[§587D-6]  Authority to reunite; placement. 
(a)  Upon receiving custody of a newborn child who has been discharged from a
hospital that received the newborn child pursuant to section 587D‑3, the
department may reunite the newborn child with the newborn's parents.



(b)  The department may:



(1)  Search for relatives of the newborn child as a
placement or permanency option; or



(2)  Implement other placement requirements that give
a preference to relatives;



provided that the department has information as to the
identity of the newborn child, the newborn child's mother, or the newborn
child's father. [L Sp 2007, c 7, pt of §2]