North Carolina Session Law 2021-132: Expedite Child Safety & Permanency

On September 1, 2021, the North Carolina Senate published this Senate Bill (SB) 693, which became session law 2021-132 to expedite child safety and permanency. This law amends various abuse, neglect, and dependency laws to ensure the safety of children in out-of-home placements and expedite permanency planning hearings for children who have been removed from the home; to clarify the non-caretaker definition for the responsible individuals list; to require the department of health and human services, division of social services, to develop a plan to implement a centralized hotline for child welfare intake; to develop a . . .