Any person or entity, before bringing or sending any child into the state for the purpose of placing or caring for such child in any home or institution, either free or for board, shall make application to the Commissioner of Children and Families, giving the name, the age and a personal description of such child, the name and address of the person, home or institution with which the child is to be placed, and such other information as may be required by the commissioner. Such person or institution shall be licensed by said commissioner under the provisions of section 17a-145 and section 17a-151. When the permission of said commissioner has been received for the placement of such child, the person or entity, before placing the child, shall undertake: (1) That if, prior to becoming eighteen years of age or being adopted, such child becomes a public charge, such person or entity will, within thirty days after notice requesting the child's removal has been given by the commissioner, remove the child from the state; (2) that such person or entity shall report annually, and more often if requested to do so by the commissioner, as to the location and condition of the child as long as the child remains in the state prior to such child's becoming eighteen years of age or prior to such child's legal adoption, and shall, at the discretion of the commissioner, execute and deliver to the commissioner a bond payable to the state, and in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, with surety or security acceptable to the Attorney General, conditioned on the performance of such undertaking. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of (A) the bringing of a child to the home of any relative who is a resident of this state, (B) any summer camp operating ninety days or less in any consecutive twelve months, or (C) any educational institution as determined by the State Board of Education.
(1949 Rev., S. 2641; 1957, P.A. 27; February, 1965, P.A. 488, S. 12; 1967, P.A. 840, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 23; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-28, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-108, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-194, S. 12; P.A. 06-196, S. 205.)
History: 1965 act added Subdivs. (a) and (b); 1967 act changed applicable age in Subdiv. (2) from 18 to 21; 1972 act changed age from 21 to 18, reflecting change in age of majority; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-28 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 78-108 qualified exemption of educational institutions from provisions by adding “as determined by the state board of education”; Sec. 17-51 transferred to Sec. 17a-152 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 replaced “public or private agency, corporation or organization” with “entity” and made technical corrections (Revisor's note: Lowercase alphabetic Subpara. indicators were replaced editorially by the Revisors with uppercase indicators for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.
See Sec. 17a-112 re placement of children in cases involving termination of parental rights.
See Sec. 46b-129 re placement of neglected, uncared for or dependent child.
Annotation to former section 17-51:
Cited. 214 C. 560.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Section 17a-93. (Formerly Sec. 17-32d). - Definitions.
Section 17a-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-34). - Establishment of receiving homes.
Section 17a-95. (Formerly Sec. 17-35). - Religious and moral instruction.
Section 17a-97. (Formerly Sec. 17-36a). - Foster parent families.
Section 17a-98a. - Kinship navigator program.
Section 17a-98b. - Visit to family home of child with behavioral health needs.
Section 17a-98c. - Written special requests from foster families to the department.
Section 17a-99. (Formerly Sec. 17-37a). - Delegation of guardianship authority.
Section 17a-100. (Formerly Sec. 17-38). - Ill treatment of children.
Section 17a-100a. - Reporting of neglected or cruelly treated animals. Training program.
Section 17a-100c. - Annual report re actual or suspected instances of animal neglect or cruelty.
Section 17a-101c. - Written or electronic report by mandated reporter.
Section 17a-101d. - Contents of reports.
Section 17a-101l. - Visitation centers.
Section 17a-101q. - State-wide sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention program.
Section 17a-102. (Formerly Sec. 17-38b). - Report of danger of abuse.
Section 17a-103a. - Telephone Careline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect.
Section 17a-103c. - Report of abuse or neglect re child committed as delinquent. Notification.
Section 17a-104. (Formerly Sec. 17-38d). - Treatment by Christian Science practitioner.
Section 17a-106b. - Impact of family violence in child abuse cases.
Section 17a-106c. - Family Violence Coordinating Council. Members. Responsibilities.
Section 17a-106i. - Disclosure of personal injury. Provision of notice re victim compensation.
Section 17a-107. (Formerly Sec. 17-38g). - Regulations on reports of child abuse.
Section 17a-109. (Formerly Sec. 17-39). - Commitment of children to child-caring facilities.
Section 17a-110b. - Permanency resource exchange.
Section 17a-114a. - Liability of persons for personal injury to children placed in their care.
Section 17a-114b. - Credit report review for youth placed in foster care.
Section 17a-114c. - Approval of foster or adoptive family application when a child has died.
Section 17a-114d. - Caregiver authority. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. Liability.
Section 17a-114e. - Foster family profiles. Foster family survey.
Section 17a-114f. - Notification of support for foster parents and relative caregivers.
Section 17a-114g. - Annual report re foster care licensing practices.
Section 17a-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-43d). - Arrest records.
Section 17a-115a. - Emergency placement of children. Criminal history records checks.
Section 17a-116. (Formerly Sec. 17-44a). - “Special needs” child defined.
Section 17a-116a. - Information handbook re adoption of children with special needs.
Section 17a-116d. - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance.
Section 17a-116e. - Compact administrator.
Section 17a-117. (Formerly Sec. 17-44b). - Subsidies for adopting parents.
Section 17a-119. (Formerly Sec. 17-44d). - Moneys for subsidies. Regulations.
Section 17a-121. (Formerly Sec. 17-44f). - Prior subsidies not affected. Increases.
Section 17a-125. - Out-of-Home Placements Advisory Council.
Section 17a-126. - Subsidized guardianship program.
Section 17a-127. - Development and implementation of individual service plan. Child specific team.
Section 17a-128. - Liaison to Department of Social Services.
Section 17a-129. - Department not required to seek custody of certain children and youths.
Section 17a-130. - Application to insurance contracts.
Section 17a-147. - Licensing of extended day treatment programs.
Section 17a-148. (Formerly Sec. 17-49). - When license not required; agreement for adoption.
Section 17a-150. (Formerly Sec. 17-49b). - Regulations.
Section 17a-152. (Formerly Sec. 17-51). - Placement of child from another state.
Section 17a-175. (Formerly Sec. 17-81a). - Compact.
Section 17a-176. (Formerly Sec. 17-81b). - Licensing or bonding not required of sending agency.
Section 17a-177. (Formerly Sec. 17-81c). - Financial responsibility for children. Enforcement.
Section 17a-178. (Formerly Sec. 17-81d). - Duties of Commissioner of Children and Families.
Section 17a-179. (Formerly Sec. 17-81e). - Agreements with other states.
Section 17a-180. (Formerly Sec. 17-81f). - Requirements for visitation, inspection, supervision.
Section 17a-181. (Formerly Sec. 17-81g). - Placement of delinquent children.
Section 17a-182. (Formerly Sec. 17-81h). - Appointment of compact administrator.
Section 17a-195 to 17a-201. - Casey Child Welfare Unit.
Section 17a-201a. (Formerly Sec. 17-408). - Commitment under sixteen restricted.
Section 17a-201b. (Formerly Sec. 17-409). - Religious instruction.