Louisiana Children’s Code 907 – Permanency planning for children committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 907
- Child: means any person under the age of twenty-one, including an emancipated minor, who commits a delinquent act before attaining seventeen years of age. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
- Child care institution: means a nonprofit, licensed private or public institution which accommodates no more than twenty-five children and which is not a detention facility, a forestry camp, a training school, or any other facility operated primarily for the detention of children who are determined to be delinquent. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
If the Department of Public Safety and Corrections makes a placement of a child committed to its legal custody in a foster home or child care institution for which the department claims funding under 42 U.S.C. § 672(c), it shall be subject to the permanency planning requirements of Chapters 13, 15, and 16 of Title VI, except that the time limitations for the preparation of case plans, and administrative and judicial reviews shall date from the time when such an initial placement is made.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.