Utah Code 80-5-403. Case management staff

80-5-403. Case management staff.

(1)	The division shall provide a sufficient number of case management staff members to provide care, treatment, and supervision for juvenile offenders on parole and for minors committed to the division by the juvenile courts for community-based programs.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 80-5-403

Authority: means the Youth Parole Authority created in Section 80-5-701. See Utah Code 80-5-102
committed: means , unless specified otherwise:

(a)	with respect to a child, to transfer legal custody; and

(b)

with respect to a minor who is at least 18 years old, to transfer custody. See Utah Code 80-1-102

Division: means the Division of Juvenile Justice Services created in Section 80-5-103. See Utah Code 80-5-102

Juvenile offender: means :

(a)	a serious youth offender; or

(b)

a youth offender. See Utah Code 80-1-102

Minor: means , except as provided in Sections 80-6-501, 80-6-901, and 80-7-102:

(a)	a child; or

(b)

an individual:

(i)

(A)	who is at least 18 years old and younger than 21 years old; and

(B)	for whom the Division of Child and Family Services has been specifically ordered by the juvenile court to provide services because the individual was an abused, neglected, or dependent child or because the individual was adjudicated for an offense;

(ii)

(A)	who is at least 18 years old and younger than 25 years old; and

(B)	whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court in accordance with Subsection 78A-6-103(1)(b); or

(iii)

(A)	who is at least 18 years old and younger than 21 years old; and

(B)

whose case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court in accordance with Subsection 78A-6-103(1)(c). See Utah Code 80-1-102

Parole: means a conditional release of a juvenile offender from residency in secure care to live outside of secure care under the supervision of the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services, or another person designated by the Division of Juvenile Justice and Youth Services. See Utah Code 80-1-102

Revocation: means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102. See Utah Code 80-5-102

Termination: means the same as that term is defined in Section 80-6-102. See Utah Code 80-5-102

Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5

(2)

(a)	Case management staff shall develop treatment programs for each minor in the community, provide appropriate services, and monitor individual progress.

(b)

Progress reports shall be filed every three months with:

(i)	the juvenile court for each minor committed to the division for community-based programs; and

(ii)	the authority for each juvenile offender on parole.

(c)	The authority, in the case of juvenile offenders on parole, or the juvenile court, in the case of minors committed to the division for placement in community programs, shall be immediately notified, in writing, of any violation of law or of conditions of parole or placement.

(3)

Case management staff shall:

(a)	conduct investigations and make reports requested by a juvenile court to aid the juvenile court in determining appropriate case dispositions; and

(b)	conduct investigations and make reports requested by the authority to aid the authority in making appropriate dispositions in cases of parole, revocation, and termination.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 261, 2021 General Session

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