Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families
Section 17a-2. (Formerly Sec. 17-411). - Composition of department. Name change.

(a) There shall be a Department of Children and Families which shall be a single budgeted agency consisting of the institutions, facilities and programs existing within the department, any programs and facilities transferred to the department, and such other institutions, facilities and programs as may hereafter be established by or transferred to the department by the General Assembly.

(b) Said department shall constitute a successor department to the Department of Children and Youth Services, for the purposes of sections 4-5, 4-38c, 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, 10-76g, 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-560, 17a-511, 17a-634, 17a-646, 17a-659, 17b-59a, 18-69, 18-69a, 18-87, 19a-78, 19a-216, 20-14i, 20-14j, 31-23, 31-306a, 38a-514, 45a-593 to 45a-703, inclusive, 45a-706 to 45a-770, inclusive, 46a-28, 46b-15 to 46b-19, inclusive, 46b-120 to 46b-159, inclusive, 54-56d, 54-142k, 54-199, 54-203 and in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 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, 4-77a, 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, 17b-59a, 18-69, 18-69a, 18-87, 19a-78, 19a-216, 20-14i, 20-14j, 31-23, 31-306a, 38a-514, 45a-593 to 45a-703, inclusive, 45a-706 to 45a-770, inclusive, 46a-28, 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; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 145; P.A. 21-40, S. 19.)
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; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 deleted reference to Sec. 46a-126 in Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 21-40 made a technical change in Subsec. (b) and (c).

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