Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-810

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 30-47-810 - Case plan

(a) Each licensee shall be an active participant on the case planning team with each child's child-placing agent, the sponsoring child-placement agency, and other appropriate parties to develop and implement the child's case plan or permanency plan.

(b) The licensee's participation shall include the following:

(1) Identifying and sharing information, as appropriate, with individuals who are directly involved in the child's case plan, including any treatment outcomes that the child achieves while in the family foster home and the attainment of age- or developmentally-appropriate life skills that the child needs to become functional in the community;

(2) reporting the child's behaviors and any other important information to the child's child-placing agent, the sponsoring child-placement agency, and others as indicated in the child's case plan;

(3) recommending changes in the child's case plan or person-centered plan to the child's child-placing agent, if needed, including any approval needed for special activities or privileges, participating in the case-planning conferences for the child, and ensuring that any modifications to the person-centered plan are implemented in compliance with freedom of choice in service and supports; and

(4) giving the child-placing agent any additional significant information about the child in foster care as it becomes known.

(c) A licensee shall not disclose medical or social information relating to any child in foster care without authorization from the child's child-placing agent, unless the disclosure is directly related to obtaining necessary services for the child or is necessary to ensure safe involvement in age- or developmentally appropriate activities.

(d) In order to meet the needs of each child placed in the home, each licensee shall implement the provisions assigned to the licensee in the case plan.

(e) Each licensee shall facilitate the child's timely enrollment and school attendance in a public school district, a private school, or any other place of instruction in accordance with the child's individual education plan and the child's case plan or person-centered plan.

(f) Each licensee shall seek consultation with and direction from the child's child-placing agent or the sponsoring child-placement agency if issues that cannot be resolved between the licensee and the child in foster care arise.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-810

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-508, 75-3084, and 75-3085; implementing K.S.A. 65-508; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 21; effective 6/7/2024.