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HOUSE BILL NO. 31 – Juvenile, custody Juv Corr, support

HOUSE BILL NO. 31

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H0031........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
                    Department of Juvenile Corrections
JUVENILE OFFENDERS - Amends and adds to existing law to provide that the
Department of Juvenile Corrections may establish and enforce child support
to reimburse the department for costs incurred for the care and support of
juveniles committed to its custody; and to provide that the department may
contract with the Department of Health and Welfare for services relating to
child support.

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H0031

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 31

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                     Requested by: Department of Juvenile Corrections

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO JUVENILE CORRECTIONS; AMENDING  SECTION  20-504,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 3        ALLOW  THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS TO CONTRACT WITH THE DEPART-
 4        MENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE FOR SERVICES RELATING  TO  CHILD  SUPPORT;  AND
 5        AMENDING  SECTION  20-524,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY
 6        ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE CHILD SUPPORT TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT FOR  COSTS
 7        INCURRED FOR THE CARE AND SUPPORT OF JUVENILES COMMITTED TO ITS CUSTODY.

 8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 9        SECTION  1.  That  Section  20-504, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10    amended to read as follows:

11        20-504.  DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS. (1) The depart-
12    ment shall have jurisdiction over all juveniles committed to  it  pursuant  to
13    chapter 5, title 20, Idaho Code.
14        (2)  The department is responsible for all juvenile offenders committed to
15    it  by  the  courts  of  this state for confinement. The department shall also
16    establish minimum standards for detention, care and certification of  approved
17    detention facilities based upon such standards.
18        (3)  The  department shall establish and administer all secure residential
19    facilities including all state juvenile corrections centers.
20        (4)  The department shall make all decisions regarding placement of  juve-
21    nile offenders committed to it in the most appropriate program for supervision
22    and treatment.
23        (5)  The  department shall establish an observation and assessment process
24    for juvenile offenders committed to it by a court.
25        (6)  The department shall establish liaison services with the counties.
26        (7)  The department may establish and operate work  programs  designed  to
27    employ  juvenile  offenders in public service work projects for the purpose of
28    reimbursing victims of the juvenile offender's delinquent behavior.
29        (8)  The department is hereby authorized and may place juveniles committed
30    to it pursuant to this chapter on a ranch,  in  a  forestry  camp  or  similar
31    facility for care and for work, if possible; provided, that the person, agency
32    or association operating the facility has been approved and has otherwise com-
33    plied  with  all  applicable state and local laws. A juvenile placed in a for-
34    estry camp or similar facility may be required to  work  on  fire  prevention,
35    forestation  and  reforestation, recreational works, forest roads and on other
36    works on or off the grounds of such facility and may be paid wages.
37        (9)  The department shall establish minimum standards for the operation of
38    all private residential and nonresidential facilities and programs which  pro-
39    vide  services to juvenile offenders. The standards shall be no more stringent
40    than standards imposed for facilities operated by the department or for deten-
41    tion facilities operated by counties.
42        (10) The department shall assist counties in establishing meaningful  pro-
43    grams  for  juveniles  who either have been found to come under the purview of


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 1    this chapter or who have had their case informally diverted pursuant  to  sec-
 2    tion  20-511, Idaho Code, and who have not been committed to the legal custody
 3    of the department.
 4        (11) The department shall have  authority  to  adopt  such  administrative
 5    rules pursuant to the procedures provided in chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code,
 6    as  are  deemed necessary or appropriate for the functioning of the department
 7    and the implementation and administration of this act.
 8        (12)  The department shall have the authority to  contract  with  any
 9    public  or private entity for the establishment and enforcement of support for
10    juveniles committed to the department of juvenile corrections.
11        (13)  Subject to any competitive bidding requirements otherwise pro-
12    vided by law, the department shall have authority to enter into contracts with
13    a private association or organization or other public agency  or  organization
14    for the inspection and licensure of detention facilities.
15        (1  3    4  ) Subject  to  any  competitive  bidding
16    requirements otherwise provided by law, the department shall have authority to
17    enter into contracts with private providers or local governmental agencies for
18    the confinement or other permanent or temporary placement of juveniles commit-
19    ted to its custody.
20        (1  4    5  ) The department shall have authority to
21    apply for, receive and expend federal funds, subject to appropriation  by  the
22    legislature.   The department shall have authority to establish guidelines for
23    and administer the distribution of state block grant funds to counties for the
24    employment and training of county probation  officers,  the  establishment  of
25    secure and nonsecure residential or nonresidential facilities and programs for
26    juvenile  offenders. The department may require that a county provide matching
27    funds as a condition of receiving a block grant. The department, by  rule,  in
28    cooperation  with  the  courts and the counties, shall establish uniform stan-
29    dards, criteria and operating procedures for county  juvenile  probation  ser-
30    vices,  as  well as qualifications for and standards for the training of juve-
31    nile probation officers.
32        (1 5  6 ) All of the powers and duties imposed  upon
33    or  granted  to  the  director  of the department of health and welfare or the
34    board of health and welfare pursuant to chapter 18, title 16, Idaho Code,  are
35    hereby  transferred to the director of the department of juvenile corrections.
36    The director shall have all such powers and duties as may have been  or  could
37    have  been  exercised  by  his predecessors in law with respect to chapter 18,
38    title 16, Idaho Code, and shall be the successor in  law  to  all  contractual
39    obligations entered into by his predecessor in law.

40        SECTION  2.  That  Section  20-524, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
41    amended to read as follows:

42        20-524.  SUPPORT OF JUVENILE -- REIMBURSEMENT FOR COSTS INCURRED  --  PAY-
43    MENT  OF  DETENTION  COSTS. (1)  Upon the commitment of a juvenile to the
44    custody of the department, a debt is created which is due  and  owing  to  the
45    department  by the parent, guardian or other persons legally obligated to care
46    for and support the juvenile. The debt arises from the date  the  juvenile  is
47    committed  to the department and continues until the juvenile is released from
48    the custody of the department. The debt is equal to the support obligation  as
49    subsequently  determined by a court pursuant to the Idaho child support guide-
50    lines. The debt shall not exceed the amount expended by the department for the
51    care and support of the juvenile. The department shall be  subrogated  to  the
52    right  of  the juvenile or the person having the care, custody, and control of
53    the juvenile to prosecute or maintain any support action  existing  under  the


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 1    laws  of the state of Idaho to obtain reimbursement of the moneys expended for
 2    the care and support of the juvenile. If an order already exists for the  sup-
 3    port  of  the juvenile, the department shall be subrogated to the debt created
 4    by such order. When a written  agreement  for  payment  of  support  has  been
 5    entered  into  by the department and the responsible parent, guardian or other
 6    legally obligated person, the debt shall be limited to the amount provided for
 7    in the agreement.
 8        (2)   Whenever a juvenile is placed by the court  in  custody  
 9    other  than  that  of the juvenile's parents, guardian or custodian, after due
10    notice to the parent, guardian or other persons legally obligated to care  for
11    and  support  the juvenile, and after a hearing   of the department
12    of juvenile corrections , the court  may   shall  
13    order   and decree that  the parent or other legally obligated per-
14    son  shall   to  pay  in such a manner as the court
15    may direct a reasonable sum that will cover in whole or  in  part    the
16      department  for the  support and treatment of the juvenile .
17    If the parent or other legally obligated person willfully fails or refuses  to
18    pay such sum, the court may proceed against him for contempt, or the order may
19    be  filed  and shall have the effect of a civil judgment   pursuant
20    to the Idaho child support guidelines .
21        ( 2  3 )  If the juvenile is detained, the court may
22    order that the parents or other legal guardian of the juvenile  contribute  to
23    the  costs  of detention in an amount to be set by the court. The order may be
24    filed and shall have the effect of a civil judgment. It is the intent  of  the
25    legislature that foster parents or a parent or legal guardian receiving public
26    assistance  relating  to  that  juvenile should not benefit from the continued
27    receipt of payments or public assistance from  any  state  or  federal  agency
28    while  the  juvenile  is  detained.  The  department  of health and welfare is
29    directed to promulgate a rule implementing this intent.
30        ( 3  4 )   All child support orders shall notify the
31    obligor that the order will be enforced  by  income  withholding  pursuant  to
32    chapter 12, title 32, Idaho Code.
33        (  4   5 )  Failure to include these provisions does
34    not affect the validity of the  support  order  or  decree.  The  court  shall
35    require  that  the  social security numbers of both the obligor and obligee be
36    included in the order or decree.
37        ( 5  6 )  If the juvenile is committed to  the  cus-
38    tody  of  the  department of juvenile corrections pursuant to chapter 5, title
39    20, Idaho Code, the department shall reimburse the county for  the  period  of
40    time  in  excess  of  five  (5)  days during which the juvenile is housed at a
41    detention facility. The time period shall  begin  to  run  from  the  day  the
42    department  receives  a copy of the order of commitment executed by the court.
43    Facsimile transmissions of the order are acceptable.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE
                             RS08389
It is necessary to include a clarification of the legal
responsibility of parents to provide reimbursement for the cost of
treating their child while s/he is in the custody of the Department
of Juvenile Corrections, and that the provisions of I.C.  20-524
can be pursued administratively as a debt to the Department.



                         FISCAL  IMPACT
This proposed legislation will have a positive fiscal impact of
unknown proportions.




CONTACT   
Name:     Peggy White
Agency:   Dept. of Juvenile Corrections
Phone:    334-5100, ext. 384

Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact                             H 3