(1) The executive director may enter into contracts or agreements for services with any unit of local government or nongovernmental agency which has established and which operates a community domestic abuse program or with a unit of local government or nongovernmental agency which has subcontracted with a nongovernmental agency for domestic abuse program services.
(2) (a) The state department shall establish, by rule, and enforce standards and regulations for all domestic abuse programs established pursuant to this article and shall require that each such domestic abuse program meets approved minimum standards as established by rule.
(b) The standards and regulations established by the state department shall require, at a minimum, each domestic abuse program to request information from each client served by the program concerning the relationship of the client to the alleged perpetrator of the domestic abuse. The standards and regulations shall require each domestic abuse program to report such information to the state department.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1137, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (SB 09-068), ch. 264, p. 1209, § 2, effective July 1.