Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1282 Primary Sponsor:Nell W. Smith Committee Number:08 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Social Services, County Advisory Boards Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:General Committee Computer Document Number:BR1/2016.AC Introduced Date:Feb 11, 1992 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Feb 11, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Nell W. Smith Courson Mullinax Moore Russell Pope Macaulay Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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1282 Senate Feb 11, 1992 Introduced, read first time, 08
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-640, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND ADVISORY BOARDS TO THE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PROFESSIONAL FROM ANOTHER COUNTY MAY SERVE ON A COUNTY'S ADVISORY BOARD IF NO PROFESSIONAL IN THE COUNTY COULD BE RECRUITED TO SERVE, TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS ARE CONSTITUTED PROPERLY, AND TO DEVELOP A PROTOCOL TO BE APPROVED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN FOR REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ADVISORY BOARDS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 20-7-640 (D) and (E) of the 1976 Code are amended to read:
"(D) The county department of social services in each county is designated as the Child Protective Service Agency, whose duties are set forth in Section 20-7-650. The county in which the child resides shall be is the legal place of venue; provided, that. In conjunction with the powers enumerated in this section, each county board of social services shall appoint an advisory board to be composed of resident professionals in the county in which the child resides in the fields of medicine, including nurses, education, health, social workers, members of the clergy, and law enforcement officials, if available for the purpose of determining the course of protective action to be taken by the county department of social services. If after an exhaustive search a resident professional in any of the above listed fields cannot be recruited for participation on the advisory board, the county board of social services may appoint a professional to the board who is a resident of another county which is in proximity to the county. These The recommendations of the advisory board are to be deemed advisory only. These The appointments to the advisory board shall must be made in a nondiscriminatory manner.
(E) The State Department of Social Services shall ensure that each county department of social services has constituted properly the local advisory board described in subsection (D). The State Department of Social Services shall develop a protocol to determine which cases are referred to the local advisory boards and to determine how those cases are reviewed by those boards. This protocol must be followed by all local county departments of social services.
(E) (F) The State Department of Social Services may adopt all necessary rules and regulations and formulate policies and methods of administration to carry out effectively child protective services, activities, and responsibilities."
SECTION 2. The protocol required to be developed by the State Department of Social Services pursuant to Section 20-7-640(E) as contained in Section 1 of this act, must be submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on Children within six months of this act's effective date for approval.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.