Priority/Expedited Placements – An expedited placement decision can be requested

Priority/Expedited Placements – An expedited placement decision can be requested if a child is being placed with a biological parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult uncle or aunt, adult brother or sister, or child’s guardian and one or more of the following circumstances exists: 1. The child is unexpectedly dependent due to the sudden or recent incarceration, incapacitation, or death of a parent or guardian; 2. The child is four years old or younger; a. Older siblings who will be placed with the same proposed placement are included. 3. The court finds any child in the sibling group sought to be placed has a substantial relationship with the proposed placement; or 4. The child is currently in an emergency placement. An expedited placement cannot be made if: 1. The child has been placed in the Receiving State in violation of the ICPC; 2. The child is being placed in a foster or adoptive home; or 3. The court places the child with a parent from whom the child was not removed. A referral packet for an expedited interstate placement must contain the following: 1. All documents listed in Rule 3.2.1 except MDCPS Pre-screening Form Reg- 2; 2. ICPC Form 101 (Sending Agency’s Regulation #7 – “Expedited Placement Decision Home Study Request and Statement of Interest/Case Manager’s Signed Statement”) 3. MDCPS Pre-screening Form Reg-7; and 4. An Order of Compliance entered by the court from the Sending State with jurisdiction over the case which must: a. Specify which of the circumstances listed in this Rule applies for an expedited placement; b. Contain the name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number of the clerk of court or a designated court administrator; and c. Require the Sending Agency to complete ICPC form 101 Timeframes for Processing Request The Sending and Receiving states must follow the following timeframes: 1. The Sending State court must send a copy of its order to the Sending State Agency within two (2) business days of considering the matter. 2. The Sending Agency must send the request packet to the Sending State ICPC office within three (3) business days of receipt of the court order. 3. The Sending State ICPC office must forward the completed request packet to the Receiving State ICPC office within two business (2) days of receiving it. 4. The Receiving State ICPC office must send the request packet to the local Receiving Agency within two (2) business days of receipt of the packet. 5. The local Receiving Agency has fifteen (15) business days from receipt of the packet to return a completed home study to the Receiving State ICPC office. 6. The Receiving State ICPC Office must provide a written report and a completed ICPC-100A to the Sending State ICPC office within three (3) business days of receipt of the home study.