Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1391
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 31-34-19-11.
Synopsis: CHINS dispositional hearing data. Requires the department
of child services to prepare an annual report containing certain
information for all cases in which a parent, guardian, or custodian has
been ordered to participate in the plan of care for a child.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Lauer
January 11, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1391
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
family law and juvenile law.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 31-34-19-11 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 11. (a) This section applies to a
4 case in which a parent, guardian, or custodian has been ordered to
5 participate in the plan of care for a child in a dispositional decree
6 under section 10 of this chapter.
7 (b) For a case to which this section applies, the department shall
8 prepare a report that contains the following information for each
9 state fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2024:
10 (1) The elapsed time between the date a court finds that a
11 child is a child in need of services and the date that a
12 dispositional hearing is completed under section 1 of this
13 chapter.
14 (2) The elapsed time between the date the court finds that a
15 child is a child in need of services and the date that a
16 permanency hearing is completed under IC 31-34-21-7.
17 (3) The elapsed time between the date a dispositional decree
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1 is entered under section 6 of this chapter and the date of a
2 modification hearing held under IC 31-34-23 to modify
3 services related to the participation by the parent, guardian,
4 or custodian in the plan of care for the child in the
5 dispositional decree.
6 (4) The elapsed time between the date the dispositional decree
7 is entered and the date that a parent, guardian, or custodian
8 completes all services that are ordered in the dispositional
9 decree or modified decree.
10 (5) Any other information that the department determines to
11 be relevant.
12 (c) The report may not disclose any personal, identifiable
13 information.
14 (d) The department shall submit the report to the legislative
15 council before August 1, 2025, and before August 1 of each year
16 thereafter. The report must be submitted in an electronic format
17 under IC 5-14-6.
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