S.C. Code Ann. § 43-1-210
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SECTION 43-1-210. Annual report and recommendations.
Official statutory text
(A) The director shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a full and detailed report of its activities and expenditures annually, including a statement of its personnel and the salaries paid, and shall likewise make such recommendations and suggestions as it shall deem advisable in the execution of its duties to the General Assembly. In addition, this report must include, but is not limited to, the following information: (1) the monthly total number of cases assigned, as of the last business day of every month, to each case worker in the Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Division; (2) the monthly total number of children assigned, as of the last business day of every month, to each case worker in the Department of Social Services Child Protective Services Division; (3) the monthly total number of children seen by the Department of Social Services within twenty-four hours of a report of abuse or neglect that were accepted for intake; (4) the monthly total number of children that were not seen by the Department of Social Services within twenty-four hours of a report of abuse or neglect; (5) the total number of children in foster care that were seen by the Department of Social Services each month; (6) the total number of children in foster care that were not seen by the Department of Social Services each month; (7) the number of children placed with a relative or other person pursuant to a safety plan; (8) the number of children placed with a relative licensed as a kinship foster parent; (9) the number of children placed with a relative not licensed as a kinship foster parent; (10) for each case in which a relative requests to be licensed as a kinship foster parent, the number of days before a license is granted; and (11) the number of relatives who apply to be licensed as a kinship foster parent and request a waiver of nonsafety licensing requirements who are subsequently granted a license with the waiver. (B) The Department of Social Services shall prepare and submit this report no later than March first of each year. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 281, SECTION 11, in the introductory paragraph, added the last sentence, added paragraphs (1) through (6), and added the last undesignated paragraph. 2018 Act No. 146, SECTION 6, inserted the (A) and (B) designators; in (A), added (7) to (11); and made nonsubstantive changes.
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