The Department of Human Services shall provide the following information regarding out-of-state placements of children and wards on a website maintained by the department and updated monthly:

1. (1) The name of each out-of-state facility in which children or wards placed by the department are currently receiving services;
2. (2) The city and state in which each facility is located;
3. (3) The name of any parent organization for each facility;
4. (4) The name of each facility’s accreditation agency;
5. (5) The number of children or wards placed by the department currently receiving services from each facility;
6. (6) The total number of children or wards currently receiving services from each facility;
7. (7) The daily rate charged by each facility for each child or ward;
8. (8) The name of the face-to-face contracting agency, including the city and state in which it is located;
9. (9) Whether each facility provides services to adjudicated youths or the resident state’s equivalent of adjudicated youths;
10. (10) Demographic information about all children or wards the department currently has placed in out-of-state facilities, including but not limited to age, gender or gender identity, race, ethnicity, tribal status and, if disclosed by the child or ward, sexual orientation;
11. (11) The number of children or wards the department currently has placed in out-of-state facilities who have autism, intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities; and
12. (12) Aggregate travel costs for the department to support out-of-state placements during the previous month.

[2019 c.619 §4; 2021 c.387 §5; 2021 c.489 §58]