H.E.A. 1434, P.L. 104-2015
Effective: July 1, 2015
Makes changes to the child services and juvenile laws concerning the following:
- criminal history background checks;
- exception of certain governmental employees to licensing or certification requirements of social workers and counselors;
- the responsibilities of the Department of Child Services;
- transitional services plans for certain individuals receiving foster care or collaborative care;
- regional service strategic plans;
- foster care;
- detention of children alleged to be children in needs of services;
- case plans for children in need of services;
- dispositional decrees and review of disposition decrees concerning children in needs of services;
- dispositional decrees and review of dispositional decrees concerning delinquent children. Repeals provisions concerning local plans for the provision of child protection services.
The full law is available at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1434