California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 11462.022

WIC § 11462.022 Effective Sep 27, 2024Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)Upon meeting the licensure requirements pursuant to Section 1530.8 of the Health and Safety Code, a county child welfare agency operating a temporary shelter care facility, as defined in Section 1530.8 of the Health and Safety Code, shall comply with this section.

(b)Prior to detaining the child in the temporary shelter care facility, the child welfare agency shall make reasonable efforts, consistent with current law, to place the child with a relative, tribal member, nonrelative extended family member, approved resource family, or in the case of an Indian child, an extended family member as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 224.1 or a tribally approved home as described in subdivision (r) of Section 224.1 and in Section 10553.12. When the child welfare agency has reason to believe that the child is or may be an Indian child, the agency shall make active efforts to comply with the federal Indian Child Welfare Act placement preferences, as required by Section 361.31.

(c)A child may be detained or placed in a temporary shelter care facility only for the duration necessary to enable the county placing agency to perform the required assessments and to appropriately place the child.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 656, Sec. 30. (AB 81) Effective September 27, 2024.