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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86904</law_id><section_number>63.2-906.1</section_number><catch_line>Qualified residential treatment programs</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-281</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Foster Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In cases in which a <span class="dictionary">child</span> is placed by a <span class="dictionary">local board</span> or licensed <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span> in a <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-100/">63.2-100</a>, the foster care plan shall include (i) a description of the reasonable and good faith efforts made by the <span class="dictionary">local department</span> to identify and include on the <span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> all appropriate biological relatives, <span class="dictionary">fictive kin</span>, professionals, and, if the <span class="dictionary">child</span> is 14 years of age or older, members of the <span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x2019;s case planning team that were selected by the <span class="dictionary">child</span> in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Foster care plan" href="/16.1-281/">16.1-281</a>; (ii) contact information for all members of the <span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> and for other family members and <span class="dictionary">fictive kin</span>; (iii) <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that all meetings of the <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> are held at a time and place convenient for the <span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x2019;s family; (iv) if reunification is the goal for the <span class="dictionary">child</span>, <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> demonstrating that the parent from whom the <span class="dictionary">child</span> was removed provided input on the members of the <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span>; (v) the assessment report prepared pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-100/">63.2-100</a> and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that such assessment was conducted in conjunction with the <span class="dictionary">child</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span>; (vi) the placement preferences of the <span class="dictionary">child</span> and the <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> with recognition that the <span class="dictionary">child</span> should be placed with his <span class="dictionary">siblings</span> unless the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that such placement is contrary to the best interest of the <span class="dictionary">child</span>; and (vii) if the placement preferences of the <span class="dictionary">child</span> and the <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> differ from the placement recommended in the assessment report prepared pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-100/">63.2-100</a>, the reasons why the preferences of the <span class="dictionary">child</span> and the <span class="dictionary">family and permanency team</span> were not recommended. <a id="paragraph-311127" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-906.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> In all cases in which a <span class="dictionary">child</span> is placed by a <span class="dictionary">local board</span> or licensed <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">child</span>-placing agency</span> in a <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-100/">63.2-100</a>, a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> shall be held in accordance with the provisions of subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Foster care plan" href="/16.1-281/">16.1-281</a> within 60 days of such placement. <a id="paragraph-311128" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-906.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If any <span class="dictionary">child</span> 13 years of age or older is placed in a <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> for more than 12 consecutive months or 18 nonconsecutive months, or any <span class="dictionary">child</span> 12 years of age or younger is placed in a <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span> for more than six consecutive or nonconsecutive months, the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall submit to the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services (i) the most recent versions of the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> and documentation required under subdivision E 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Foster care plan" href="/16.1-281/">16.1-281</a> and (ii) a written approval, signed by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, for the continued placement of the <span class="dictionary">child</span> in the <span class="dictionary">qualified residential treatment program</span>. <a id="paragraph-311129" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-906.1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, cc. 282, 688.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
