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(II) IS PREPARED BEFORE THE CHILD IS

TRANSFERRED FROM HIS LAST APPROVED PLACEMENT; AND

(3) IF BEFORE ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL

REVIEW OF THE ACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETED:

(I) THE CHILD IS PREVENTED FROM

CONTINUING IN A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLACEMENT AT PUBLIC

EXPENSE; OR

(II) THE NONPUBLIC PLACEMENT FAILS TO BE

HELD OPEN FOR THE CHILD.

(D) A NONPUBLIC PLACEMENT RECOMMENDED BY A COUNTY

BOARD FOR APPROVAL UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPROVED OR

DISAPPROVED PURSUANT TO THE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD.

HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT DISAPPROVE A NONPUBLIC

PLACEMENT RECOMMENDED BY A COUNTY BOARD FOR A CHILD IF THE
CHILD WILL BE PREVENTED FROM CONTINUING IN THE LAST APPROVED

PLACEMENT DURING THE NEXT PLACEMENT YEAR UNLESS THE

DEPARTMENT PROVIDES AN APPROPRIATE ALTERNATIVE PLACEMENT IN

CONFORMITY WITH THE BYLAWS OF THE STATE BOARD AND APPLICABLE

FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT

TERMINATE FUNDING FOR THE LAST APPROVED NONPUBLIC PLACEMENT

OF A CHILD DURING THE PENDENCY OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE OR

JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A RECOMMENDED PLACEMENT CHANGE.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 1
of this Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 2
and 3 of this Act shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 29, 1978.

CHAPTER 943

(House Bill 1589)

AN ACT concerning

Single Parent Services - Social Services Administration

FOR the purpose of creating a Single Parent Services
program; imposing on the Department of Human Resources
certain duties with regard to implementing the program;
specifying the scope of the program; and relating