SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 684
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1998
S3152.02T
AN ACT
To repeal sections 211.073 and 211.181, RSMo Supp. 1997, relating to juveniles, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Sections 211.073 and 211.181, RSMo Supp. 1997, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 211.073 and 211.181, to read as follows:
211.073. 1. The court may, in a case when the offender is under seventeen years of age and has been transferred to a court of general jurisdiction pursuant to section 211.071, and whose prosecution results in a conviction or a plea of guilty, invoke dual jurisdiction of both the criminal and juvenile codes, as set forth in this section. The court is authorized to impose a juvenile disposition under this chapter and simultaneously impose an adult criminal sentence, the execution of which shall be suspended pursuant to the provisions of this section. Successful completion of the juvenile disposition ordered shall be a condition of the suspended adult criminal sentence. The court may order an offender into the custody of the division of youth services pursuant to this section if:
(1) A facility is designed and built by the division of youth services specifically for offenders sentenced pursuant to this section and if the division determines that there is space available, based on design capacity, in the facility; [or] and
(2) Upon agreement of the division.
2. If there is probable cause to believe that the offender has violated a condition of the suspended sentence or committed a new offense, the court shall conduct a hearing on the violation charged, unless the offender waives such hearing. If the violation is established and found the court may continue or revoke the juvenile disposition, impose the adult criminal sentence, or enter such other order as it may see fit.
3. When an offender has received a suspended sentence pursuant to this section and the division determines the child is beyond the scope of its treatment programs, the division of youth services may petition the court for a transfer of custody of the offender. The court shall hold a hearing and shall:
(1) Revoke the suspension and direct that the offender be taken into immediate custody of the department of corrections; or
(2) Direct that the offender be placed on probation.
4. When an offender who has received a suspended sentence reaches the age of seventeen, the court shall hold a hearing. The court shall:
(1) Revoke the suspension and direct that the offender be taken into immediate custody of the department of corrections;
(2) Direct that the offender be placed on probation; or
(3) Direct that the offender remain in the custody of the division of youth services if the division agrees to such placement.
5. The division of youth services shall petition the court for a hearing before it releases an offender who comes within subsection 1 of this section [who has remained in the custody of the division of youth services until] at any time before the offender reaches the age of twenty-one years. The court shall:
(1) Revoke the suspension and direct that the offender be taken into immediate custody of the department of corrections; or
(2) Direct that the offender be placed on probation.
6. If the suspension of the adult criminal sentence is revoked, all time served by the offender under the juvenile disposition shall be credited toward the adult criminal sentence imposed.
211.181. 1. When a child or person seventeen years of age is found by the court to come within the applicable provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, the court shall so decree and make a finding of fact upon which it exercises its jurisdiction over the child or person seventeen years of age, and the court may, by order duly entered, proceed as follows:
(1) Place the child or person seventeen years of age under supervision in his own home or in the custody of a relative or other suitable person after the court or a public agency or institution designated by the court conducts an investigation of the home, relative or person and finds such home, relative or person to be suitable and upon such conditions as the court may require;
(2) Commit the child or person seventeen years of age to the custody of:
(a) A public agency or institution authorized by law to care for children or to place them in family homes; except that, such child or person seventeen years of age may not be committed to the department of social services, division of youth services;
(b) Any other institution or agency which is authorized or licensed by law to care for children or to place them in family homes;
(c) An association, school or institution willing to receive the child or person seventeen years of age in another state if the approval of the agency in that state which administers the laws relating to importation of children into the state has been secured; or
(d) The juvenile officer;
(3) Place the child or person seventeen years of age in a family home;
(4) Cause the child or person seventeen years of age to be examined and treated by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist and when the health or condition of the child or person seventeen years of age requires it, cause the child or person seventeen years of age to be placed in a public or private hospital, clinic or institution for treatment and care; except that, nothing contained herein authorizes any form of compulsory medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment of a child or person seventeen years of age whose parents or guardian in good faith are providing other remedial treatment recognized or permitted under the laws of this state.
2. When a child is found by the court to come within the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, the court shall so decree and upon making a finding of fact upon which it exercises its jurisdiction over the child, the court may, by order duly entered, proceed as follows:
(1) Place the child under supervision in his own home or in custody of a relative or other suitable person after the court or a public agency or institution designated by the court conducts an investigation of the home, relative or person and finds such home, relative or person to be suitable and upon such conditions as the court may require;
(2) Commit the child to the custody of:
(a) A public agency or institution authorized by law to care for children or place them in family homes; except that, a child may be committed to the department of social services, division of youth services, only if he is presently under the court's supervision after an adjudication under the provisions of subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031;
(b) Any other institution or agency which is authorized or licensed by law to care for children or to place them in family homes;
(c) An association, school or institution willing to receive it in another state if the approval of the agency in that state which administers the laws relating to importation of children into the state has been secured; or
(d) The juvenile officer;
(3) Place the child in a family home;
(4) Cause the child to be examined and treated by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist and when the health or condition of the child requires it, cause the child to be placed in a public or private hospital, clinic or institution for treatment and care; except that, nothing contained herein authorizes any form of compulsory medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment of a child whose parents or guardian in good faith are providing other remedial treatment recognized or permitted under the laws of this state;
(5) Assess an amount of up to ten dollars to be paid by the child to the clerk of the court. Execution of any order entered by the court pursuant to this subsection, including a commitment to any state agency, may be suspended and the child placed on probation subject to such conditions as the court deems reasonable. After a hearing, probation may be revoked and the suspended order executed.
3. When a child is found by the court to come within the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, the court shall so decree and make a finding of fact upon which it exercises its jurisdiction over the child, and the court may, by order duly entered, proceed as follows:
(1) Place the child under supervision in his own home or in custody of a relative or other suitable person after the court or a public agency or institution designated by the court conducts an investigation of the home, relative or person and finds such home, relative or person to be suitable and upon such conditions as the court may require;
(2) Commit the child to the custody of:
(a) A public agency or institution authorized by law to care for children or to place them in family homes;
(b) Any other institution or agency which is authorized or licensed by law to care for children or to place them in family homes;
(c) An association, school or institution willing to receive it in another state if the approval of the agency in that state which administers the laws relating to importation of children into the state has been secured; or
(d) The juvenile officer;
(3) Beginning January 1, 1996, the court may make further directions as to placement with the division of youth services concerning the child's length of stay. The length of stay order may set forth a minimum review date;
(4) Place the child in a family home;
(5) Cause the child to be examined and treated by a physician, psychiatrist or psychologist and when the health or condition of the child requires it, cause the child to be placed in a public or private hospital, clinic or institution for treatment and care; except that, nothing contained herein authorizes any form of compulsory medical, surgical, or psychiatric treatment of a child whose parents or guardian in good faith are providing other remedial treatment recognized or permitted under the laws of this state;
(6) Suspend or revoke a state or local license or authority of a child to operate a motor vehicle;
(7) Order the child to make restitution or reparation for the damage or loss caused by his offense. In determining the amount or extent of the damage, the court may order the juvenile officer to prepare a report and may receive other evidence necessary for such determination. The child and his attorney shall have access to any reports which may be prepared, and shall have the right to present evidence at any hearing held to ascertain the amount of damages. Any restitution or reparation ordered shall be reasonable in view of the child's ability to make payment or to perform the reparation. The court may require the clerk of the circuit court to act as receiving and disbursing agent for any payment ordered;
(8) Order the child to a term of community service under the supervision of the court or of an organization selected by the court. Every person, organization, and agency, and each employee thereof, charged with the supervision of a child under this subdivision, or who benefits from any services performed as a result of an order issued under this subdivision, shall be immune from any suit by the child ordered to perform services under this subdivision, or any person deriving a cause of action from such child, if such cause of action arises from the supervision of the child's performance of services under this subdivision and if such cause of action does not arise from an intentional tort. A child ordered to perform services under this subdivision shall not be deemed an employee within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 287, RSMo, nor shall the services of such child be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 288, RSMo. Execution of any order entered by the court, including a commitment to any state agency, may be suspended and the child placed on probation subject to such conditions as the court deems reasonable. After a hearing, probation may be revoked and the suspended order executed;
(9) When a child has been adjudicated to have violated a municipal ordinance or to have committed an act that would be a misdemeanor if committed by an adult, assess an amount of up to twenty-five dollars to be paid by the child to the clerk of the court; when a child has been adjudicated to have committed an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult, assess an amount of up to fifty dollars to be paid by the child to the clerk of the court.
4. Beginning January 1, 1996, the court may set forth in the order of commitment the minimum period during which the child shall remain in the custody of the [department of social services or any of its divisions.] division of youth services. No court order shall require a child to remain in the custody of the division of youth services for a period which exceeds the child's eighteenth birth date except upon petition filed by the division of youth services pursuant to subsection 1 of section 219.021, RSMo. In any order of commitment of a child to the custody of the division of youth services, the division shall determine the appropriate program or placement pursuant to subsection 3 of section 219.021, RSMo. Beginning January 1, 1996, the department shall not discharge a child from the custody of the division of youth services before the child completes the length of stay determined by the court in the commitment order unless the committing court orders otherwise. The director of the division of youth services may at any time petition the court for a review of a child's length of stay commitment order, and the court may, upon a showing of good cause, order the early discharge of the child from the custody of the division of youth services. The [department] division may discharge the child from the division of youth services without a further court order after the child completes the length of stay determined by the court or may retain the child for any period after the completion of the length of stay in accordance with the law.
5. [When custody of a child or person seventeen years of age is legally placed in the department of social services or any of its divisions, the department shall immediately submit its proposed treatment plan for such child or person seventeen years of age, as developed pursuant to subdivision (17) of subsection 1 of section 207.020, RSMo, to a professional evaluation team. Such a team shall be composed of a local juvenile officer, a representative of the department, a guardian ad litem, or court appointed special advocate, and where applicable, a school employee. The evaluation team shall develop a long-range permanency treatment plan for each child or person seventeen years of age within thirty days of the date upon which the department was awarded custody. The long-range treatment plan will include the following components:
(1) Type of placement which will serve the best interest and special needs of a child or person seventeen years of age and provide the least restrictive setting;
(2) Projected length of care needed by the child or person seventeen years of age and the projected cost for providing such care;
(3) Services needed by the child or person seventeen years of age and his family to facilitate reunification and the projected cost of such services;
(4) Certification from the division director or designee whether the placement and/or services recommended by the evaluation team are available. The long-range permanency treatment plan shall be submitted to the court for consideration and approval prior to the court's final entry of a treatment order. In addition, a psychiatric or psychological evaluation shall be considered by the professional evaluation team and shall be submitted to the court for consideration for any child or person seventeen years of age who, in the discretion of the professional evaluation team, could benefit from such an examination. The juvenile court judge may assess the cost of the examination to the family based on their ability to pay.
6. In ordering implementation of a permanency treatment plan, the judge shall not order treatment with a specific provider but may reasonably designate the scope and extent of the services to be provided by the department to the child or person seventeen years of age subject to certification by the director of the division or designee that a provider and/or funds are available.
7. The department shall proceed to implement any long-range permanency plan within thirty days of its approval by the court. If the court fails to act upon a long-range permanency treatment plan within fifteen days of its submission by the professional evaluation team, then such plan shall be implemented by the department as if approved by the court and shall remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the court.
8. The department may seek appellate review of any long-range permanency treatment plan it is required by court order or operation of law to implement.
9.] When an assessment has been imposed under the provisions of subsection 2 or 3 of this section, the assessment shall be paid to the clerk of the court in the circuit where the assessment is imposed by court order, to be deposited in a fund established for the sole purpose of payment of judgments entered against children in accordance with section 211.185.