Title 17a — Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources
13 chapters · 783 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-109 (Formerly Sec. 17-39). Commitment of children to child-caring facilities.
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Sec. 17a-109. (Formerly Sec. 17-39). Commitment of children to child-caring facilities. When, because of the mental or physical condition of any child committed to the Commissioner of Children and Families under the provisions of section 46b-129, or because of a behavior problem,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-10a Visitation of child in care and custody of commissioner. Communication during public health or national emergency. Policy for temporary cessation of in-person visitation.
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Sec. 17a-10a. Visitation of child in care and custody of commissioner. Communication during public health or national emergency. Policy for temporary cessation of in-person visitation. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall ensure that a child placed in the care and …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-10b Commissioner to make reasonable effort to identify and notify relatives when child removed from custody of parent.
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Sec. 17a-10b. Commissioner to make reasonable effort to identify and notify relatives when child removed from custody of parent. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-28, if the Commissioner of Children and Families removes a child from the custody of a parent, the co…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-10c Youth Advisory Board. Sibling Bill of Rights. Meeting between caseworker and child.
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Sec. 17a-10c. Youth Advisory Board. Sibling Bill of Rights. Meeting between caseworker and child. (a) For purposes of this section, “Youth Advisory Board” means a board established by each Department of Children and Families regional office that is comprised of youth in out-of-ho…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-10d Youth advisory councils.
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Sec. 17a-10d. Youth advisory councils. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Child” or “children” means any person or persons under eighteen years of age, except as otherwise specified, or any person or persons under twenty-one years of age who is or are in full-time attendance in a …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-10e Children in Care Bill of Rights and Expectations. Meeting between caseworker and child.
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Sec. 17a-10e. Children in Care Bill of Rights and Expectations. Meeting between caseworker and child. (a) There is created a Children in Care Bill of Rights and Expectations, which shall pertain to each child placed in out-of-home care by the Commissioner of Children and Families…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-11 (Formerly Sec. 17-419). Voluntary admission. Termination of admission. Transfer. Permanency plan. Review of plan by Probate Court. Appeals. Regulations. Plan for care and treatment of persons eighteen years of age or older.
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Sec. 17a-11. (Formerly Sec. 17-419). Voluntary admission. Termination of admission. Transfer. Permanency plan. Review of plan by Probate Court. Appeals. Regulations. Plan for care and treatment of persons eighteen years of age or older. (a) The commissioner may, in the commission…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-110 (Formerly Sec. 17-39a). Permanency plans for children. Contracts with private child-placing agencies. Funding.
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Sec. 17a-110. (Formerly Sec. 17-39a). Permanency plans for children. Contracts with private child-placing agencies. Funding. (a) As used in this section, “child” means a person under the age of eighteen years; “foster child” means a child placed temporarily in a home pending perm…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-110a Concurrent permanency planning program. Duties of commissioner. Guidelines and protocols.
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Sec. 17a-110a. Concurrent permanency planning program. Duties of commissioner. Guidelines and protocols. (a) In order to achieve early permanency for children, decrease children's length of stay in foster care, reduce the number of moves children experience in foster care and red…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-110b Permanency resource exchange.
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Sec. 17a-110b. Permanency resource exchange. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, establish a permanency resource exchange in this state within the Department of Children and Families. The primary purpose of the exchange shall be to li…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-111 (Formerly Sec. 17-43). Parents not entitled to earnings of child supported by Commissioner of Children and Families.
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Sec. 17a-111. (Formerly Sec. 17-43). Parents not entitled to earnings of child supported by Commissioner of Children and Families. Any parents whose child has been supported by the Commissioner of Children and Families for at least three years immediately preceding such child's e…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-111a Commissioner of Children and Families to file petition to terminate parental rights, when.
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Sec. 17a-111a. Commissioner of Children and Families to file petition to terminate parental rights, when. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall file a petition to terminate parental rights pursuant to section 17a-112 if (1) the child has been in the custody of the c…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-111b Commissioner of Children and Families' duties re reunification of child with parent. Court determination on motion that reunification efforts are not required. Permanency plans.
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Sec. 17a-111b. Commissioner of Children and Families' duties re reunification of child with parent. Court determination on motion that reunification efforts are not required. Permanency plans. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall make reasonable efforts to reunify …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-112 (Formerly Sec. 17-43a). Termination of parental rights of child committed to commissioner. Cooperative postadoption agreements. Placement of child from another state. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
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Sec. 17a-112. (Formerly Sec. 17-43a). Termination of parental rights of child committed to commissioner. Cooperative postadoption agreements. Placement of child from another state. Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. (a) In respect to any child in the custody of the …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-113 (Formerly Sec. 17-43b). Custody of child pending application for removal of guardian or termination of parental rights; enforcement by warrant.
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Sec. 17a-113. (Formerly Sec. 17-43b). Custody of child pending application for removal of guardian or termination of parental rights; enforcement by warrant. When application has been made for the removal of one or both parents as guardians or of any other guardian of the person …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114 (Formerly Sec. 17-43c). Licensing or approval of persons for child placement required. Criminal history records and child abuse and neglect registry checks. Placement of children with relatives or fictive kin caregivers. Removal of children or denial of placement. Standard.
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Sec. 17a-114. (Formerly Sec. 17-43c). Licensing or approval of persons for child placement required. Criminal history records and child abuse and neglect registry checks. Placement of children with relatives or fictive kin caregivers. Removal of children or denial of placement. S…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114a Liability of persons for personal injury to children placed in their care.
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Sec. 17a-114a. Liability of persons for personal injury to children placed in their care. A person licensed pursuant to section 17a-114 shall be liable for any act or omission resulting in personal injury to a child placed in his or her care by the Commissioner of Children and Fa…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114b Credit report review for youth placed in foster care.
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Sec. 17a-114b. Credit report review for youth placed in foster care. The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the federal Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act and the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, shall reques…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114c Approval of foster or adoptive family application when a child has died.
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Sec. 17a-114c. Approval of foster or adoptive family application when a child has died. The Commissioner of Children and Families may approve an applicant as a foster family or prospective adoptive family notwithstanding that a biological, adoptable or adopted child of the applic…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114d Caregiver authority. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. Liability.
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Sec. 17a-114d. Caregiver authority. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. Liability. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Caregiver” means (A) a person who holds a license issued by the Department of Children and Families to provide foster care, (B) a person who has been appr…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114e Foster family profiles. Foster family survey.
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Sec. 17a-114e. Foster family profiles. Foster family survey. (a) On and after January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall create a foster family profile on each foster family, as defined in section 17a-93, fictive kin caregiver, as defined in section 17a-114,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114f Notification of support for foster parents and relative caregivers.
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Sec. 17a-114f. Notification of support for foster parents and relative caregivers. (a) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of Children and Families shall develop a notification of support to inform foster parents and relative caregivers of their privileges under variou…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-114g Annual report re foster care licensing practices.
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Sec. 17a-114g. Annual report re foster care licensing practices. Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Ass…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-115 (Formerly Sec. 17-43d). Arrest records.
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Sec. 17a-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-43d). Arrest records. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary, prior to the issuance of a license or certification to any person for the care or board of a child under the provisions of section 17a-145 or for the care …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-115a Emergency placement of children. Criminal history records checks.
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Sec. 17a-115a. Emergency placement of children. Criminal history records checks. Section 17a-115a is repealed, effective July 1, 2024. (Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 68; P.A. 13-40, S. 5; 13-80, S. 2; P.A. 24-79, S. 10.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116 (Formerly Sec. 17-44a). “Special needs” child defined.
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Sec. 17a-116. (Formerly Sec. 17-44a). “Special needs” child defined. For purposes of sections 17a-116 to 17a-119, inclusive, and subsection (b) of section 45a-111, a “special needs” child is a child who is a ward of the Commissioner of Children and Families or is to be placed by …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116a Information handbook re adoption of children with special needs.
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Sec. 17a-116a. Information handbook re adoption of children with special needs. The Department of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, prepare an information handbook for any individual interested in adopting a child with special needs. The department and…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116b Advisory committee promoting adoption and provision of services to minority and difficult to place children. Members, appointment, duties, reports.
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Sec. 17a-116b. Advisory committee promoting adoption and provision of services to minority and difficult to place children. Members, appointment, duties, reports. Section 17a-116b is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (P.A. 99-166, S. 15; P.A. 09-205, S. 12.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116c Minority recruitment specialist for foster and adoptive families. Duties. Cultural sensitivity training.
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Sec. 17a-116c. Minority recruitment specialist for foster and adoptive families. Duties. Cultural sensitivity training. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, require any employee of the Department of Children and Families whose duti…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116d Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
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Sec. 17a-116d. Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE COMPACT …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-116e Compact administrator.
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Sec. 17a-116e. Compact administrator. (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families may designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who shall be authorized to carry out all of the powers and duties set forth in the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical As…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-117 (Formerly Sec. 17-44b). Subsidies for adopting parents.
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Sec. 17a-117. (Formerly Sec. 17-44b). Subsidies for adopting parents. (a) The Department of Children and Families may, and is encouraged to, contract with child-placing agencies to arrange for the adoption of children who are free for adoption. If (1) a child for whom adoption is…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-118 (Formerly Sec. 17-44c). Review and change in subsidy. Adoption assistance agreement and subsidy payment.
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Sec. 17a-118. (Formerly Sec. 17-44c). Review and change in subsidy. Adoption assistance agreement and subsidy payment. (a) There shall be a biennial review of the subsidy for a child under eighteen years of age and an annual review for a child who is at least eighteen years of ag…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-119 (Formerly Sec. 17-44d). Moneys for subsidies. Regulations.
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Sec. 17a-119. (Formerly Sec. 17-44d). Moneys for subsidies. Regulations. The Department of Children and Families shall establish and maintain an ongoing program of subsidized adoption and shall encourage the use of the program and assist in finding families for children. The comm…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-12 (Formerly Sec. 17-420). Transfer of child or youth to other program, agency, organization or facility.
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Sec. 17a-12. (Formerly Sec. 17-420). Transfer of child or youth to other program, agency, organization or facility. (a) When the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, determines that a change of program is in the best interest of any child or youth committed or transferre…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-120 (Formerly Sec. 17-44e). Medical expense subsidy for blind, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally maladjusted or high risk children.
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Sec. 17a-120. (Formerly Sec. 17-44e). Medical expense subsidy for blind, physically or mentally disabled, emotionally maladjusted or high risk children. (a) Any child who is blind or physically disabled as defined by section 1-1f, mentally disabled, seriously emotionally maladjus…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-121 (Formerly Sec. 17-44f). Prior subsidies not affected. Increases.
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Sec. 17a-121. (Formerly Sec. 17-44f). Prior subsidies not affected. Increases. Nothing in sections 17a-116 to 17a-120, inclusive, as amended by public act 86-330, shall affect any subsidy granted under the provisions of sections 17a-116, 17a-117, 17a-118, 17a-119 and 17a-120 prio…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-121a Counseling and referral services after adoption to certain adoptees and adoptive families. Postadoption services.
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Sec. 17a-121a. Counseling and referral services after adoption to certain adoptees and adoptive families. Postadoption services. The Department of Children and Families may provide counseling and referral services after adoption to adoptees and adoptive families for whom the depa…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 17a-122 to 17a-124 (Formerly Secs. 17-45, 17-46 and 17-47a). Military records of parents of state wards. Detention homes. Records confidential.
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Secs. 17a-122 to 17a-124. (Formerly Secs. 17-45, 17-46 and 17-47a). Military records of parents of state wards. Detention homes. Records confidential. Sections 17a-122 to 17a-124, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 2845, 2855; 1955, S. 1477d; February, 1965, P.A. 488, S. 3; …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-125 Out-of-Home Placements Advisory Council.
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Sec. 17a-125. Out-of-Home Placements Advisory Council. Section 17a-125 is repealed, effective October 1, 2005. (P.A. 97-237, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-278, S. 57, 121; P.A. 05-246, S. 18.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-126 Subsidized guardianship program.
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Sec. 17a-126. Subsidized guardianship program. (a) As used in this section, (1) “caregiver” means (A) a fictive kin caregiver, as defined in section 17a-114, who is licensed or approved to provide foster care, and who is caring for a child, (B) a relative caregiver, which means a…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-127 Development and implementation of individual service plan. Child specific team.
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Sec. 17a-127. Development and implementation of individual service plan. Child specific team. (a) The following shall be established for the purposes of developing and implementing an individual service plan: Within available appropriations, a child specific team may be developed…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-128 Liaison to Department of Social Services.
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Sec. 17a-128. Liaison to Department of Social Services. The Department of Children and Families shall establish a liaison to the Department of Social Services to ensure that Medicaid-eligible children and youths receive mental health services in accordance with federal law. (P.A.…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-129 Department not required to seek custody of certain children and youths.
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Sec. 17a-129. Department not required to seek custody of certain children and youths. There shall be no requirement for the Department of Children and Families to seek custody of any child or youth with mental illness, emotional disturbance, a behavioral disorder or developmental…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-13 (Formerly Sec. 17-420a). Jurisdiction over person transferred to correctional facility.
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Sec. 17a-13. (Formerly Sec. 17-420a). Jurisdiction over person transferred to correctional facility. Section 17a-13 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (1971, P.A. 13, S. 2; P.A. 78-300, S. 2; P.A. 86-186, S. 9; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-157, S. 8; P.A. 15-14, S. 27; P.A. 16-…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-130 Application to insurance contracts.
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Sec. 17a-130. Application to insurance contracts. The provisions of sections 17a-1, 17a-3, 17a-11 and sections 17a-126 to 17a-130, inclusive, shall not be construed to apply to any nongovernmental insurance policy or health care center contract or alter any contractual or statuto…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-131 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required for persons who directly supervise children.
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Sec. 17a-131. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required for persons who directly supervise children. Any person who has direct supervision of children placed by the state in a state facility or private institution shall be trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (P.A. 98-…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-131a Refusal to administer or consent to the administration of psychotropic drugs to children.
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Sec. 17a-131a. Refusal to administer or consent to the administration of psychotropic drugs to children. The refusal of a parent or other person having control of a child to administer or consent to the administration of any psychotropic drug to such child shall not, in and of it…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-132 Qualified residential treatment program placement. Assessment and motion for review. Regulations.
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Sec. 17a-132. Qualified residential treatment program placement. Assessment and motion for review. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “family” or “family member” means a person related to a child by birth, marriage or other legal means, or a fictive kin caregiver, as defin…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 17a-133 to 17a-144 17a-133 to 17a-144
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Secs. 17a-133 to 17a-144. Reserved for future use. PART II CHILD-CARE FACILITIES AND CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES