Authority: IC 31-28-5.8-9

Affected: IC 31-9-2-71; IC 31-9-2-114; IC 31-28-5.8

Sec. 2. (a) "Collaborative care placement" means the placement of an older youth eligible under this rule, and includes, but is not limited to:

1. (1) foster care;
2. (2) a host home under an agreement with the older youth approved by the department;
3. (3) a supervised independent living arrangement approved by the department;

regardless of whether payment for the placement is or has been made by the department or any other person or agency.

(b) The term does not include detention or housing of an individual in:

1. (1) a juvenile detention facility, as defined in IC 31-9-2-71;
2. (2) a facility operated by the department of correction;
3. (3) a secure facility, as defined in IC 31-9-2-114, that is not licensed by the department;
4. (4) a forestry camp, training school, or any other facility operated primarily for detention of delinquent children; or
5. (5) an acute psychiatric placement.

(Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-15.1-2; filed Oct 12, 2016, 2:03 p.m.: 20161109-IR-465160055FRA; readopted filed May 6, 2022, 1:07 p.m.: 20220601-IR-465220094RFA)