(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall develop an emergency plan for the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Geneva, the Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center-Kearney, and any other facility operated and utilized as a youth rehabilitation and treatment center in compliance with state law.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 43-428

  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(2) Each emergency plan shall:

(a) Identify and designate temporary placement facilities for the placement of juveniles in the event a youth rehabilitation and treatment center must be evacuated due to an emergency as defined in section 43-403. The administrator of a proposed temporary placement facility shall consent to be designated as a temporary placement facility in the emergency plan. A criminal detention facility or a juvenile detention facility shall only be designated as a temporary placement facility pursuant to section 43-430 ;

(b) Identify barriers to implementation of an effective emergency plan, including necessary administrative or legislative changes;

(c) Include procedures for the Office of Juvenile Services to provide reliable, effective, and timely notification that an emergency plan is to be implemented to:

(i) Staff at the youth rehabilitation and treatment center where the emergency plan is implemented and the administrator and staff at the temporary placement facility;

(ii) Juveniles placed at the youth rehabilitation and treatment center;

(iii) Families and legal guardians of juveniles placed at the youth rehabilitation and treatment center;

(iv) The State Court Administrator, in a form and manner prescribed by the State Court Administrator;

(v) The committing court of each juvenile placed at the youth rehabilitation and treatment center;

(vi) The chairperson of the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature; and

(vii) The office of Public Counsel and the office of Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare;

(d) Detail the plan for transportation of juveniles to a temporary placement facility; and

(e) Include methods and schedules for implementing the emergency plan.

(3) Each emergency plan shall be developed on or before December 15, 2020.