[§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]