T16CH21
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16-2101
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2101. Legislative findings and policy. It is hereby found and declared: (1) that the needs of children requiring placement and of adults seeking to receive them cannot be met by restricting child placement services and supervision to the territory of a single state; (2) that the cooperation of this state with other states is necessary to improve services and protection for children in need of placement. It shall therefore be the policy of this state, in adopting the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, to cooperate fully with other states: (1) in furnishing public authorities in a receiving state with notice of the intention to place a child in the receiving state; (2) in placing a child in a receiving state only after receiving notification from that receiving state as to suitability of the placement; and (3) in conforming with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein. Nothing in this act shall be interpreted as limiting the jurisdiction of the courts under chapter 16 and 18, title 16 , Idaho Code. History: [16-2101, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 681.]
16-2102
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2102. Execution of compact. The governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this state with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND POLICY It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that: (a) Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care. (b) The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child. (c) The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made. (d) Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted. ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS As used in this compact: (a) Child means a person who, by reason of minority, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control. (b) Sending agency means a party state, officer or employee thereof; a subdivision of a party state, or officer or employee thereof; a court of a party state; a person, corporation, association, charitable agency or other entity which sends, brings, or causes to be sent or brought, any child to another party state. (c) Receiving state means the state to which a child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought, whether by public authorities or private persons or agencies, and whether for placement with state or local public authorities or for placement with private agencies or persons. (d) Placement means the arrangement for the care of a child in a family free or boarding home or in a child-caring agency or institution but does not include any institution caring for the mentally ill, mentally defective or epileptic or any institution primarily educational in character, and any hospital or other medical facility. ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS FOR PLACEMENT (a) No sending agency shall send, bring, or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state, any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this article and with the applicable laws of the receiving state governing the placement of children therein. (b) Prior to sending, bringing or causing any child to be sent or brought into a receiving state for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption, the sending agency shall furnish the appropriate public autho
16-2103
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2103. Compact administrator. Pursuant to said compact, the governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the governor. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this state and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state thereunder. History: [16-2103, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 686.]
16-2104
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2104. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to the compact. In the event that such supplementary agreement shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service of this state, said supplementary agreement shall have no force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service. History: [16-2104, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 686.]
16-2105
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2105. Financial arrangements. The compact administrator, subject to the approval of the board of examiners, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder. History: [16-2105, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 686.]
16-2106
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2106. Financial responsibility of parents and guardians of estate. The compact administrator shall take appropriate action to effect the recovery from relevant parents or guardians of estate, at the option of said administrator, of any and all costs expended by the state, or any of its subdivisions, with respect to Idaho children handled under said compact. History: [16-2106, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 686.]
16-2107
TITLE 16 JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS CHAPTER 21 INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 16-2107. Responsibilities of enforcement. The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purposes and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions. History: [16-2107, added 1976, ch. 189, sec. 1, p. 687.]