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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".19" citation="COMAR 07.02.11.19" title_num="07" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="11" heading="Periodic Reviews.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>General.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A periodic review of a child's status shall be held not less frequently than once every 6 months by the juvenile court, and, if not reviewed by the court, may be reviewed according to §A(2) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The review shall be conducted by the court, an administrative panel, or the Citizens' Review Board for Children (CRBC), as described in COMAR 07.01.06.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>At least one local board of the CRBC exists in every county and Baltimore City, and reviews the cases of children in out-of-home placement in accordance with its local plan as approved by the CRBC State Board and the Secretary of Human Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Each local department shall provide the local board with information the board requires to perform its duties.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The periodic review shall determine the:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Continuing necessity for and appropriateness of the placement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Extent of compliance with the permanency plan; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Extent of progress which has been made toward alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating out-of-home placement.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The periodic reviews shall project a likely date by which the permanency plan for the child will be achieved.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The local department shall, in preparation for the periodic review held by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The court:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Give 10 days notice of the review, whenever possible, to the parents or legal guardian, child, foster parent or the foster parent's attorney, pre-adoptive parent, or relative caregiver; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Document the notice in the child's case record;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The CRBC, encourage the parents, legal guardian, foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, relative caregivers, the child's attorney, the child if appropriate, and any other interested individual to attend the review; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An administrative panel:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Invite the participation of the parents, legal guardian, foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, relative caregivers, the child's attorney, and the child if appropriate; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Document the notice given in the child's case record.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>At the permanency planning hearing, the local department shall detail:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The efforts to finalize the permanency plan in effect for the child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The services to facilitate the achievement of a permanency plan for the child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The reasons the child's placement is stable and the least restrictive setting available and accessible for the child since the most recent hearing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The services to help maintain the child in the child's existing placement, including all services and benefits available in accordance with State law, regulations, court orders, or stipulated agreements accepted by the court regarding the provision of services to children in out-of-home placements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The efforts to meet the needs of the child, including the child's health, education, safety, and preparation for independence;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The assignment of a caseworker that is responsible for the case at all times, and that the caseworker has received within 30 days of assignment all pertinent files and information about the case; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The consideration of both in-State and out-of-State options to finalize the permanency plans.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>An administrative review shall be conducted by a panel of three or more adults, who may be employees or volunteers of the local department, at least one of whom is not responsible for case management or service delivery to the child, parents, or legal guardian.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The written documentation of the periodic review shall be placed in the child's case record.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The periodic reviews shall continue until the child exits an out-of-home placement.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>