(a) Each community collaborative shall, within available appropriations, (1) complete a local needs assessment which shall include objectives and performance measures, (2) specify the number of children and youths requiring behavioral health services, and (3) specify the number of children and youths actually receiving community-based and residential services and the type and frequency of such services. Each community collaborative shall submit its local needs assessment to the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Social Services.
(b) The regional offices of the Department of Children and Families shall contract with lead service agencies, within available appropriations, to coordinate the care of all children and youths enrolled in Connecticut Community KidCare residing within their designated catchment areas, including children and youths with complex behavioral health service needs. The lead service agencies shall employ or subcontract for the employment of care coordinators to assist families in establishing and implementing individual service plans for children and youths with complex behavioral health service needs and to improve clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness. Parents shall be afforded a choice of contracted providers for authorized services.
(c) Each community collaborative may establish the number of members and the type of representatives to ensure that the membership of such collaborative is appropriately balanced. The chief elected officials of municipalities served by a community collaborative may designate a member to serve as a representative of the chief elected officials. A community collaborative, at a minimum, shall consist of representatives from the local or regional board of education, special education program, youth services bureau, local departments of social services and public health, representatives from private organizations serving children and youths and a substantial number of parents of children and youths with behavioral health needs. A community collaborative shall participate in the regional advisory councils established under section 17a-30, provide outreach to community resources, coordinate behavioral health services by forming, with the consent of the family, child specific teams for children and youths with complex behavioral health service needs, conduct community need assessments to identify service gaps and service barriers, identify priority investment areas for the state and lead service agencies and provide public education and support. A community collaborative shall establish a governance structure, determine membership and identify or establish a fiscal agent.
(d) The Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, provide or arrange for the administrative services necessary to operate Connecticut Community KidCare.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 4, 53; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 44, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 05-246, S. 4; P.A. 06-196, S. 116; P.A. 09-205, S. 6; P.A. 11-105, S. 7; P.A. 14-122, S. 25.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 made substantial revisions to section, deleting an obsolete reference and designating existing provisions as Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “community collaborative” for “local system of care”, substituting in Subdiv. (1) “performance” for “outcome”, adding in Subdivs. (2) and (3) references to “youth”, and deleting the definition of “local system of care”, added Subsec. (b) re regional offices of department and lead service agencies, added Subsec. (c) re composition of a community collaborative and responsibilities of such collaborative, and added Subsec. (d) re Commissioners of Children and Families and Social Services providing or arranging for administrative services necessary to operate Connecticut Community KidCare, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; P.A. 05-246 changed “regional offices” to “area offices” in Subsec. (b) and “regional advisory councils” to “area advisory councils” in Subsec. (c), effective July 8, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (b) and (c), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 09-205 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (4) re completion of annual self-evaluation process and review of discharge summaries, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-105 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing “area” with “regional”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change in Subsec. (c).
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families
Section 17a-1. (Formerly Sec. 17-410). - Definitions.
Section 17a-2. (Formerly Sec. 17-411). - Composition of department. Name change.
Section 17a-3a. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Department duties.
Section 17a-4a. - Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee. Membership. Reports.
Section 17a-5. (Formerly Sec. 17-414). - Appointment of commissioner.
Section 17a-6. (Formerly Sec. 17-415). - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 17a-6f. - Software application for computers and mobile devices.
Section 17a-10d. - Youth advisory councils.
Section 17a-15a. - Inclusion of information in documents concerning permanent placement plan.
Section 17a-15d. - Policy re Social Security disability insurance benefit payments.
Section 17a-16a. - School placement for children in out-of-home care. Nexus school districts.
Section 17a-18. (Formerly Sec. 17-422). - Receipt of grants or gifts.
Section 17a-19. (Formerly Sec. 17-422a). - Administration of the parent-child resource system.
Section 17a-22c. - Performance measures for Connecticut Community KidCare. Curricula and training.
Section 17a-22e. - Reports re implementation of Connecticut Community KidCare to General Assembly.
Section 17a-22gg. - Home Visitation Program Consortium.
Section 17a-22h. - Behavioral Health Partnership. Development and implementation.
Section 17a-22hh. - Data repository for emergency mobile psychiatric services personnel.
Section 17a-22ii. - Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment Fund.
Section 17a-22j. - Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. Members. Duties.
Section 17a-22jj. - Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund.
Section 17a-22l. - Consumer and provider appeal procedures.
Section 17a-22m. - Annual evaluation of Behavioral Health Partnership. Report to General Assembly.
Section 17a-23. (Formerly Sec. 17-427). - High Meadows. Function; age limits.
Section 17a-26. (Formerly Sec. 17-430). - Use of federal funds available for services to children.
Section 17a-27a. - Long Lane School Advisory Board established. Composition. Report.
Section 17a-27e. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Standards.
Section 17a-30. (Formerly Sec. 17-434). - Regional advisory councils. Appointments and terms.
Section 17a-32. (Formerly Sec. 17-435a). - Names of children's facilities designated.
Section 17a-36. (Formerly Sec. 17-439). - Financial liability for services.
Section 17a-38. (Formerly Sec. 17-441a). - Home-based treatment programs.
Section 17a-42. (Formerly Sec. 17-444). - Photo-listing service established.
Section 17a-43. (Formerly Sec. 17-444a). - Registration with photo-listing service.
Section 17a-45. (Formerly Sec. 17-444c). - Referral to photo-listing service.
Section 17a-46. (Formerly Sec. 17-444d). - Deferral of photo-listing a child.
Section 17a-47. (Formerly Sec. 17-445). - Legal division re child abuse and neglect.
Section 17a-52. - Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board. Composition. Duties.
Section 17a-52a. - Evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program.
Section 17a-53. - Training manual for youth suicide prevention programs.
Section 17a-54. - Parent education and support centers.
Section 17a-54a. - Support for families with children with serious, chronic medical conditions.
Section 17a-55. - Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness.
Section 17a-59a. - Definitions. Removal of infant from prospective adoptive parent.
Section 17a-59b. - Removal of infant. Prospective adoptive parent's right to hearing. Regulations.
Section 17a-61. - Public information program.
Section 17a-61a. - Accreditation of Department of Children and Families by Council on Accreditation.
Section 17a-62a. - Homeless youth program.
Section 17a-62b. - Services for homeless children and youth.
Section 17a-64. - Raise the Grade pilot program.
Section 17a-75. (Formerly Sec. 17-205b). - Definitions.
Section 17a-81. (Formerly Sec. 17-205h). - Parental consent necessary for treatment. Exceptions.
Section 17a-82. (Formerly Sec. 17-205i). - Payment of commitment and transportation expenses.