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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22jj. - Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund.

(a) There is established a Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, the resources of which shall be used by the Commissioner of Children and Families to assist families in covering the cost of mental health services and treatment for their children. The commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria for families to receive such assistance based on social determinants of mental health, with a goal toward reducing racial, ethnic, gender and socioeconomic mental health disparities. As used in this section, “social determinants of mental health” includes, but is not limited to, discrimination and social exclusion, adverse early life experiences, low educational attainment, poor educational quality and educational inequality, poverty, income inequality and living in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods, food insecurity, unemployment, underemployment and job insecurity, poor housing quality and housing instability, impact of climate change, adverse features of the structures and systems in which persons live or work and poor access to health care.
(b) The commissioner may accept on behalf of the fund any federal funds or private grants or gifts made for purposes of this section. The commissioner shall use such funds to make grants to families for the purposes described in this section.
(P.A. 22-81, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 22-81 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22k. - Behavioral Health Partnership clinical management committee. Established. Members.

There is established a clinical management committee to develop clinical management guidelines to be used for the Behavioral Health Partnership. The committee shall consist of two members selected by the Commissioner of Children and Families, two members selected by the Commissioner of Social Services, two members selected by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and two members selected by the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 17a-22j. Members of the committee shall have requisite expertise or experience in behavioral health services.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 96; P.A. 10-119, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-119 changed “one member” to “two members” re selection by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective June 7, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22l. - Consumer and provider appeal procedures.

The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop consumer and provider appeal procedures and shall submit such procedures to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council for review and comment. Such procedures shall include, but not be limited to, procedures for a consumer or any provider acting on behalf of a consumer to appeal a denial or determination. The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish time frames for appealing decisions made by an administrative services organization, including an expedited review in emergency situations. Any procedure for appeals shall require that an appeal be heard not later than thirty days after such appeal is filed and shall be decided not later than forty-five days after such appeal is filed.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 97; P.A. 06-188, S. 30; P.A. 10-119, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 required development of consumer and provider appeal procedures, instead of consumer grievance procedures, that include procedures for a consumer or provider to appeal a denial or determination; P.A. 10-119 added “and Mental Health and Addiction Services” and made technical changes, effective June 7, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22m. - Annual evaluation of Behavioral Health Partnership. Report to General Assembly.

The Commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall conduct an annual evaluation of the Behavioral Health Partnership and shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, public health, human services and children on the provision of behavioral health services under the Behavioral Health Partnership, including information on the status of any administrative services organization implementation, the status of the collaboration among the Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, the services provided, the number of persons served, program outcomes and spending by child and adult populations.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 98; P.A. 10-119, S. 7; P.A. 16-28, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-119 deleted “On or before October 1, 2006, and annually thereafter, the”, added “and Mental Health and Addiction Services” and made technical changes, effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 16-28 added reference to children's committee, effective May 17, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22n. - Monitoring implementation of the Behavioral Health Partnership. Annual report to General Assembly.

The Departments of Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall monitor the implementation of the Behavioral Health Partnership and shall report annually to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies as to estimated cost savings, if any, resulting from implementation of the Behavioral Health Partnership.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 99; P.A. 10-119, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-119 changed “Department” to “Departments”, added “and Mental Health and Addiction Services” and made a technical change, effective June 7, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22o. - Behavioral Health Partnership rate setting. Review by Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council.

The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall submit all proposals for initial rates, reductions to existing rates and changes in rate methodology within the Behavioral Health Partnership to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council for review. The departments shall make every effort to incorporate recommendations of the council when setting rates. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, in consultation with the Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall identify a savings of one million dollars.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 100; P.A. 10-119, S. 9; P.A. 13-247, S. 130.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 10-119 deleted former Subsec. (a) re establishment of initial rates, deleted Subsec. designator from existing Subsec. (b) and amended same to provide that Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall submit all proposals re rates to Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council for review and to make conforming and technical changes, effective June 7, 2010; P.A. 13-247 eliminated provisions re oversight council forwarding recommendations against proposed rates to committees of cognizance for review and added provision re council to identify a savings of $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, effective June 19, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22q. - Certification of providers of behavioral health Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services and rehabilitation services for HUSKY A.

The Commissioner of Children and Families shall have the authority to certify providers of behavioral health Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services and rehabilitation services for HUSKY A for the purpose of coverage of Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services or optional rehabilitation services. The Commissioner of Children and Families may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for purposes of certification of such providers. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures for purposes of such certification while in the process of adopting such policies or procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is published on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation and any such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time the regulations are effective.
(P.A. 05-280, S. 102; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 103; P.A. 15-69, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 05-280 effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed “early periodic screening, detection and treatment” to “Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services”, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 15-69 changed “HUSKY Plan Part A” to “HUSKY A” and changed provision re notice of intention to adopt regulations from Connecticut Law Journal to department's web site and eRegulations System, effective June 19, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-22r. - Documents re behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources for children. Posting, distribution and provision of documents.

(a)(1) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council established pursuant to section 17a-22j, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Department of Public Health and the Youth Suicide Advisory Board established pursuant to section 17a-52, shall develop documents concerning behavioral and mental health evaluation and treatment resources available to children in each mental health region designated pursuant to section 17a-478.
(2) Such documents shall contain, but need not be limited to, contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and a list of (A) providers of such resources, including, but not limited to, mobile crisis intervention services, (B) the physical location of each provider, if applicable, (C) the types of services offered by each provider, and (D) contact information for each provider.
(3) The Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council shall make such documents available on its Internet web site and distribute such documents electronically to each hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v that has an emergency department and each local and regional board of education.
(b) On and after January 1, 2022, upon the discharge of any child from the emergency department of a hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v, such department shall provide the parent or guardian of such child a copy of the document developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that pertains to the mental health region in which the (1) department is located, and (2) child resides, if different, provided such child resides in this state. Such copies shall be provided (A) (i) in printed form, or (ii) through such child's patient chart in the electronic health record system, as defined in section 19a-904c, maintained by such hospital, provided such patient chart was created prior to the date of such child's discharge, and (B) by electronic mail to the electronic mail address of such parent or guardian, at such parent or guardian's election.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Department of Children and Families shall review the documents developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and update such documents as necessary. If such documents are updated, the Department of Children and Families shall provide such updated documents to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, and the council shall distribute and make such updated documents available in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 21-116, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 21-116 effective July 6, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-23. (Formerly Sec. 17-427). - High Meadows. Function; age limits.

Section 17a-23 is repealed.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 16, 30; P.A. 76-19, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-216, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-24. (Formerly Sec. 17-428). - Regulation of motor vehicles and roadways by superintendents of institutions.

The superintendent of any institution in the Department of Children and Families, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit, restrict or regulate the parking of vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway upon the grounds of the respective institutions; and (6) erect and maintain signs designating such prohibitions or restrictions. Security officers or institutional patrolmen appointed to act as state policemen on state institution grounds under the provisions of section 29-18, may arrest or issue summons for violation of such regulations, restrictions or prohibitions. Any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction shall be fined not more than five dollars, and the court or traffic or parking authority having jurisdiction of traffic or parking violations in the town in which the institution is located shall have jurisdiction of violations of this section.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 17, 30; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-256, S. 4; P.A. 12-132, S. 43.)
History: Sec. 17-428 transferred to Sec. 17a-24 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 11-256 added provision re installation of stop signs, inserted numeric Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.
Cited. 221 C. 447.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-25. (Formerly Sec. 17-429). - Superintendents and directors of facilities. Qualifications, responsibilities and duties.

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall appoint and remove the superintendents and directors of state-operated facilities within the Department of Children and Families. Each superintendent or director shall be a qualified person with experience in health, hospital or children's services administration.
(b) Each superintendent or director shall be the administrative head of his or her respective institution or division and shall be responsible for the organization of its work and for the direction and coordination of its various activities. He or she shall appoint all members of the staff subject to the approval of the commissioner and in accordance with the general statutes.
(c) Each superintendent or director shall cooperate and coordinate with community programs in establishing the facility's policies and procedures concerning program planning and development, patient admissions, rehabilitation and follow-up services.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 18, 30; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 16-28, S. 23.)
History: Sec. 17-429 transferred to Sec. 17a-25 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 16-28 amended Subsec. (b) to make technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-26. (Formerly Sec. 17-430). - Use of federal funds available for services to children.

The Commissioners of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Children and Families shall insure that any federal funds available to this state for services of any kind to children which, pursuant to federal statute or regulation, are required to be administered by or payable to or under control of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall, by purchase of service or otherwise, be transferred to and expended by the Department of Children and Families.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 19, 30; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: Sec. 17-430 transferred to Sec. 17a-26 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-27b. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School project: Exemption from statutory provisions.

Section 17a-27b is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
(P.A. 99-26, S. 5, 39; P.A. 03-278, S. 54; P.A. 13-263, S. 5; P.A. 16-81, S. 11; P.A. 18-31, S. 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-27c. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School project: Transfer of property; entry upon private property; payment of damages.

Section 17a-27c is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 99-26, S. 8, 39; P.A. 03-278, S. 55; P.A. 11-51, S. 90, 223.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-27d. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School project: Architectural services and design contract.

Section 17a-27d is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
(P.A. 99-26, S. 10, 39; P.A. 03-278, S. 56; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-81, S. 12; P.A. 18-31, S. 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-27e. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Standards.

Section 17a-27e is repealed, effective October 1, 2016.
(P.A. 99-26, S. 14, 39; P.A. 16-186, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-27f. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Public safety committee. Security and alert system.

Section 17a-27f is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 99-26, S. 26, 39; P.A. 11-105, S. 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-29. (Formerly Sec. 17-433). - Committal or transfer of persons under age of eighteen prohibited; exception.

On and after July 1, 1979, no person under the age of eighteen shall be committed, admitted or transferred to any state hospital for mental illness, as defined in section 17a-495, other than a hospital administered by the Commissioner of Children and Families.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 22, 30; P.A. 77-148, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-219, S. 6; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 77-148 added “On and after July 1, 1978,”; P.A. 78-219 changed year to 1979 and extended applicability to admissions to hospitals for mental illness; Sec. 17-433 transferred to Sec. 17a-29 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-31. (Formerly Sec. 17-435). - Transfer of administration and control of certain institutions, facilities and personal property to Commissioner of Children and Families. Transfer of certain funds.

(a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall contract with the Commissioner of Children and Families for the transfer of administration and control over the following institutions and facilities and personal property from the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to the Commissioner of Children and Families (1) the children's unit at Connecticut Valley Hospital including the Silvermine building and the school activities complex at Connecticut Valley Hospital and the three cottages surrounding the Silvermine building presently known as Cottages A, B, and C, together with certain real property the precise boundaries of which shall be agreed upon by both commissioners; and (2) those buildings and other real property located at Fairfield Hills Hospital which both commissioners agree should constitute an adolescent unit at said hospital.
(b) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall determine the pro rata annual cost to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the continued maintenance and services of those facilities shared by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the Department of Children and Families pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. That sum, representing the pro rata annual cost of such maintenance and services shall be transferred annually from the budget of the Department of Children and Families to the budget of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the cost of such maintenance and services.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 24, 30; P.A. 77-220, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-216, S. 3; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-220 amended Subsec. (a) to remove July 1, 1975, deadline for transfers and to make transfer in Subdiv. (5) of entire Undercliff Mental Health Center rather than of Adolescent Drug Rehabilitation Unit and other buildings; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management in Subsec. (b); Sec. 17-435 transferred to Sec. 17a-31 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-216 amended Subsec. (a) by removing certain institutions from the control of the commissioner of children and families; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-32. (Formerly Sec. 17-435a). - Names of children's facilities designated.

(a) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility at Connecticut Valley Hospital in the city of Middletown shall be the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - South Campus.
(b) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility in the town of East Windsor shall be the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - North Campus.
(c) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility in the town of Hartland shall be the Wilderness School.
(P.A. 77-43; P.A. 80-28, S. 1; P.A. 92-14, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-216, S. 4; P.A. 97-44; P.A. 99-26, S. 21, 39; P.A. 12-82, S. 6; P.A. 18-31, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 80-28 added Subsecs. (b) to (d); Sec. 17-435a transferred to Sec. 17a-32 in 1991; P.A. 92-14 deleted Subsec. (b) re Greater Bridgeport Children's Services Center, relettered the remaining Subsecs. and added new Subsecs. (d) to (g), inclusive; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-216 amended Subsec. (a) to change the name of Riverview Hospital for Children to Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth, deleted Subsecs. (b) and (c) which designated Henry D. Altobello Children and Youth Center at Undercliff Mental Health Center and Housatonic Adolescent Hospital at Fairfield Hills Hospital and renumbered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly; P.A. 97-44 amended Subsec. (c) to change the name of the state receiving home to the Connecticut Children's Place; P.A. 99-26 amended Subsec. (b) to change the name of Long Lane School to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, effective upon the filing with the Governor and the General Assembly of written certification by the Commissioner of Children and Families that the new Connecticut Juvenile Training School is operational (Revisor's note: Said written certification was filed with the Senate and House Clerks on September 20, 2001, and with the Governor on September 21, 2001); P.A. 12-82 amended Subsec. (a) by renaming “Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth” as “the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - South Campus” and specifying that the facility is located in Middletown, amended Subsec. (c) by renaming “Connecticut Children's Place” as “the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - North Campus”, deleted former Subsec. (d) re High Meadows facility and redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 18-31 deleted former Subsec. (b) re the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 1, 2018.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-32a. - Children's facilities' annual report to State Advisory Council on Children and Families and advisory groups.

(a) The facilities that come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Children and Families, as enumerated in section 17a-32, shall submit an annual report to the State Advisory Council on Children and Families and to their respective advisory groups, established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17a-6. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Aggregate profiles of the residents; (2) a description of and update on major initiatives; (3) key outcome indicators and results; (4) costs associated with operating the facility; and (5) a description of educational, vocational and literacy programs, and behavioral, treatment and other services available to the residents and their outcomes. Each report submitted pursuant to this subsection shall be posted on the department's web site.
(b) Such advisory groups shall respond to their facility's annual report, submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and provide any recommendations for improvement or enhancement that they deem necessary.
(c) The Department of Children and Families shall serve as administrative staff of such advisory groups.
(P.A. 09-205, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 09-205 effective July 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-33. (Formerly Sec. 17-435c). - Undercliff Mental Health Center buildings and facilities under the control of the Department of Developmental Services.

(a) Those buildings, facilities and other real property at Undercliff Mental Health Center not under the supervision and control of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and not transferred to the Department of Children and Families under section 17a-31, shall continue to be under the supervision and control of the Department of Developmental Services, including, but not limited to Kimball House, Cold Spring Home, and any replacement of such buildings; and approximately six acres of land situated southwest of the intersection of Route 71 and Undercliff Road in Meriden, the precise boundaries of which shall be mutually agreed upon by the Commissioners of Children and Families and Developmental Services, shall be transferred to said Department of Developmental Services.
(b) If at any time, because of reconstruction or rehabilitation of the facilities under the supervision and control of the Department of Developmental Services, it becomes necessary to transfer the patients therein to another facility, such patients shall be placed in group homes in the immediate region or in suitable, segregated areas of the facilities of the Department of Children and Families at said center which shall be mutually agreed upon by the commissioners of said departments.
(P.A. 77-220, S. 4, 5; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a), (b).)
History: Sec. 17-435c transferred to Sec. 17a-33 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” and “Department of Mental Retardation” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-34 and 17a-35. (Formerly Secs. 17-435e and 17-435f). - Transfer of Bryan Building at Norwich Hospital to Department of Public Works. Transfer of Ray Building at Norwich Hospital to Department of Mental Health.

Sections 17a-34 and 17a-35 are repealed.
(P.A. 79-232; 79-628; P.A. 93-126, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-496, S. 84, 110; P.A. 93-216, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-36. (Formerly Sec. 17-439). - Financial liability for services.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall determine financial liability for services in psychiatric clinics and day treatment programs operated or funded by the Department of Children and Families and the same persons and estates as are legally liable for support of patients in state humane institutions shall be liable for payment of such charges in accordance with subsection (c) of section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of section 17b-223.
(P.A. 75-524, S. 28, 30; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 90-119, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 90-119 authorized the commissioner of administrative services to determine financial liability for services in such clinics and programs operated or funded by the department of children and youth services in accordance with sections 4a-12 and 17-295, deleting provision which had required consultation with children and youth services commissioner to establish sliding scale of charges; Sec. 17-439 transferred to Sec. 17a-36 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-38. (Formerly Sec. 17-441a). - Home-based treatment programs.

The Department of Children and Families shall develop or contract for home-based treatment programs designed to provide time-limited, home-based services to families where a child is in imminent danger of being removed from the home and placed in foster care, residential treatment or a psychiatric hospital setting. Such programs shall be designed to prevent the unnecessary separation of children by providing intensive in-home services when an acute crisis threatens the ability of the family to remain together. Intervention may include, but shall not be limited to, intensive family, individual and marriage counseling, training in communication and negotiation skills, training in home maintenance skills, behavioral management training, parent training, child development training, job readiness training, client advocacy and arrangement for other services.
(P.A. 87-383, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-287, S. 2; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 90-287 deleted reference to two demonstration programs and expanded the types of counseling and training intervention to include marriage counseling and communication, negotiation skills training, home maintenance skills training, child development training and job readiness training; Sec. 17-441a transferred to Sec. 17a-38 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-43. (Formerly Sec. 17-444a). - Registration with photo-listing service.

(a) Each child legally free for adoption, for whom the photo-listing service may recruit an adoptive family under subsection (a) of section 17a-42, shall, and any other such legally free child may, be registered with the photo-listing service within ten working days of becoming a child for whom such service may recruit an adoptive family. Each such registration shall include a recent photograph and written description of the child. Each such registration shall be reported to the court that ordered termination of parental rights.
(b) All changes in the status of a registered child shall be reported by the child care or child-placing agency to the photo-listing service within five working days after such change has occurred.
(c) Children remaining registered for a period in excess of twelve months shall have their photograph and written description updated within fifteen working days of the expiration of the twelfth month of their registration and every twelve months thereafter.
(d) A child's registration shall be withdrawn when the photo-listing service has been notified in writing that the child has been adopted, has reached his or her fourteenth birthday and will not consent to an adoption plan or has died.
(P.A. 77-379, S. 2; P.A. 00-137, S. 7.)
History: Sec. 17-444a transferred to Sec. 17a-43 in 1991; P.A. 00-137 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that each registration shall be reported to the court that ordered termination of parental rights.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-44. (Formerly Sec. 17-444b). - Status of photo-listed children. Referral to national adoption or permanency resource exchanges.

(a) The photo-listing service shall quarterly check the status of photo-listed children for whom inquiries have been received. Periodic checks shall be made by such service to determine the progress toward adoption of such children and the status of those children registered but never photo-listed because of placement in a preadoptive or adoptive home prior to or at the time of registration.
(b) The commissioner shall refer appropriate children to national adoption or permanency resource exchanges when an adoptive family has not been identified within one hundred eighty days of the termination of the parental rights. The commissioner shall establish criteria by which a determination may be made that a referral to national exchanges is not necessary, and the commissioner shall monitor the status of those children not referred.
(P.A. 77-379, S. 3; P.A. 00-137, S. 8; P.A. 01-159, S. 1; P.A. 15-51, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 17-444b transferred to Sec. 17a-44 in 1991; P.A. 00-137 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re referral of appropriate children to national adoption exchanges; P.A. 01-159 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “semiannually” to “quarterly” and adding “a preadoptive or” before “adoptive home”; P.A. 15-51 amended Subsec. (b) by adding “or permanency resource”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-45. (Formerly Sec. 17-444c). - Referral to photo-listing service.

Any child care or child-placing agency may voluntarily refer any such child to the photo-listing service or, the photo-listing service may determine that the recruitment of an adoptive family through the photo-listing service is appropriate for a child not registered with that service and require the child to be so registered and the child care or child-placing agency shall register that child with the photo-listing service.
(P.A. 77-379, S. 4.)
History: Sec. 17-444c transferred to Sec. 17a-45 in 1991.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-46. (Formerly Sec. 17-444d). - Deferral of photo-listing a child.

(a) Deferral of the photo-listing of a child shall be for one or more of the following reasons: (1) The child is in an adoptive placement but is not legally adopted; (2) the child's foster parents or other individuals are now considering adoption; (3) diagnostic study or testing is required to clarify the child's problem and provide an adequate description; (4) the child is currently in a hospital and continuing need for daily professional care will not permit placement in a family setting; or (5) the child is fourteen years of age or older and will not consent to an adoption plan.
(b) Approval of a request to defer photo-listing for any of the reasons specified in subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall be valid for a period not to exceed ninety days. There shall be no subsequent deferrals for such reasons.
(P.A. 77-379, S. 5; P.A. 07-217, S. 70.)
History: Sec. 17-444d transferred to Sec. 17a-46 in 1991; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-47. (Formerly Sec. 17-445). - Legal division re child abuse and neglect.

There shall be a legal division which shall consist of attorneys-at-law assigned to the Department of Children and Families, who shall be on the staff and under the supervision of the Commissioner of Children and Families. There shall also be assistant attorneys general on the staff and under the direct supervision of the Attorney General. Such assistant attorneys general shall diligently prosecute petitions of neglect giving priority to petitions which allege child abuse as the grounds of neglect. Such assistant attorneys general and the department shall cooperate in preparation of such cases as shall be necessary to protect the safety and best interest of the child named in the petition.
(P.A. 77-577, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-216, S. 5; P.A. 05-246, S. 8.)
History: Sec. 17-445 transferred to Sec. 17a-47 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-216 removed the legal division from the department of children and youth services, removed the reference to three attorneys-at-law, placed the attorneys under the direct supervision of the attorney general and deleted provision which had stated that legal division not to be considered a replacement for, but an addition to, attorney general's staff responsible for prosecuting petitions for neglected, uncared for and dependent children; P.A. 05-246 provided that legal division to consist of attorneys assigned to Department of Children and Families and assistant attorneys general, made conforming changes and added reference to safety of child, effective July 8, 2005.
See Sec. 17a-106 re cooperative efforts to prevent, identify and treat child abuse and neglect.
See Sec. 53a-196a re felony offense of employing minor in obscene performance.
Commissioner or commissioner's designee has express authority to prepare, sign and file petitions for termination of parental rights. 247 C. 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-48. (Formerly Sec. 17-445a). - Commissioner to take custody of child who is victim of employment in obscene performance.

Section 17a-48 is repealed.
(P.A. 77-577, S. 3; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-246, S. 38.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-49. (Formerly Sec. 17-446). - Grants for programs to treat and prevent child abuse and neglect and programs for juvenile criminal diversion.

(a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, upon application of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect, including, but not limited to, child protection teams and parent aid programs.
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, upon application of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs for juvenile criminal diversion.
(P.A. 79-447, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-295, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-194, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-295 added Subsec. (b) authorizing commissioner, effective July 1, 1982, to make grants to develop and maintain juvenile criminal diversion programs; Sec. 17-446 transferred to Sec. 17a-49 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 96-194 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting a provision prohibiting a grant from providing more than 75% of the total cost of any program.
See Sec. 17a-101 re protection of children from abuse.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-51. (Formerly Sec. 17-447). - Plan for the reduction of the number of children receiving foster care assistance.

Section 17a-51 is repealed.
(P.A. 82-219; P.A. 93-216, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-53. - Training manual for youth suicide prevention programs.

The Department of Children and Families shall develop, within available resources, a training manual for youth suicide prevention programs.
(P.A. 89-191, S. 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-54. - Parent education and support centers.

The Department of Children and Families shall establish, within available appropriations, community-based, multiservice parent education and support centers. The goal of each center shall be to improve parenting and enhance family functioning in order to provide children and youths increased opportunities for positive development. Each center shall provide: (1) Parent education and training services; (2) parent support services; (3) information about and coordination of other community services; (4) consultation services; and (5) coordination of child care and transportation services to facilitate participation in the center's programs. Each center shall conduct outreach programs and shall be accessible with respect to schedule and location.
(P.A. 90-287, S. 3; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 06-196, S. 121.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-54a. - Support for families with children with serious, chronic medical conditions.

Section 17a-54a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 41; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 13-234, S. 155.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-54b. - Policies and procedures to secure health, safety and well-being of infants affected at birth by drug or alcohol exposure.

(a) For purposes of this section, (1) “drug abuse” means the ingestion of controlled substances, as defined in 21 USC 802, without a prescription or other authorization required under state law, (2) “substance use” means the excessive use of drugs or alcohol in a manner that causes harm to oneself or others, and (3) “fetal alcohol spectrum disorder” means a range of health conditions that may affect an infant whose mother drank alcohol during pregnancy, including, but not limited to, fetal alcohol syndrome. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall develop and implement policies and procedures in accordance with the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 42 USC 5101 et seq. and 42 USC 5116 et seq., as amended from time to time, to secure the health, safety and well-being of infants identified as being affected at birth by drug abuse, withdrawal symptoms related to prenatal drug or alcohol exposure or fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
(b) Such policies and procedures shall advance the best interests of such infants and shall include, but not be limited to, securing substance use treatment for such infants, their mothers and other caregivers and ensuring the infants grow up in substance-use-free homes. The commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, not later than February 1, 2018, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children and public health on (1) the number of cases involving such infants referred to the commissioner on and after the effective date of this section by health care providers, (2) the policies and procedures developed and implemented by the commissioner, (3) gaps in notification to the commissioner of such cases, (4) gaps in services provided to such infants, their mothers and other caregivers, and (5) recommendations for improvements in services.
(P.A. 17-210, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-210 effective July 10, 2017.