Title 17a, Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources

Sec. 17a-22p. Use of administrative services organizations for Behavioral Health Partnership. Services to be provided. Coordination of benefits. (a) The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall enter into one or more joi…

Sec. 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 he…

Sec. 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 P…

Sec. 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 Section 17a-23 is repealed.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.)

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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…

Sec. 17a-27. (Formerly Sec. 17-372). Investment and use of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School donation fund. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families after consultation with the Council on Children and Families is authorized to invest the donation fund of the Connectic…

Sec. 17a-27a. Long Lane School Advisory Board established. Composition. Report. Section 17a-27a is repealed. (P.A. 94-212; P.A. 96-194, S. 13.)

Sec. 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 Section 17a-27b is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.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.)

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 17a-28. (Formerly Sec. 17-431). Definitions. Confidentiality and access to records; exceptions. Procedure for aggrieved persons. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means (A) any individual named in a record, maintained by the department, who (i) is presently or at any…

Sec. 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 se…

Sec. 17a-3. (Formerly Sec. 17-412). Powers and duties of department. Submission of reports required pursuant to federal law. (a) The department shall plan, create, develop, operate or arrange for, administer and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated state-wide program of servic…

Sec. 17a-30. (Formerly Sec. 17-434). Regional advisory councils. Appointments and terms. (a) The commissioner shall create distinct service regions and shall create in each such region, a regional advisory council to advise the commissioner and the regional director on the develo…

Sec. 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 w…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 repor…

Sec. 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 c…

Secs. 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;…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 17a-37. (Formerly Sec. 17-441). Establishment of school district in the Department of Children and Families. Unified School District #2. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish a school district within the Department of Children and Families, for the ed…

Sec. 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 …

Secs. 17a-39 to 17a-41. Transferred to Chapter 164, Part I, Secs. 10-19m to 10-19p, inclusive.

Sec. 17a-3a. Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Department duties. Section 17a-3a is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (P.A. 03-251, S. 1; P.A. 18-31, S. 43.)

Sec. 17a-3b. Administrative unit for oversight of education of children residing in juvenile justice facilities and incarcerated children. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish an administrative unit within the Department of Children and Families to provid…

Sec. 17a-4. (Formerly Sec. 17-413). State Advisory Council on Children and Families. Appointment. Powers and duties. (a) There shall be a State Advisory Council on Children and Families which shall consist of the following members: (1) Nineteen members appointed by the Governor, …

Sec. 17a-42. (Formerly Sec. 17-444). Photo-listing service established. (a) There is established within the Department of Children and Families a photo-listing service which shall include, but need not be limited to, a book and an electronic format containing a photograph and des…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 sh…

Sec. 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 pho…

Sec. 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 i…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 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, …

Sec. 17a-4a. Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee. Membership. Reports. (a) There is established a Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee which shall promote and enhance the provision of behavioral health services for all children in this state. (b) The Childr…

Sec. 17a-5. (Formerly Sec. 17-414). Appointment of commissioner. In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, the Governor shall, after consultation with the Council on Children and Families, appoint a Commissioner of Children and Families who shall be the…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 17a-52. Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board. Composition. Duties. (a) There is established a Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board, within the Department of Children and Families, which shall be a coordinating source for suicide prevention across a person's lifespan, including, …

Sec. 17a-52a. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (c) and effective date.) Evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program. (a) As used in this section, (1) “evidence-based” describes a training program that (A) incorporates methods demonstrated to be …

Sec. 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 substitute…

Sec. 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 famil…

Sec. 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.)