Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
Clarifies, in GS 153A-221.1, that the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Chief Deputy Secretary of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Public Safety must develop standards allowing a local jail to be approved as a holdover facility for a juvenile pending placement in a juvenile detention home (previously removed Secretary of Health and Human Services).
Adds a section, amending GS 7B-1903(b)(7) and (8), to modify two circumstances under which the court may order secure custody of a juvenile to remove provision allowing holding a juvenile for up to 72 hours. Effective October 1, 2012.
Adds a section, amending GS 7B-1905(b), to require juvenile detention facilities to meet Department of Public Safety (rather than Department of Health and Human Services) standards. Effective January 1, 2013.
Adds a section, amending GS 7B-2505, to delete the current provision, which concerns juveniles held in contempt, and replaces it with a procedure to review a juvenile on protective supervision or who violated conditions of protective supervision. Effective October 1, 2012.
Makes conforming changes to the bill title.