19-1-127. Responsibility for placement and care.
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(1)"Responsibility for placement and care", for purposes of compliance with federal requirements pursuant to the federal "Social Security Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 672 (a)(2), means the specified entity is considered to have the responsibility for placement and care of a child if:
(a)A county department of human or social services has entered into a voluntary placement agreement with the parent or guardian of the child;
(b)A court, as a result of a petition for review of need of placement, has determined that a county department of human or social services shall have continuing placement and care responsibility of the child who entered care pursuant to a voluntary placement;
(c)A court has awarded legal custody of the child to a county department of human or social services, or has committed the child to the custody of the state department of human services; or
(d)An agency, such as a tribal agency, with which the state department of human services has a contract pursuant to the federal "Social Security Act", has placement and care responsibility of the child pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement or a court order awarding custody of the child to the agency.