After a dual status assessment team has met to assess a child, the team shall:

1. (1) designate a member to prepare the written report for the juvenile court; and

2. (2) provide recommendations, including:

   1. (A) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing regarding the petition alleging the child is in need of services and dismiss a pending delinquency petition or informal adjustment at the conclusion of a child in need of services adjudication;
   2. (B) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing regarding a petition alleging that the child is a delinquent child under IC 31-37-1 and dismiss a pending child in need of services petition or informal adjustment upon conclusion of the delinquency adjudication;
   3. (C) whether the court should proceed with an additional initial hearing and adjudication or informal adjustment concerning a child in need of services petition and a delinquency petition under IC 31-37-1 ;
   4. (D) what agency should be the lead agency in a child's supervision; and

   5. (E) any other matters relevant to the child's best interests, including any services to be included in a dispositional decree.

      If the probation department of the juvenile court is designated as the lead agency under IC 31-41-3 , any recommendations made by the dual status assessment team under subdivision (2) must be consistent with the funding provisions of IC 31-37 .

As added by P.L.66-2015, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.187-2015, SEC.35.