2001 Minnesota Statutes

     260C.208 Information for child placement. 

    Subdivision 1.    Agency with placement authority.  An 
 agency with legal responsibility for the placement of a child 
 may request and shall receive all information pertaining to the 
 child that it considers necessary to appropriately carry out its 
 duties.  That information must include educational, medical, 
 psychological, psychiatric, and social or family history data 
 retained in any form by any individual or entity.  The agency 
 may gather appropriate data regarding the child's parents in 
 order to develop and implement a case plan required by section 
 260C.212.  Upon request of the court responsible for overseeing 
 the provision of services to the child and family and for 
 implementing orders that are in the best interest of the child, 
 the responsible social services agency or tribal social services 
 agency shall provide appropriate written or oral reports from 
 any individual or entity that has provided services to the child 
 or family.  The reports must include the nature of the services 
 being provided the child or family; the reason for the services; 
 the nature, extent, and quality of the child's or parent's 
 participation in the services, where appropriate; and 
 recommendations for continued services, where appropriate.  The 
 individual or entity shall report all observations and 
 information upon which it bases its report as well as its 
 conclusions.  If necessary to facilitate the receipt of the 
 reports, the court may issue appropriate orders.  

    Subd. 2.    Access to specific data.  A social services 
 agency responsible for the residential placement of a child 
 under this section and the residential facility in which the 
 child is placed shall have access to the following data on the 
 child: 

    (1) medical data under section 13.384; 

    (2) corrections and detention data under section 13.85; 

    (3) juvenile court data under section 260C.171; and 

    (4) health records under section 144.335.  

    HIST: 1999 c 139 art 3 s 25; 1999 c 227 s 22; 2001 c 178 art 1 
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