5101:2-42-65 Caseworker visits and contacts with children in substitute care.

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES DATE: August 3, 2006

TIME: 10:00am

LOCATION: Multi-purpose room, 1st Floor, Rhodes State Office Tower 30 East Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

 

Pursuant to sections 5101.141, 5103.02, 5103.03, 5107.05, 5153.16 and Chapter 119. of the Ohio Revised Code, the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services gives notice of the department's intent to consider the adoption, amendment and rescission of the rules as identified below and of a public hearing thereon.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-04 Authority to assume and retain custody of a child sets forth the requirements of PCSAs and PCPAs to assume custody of children and place them in substitute care. This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronym PCSA and change the form names from ODHS to JFS.  Punctuation corrections were made.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-19 Requirements for the provision of independent living services to youth in custody sets forth the requirements of the independent living services to be provided to youth in custody of a PCSA or PCPA. This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronyms PCSA, PCPA and CDJFS. Punctuation corrections were made.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-19.1 Requirements for independent living arrangements for independent living youth in custody sets forth the requirements of the PCSAs in placing a youth in an independent living arrangement. This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronym PCSA.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-19.2 Requirements for provision of independent living services to young adults who have emancipated sets forth the requirements of the PCSAs in providing services and supports to former foster care youth that have emancipated from the agency's custody. This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronym PCSA.  Punctuation corrections were made.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-65 Agency visits and contacts with children in substitute care sets forth the requirements of the PCSAs and PCPAs regarding visitations and contact with children in substitute care. This rule is being revised to require that PCSAs and PCPAs meet with all substitute caregivers, face-to-face, no less frequently than every other month.  It also removes language which specifies location for some of the visits to enable PCSAs and PCPAs to have the flexibility of meeting in locations which might be convenient for the substitute caregivers and reorganizes the rule throughout for clarity and consistency.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-66.1 Comprehensive health care for children in placement this rule sets forth the requirements of PCSAs, PCPAs and PNAs regarding the health care requirements of children in substitute care. This rule is being revised to add language that was removed from Rule 5101:2-42-90 regarding the requirements of a psychological assessment on children.  Information about the expectations of the PCSA, PCPA or PNA if the child is Medicaid and not Medicaid eligible was clarified.  The rule has been reorganized throughout for consistency and clarity.

 

Rule 5101:2-42-70 Provision of services to unmarried minor parents sets forth the requirements of the services to be provided to unmarried minor parents.  This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronym CDJFS.  Punctuation corrections were made.

 

 

 

 

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Rule 5101:2-42-71 Approval of adult-supervised living arrangements sets forth the requirements of the approval of adult-supervised living arrangements. This rule is being proposed for amendment for punctuation corrections.

Rule 5101:2-42-90 Information to be provided to caregivers, school districts and juvenile courts; information to be included in individual child care agreement sets forth the requirements for the PCSAs and PCPAs in the sharing of information to substitute caregivers. This rule is being proposed for amendment to update the date of the JFS 01443 "Child's Education and Health Information".

Rule 5101:2-42-93 Procedural requirements regarding change of placement or visitation plan prior to journalization of case plan sets forth the procedural requirements for PCSAs and PCPAs seeking to change the placement or visitation plan prior to the journalization of the case plan. This rule is being proposed for amendment to define the acronyms PCSA and PCPA.  Punctuation corrections were made.

Rule 5101:2-42-95 Obtaining permanent custody: termination of parental rights sets forth the requirements of PCSAs and PCPAs in obtaining permanent custody of a child and terminating parental rights. documented in the case record. This rule will be replacing 5101:2-39-02 for PCSAs that are implementing the Comprehensive Assessment and Planning Model Interim Solution.  It is substantially the same as the rule it is replacing.

A copy of the proposed rule(s) is available, without charge, to any person affected by the rule(s) at the address listed below. The rule(s) is also available on the internet at http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/. A public hearing on the proposed rule(s) will held at the date, time, and location listed at the top of this notice. Either written or oral testimony will be taken at the public hearing. Additionally, written comments submitted or postmarked no later than the date of the public hearing will be treated as testimony.  Requests for a copy of the

proposed rule(s) or comments on the rule(s) should be submitted by mail to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Legal Services, 30 East Broad Street, 31st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215-3414, by fax at [phone], or by e-mail at [e-mail].