4-39.
(c) Whenever the words "Commissioner of Children and Youth Services", "Department of Children and Youth Services", or "Council on Children and Youth Services" are used in sections 4-5, 4-38c, 4-60i, 4-77a, 4-165b, 4a-11b, 4a-12, 4a-16, 5-259, 7-127c, 8-206d, 10-8a, 10-15d, 10-76d, 10-76h, 10-76i, 10-76w, 10-94g, 10-253, 17-86a, 17-294, 17-409, 17-437, 17-572, 17-578, 17-579, 17-585, 17a-1 to 17a-89, inclusive, 17a-90 to 17a-209, inclusive, 17a-218, 17a-277, 17a-450, 17a-458, 17a-474, 17a-511, 17a-634, 17a-646, 17a-659, 18-69, 18-69a, 18-87, 19a-78, 19a-216, 20-14i, 20-14j, 31-23, 31-306a, 38a-514, 45a-591 to 45a-705, inclusive, 45a-706 to 45a-770, inclusive, 46a-28, 46a-126, 46b-15 to 46b-19, inclusive, 46b-120 to 46b-159, inclusive, 54-56d, 54-142k, 54-199, 54-203, the words "Commissioner of Children and Families", "Department of Children and Families", and "Council on Children and Families" shall be substituted respectively in lieu thereof.
(1969, P.A. 664, S. 1; P.A. 75-524, S. 2, 30; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-148, S. 2; P.A. 11-242, S. 35; P.A. 12-143, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 75-524 replaced provision that department consists of Long Lane School, Connecticut School for Boys and other institutions, facilities, divisions, etc. "as the department shall hereafter establish" with provisions that institutions, etc. existing in, transferred to or established by department are within its jurisdiction; Sec. 17-411 transferred to Sec. 17a-2 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 changed the name of the department of, and council on, children and youth services to the department of, and council on, children and families, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 07-148 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and deleted references to repealed Sec. 17a-463 in Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 11-242 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 19a-125 in Subsecs. (b) and (c); P.A. 12-143 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to delete references to Sec. 2c-2b, effective July 1, 2012.
Cited. 238 C. 183.
Section 17a-3 - (Formerly Sec. 17-412). Powers and duties of department. Comprehensive strategic plan.
(a) The department shall plan, create, develop, operate or arrange for, administer and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated state-wide program of services, including preventive services, for children and youths whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards, or who are mentally ill, including deaf and hearing impaired children and youths who are mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, substance abusers, delinquent, abused, neglected or uncared for, including all children and youths who are or may be committed to it by any court, and all children and youths voluntarily admitted to, or remaining voluntarily under the supervision of, the commissioner for services of any kind. Services shall not be denied to any such child or youth solely because of other complicating or multiple disabilities. The department shall work in cooperation with other child-serving agencies and organizations to provide or arrange for preventive programs, including, but not limited to, teenage pregnancy and youth suicide prevention, for children and youths and their families. The program shall provide services and placements that are clinically indicated and appropriate to the needs of the child or youth, except that such services and placements shall not