The bill requires the general assembly to appropriate $3,340,119
to the department of human services (department) in each fiscal year for services for youth who can be placed in lieu of detention. Of the money, the department shall:
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Allocate $200,000 to judicial districts for services for detained youth and supports for youth moving from detention to treatment or other placements;
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Use $1,780,137 to incentivize and remove barriers for licensed providers to serve youth who may be placed in community residential facilities or family-like settings in lieu of detention; and
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Use $1,359,982 of the money for temporary emergency detention beds for juveniles.
Existing law limits the number of juvenile detention beds available
for juveniles statewide, which are allocated to catchment areas established by the department together with the state court administrator in the judicial department. The beds in each catchment area are allocated to each judicial district in the catchment area. The bill establishes 22 temporary emergency detention beds that may be used, pursuant to a court order, when there are no available judicial detention beds in a catchment area. The department allocates temporary emergency detention beds to each catchment area. The bill sets forth the process for a court to issue an order permitting the use of a temporary emergency detention bed. Temporary emergency detention beds do not count toward the statewide juvenile detention bed limit.
The court is required to immediately appoint a guardian ad litem
for each detained juvenile.
Under existing law, the working group for criteria for placement
of juvenile offenders, known as the CYDC working group, is required to review data collected by the division of youth services every 2 years. The bill requires the CDYC working group to conduct the review annually.
The department is required to collect statewide data about: •
Youth eligible for release from a detention facility without an additional court order if services or placements are available for the youth;
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The use of temporary emergency detention beds; and
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Youth released from detention solely because the number of youth detained statewide exceeds the statewide detention bed cap.
The department shall annually report the statewide data to the
CYDC working group, the house of representatives and senate judiciary committees, the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee, and the senate health and human services committee, or any successor committees.
