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432C.020
“Agency which provides child welfare services” defined.
“Agency which provides child welfare services” means:
1.
In a county whose population is less than 100,000, the local office of the Division of Child and Family Services of the Department of Health and Human Services; or
2.
In a county whose population is 100,000 or more, the agency of the county,Ê which provides or arranges for necessary child welfare services.