The duties of the State Citizen Foster Care Review Board shall be to:

1. (1) Establish, approve, and provide training programs for local citizen foster care review board members;
2. (2) Review and coordinate the activities of local citizen foster care review boards;

3. (3) Establish reporting procedures to be followed by the local citizen foster care review boards and publish an annual written report compiling data reported by local foster care review boards which shall include statistics relating, at a minimum, to the following:

   1. (a) Barriers to permanency identified in reviews;
   2. (b) The number of children moved more than three (3) times within a six (6) month period;
   3. (c) The average length of time in care;
   4. (d) Local solutions reported to meet identified barriers; and
   5. (e) The total number and frequency of reviews;
4. (4) Publish an annual written report on the effectiveness of such local citizen foster care review boards; and

5. (5) Evaluate and make annual recommendations to the Supreme Court, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Governor regarding:

   1. (a) Laws of the Commonwealth;
   2. (b) Practices, policies, and procedures within the Commonwealth affecting permanence for children in out-of-home placement and the investigation of allegations of abuse and neglect;
   3. (c) The findings of the local citizen foster care review board community forums conducted pursuant to KRS 620.270; and
   4. (d) The effectiveness or lack thereof and reasons therefor of local citizen foster care review of children in the custody of the cabinet in bringing about permanence for the Commonwealth's children.

Effective: January 1, 2023

History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 31, effective January 1, 2023; and ch. 223, sec. 15, effective January 1, 2023. -- Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 3, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 159, sec. 56, effective July 14, 2018. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 398, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 15, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 412, sec. 4, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 93, effective July 1, 1987. Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2023). This statute was amended by 2022 Ky. Acts chs. 211 and 223, which are identical and have been codified together.