South Carolina General Assembly
105th Session, 1983-1984

Bill 3285

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3285
Ratification Number:       311
Act Number:                293
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Relating to institutional services to be
                           provided by the Department of Youth
                           Services
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(A293, R311, H3285)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-3230, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH SERVICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION AND EVALUATION CENTERS TO RECEIVE, EXAMINE, AND EVALUATE CHILDREN COMMITTED TO ITS CUSTODY, PROVIDE THAT THE COMMITMENT TO ANY CENTER OR YOUTH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY BE MADE ONLY AFTER THE CHILD HAS BEEN ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT, AND TO DESIGNATE THE RECEPTION AND EVALUATION CENTER LOCATED IN COLUMBIA AS "THE WILLIAM J. GOLDSMITH RECEPTION AND EVALUATION CENTER".

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Institutional services for children provided by Department of Youth Services; Columbia Center named William J. Goldsmith Reception and Evaluation Center

SECTION 1. Section 20-7-3230 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 124 of 1981, is amended to read:

"Section 20-7-3230. The department shall provide institutional services the board assigns to it which shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) Providing correctional institutional services for juveniles committed under the provisions of Part 3 of this subarticle.

(b) Managing, operating, and supervising Birchwood, Willow Lane, John G. Richards, and other facilities as the board may establish.

(c) The establishment and maintenance of residential and nonresidential reception and evaluation centers at which all children committed to its custody by a circuit or family court must be received, examined, and evaluated prior to assignment to one of its institutions or before other disposition or recommendation is made concerning the child. The commitment of a child to any reception and evaluation center or youth correctional institution of the department may be made only after the child has been adjudicated delinquent. The evaluation conducted by the reception and evaluation centers shall include but is not limited to:

(1) A complete social, physical, psychological, and mental examination.

(2) An investigation and consideration of family and community environment and other facts in the background of the person concerned that might relate to his delinquency.

(3) A determination of the correctional or custodial care that would be most appropriate. The department shall create facilities and employ personnel as will enable the centers to conduct the necessary physical, mental, and psychological examinations required by this section.

The reception and evaluation center located in Columbia isdesignated 'The William J. Goldsmith Reception and Evaluation Center'."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.