                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

QUALIFIED RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS (§ 63.2-906.1)

A. In cases in which a child is placed by a local board or licensed
child-placing agency in a qualified residential treatment program as defined in
&#xA7; 63.2-100, the foster care plan shall include (i) a description of the
reasonable and good faith efforts made by the local department to identify and
include on the child&#8217;s family and permanency team all appropriate
biological relatives, fictive kin, professionals, and, if the child is 14 years
of age or older, members of the child&#8217;s case planning team that were
selected by the child in accordance with subsection A of &#xA7; 16.1-281; (ii)
contact information for all members of the child&#8217;s family and permanency
team and for other family members and fictive kin; (iii) evidence that all
meetings of the family and permanency team are held at a time and place
convenient for the child&#8217;s family; (iv) if reunification is the goal for
the child, evidence demonstrating that the parent from whom the child was
removed provided input on the members of the family and permanency team; (v) the
assessment report prepared pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of
qualified residential treatment program set forth in &#xA7; 63.2-100 and
evidence that such assessment was conducted in conjunction with the
child&#8217;s family and permanency team; (vi) the placement preferences of the
child and the family and permanency team with recognition that the child should
be placed with his siblings unless the court finds that such placement is
contrary to the best interest of the child; and (vii) if the placement
preferences of the child and the family and permanency team differ from the
placement recommended in the assessment report prepared pursuant to clause
(viii) of the definition of qualified residential treatment program set forth in
&#xA7; 63.2-100, the reasons why the preferences of the child and the family and
permanency team were not recommended.

B. In all cases in which a child is placed by a local board or licensed
child-placing agency in a qualified residential treatment program as defined in
&#xA7; 63.2-100, a hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of
subsection E of &#xA7; 16.1-281 within 60 days of such placement.

C. If any child 13 years of age or older is placed in a qualified residential
treatment program for more than 12 consecutive months or 18 nonconsecutive
months, or any child 12 years of age or younger is placed in a qualified
residential treatment program for more than six consecutive or nonconsecutive
months, the Commissioner shall submit to the federal Secretary of Health and
Human Services (i) the most recent versions of the evidence and documentation
required under subdivision E 2 of &#xA7; 16.1-281 and (ii) a written approval,
signed by the Commissioner, for the continued placement of the child in the
qualified residential treatment program.

HISTORY: 2019, cc. 282, 688.