CHAPTER 5.5. Child Welfare Leadership and Performance Accountability

Chapter 5.5 added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 384, Sec. 3.

§§ 16540–16545 · 9 sections

• § 16540 The California Child Welfare Council is hereby established, which shall serve as an advisory body responsible for improving the collaboration and processes of…
• § 16541 The council shall be comprised of the following members: (a) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, who shall serve as cochair. (b) The Chief…
• § 16541.5 The council shall meet no less frequently than each quarter of the state fiscal year and at the call of the cochairs, at a time and location convenient to the…
• § 16542 The cochairs may appoint committees composed of council members, experts in specialized fields, foster youth, program stakeholders, state and county child…
• § 16543 Consistent with state and federal law, the council shall have access to aggregate data and information concerning the child welfare and foster care systems…
• § 16543.5 It is the intent of the Legislature to inspect other state child welfare and foster care systems over the course of the 2007–08 Legislative Session, for the…
• § 16544 The secretary shall ensure that all of the federal Child and Family Services Review outcome measures and all of the California Child and Family Service Review…
• § 16544.5 The California Child Welfare Council shall establish a Mandated Reporting Advisory Committee (MRAC). The MRAC shall include, but not be limited to,…
• § 16545 By April 1, 2008, the Judicial Council shall adopt, through rules of court, performance measures designed to complement and promote those measures specified in…