§ 14-3-215 — Interagency children's collaborative

(a) There is created an interagency children's
collaborative. The collaborative shall be composed of:
(i) The director of the department of family
services, or his designee;
(ii) The director of the department of health, or his
designee;
(iii) The superintendent of public instruction, or
his designee;
(iv) The director of the department of workforce
services, or his designee; and
(v) The governor's appointee who shall represent
families receiving services from the state agencies represented
in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of this subsection.
(b) The department of family services shall adopt rules by
July 1, 2005, to establish guidelines for review of case files
of children in state custody as a result of any action commenced
under this title. The rules shall be adopted by the department
of family services with the advice of the departments of
education, health and workforce services. In addition to
providing for the review of cases and the progress made towards
returning children in state custody to their homes, communities
or other permanent placements, the guidelines shall provide
specific processes for:
(i) Local multidisciplinary teams to voluntarily
present case files to the collaborative for review;
(ii) The review of cases in which more than one (1)
state agency provides services to the child and his family; and
(iii) The review of statewide availability and
utilization of resources for children in state custody.