| Notice Filed with SOS |
10/23/2015 |
| Rule |
ProposedRuleAttach2015-00713.doc |
| Statutory Authority |
19-3-612(9)(f); 26-1-107; 26-1-109; 26-1-111; C.R.S. (2015) |
| Description of Subjects/Issues |
#15-8-14-2: Reinstatement of Parental Rights Pursuant to S.B. 14-062 |
| Purpose/Objective of Rule |
The purpose of these proposed rules is to establish requirements for assessing a former parent, in order to comply with Senate Bill 14-062 regarding reinstatement of the parent-child relationship. These rules set forth a process for counties to explore another permanency option for children or youth whose parent’s rights had been terminated in the past. Reinstatement of parental rights are for children or youth who do not have a legal parent, are not in an adoptive home, are at least twelve years of age or part of a sibling group, agree to the reinstatement, and the reinstatement is found to be in the child’s or youth’s best interest. Reinstatement is for former parent(s) who have remedied issues that led to the termination of that legal relationship, have completed an assessment, and agreed to the reinstatement.
These rules align with the C-Stat measure that reviews all legally free youth (those who have had the parent-child relationship terminated) who are currently legally free; who are fifteen through eighteen (15-18) years of age, those on the C-Stat predictive analytics list which is a list of children and youth who have certain characteristics, and are at the highest risk of emancipating without legal permanency. These rules will help support the Departments continued efforts on finding legal permanency for all children and youth in the child welfare system; reinstatement of parental rights does allow for another permanency option, in limited circumstances.
The Department provided an Agency Letter to counties in October 2014 notifying the counties of the new statute and providing information about the new law. Over the past year, it was determined that specific rules about this new procedure would benefit counties by providing guidance around this legal process. |
| Regulatory analysis |
RegulatoryAnalysisAttachment2015-00713.doc
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| Comments |
Adopted 1/8/16, eff. 3/1/16. Need AGO by COB 1/26/16 for SoS submittal 1/27/16. |
| Submitted in response to issues raised by COLS/OLLS? |
No
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| Is this rule adopted in response to recent legislation? |
Yes
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| Recent legislation bill number |
S.B. 14-062
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| Hearing Date |
12/04/2015 |
| Hearing Time |
10:00 AM |
| Hearing Location |
Colorado Department of Human Services, 1575 Sherman Street, 8th Floor C-Stat Room, Denver, CO 80203 |
| Contact Name |
Gretchen Russo |
| Contact Title |
Division of Child Welfare |
| Contact Telephone |
303-866-3197 |
| Contact email |
gretchen.russo@state.co.us |