If a child is found to be dependent or neglected, present law authorizes the court to make any of the following orders of disposition best suited to the protection and physical, mental and moral welfare of the child:
(1) Permit the child to remain with the child's parents, guardian or other custodian, subject to conditions and limitations as the court prescribes, including supervision as directed by the court for the protection of the child;
(2) Transfer temporary legal custody or grant permanent guardianship to an individual found to be qualified to receive and care for the child, the department of children's services, an agency or other private organization licensed or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child, or an individual in another state;
(3) In those counties having a county department of children's services, commit the child to the custody of such county department; or
(4) Transfer custody of the child to the juvenile court of another state.
This bill adds that, if a court makes a disposition described in (1) for a child who is under three years of age and who has been diagnosed by a licensed physician with neonatal abstinence syndrome, the conditions and limitations prescribed by the court include submission to the department of children's services of documentation of a well-baby routine examination by a licensed physician at, as applicable based upon the age of the child, six weeks of age, three months of age, and at three-month intervals thereafter during the child's first year of life and at six-month intervals during the child's second and third year of life.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 37-1-130