to the persons providing foster care at the time of placement;
(3) Give a minimum of five days advance notice to the persons providing foster care before removing a child from their care;
(4) Provide the persons giving foster care with a written statement of the reasons for removing a child at the time of the notification required by this section;
(5) Notify the child's parent or legal guardian that the child has been placed in foster care; and
(6) Work with the parent or legal guardian of the child, through services available, in an effort to return the child to his or her natural home, if at all possible, or to place the child in a permanent adoptive setting, in accordance with the division's goals to reduce the number of children in long-term foster care and reestablish and encourage the family unit.
2. Except as otherwise provided in section 210.125, no child shall be removed from school prior to the end of the official school day for that child for placement in foster care without a court order specifying that the child shall be removed from school.
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(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453 merged with S.B. 762)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 210 - Child Protection and Reformation › Section 210.761 - Right to testify at foster care hearings, qualifications, limitation.

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 210
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
210.761. Right to testify at foster care hearings, qualifications, limitation. —
Any person who has provided foster care to a child at any time in a two-year period prior to any hearing concerning the child conducted pursuant to the provisions of sections 210.700 to 210.760, shall be allowed to
*
testify at such hearing. The court may limit such testimony to evidence the court finds relevant and material.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 460 § 2)
*Word "to" does not appear in original rolls.