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Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families
Section 17a-1. (Formerly Sec. 17-410). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-1 to 17a-26, inclusive, 17a-28 to...
Section 17a-2. (Formerly Sec. 17-411). - Composition of department. Name change. - (a) There shall be a Department of Children and Families...
Section 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...
Section 17a-3a. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Department duties. - Section 17a-3a is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (P.A. 03-251,...
Section 17a-3b. - (Note: This section is effective October 1, 2022.) Department-operated education unit. Children residing in juvenile justice facilities who are incarcerated. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall implement the...
Section 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...
Section 17a-4a. - Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee. Membership. Reports. - (a) There is established a Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee...
Section 17a-5. (Formerly Sec. 17-414). - Appointment of commissioner. - In accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8,...
Section 17a-6. (Formerly Sec. 17-415). - Powers and duties of commissioner. - The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall: (a) Establish or...
Section 17a-6a. - Commissioner to require applicants, vendors and contractors to submit to state and national criminal history records checks and state child abuse and neglect registry checks. Commissioner to comply with requests to check child abuse... - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall (1) require...
Section 17a-6b and 17a-6c. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School advisory group; review; recommendations; report by commissioner. Adjudicated youths in care and custody of department; reports. - Sections 17a-6b and 17a-6c are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....
Section 17a-6d. - Development of procedures responsive to needs of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Report. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families, in collaboration with...
Section 17a-6e. - Annual report re utilization of Department of Children and Families' services by race and ethnicity. - Not later than February 15, 2019, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 17a-6f. - Software application for computers and mobile devices. - Not later than February 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Children...
Section 17a-6g. - Indian Child Welfare Act. Application to actions and proceedings involving an Indian child. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “Indian child” has...
Section 17a-7 (Formerly Sec. 17-415a) and 17a-7a. - Parole of delinquent child in commissioner's custody. Standard leave and release policies for delinquent children committed to department. - Sections 17a-7 and 17a-7a are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....
Section 17a-8 (Formerly Sec. 17-415b) and 17a-8a. - Custody of children and youths committed to commissioner as delinquent; term, escape, violation of parole, return to custody; vocational parole. Authorized leave for delinquent child committed to de... - Sections 17a-8 and 17a-8a are repealed, effective July 1, 2018....
Section 17a-8b. - Department to report missing and abducted children committed to custody of commissioner. - The Department of Children and Families shall report any missing...
Section 17a-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-417). - Appointment of deputy commissioners, directors and administrative heads. - (a) The commissioner shall appoint, after consultation with the state...
Section 17a-10. (Formerly Sec. 17-418). - Custody of committed children. Support and health services. Extension or termination of commitment. - Section 17a-10 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (1969, P.A....
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 17a-10c. - Youth Advisory Board. Sibling Bill of Rights. Meeting between caseworker and child. - (a) For purposes of this section, “Youth Advisory Board” means...
Section 17a-10d. - Youth advisory councils. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Child” or “children”...
Section 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...
Section 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 commissioner's discretion, admit to...
Section 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...
Section 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....
Section 17a-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-420b). - Completion of special education programs permitted. Payment by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - Each child or youth in the custody of the Commissioner...
Section 17a-15. (Formerly Sec. 17-421). - Development of treatment and permanent placement plan. Review of plan. Modifications. Application for review. Hearing. Procedure. - (a) The commissioner shall prepare and maintain a written case...
Section 17a-15a. - Inclusion of information in documents concerning permanent placement plan. - The Department of Children and Families shall include the following...
Section 17a-15b. - Department responsibilities re child eligible for benefits from Social Security Administration. Documentation of benefit eligibility in child's permanency plan. - (a) The permanency plan of a child in the care...
Section 17a-15c. - Inclusion of educational, vocational and financial information in permanency plan documents and hearings. - Any permanency plan documents submitted by the Department of Children...
Section 17a-15d. - Policy re Social Security disability insurance benefit payments. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of...
Section 17a-16. (Formerly Sec. 17-440). - Rights of children and youths under the supervision of the Commissioner of Children and Families. - (a) No child or youth placed or treated under the...
Section 17a-16a. - School placement for children in out-of-home care. Nexus school districts. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Child” means (A)...
Section 17a-17. (Formerly Sec. 17-421a). - Direct payment for goods and services. Single cost accounting system for payment of room and board and education expenses. Payment system for child care facilities. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families may, after consultation...
Section 17a-18. (Formerly Sec. 17-422). - Receipt of grants or gifts. - The Commissioner of Children and Families may accept and receive...
Section 17a-19. (Formerly Sec. 17-422a). - Administration of the parent-child resource system. - The Commissioner of Children and Families or his designee, shall...
Section 17a-20. (Formerly Sec. 17-424). - Definition of psychiatric clinic and child guidance clinic. Grant of funds. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “psychiatric clinic” means...
Section 17a-20a. - Mental and behavioral health consultation and care coordination program. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish and...
Section 17a-20b. - In-home respite care services fund. Program for in-home respite care services. Regulations. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “children with behavioral...
Section 17a-20c. - Peer-to-peer support program for mental and behavioral health issues. State funds for services not covered. - (a) The peer-to-peer support program for parents and caregivers of...
Section 17a-21. (Formerly Sec. 17-424a). - Statistical reporting on psychiatric care of children and youths. - Section 17a-21 is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (P.A. 81-92,...
Section 17a-21a. - Guidelines for use and management of psychotropic medications. Database established. - The Department of Children and Families shall, within available resources...
Section 17a-22. (Formerly Sec. 17-425). - Extended day treatment programs. Grants. Definition of day treatment center. - The Department of Children and Families shall develop and maintain...
Section 17a-22a. - Connecticut Community KidCare. Requirements. Memorandum of understanding for joint administration. Consultation during development. Federal waivers or amendments. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-22aa. - Availability of flexible emergency funding for children with psychiatric disabilities. - The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the...
Section 17a-22b. - Local needs assessment by community collaborative. Lead service agencies to coordinate care of children and youths enrolled in Connecticut Community KidCare. Community collaborative composition and responsibilities. - (a) Each community collaborative shall, within available appropriations, (1) complete...
Section 17a-22bb. - Implementation plan for meeting mental, emotional and behavioral needs of children. Departmental strategies. Training. Reimbursement. Records re instances of physical restraint and seclusion. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with...
Section 17a-22c. - Performance measures for Connecticut Community KidCare. Curricula and training. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner...
Section 17a-22cc. - Professional development training provided to pediatricians and child care providers. - The Office of Early Childhood, in collaboration with the Department...
Section 17a-22d. - Establishment of organization with regional local chapters to provide family-to-family support, family advocates and assistance with individual service plan process and to encourage participation in Connecticut Community KidCare pl... - The Commissioner of Children and Families may, within available appropriations,...
Section 17a-22dd. - Coordination of home visitation programs. Public information and education campaign. - (a) Not later than December 1, 2014, the Office of...
Section 17a-22e. - Reports re implementation of Connecticut Community KidCare to General Assembly. - Section 17a-22e is repealed, effective July 1, 2005. (June Sp....
Section 17a-22ee. - Animal-assisted therapy and activities. Animal-assisted critical incident response teams. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Animal-assisted activity” means...
Section 17a-22f. - Behavioral health services. Contract with administrative services organizations. Clinical management. - (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, with regard to...
Section 17a-22ff. - Children's Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Plan Implementation Advisory Board. - (a) There is established a Children's Mental, Emotional and Behavioral...
Section 17a-22g. - Connecticut Community KidCare. Disclosure of case-specific information. Limitations. - (a) The Judicial Branch and each state agency, community-based program,...
Section 17a-22gg. - Home Visitation Program Consortium. - (a) There is established a Home Visitation Program Consortium that...
Section 17a-22h. - Behavioral Health Partnership. Development and implementation. - (a) The Commissioners of Social Services, Children and Families, and...
Section 17a-22hh. - Data repository for emergency mobile psychiatric services personnel. - On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of Children...
Section 17a-22i. - Designation of directors for Behavioral Health Partnership. Memoranda of understanding re activities of administrative services organizations. - (a) The Commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services and...
Section 17a-22ii. - Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment Fund. - (a) There is established a Mental and Behavioral Health Treatment...
Section 17a-22j. - Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. Members. Duties. - (a) There is established a Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council...
Section 17a-22jj. - Social Determinants of Mental Health Fund. - (a) There is established a Social Determinants of Mental Health...
Section 17a-22k. - Behavioral Health Partnership clinical management committee. Established. Members. - There is established a clinical management committee to develop clinical...
Section 17a-22l. - Consumer and provider appeal procedures. - The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental...
Section 17a-22m. - Annual evaluation of Behavioral Health Partnership. Report to General Assembly. - The Commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental...
Section 17a-22n. - Monitoring implementation of the Behavioral Health Partnership. Annual report to General Assembly. - The Departments of Children and Families and Mental Health and...
Section 17a-22o. - Behavioral Health Partnership rate setting. Review by Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council. - The Departments of Children and Families, Social Services and Mental...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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....
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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.)
Section 17a-27b. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School project: Exemption from statutory provisions. - Section 17a-27b is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (P.A. 99-26,...
Section 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,...
Section 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,...
Section 17a-27e. - Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Standards. - Section 17a-27e is repealed, effective October 1, 2016. (P.A. 99-26,...
Section 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,...
Section 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)...
Section 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...
Section 17a-30. (Formerly Sec. 17-434). - Regional advisory councils. Appointments and terms. - (a) The commissioner shall create distinct service regions and shall...
Section 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...
Section 17a-32. (Formerly Sec. 17-435a). - Names of children's facilities designated. - (a) The name of the Department of Children and Families...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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; P.A....
Section 17a-36. (Formerly Sec. 17-439). - Financial liability for services. - The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall determine financial liability for...
Section 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...
Section 17a-38. (Formerly Sec. 17-441a). - Home-based treatment programs. - The Department of Children and Families shall develop or contract...
Section 17a-42. (Formerly Sec. 17-444). - Photo-listing service established. - (a) There is established within the Department of Children and...
Section 17a-43. (Formerly Sec. 17-444a). - Registration with photo-listing service. - (a) Each child legally free for adoption, for whom the...
Section 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...
Section 17a-45. (Formerly Sec. 17-444c). - Referral to photo-listing service. - Any child care or child-placing agency may voluntarily refer any...
Section 17a-46. (Formerly Sec. 17-444d). - Deferral of photo-listing a child. - (a) Deferral of the photo-listing of a child shall be...
Section 17a-47. (Formerly Sec. 17-445). - Legal division re child abuse and neglect. - There shall be a legal division which shall consist of...
Section 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,...
Section 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...
Section 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.)
Section 17a-52. - Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board. Composition. Duties. - (a) There is established a Connecticut Suicide Advisory Board, within...
Section 17a-52a. - Evidence-based youth suicide prevention training program. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “evidence-based” describes a...
Section 17a-53. - Training manual for youth suicide prevention programs. - The Department of Children and Families shall develop, within available...
Section 17a-54. - Parent education and support centers. - The Department of Children and Families shall establish, within available...
Section 17a-54a. - Support for families with children with serious, chronic medical conditions. - Section 17a-54a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (May Sp....
Section 17a-54b. - Policies and procedures to secure health, safety and well-being of infants affected at birth by drug or alcohol exposure. - (a) For purposes of this section, (1) “drug abuse” means...
Section 17a-55. - Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall implement a system...
Section 17a-57. - Designation of emergency room nursing staff to take physical custody of infant voluntarily surrendered. - Each hospital operating an emergency room shall designate all members...
Section 17a-58. - Physical custody of infant upon voluntary surrender by parent or agent. Mother's surrender of custody of infant in hospital. Medical history. Identification bracelet. - (a) An employee designated pursuant to section 17a-57 shall take...
Section 17a-59. - Notification of custody. Assumption of care and control by commissioner. Identification of prospective adoptive parent. Limitation on disclosure of parentage. - (a) Not more than twenty-four hours after taking physical custody...
Section 17a-59a. - Definitions. Removal of infant from prospective adoptive parent. - (a) As used in this section, and sections 17a-59 and...
Section 17a-59b. - Removal of infant. Prospective adoptive parent's right to hearing. Regulations. - (a) A prospective adoptive parent who (1) has exercised continuous...
Section 17a-60. - Reunification of parent with infant. Genetic testing requirement. Confidentiality of information provided designated employee. - (a) If a person claiming to be a parent or...
Section 17a-60a. - Birth parent contact preference and health history forms. Access by adopted persons and certain other persons. - (a) Upon the request of a birth parent, the Department...
Section 17a-61. - Public information program. - The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the...
Section 17a-61a. - Accreditation of Department of Children and Families by Council on Accreditation. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall apply, within a...
Section 17a-62. - Commissioner of Children and Families to monitor certain at-risk children and youth. Annual report to General Assembly. - Section 17a-62 is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (P.A. 09-96,...
Section 17a-62a. - Homeless youth program. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Homeless youth” means...
Section 17a-62b. - Services for homeless children and youth. - A public or private agency serving children and youth may...
Section 17a-63. - Internal departmental and administrative case reviews. Results. Department-wide deficiencies. Annual report to General Assembly. - Section 17a-63 is repealed, effective July 7, 2021. (P.A. 09-194,...
Section 17a-63a. - Private service provider. Contract with Department of Children and Families. Measurable outcomes. Annual report to General Assembly. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall (1) determine measurable...
Section 17a-64. - Raise the Grade pilot program. - Section 17a-64 is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (P.A. 13-234,...
Section 17a-65. - Academic progress reports. Case plan requirements. Plan re ability of facilities and school programs to meet academic and related service needs. Review of educational files. - (a) The Departments of Education and Children and Families shall...
Section 17a-75. (Formerly Sec. 17-205b). - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, the...
Section 17a-76. (Formerly Sec. 17a-205c). - Application for commitment of mentally ill child. Jurisdiction. Transfer to Superior Court. Appointment of counsel. Three-judge court, powers. - (a) An application for commitment of a mentally ill child...
Section 17a-77. (Formerly Sec. 17-205d). - Hearing. Notice to child, parents, guardian. Availability of records. Physicians, appointment; certificate; report. Right of child to be at hearing. Order for commitment. Transfer to other institutions. Reco... - (a) Upon receipt of such application, the court shall assign...
Section 17a-78. (Formerly Sec. 17-205e). - Hospitalization of child for diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder. Examination. Discharge. Rights to be explained. Hearing. Duties of hospital. Order for continued hospitalization. Immediate discharge.... - (a) If a physician determines that a child is in...
Section 17a-79. (Formerly Sec. 17-205f). - Hospitalization of child for diagnosis or treatment of mental disorder. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 17a-80. (Formerly Sec. 17-205g). - Right of review of status as voluntary patient. Hearing. Child's right to be at hearing. Duties of hospital. - If any child fourteen years of age or over hospitalized...
Section 17a-81. (Formerly Sec. 17-205h). - Parental consent necessary for treatment. Exceptions. - (a) Parental consent shall be necessary for treatment. In the...
Section 17a-82. (Formerly Sec. 17-205i). - Payment of commitment and transportation expenses. - (a) When any child is in need of hospitalization and...
Section 17a-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-205j). - Fraudulent or malicious application, order, request, certification or report re commitment or mental disorder of child. - Any person who wilfully files or attempts to file or...
Chapter 319l - Department of Aging and Disability Services
Section 17a-780. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650a). - Department of Aging and Disability Services. Successor department to Department of Rehabilitation Services. - (a) There is created a Department of Aging and Disability...
Section 17a-781. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650). - Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-780 to 17a-790,...
Section 17a-782. (Formerly Sec. 17b-653). - Eligibility for services. - (a) Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided, with or without...
Section 17a-783. (Formerly Sec. 17b-654). - Administrative review. Appeal. - (a) Any applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services...
Section 17a-784. (Formerly Sec. 17b-655). - Powers and duties of Department of Aging and Disability Services re vocational education. - (a) In carrying out sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796,...
Section 17a-785. (Formerly Sec. 17b-658). - Cooperation with federal government. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-786. (Formerly Sec. 17b-659). - Treasurer to receive and disburse federal funds. - The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all...
Section 17a-787. (Formerly Sec. 17b-660). - Gifts, grants, reimbursements, bequests for services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-788. (Formerly Sec. 17b-661). - Purchase of wheelchairs, placement equipment and adaptive equipment. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department...
Section 17a-789. (Formerly Sec. 17b-662). - Beneficiary's rights not assignable. - The right of a person with disability to maintenance under...
Section 17a-790. (Formerly Sec. 17b-663). - Information concerning beneficiaries confidential. - Any person who, except for purposes directly connected with the...
Section 17a-791. (Formerly Sec. 17b-612). - Transition program for students with disabilities. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish a...
Section 17a-792. (Formerly Sec. 17b-613). - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-793 and 17a-794:...
Section 17a-793. (Formerly Sec. 17b-614). - State-wide network of independent living centers. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish...
Section 17a-794. (Formerly Sec. 17b-615). - State-wide Independent Living Council. - (a) The Governor shall appoint a state-wide Independent Living Council,...
Section 17a-795. (Formerly Sec. 17b-607). - Assistive Technology Loan Program. Assistive technology evaluation and training services. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized...
Section 17a-796. (Formerly Sec. 17b-656). - Preference to be given to products and services rendered by persons with disabilities. - Whenever any products made or manufactured by or services provided...
Section 17a-797. (Formerly Sec. 17b-657). - Duties of Department of Aging and Disability Services regarding medical, diagnostic, physical restoration training and other rehabilitation services. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-798. (Formerly Sec. 17b-666). - Employment opportunities program for underserved persons with significant disabilities. Regulations. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services may receive...
Section 17a-799. (Formerly Sec. 17b-651a). - Disability determination services unit. Inquiries into criminal history of applicants for employment. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall inquire into...
Section 17a-810. (Formerly Sec. 10-293). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Blind or Visually Impaired; advisor to Department of Aging and Disability Services. Membership. - (a) There is established an Advisory Board for Persons Who...
Section 17a-811. (Formerly Sec. 10-294a). - Legal blindness. Impaired vision. Defined. - For the purposes of this chapter: (a) A person is...
Section 17a-812. (Formerly Sec. 10-295). - Specialized vision-related instruction, educational programs, goods and services. Expense of services. Teachers and educational resources; funding. Adult home instruction. Adaptive equipment. - (a) All residents of this state, regardless of age, who,...
Section 17a-813. (Formerly Sec. 10-296). - Contracts with public or private entities. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may, within available...
Section 17a-814. (Formerly Sec. 10-297). - Employment and aid. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-815. (Formerly Sec. 10-297a). - Grants to Connecticut Radio Information Service, Inc. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may make grants,...
Section 17a-816. (Formerly Sec. 10-298). - Powers and duties of the Department of Aging and Disability Services re services for persons who are blind or visually impaired. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall prepare...
Section 17a-817. (Formerly Sec. 10-299). - Power of Connecticut Institute for Blind to receive bequests; tax exemption. Review of proposed operating budget of Oak Hill School. - (a) The Connecticut Institute for the Blind is empowered to...
Section 17a-818. (Formerly Sec. 10-303). - Food service facilities and vending stands in public buildings controlled by Department of Aging and Disability Services. Permissible uses of vending machine income. - (a) The authority in charge of any building or property...
Section 17a-819. (Formerly Sec. 10-305). - Reports of persons who are blind. - Each physician, advanced practice registered nurse and optometrist shall report...
Section 17a-820. (Formerly Sec. 10-306). - Vocational rehabilitation program. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may maintain a...
Section 17a-821. (Formerly Sec. 10-307). - Federal funds. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services is empowered to...
Section 17a-822. (Formerly Sec. 10-308). - Cooperation with federal government. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may cooperate, pursuant...
Section 17a-823. (Formerly Sec. 10-308a). - Selection for receipt of rehabilitation services. Regulations. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt regulations,...
Section 17a-824. (Formerly Sec. 10-309). - Placement; regulations. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may place in...
Section 17a-825. (Formerly Sec. 10-311a). - Records confidential. - The case records of the Department of Aging and Disability...
Section 17a-835. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650e). - Department of Aging and Disability Services. Assistance for deaf and hard of hearing persons. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may provide necessary...
Section 17a-836. (Formerly Sec. 46a-27). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind. - The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of...
Section 17a-836a. (Formerly Sec. 46a-28). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind: Members, meetings. - (a) The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard...
Section 17a-837. (Formerly Sec. 46a-29). - Assistance from other government agencies. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may request...
Section 17a-838. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33a). - Registration of persons providing interpreting services. Required qualifications. Penalties for misrepresentation. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Community setting”...
Section 17a-839. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33b). - Interpreting services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. - Upon the request of any person or any public or...
Section 17a-839a. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33c). - State agency interpreting services. Interpreting services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. Exceptions. - For purposes of this section, “state agency” has the same...
Section 17a-850. (Formerly Sec. 17a-304). - Area agencies on aging. - The state shall be divided into five elderly planning and...
Section 17a-851. (Formerly Sec. 17a-305). - Allocation of funds. Review. Voluntary fee for meals. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall equitably...
Section 17a-852. (Formerly Sec. 17a-302). - Nutrition programs for older persons. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall be...
Section 17a-853. (Formerly Sec. 17a-302a). - Meetings with nutrition service stakeholders. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall hold quarterly...
Section 17a-854. (Formerly Sec. 17a-306). - Regulations re Older Americans Act of 1965. Policies. Posting on eRegulations System. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt regulations,...
Section 17a-855. (Formerly Sec. 17a-310). - State grants for community services and programs for older persons. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may make a...
Section 17a-856. (Formerly Sec. 17a-313). - Payment of administrative expenses. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may use moneys...
Section 17a-857. (Formerly Sec. 17a-314). - CHOICES health insurance assistance program. Definitions. Requirements. Reports. Responsibilities of hospitals re Medicare patients. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “CHOICES” means Connecticut's...
Section 17a-858. (Formerly Sec. 17a-316a). - State Aging and Disability Resource Center Program. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall develop...
Section 17a-859. (Formerly Sec. 17a-303a). - Fall prevention program. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish,...
Section 17a-860. (Formerly Sec. 17b-349e). - Respite care services for caretakers of Alzheimer's patients. Definitions. Requirements. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Respite care services”...
Section 17a-861. (Formerly Sec. 17b-251). - Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Outreach program established. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish an...
Section 17a-870. (Formerly Sec. 17a-405). - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Regional ombudsmen. Appointments. Inclusion in classified service. Definitions. - (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “State agency” means...
Section 17a-871. (Formerly Sec. 17a-406). - Residents' advocates. Appointment, expenses, removal. Use of trained volunteers. - (a) Residents' advocates shall be appointed by the State Ombudsman,...
Section 17a-872. (Formerly Sec. 17a-407). - Residents' advocates. Training. Regulations. - No person may perform any functions as a residents' advocate...
Section 17a-873. (Formerly Sec. 17a-408). - Duties of State Ombudsman. - (a) The State Ombudsman shall establish and operate ombudsman programs...
Section 17a-874. (Formerly Sec. 17a-409). - Investigative authority. - The State Ombudsman is authorized to investigate and make reports...
Section 17a-875. (Formerly Sec. 17a-410). - Duties of regional ombudsmen. - The regional ombudsmen shall, in accordance with the policies and...
Section 17a-876. (Formerly Sec. 17a-411). - Duties of residents' advocates. Posting by nursing home facilities. Funding. - (a) Residents' advocates, under supervision of the regional ombudsmen, shall...
Section 17a-877. (Formerly Sec. 17a-414). - Legal counsel for residents and applicants and to assist the ombudsman and representatives of the office in performance of their official duties. Regional ombudsmen and residents' advocates considered state... - (a) The state agency shall ensure that: (1) Adequate legal...
Section 17a-878. (Formerly Sec. 17a-415). - Powers of ombudsman and representatives. Access to records, facilities and residents. Penalty for wilful interference with representatives of office. Confidentiality. Assistance from outside persons or enti... - (a) The State Ombudsman and representatives of the office shall...
Section 17a-879. (Formerly Sec. 17a-416). - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, after consultation with...
Section 17a-880. (Formerly Sec. 17a-417). - Additional duties of State Ombudsman. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall require the...
Section 17a-881. (Formerly Sec. 17a-418). - State-wide uniform data system. - The state agency shall establish a state-wide uniform system to:...
Section 17a-882. (Formerly Sec. 17a-419). - Duties of state agency re disclosure. - The state agency shall: (1) Provide that the files and...
Section 17a-883. (Formerly Sec. 17a-420). - Consideration of outside views re planning and operating the program. - In planning and operating the program, the state agency, in...
Section 17a-884. (Formerly Sec. 17a-421). - Duties of state agency. - The state agency shall: (1) Ensure that no individual, or...
Section 17a-885. (Formerly Sec. 17a-422). - State ombudsman duties re pilot program in managed residential communities. Report. - (a) The Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall develop...
Section 17a-886. - Community Ombudsman program. Appointment of Community Ombudsman. Authority. Duties. Reporting. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “authorized representative” means...
Chapter 319a - Child Welfare
Section 17a-90. (Formerly Sec. 17-32). - Supervision over welfare of children. Portion of cost payable by parent, collection. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall have general...
Section 17a-91. (Formerly Sec. 17-32b). - Commissioner of Children and Families' report on children committed to him and establishment of central registry and monitoring system. - Section 17a-91 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 73-156,...
Section 17a-91a. - Monthly report on number of children in custody of department in subacute care who cannot be discharged. - Section 17a-91a is repealed, effective July 1, 2009. (P.A. 99-279,...
Section 17a-92. (Formerly Sec. 17-32c). - Transfer of court wards to guardianship of Commissioner of Children and Families: Delegation of powers, duties and functions. - Effective at 12:01 a.m., April 1, 1975, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-93. (Formerly Sec. 17-32d). - Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-90 to 17a-121a, inclusive, section 17a-132...
Section 17a-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-34). - Establishment of receiving homes. - The Commissioner of Children and Families may establish, maintain and...
Section 17a-95. (Formerly Sec. 17-35). - Religious and moral instruction. - Equal privileges shall be granted to clergymen of all religious...
Section 17a-96. (Formerly Sec. 17-36). - Custodians of children to file reports. Placing of children in foster homes. - The institutions having custody of such children and the agencies...
Section 17a-97. (Formerly Sec. 17-36a). - Foster parent families. - Section 17a-97 is repealed. (1971, P.A. 833, S. 1–3; P.A....
Section 17a-98. (Formerly Sec. 17-37). - Supervision of children under guardianship or care of commissioner. - The Commissioner of Children and Families, or any agent appointed...
Section 17a-98a. - Kinship navigator program. - The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the...
Section 17a-98b. - Visit to family home of child with behavioral health needs. - Not later than sixty days after a child or youth...
Section 17a-98c. - Written special requests from foster families to the department. - The Department of Children and Families shall prescribe a form...
Section 17a-99. (Formerly Sec. 17-37a). - Delegation of guardianship authority. - The Commissioner of Children and Families may delegate to a...
Section 17a-100. (Formerly Sec. 17-38). - Ill treatment of children. - Whenever it is found that any child is not properly...
Section 17a-100a. - Reporting of neglected or cruelly treated animals. Training program. - (a) Any employee of the Department of Children and Families...
Section 17a-100b. - Training program for animal control officers to identify and report child abuse and neglect. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations,...
Section 17a-100c. - Annual report re actual or suspected instances of animal neglect or cruelty. - Not later than February 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 17a-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-38a). - Protection of children from abuse. Mandated reporters. Educational and training programs. Model mandated reporting policy. - (a) The public policy of this state is: To protect...
Section 17a-101a. - Report of abuse, neglect or injury of child or imminent risk of serious harm to child. Penalty for failure to report. Notification of Chief State's Attorney. - (a)(1) Any mandated reporter, as described in section 17a-101, who...
Section 17a-101b. - Report by mandated reporter. Notification of law enforcement agency when allegation of sexual abuse or serious physical abuse. Notification of person in charge of institution, facility or school when staff member suspected of abus... - (a) An oral or electronic report shall be made by...
Section 17a-101c. - Written or electronic report by mandated reporter. - Not later than forty-eight hours after making an oral report,...
Section 17a-101d. - Contents of reports. - All reports required pursuant to sections 17a-101a to 17a-101c, inclusive,...
Section 17a-101e. - Employer prohibited from discriminating or retaliating against employee who makes good faith report or testifies re child abuse or neglect. Immunity from civil or criminal liability. False report of child abuse. Referral to office... - (a) No employer shall (1) discharge, or in any manner...
Section 17a-101f. - Examination by physician. Diagnostic tests and procedures to detect child abuse. Expenses. - Any physician examining a child with respect to whom abuse...
Section 17a-101g. - Classification and evaluation of reports. Determination of abuse or neglect of child. Investigation. Notice, entry of recommended finding. Referral to local law enforcement authority. Home visit. Removal of child in imminent risk... - (a) Upon receiving a report of child abuse or neglect,...
Section 17a-101h. - Coordination of investigatory activities. Interview with child. Reporter to provide information. Consent of parent, guardian or responsible person. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any person authorized...
Section 17a-101i. - Abuse or neglect by school employee or staff member of public or private institution or facility providing care for children. Notice. Adoption of policy. Employee training program. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, not later...
Section 17a-101j. - Notification of law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities when reasonable belief of sexual abuse or serious physical abuse. Notification of agency responsible for licensure of institution or facility where abuse or neglect has... - (a) After the investigation has been completed and the Commissioner...
Section 17a-101k. - Registry of findings of abuse or neglect of children maintained by Commissioner of Children and Families. Notice of finding of abuse or neglect of child. Appeal of finding. Hearing procedure. Appeal after hearing. Confidentiality.... - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall maintain a...
Section 17a-101l. - Visitation centers. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available resources,...
Section 17a-101m. - Identification of relatives when child removed from parent's or guardian's custody. Notification of relatives. - Immediately upon the removal of a child from the custody...
Section 17a-101n. - Collection and analysis of data re percentage of abuse and neglect cases involving substance abuse. Reduction strategies. - The Department of Children and Families shall collect and analyze...
Section 17a-101o. - School employee failure or delay in reporting child abuse or neglect. Policy re delayed report by mandated reporters. - (a) If the Commissioner of Children and Families suspects or...
Section 17a-101p. - Reports by persons not designated as mandated reporters. Notice to Commissioner of Education. - When the Commissioner of Children and Families receives a report...
Section 17a-101q. - State-wide sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention program. - (a) Not later than July 1, 2023, the Department of...
Section 17a-101r. - Guidelines for appropriate interaction with youth athletes and identifying and reporting child sexual abuse. Distribution. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Operator” has the...
Section 17a-101s. - Availability of training materials re child sexual abuse to youth-serving and religious organizations. - On and after July 1, 2023, the Department of Children...
Section 17a-102. (Formerly Sec. 17-38b). - Report of danger of abuse. - Section 17a-102 is repealed. (P.A. 73-205, S. 2; P.A. 75-420,...
Section 17a-102a. - Education and training for nurses and birthing hospital staff caring for high-risk newborns re responsibilities as mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. Information dissemination. Development of guidelines for safe care o... - (a) Each birthing hospital shall provide education and training for...
Section 17a-103. (Formerly Sec. 17-38c). - Reports by others. False reports. Notification to law enforcement agency. - (a) Any mandated reporter acting outside his or her professional...
Section 17a-103a. - Telephone Careline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall establish and operate...
Section 17a-103b. - Notice to parent or guardian of investigation or substantiated complaint of child abuse or neglect. - (a) Upon the opening of an investigation concerning the alleged...
Section 17a-103c. - Report of abuse or neglect re child committed as delinquent. Notification. - Section 17a-103c is repealed, effective July 1, 2019. (P.A. 02-127,...
Section 17a-103d. - Initial contact with parent or guardian. Written notice re parent or guardian rights. List of legal services. - (a) Upon receiving a complaint of abuse or neglect of...
Section 17a-103e. - Reports of child abuse and neglect by a school employee. Review of records and information. - (a) The Department of Children and Families shall conduct, at...
Section 17a-104. (Formerly Sec. 17-38d). - Treatment by Christian Science practitioner. - For the purposes of sections 17a-101 to 17a-103, inclusive, and...
Section 17a-105. (Formerly Sec. 17-38e). - Temporary custody of abused child upon arrest of parent or guardian. - Whenever any person is arrested and charged with an offense...
Section 17a-105a. - Child abuse and neglect unit within Division of State Police to assist investigation of child abuse and neglect. - There shall be within the Division of State Police within...
Section 17a-106. (Formerly Sec. 17-38f). - Cooperation in relation to prevention, identification and investigation of child abuse and neglect. - All law enforcement officials, courts of competent jurisdiction, school personnel...
Section 17a-106a. - Multidisciplinary teams. Purpose. Composition. Confidentiality. Records of meetings. - (a) For purposes of this section, “children's advocacy center” means...
Section 17a-106b. - Impact of family violence in child abuse cases. - (a) The state of Connecticut finds that family violence can...
Section 17a-106c. - Family Violence Coordinating Council. Members. Responsibilities. - Section 17a-106c is repealed, effective October 1, 2005. (P.A. 96-246,...
Section 17a-106d. - Report of neglected or cruelly treated animals part of record in open child protective service case. - Not later than one week after receiving a report pursuant...
Section 17a-106e. - Screening of young children who are victims of abuse or neglect for developmental delays. Referral. Report. - (a)(1) On and after October 1, 2013, the Department of...
Section 17a-106f. - Trafficking of minor children. Child welfare services. Training for law enforcement officials. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families may: (1) Provide...
Section 17a-106g. - Training re identification of human trafficking for employees of hotels, motels, inns and similar lodging. - The Commissioner of Children and Families and the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-106h. - Training re identification and reporting of suspected human trafficking for law enforcement personnel, judges, persons involved with the criminal justice system, emergency and urgent care staff and school and constituent unit empl... - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with...
Section 17a-106i. - Disclosure of personal injury. Provision of notice re victim compensation. - Any employee of the Department of Children and Families or...
Section 17a-107. (Formerly Sec. 17-38g). - Regulations on reports of child abuse. - Section 17a-107 is repealed, effective June 11, 2014. (P.A. 86-337,...
Section 17a-108. (Formerly Sec. 17-38h). - Financial assistance for programs which monitor child abuse and neglect cases. - The Judicial Department may provide financial assistance, within available appropriations,...
Section 17a-109. (Formerly Sec. 17-39). - Commitment of children to child-caring facilities. - When, because of the mental or physical condition of any...
Section 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...
Section 17a-110a. - Concurrent permanency planning program. Duties of commissioner. Guidelines and protocols. - (a) In order to achieve early permanency for children, decrease...
Section 17a-110b. - Permanency resource exchange. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations,...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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. Standard. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “approval” or “approved”...
Section 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...
Section 17a-114b. - Credit report review for youth placed in foster care. - The Commissioner of Children and Families, pursuant to the federal...
Section 17a-114c. - Approval of foster or adoptive family application when a child has died. - The Commissioner of Children and Families may approve an applicant...
Section 17a-114d. - Caregiver authority. Reasonable and prudent parent standard. Liability. - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Caregiver” means (A)...
Section 17a-114e. - Foster family profiles. Foster family survey. - (a) On and after January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-114f. - Notification of support for foster parents and relative caregivers. - (a) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Department of...
Section 17a-114g. - Annual report re foster care licensing practices. - Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 17a-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-43d). - Arrest records. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes to the contrary,...
Section 17a-115a. - Emergency placement of children. Criminal history records checks. - (a) For purposes of this section, “emergency placement” means the...
Section 17a-116. (Formerly Sec. 17-44a). - “Special needs” child defined. - For purposes of sections 17a-116 to 17a-119, inclusive, and subsection...
Section 17a-116a. - Information handbook re adoption of children with special needs. - The Department of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations,...
Section 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,...
Section 17a-116c. - Minority recruitment specialist for foster and adoptive families. Duties. Cultural sensitivity training. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available...
Section 17a-116d. - Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance. - The Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance is hereby...
Section 17a-116e. - Compact administrator. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families may designate an...
Section 17a-117. (Formerly Sec. 17-44b). - Subsidies for adopting parents. - (a) The Department of Children and Families may, and is...
Section 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...
Section 17a-119. (Formerly Sec. 17-44d). - Moneys for subsidies. Regulations. - The Department of Children and Families shall establish and maintain...
Section 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...
Section 17a-121. (Formerly Sec. 17-44f). - Prior subsidies not affected. Increases. - Nothing in sections 17a-116 to 17a-120, inclusive, as amended by...
Section 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...
Section 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....
Section 17a-125. - Out-of-Home Placements Advisory Council. - Section 17a-125 is repealed, effective October 1, 2005. (P.A. 97-237,...
Section 17a-126. - Subsidized guardianship program. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “caregiver” means (A)...
Section 17a-127. - Development and implementation of individual service plan. Child specific team. - (a) The following shall be established for the purposes of...
Section 17a-128. - Liaison to Department of Social Services. - The Department of Children and Families shall establish a liaison...
Section 17a-129. - Department not required to seek custody of certain children and youths. - There shall be no requirement for the Department of Children...
Section 17a-130. - Application to insurance contracts. - The provisions of sections 17a-1, 17a-3, 17a-11 and sections 17a-126...
Section 17a-131. - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required for persons who directly supervise children. - Any person who has direct supervision of children placed by...
Section 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...
Section 17a-132. - Qualified residential treatment program placement. Assessment and motion for review. Regulation. - (a) As used in this section, “family” or “family member”...
Section 17a-145. (Formerly Sec. 17-48). - Licensing of child care facilities. Exemptions. Designation of on-site staff person to apply reasonable and prudent parent standard. - (a) No person or entity shall care for or board...
Section 17a-146. (Formerly Sec. 17-48a). - Transfer of adoption duties to Commissioner of Children and Families. - No later than April 1, 1975, the Commissioner of Children...
Section 17a-147. - Licensing of extended day treatment programs. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 17a-22,...
Section 17a-148. (Formerly Sec. 17-49). - When license not required; agreement for adoption. - The provisions of section 17a-145 shall not apply to any...
Section 17a-149. (Formerly Sec. 17-49a). - Licensing of child-placing agencies. Limit on commissioner's ability to inspect. - No person or entity except a parent, an adult relative...
Section 17a-150. (Formerly Sec. 17-49b). - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations in...
Section 17a-151. (Formerly Sec. 17-50). - Investigation. Issuance of license or provisional license. Revocation, suspension or limitation of license. Appeal. - (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall investigate the...
Section 17a-151aa. - Child placed in residential facility. Written agreement re care and treatment. Out-of-state residential placements by Department of Children and Families. Visits with child. - (a) Any state agency that places a child, as defined...
Section 17a-152. (Formerly Sec. 17-51). - Placement of child from another state. - Any person or entity, before bringing or sending any child...
Section 17a-153. (Formerly Sec. 17-52). - Investigation into reported violation. Action in the name of the state. Notice. Hearing. Policy. - (a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy,...
Section 17a-154 and 17a-155. (Formerly Secs. 17-52a and 17-52b). - “Permanent family residence”; definition; requirements. Regulations. - Sections 17a-154 and 17a-155 are repealed, effective October 1, 2013....
Section 17a-175. (Formerly Sec. 17-81a). - Compact. - The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is hereby...
Section 17a-176. (Formerly Sec. 17-81b). - Licensing or bonding not required of sending agency. - Any requirement of the general statutes for a license or...
Section 17a-177. (Formerly Sec. 17-81c). - Financial responsibility for children. Enforcement. - Financial responsibility for any child placed pursuant to the provisions...
Section 17a-178. (Formerly Sec. 17-81d). - Duties of Commissioner of Children and Families. - (a) As used in Article III of section 17a-175, “appropriate...
Section 17a-179. (Formerly Sec. 17-81e). - Agreements with other states. - The officers and agencies of this state and its subdivisions...
Section 17a-180. (Formerly Sec. 17-81f). - Requirements for visitation, inspection, supervision. - Any requirements for visitation, inspection or supervision of children, homes,...
Section 17a-181. (Formerly Sec. 17-81g). - Placement of delinquent children. - Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place...
Section 17a-182. (Formerly Sec. 17-81h). - Appointment of compact administrator. - The Governor shall appoint a compact administrator in accordance with...
Section 17a-185. (Formerly Sec. 17-81i). - Police transportation of certain minors to facility for care. - Any officer of the state police or of an organized...
Section 17a-195 to 17a-201. - Casey Child Welfare Unit. - Sections 17a-195 to 17a-201, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 89-360, S....
Section 17a-201a. (Formerly Sec. 17-408). - Commitment under sixteen restricted. - No court shall commit any child under sixteen years of...
Section 17a-201b. (Formerly Sec. 17-409). - Religious instruction. - Section 17a-201b is repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (1949 Rev.,...
Chapter 319b - Department of Developmental Services
Section 17a-210. (Formerly Sec. 19a-460). - Department and Commissioner of Developmental Services. Duties. Patient transfer, programs and placement. Right to object and hearing. - (a) There shall be a Department of Developmental Services. The...
Section 17a-210a. - Ombudsman. - (a) There is established an independent ombudsman office within the...
Section 17a-210b. - Finding of intellectual disability not precluded by absence of diagnosis in school or medical records. - The absence of a diagnosis of, or reference to, mental...
Section 17a-210c. - Terms “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services” substituted for former terms. Administrative changes related to renaming of department. Eligibility determinations not affected. - Section 17a-210c is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-73,...
Section 17a-210d. - Terms “intellectual disability”, “persons with intellectual disability” and “individuals with intellectual disability” substituted for former terms. - (a)(1) Wherever the words “the mentally retarded” are used in...
Section 17a-211. - Five-year plan. Public hearings. Submission to legislature. - (a) In 1991, and every five years thereafter, the Department...
Section 17a-211a. - Annual spending and placement plan. - Section 17a-211a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (June Sp....
Section 17a-211b. - Affirmative action plan. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted...
Section 17a-211c. - Pilot programs for client services. - Section 17a-211c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (June Sp....
Section 17a-211d. - Workers' Compensation and private providers. Report to General Assembly. - Section 17a-211d is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (June 18...
Section 17a-211e. - Intellectual Disability Partnership. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may, in collaboration with the...
Section 17a-211f. - Level of need assessment system advisory committee. - (a) There is established a level of need assessment system...
Section 17a-212. - Regulations. Uniform standards and procedures. Protocol. - (a) On or before September 30, 1991, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-212a. - Regulations re placement and care of individuals posing a serious threat to others. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 17a-213. - Comparison of regions. Report to legislature. - Section 17a-213 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 90-164,...
Section 17a-214. (Formerly Sec. 19a-461). - Acceptance of gift or devise by Department of Developmental Services. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may accept and receive, on...
Section 17a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19a-462). - Department of Social Services designated as lead agency for autism spectrum disorder services. - The Department of Social Services shall serve as the lead...
Section 17a-215a. - Advisory Commission on Services and Supports for Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - Section 17a-215a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 00-135,...
Section 17a-215b. - Pilot autism spectrum disorders program. Eligibility. Report. - Section 17a-215b is repealed, effective May 9, 2011. (P.A. 06-188,...
Section 17a-215c. - Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services within Department of Social Services. Services and programs for state residents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. - (a) There is established a Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder...
Section 17a-215d. - Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council. - (a) There is established the Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council....
Section 17a-215e. - Annual report on Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services and Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council. - Not later than February 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 17a-215f. - Autism spectrum disorder definitions. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-76ii, “autism spectrum disorder” has...
Section 17a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19a-463). - Purchase of wheelchairs, placement equipment and clothing. - Section 17a-216 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 80-4;...
Section 17a-217. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464). - Programs for children and adults with intellectual disability. Funding. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall develop day care...
Section 17a-217a. - Camp Harkness Advisory Committee. - (a) There shall be a Camp Harkness Advisory Committee to...
Section 17a-218. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464a). - Programs of community-based residential facilities, respite care and emergency placement for persons with intellectual disability. Requirement re enrollment in federal programs. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have...
Section 17a-218a. - Continuing operation of Southbury Training School. Evaluation criteria. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall continue the operation...
Section 17a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464b). - Regulation of community-based residential facilities and respite care services for persons with intellectual disability. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions...
Section 17a-219a to 17a-219c. - Family support services: Definitions. Family support services: Department responsible for coordination. Family Support Council. - Sections 17a-219a to 17a-219c, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-220. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464c). - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-221 to 17a-225,...
Section 17a-221. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464d). - Community Residential Facility Revolving Loan Fund. - There is established a Community Residential Facility Revolving Loan Fund....
Section 17a-222. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464e). - Loans. - (a) The department may make community residential facility loans to...
Section 17a-223. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464f). - Requirements of borrowers. Capital loan agreement. - (a) If the organization is seeking to purchase and renovate...
Section 17a-224. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464g). - Administration of program through purchase-of-service contract or memorandum of understanding. - The department may administer the residential facility revolving loan program...
Section 17a-225. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464h). - Bond authorization. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have the power, from...
Section 17a-226. (Formerly Sec. 19a-466). - Employment opportunities and day services for adults with intellectual disability. Funding. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall develop, within available appropriations,...
Section 17a-227. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467). - Licensing and regulation of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability, Prader-Willi syndrome or autism spectrum disorder. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall operate within this...
Section 17a-227a. - State and national criminal history records checks for applicants made an offer of conditional employment. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall require each applicant...
Section 17a-227b. - Employment applicants required to submit to state child abuse and neglect registry check. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may require each applicant seeking...
Section 17a-227c. - Energy efficiency and environementally friendly construction of residential facilities. Energy assessment programs and reports. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall encourage each operator...
Section 17a-227d. - Facility director salaries. - In determining the amount of payments to be paid by...
Section 17a-228. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483). - Payments for room and board and other services for persons with intellectual disability in residential facilities. Authorization for admission to residential facilities; annual review. - (a) If a person with intellectual disability residing in a...
Section 17a-229. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483a). - Commissioner of Developmental Services to make payments for operating costs incurred prior to admission of residents. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may, upon application by a...
Section 17a-230. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483b). - Regulations. Exemptions. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations in...
Section 17a-231. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467a). - Receivership of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability: Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-232 to 17a-237,...
Section 17a-232. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467b). - Application for receivership. Hearing. Emergency order. - (a) An application to appoint a receiver for a residential...
Section 17a-233. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467c). - Imposition of receivership: Grounds; defenses. - (a) The court may grant an application for the appointment...
Section 17a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467d). - Duties of receiver. - A receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 17a-231...
Section 17a-235. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467e). - Authority of receiver concerning leases, mortgages and secured transactions. - (a) A receiver may not be required to honor any...
Section 17a-236. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467f). - Appointment of receiver. Accounting by receiver. - (a) The court may name any responsible person to act...
Section 17a-237. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467g). - Termination of receivership. - The Superior Court, upon a motion by the receiver or...
Section 17a-238. (Formerly Sec. 19a-469). - Rights of persons under supervision of Commissioner of Developmental Services. - (a) No person placed or treated under the direction of...
Section 17a-238a. - Information available to individuals eligible for funding or services from Department of Developmental Services. Report. State-wide comprehensive residential waiting list. Assessment of need for future residential funding or servi... - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Category” means the...
Section 17a-239 to 17a-241. (Formerly Secs. 19a-470 to 19a-472). - Definitions. Establishment of Unified School District #3 in the Department of Developmental Services. Appointment and duties of school superintendent. - Sections 17a-239 to 17a-241, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-242. (Formerly Sec. 19a-473). - Annual evaluation reports. - Section 17a-242 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 77-587,...
Section 17a-243. (Formerly Sec. 19a-474). - Placement of child. Costs. - Section 17a-243 is repealed. (P.A. 77-587, S. 5, 9; P.A....
Section 17a-244. (Formerly Sec. 19a-475). - Regulations. - Section 17a-244 is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 77-587,...
Section 17a-245. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483c). - Work incentive grant for certain fully employed residents of private community-based residential facilities. Regulations. - Section 17a-245 is repealed. (P.A. 88-219, S. 1, 3; June...
Section 17a-246. - Rates of payment to organizations providing employment opportunities and day services. Regulations. - (a) The amount of payments to be paid by the...
Section 17a-247. (Formerly Sec. 19a-484). - Conduct of employee of Department of Developmental Services appointed as plenary guardian or limited guardian of a person with intellectual disability. - (a) Any employee of the Department of Developmental Services appointed...
Section 17a-247a. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-247b to 17a-247f,...
Section 17a-247b. - Establishment and maintenance of registry. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall establish and maintain...
Section 17a-247c. - Prohibition on hiring persons on registry. Notice to employers. - (a) No employer shall hire a person whose name appears...
Section 17a-247d. - Registry confidentiality. - Except as required for written orders and final decisions pursuant...
Section 17a-247e. - Regulations. - The Department of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 17a-247f. - Reports of abuse or neglect of individual receiving services from Department of Social Services' Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services. Investigations. - (a) For purposes of this section “person who receives services...
Section 17a-247g. - Successor department for purposes of abuse and neglect allegations. - The Department of Developmental Services shall constitute a successor department,...
Section 17a-247h. - Reporting of concerns regarding abuse, neglect investigations. Prohibition on actions against person who contacts nonprofit entity with concerns. - Any person who is the subject of an abuse or...
Section 17a-248. - Birth-to-three program. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-248b to 17a-248g,...
Section 17a-248a. - Birth-to-three program not deemed humane institution. - The birth-to-three program established pursuant to section 17a-248b shall not...
Section 17a-248b. - State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council. - (a) The lead agency shall establish a State Interagency Birth-to-Three...
Section 17a-248c. - Local interagency birth-to-three coordinating councils. - (a) The commissioner may establish one local interagency coordinating council...
Section 17a-248d. - Birth-to-three early intervention services. Data collection. Regulations. Notification to school boards. - (a) The lead agency, in coordination with the participating agencies...
Section 17a-248e. - Screening of children ineligible for participation in preschool programs. Individualized family service plans. Duties of the lead agency. - (a) Each eligible child and his or her family shall...
Section 17a-248f. - Birth-to-three procedural safeguards. - Procedural safeguards shall be the same as required under Part...
Section 17a-248g. - Birth-to-three funding. Fees for services prohibited. Insurance coverage. Regulations. - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, funds appropriated...
Section 17a-248h. - Birth-to-three program to provide mental health services. - The birth-to-three program, established under section 17a-248b and administered by...
Section 17a-248i. - Notification of availability of hearing tests for children receiving birth-to-three program services. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-248j. - Certificarion to teach within birth-to-three program. - Upon the request of a director of an early intervention...
Section 17a-248k. - Designation of school readiness liaison. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each...
Section 17a-248l. - Expansion of birth-to-three program. - Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Early...
Chapter 319c - Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions
Section 17a-270. (Formerly Sec. 19a-445). - Council on Developmental Services. - (a) There is established a Council on Developmental Services which...
Section 17a-271. (Formerly Sec. 19a-446). - Trustees. - (a) The board of trustees of the training school shall...
Section 17a-272. (Formerly Sec. 19a-447). - Training schools. Developmental services regions. Directors. Assistant directors. - (a) The director of each training school or state developmental...
Section 17a-273. (Formerly Sec. 19a-468). - Advisory and planning councils for state developmental services regions. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall appoint at least...
Section 17a-274. (Formerly Sec. 19a-448). - Involuntary placements with the Department of Developmental Services. Petition. Notice and hearing. Rights of respondent. Examination by psychologist. Temporary placement. Evaluation of needs. Fraudulent or... - (a) Any Probate Court shall have the power to place...
Section 17a-275. (Formerly Sec. 19a-449). - Proceedings re involuntary placement with the Department of Developmental Services. Payment of fees and expenses. - When any person is involuntarily placed with the Department of...
Section 17a-276. (Formerly Sec. 19a-450). - Director to have custody and control of persons with intellectual disability admitted to facility. Review of placement. Notice of right to annual review hearing. - (a) All persons admitted to a state training school, regional...
Section 17a-277. (Formerly Sec. 19a-451). - Placement of persons with intellectual disability in residential facilities or residential programs. - A regional or training school director may place any resident...
Section 17a-278 to 17a-280. (Formerly Secs. 19a-452 to 19a-454). - Recall for examination. Return of placed-out or escaped persons. Recommitment and transfers of committed persons. - Sections 17a-278 to 17a-280, inclusive, are repealed, effective May 24,...
Section 17a-281. (Formerly Sec. 19a-455). - Voluntary admission to facility for persons with intellectual disability. Termination of admission. - Any person who is a resident of Connecticut at the...
Section 17a-282. (Formerly Sec. 19a-456). - Involuntary admission to facility for persons with intellectual disability. Termination of admission. - No person admitted to a facility for persons with intellectual...
Section 17a-283. (Formerly Sec. 19a-457). - Clinics. - Section 17a-283 is repealed, effective May 4, 2004. (1961, P.A....
Section 17a-283a. - Moratorium on sale, lease or transfer of state property used for residential purposes by persons with mental retardation or psychiatric disabilities. - Section 17a-283a is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 01-154,...
Chapter 319d - Department of Aging and Disability Services
Section 17a-300 and 17a-301. (Formerly Secs. 17-136b and 17a-136d). - Department on Aging. Duties of the commissioner. - Sections 17a-300 and 17a-301 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993....
Section 17a-301a. (Formerly Sec. 17a-317). - Department on Aging. Duties of commissioner and department. State Unit on Aging. - Section 17a-301a is repealed, effective October 31, 2017. (P.A. 05-280,...
Section 17a-301b. - Term “Commissioner of Social Services” to be substituted for “Commissioner on Aging”. “Department of Social Services” to be substituted for “Department on Aging”. - Section 17a-301b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021. (June Sp....
Section 17a-303. (Formerly Sec. 17-136f). - Recommendations re regulation of home health care. - Section 17a-303 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 77-601,...
Section 17a-306a. - Promotion of independent living program. Eligibility. Regulations. - Section 17a-306a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (June Sp....
Section 17a-308 and 17a-309. (Formerly Secs. 17-137 and 17-137a). - Duties of the department; personnel; single state agency for programs for elderly persons and the aged. Receipt of grants or gifts. - Sections 17a-308 and 17a-309 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993....
Section 17a-311 and 17a-312. (Formerly Secs. 17-137d and 17-137e). - Applications for grants. Amount of grant. - Sections 17a-311 and 17a-312 are repealed. (1967, P.A. 883, S....
Section 17a-315 and 17a-316. (Formerly Secs. 17-136 and 17-136a). - Advisory Council on Aging; appointment of members. Duties of council. - Sections 17a-315 and 17a-316 are repealed, effective July 1, 1993....
Chapter 319e - Connecticut Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract to the Elderly and the Disabled Program (See Chapter 319ff)
Section 17a-341. (Formerly Sec. 17-511). - Pharmaceutical Assistance Advisory Board. - Section 17a-341 is repealed. (P.A. 85-573, S. 4, 18; P.A....
Chapter 319h - Protection of the Elderly
Section 17a-408. (Formerly Sec. 17b-403). - Duties of State Ombudsman. - (a) The State Ombudsman shall establish and operate ombudsman programs...
Section 17a-412. (Formerly Sec. 17b-407). - Report of suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment. Penalty for failure to report. Confidentiality. Immunity and protection from retaliation. Notification requirements. Registry. - (a) Any physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of...
Section 17a-413. (Formerly Sec. 17b-408). - Review of report or complaint. Investigation. Report of findings. Referral of report, complaint or information for further action. - Upon receipt of a report or complaint as provided in...
Section 17a-423. - Long-term care policy, regulation, task force membership requirements. Duties of state agencies, Ombudsman, Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. - For purposes of this section, (1) “residents council” means a...
Chapter 319i - Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities
Section 17a-450. (Formerly Sec. 17-207b). - Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Functions and duties. - (a) There shall be a Department of Mental Health and...
Section 17a-450a. - Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Successor to the Department of Mental Health and to the addiction services component of the former Department of Public Health and Addiction Services. - (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-450b. - Affirmative action plan. - Notwithstanding any provision of title 46 or regulations adopted under...
Section 17a-450c. - Employment applicants and volunteers required to submit to state criminal background check and check of state child abuse and neglect registries. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall require...
Section 17a-451. (Formerly Sec. 17-210a). - Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Duties. Regulations re fair hearing process. Memorandum of understanding. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-451a. - Closure of state-operated programs at Fairfield Hills Hospital and at Norwich Hospital and consolidation of programs at Connecticut Valley Hospital. Private provider services. - Section 17a-451a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 95-257,...
Section 17a-451b. - Consolidation of inpatient mental health and substance abuse services at Connecticut Valley Hospital: Exemption from certain approval requirements. - Section 17a-451b is repealed, effective June 4, 2018. (P.A. 95-257,...
Section 17a-451c. - Relocation of former Norwich Hospital tenants. Exemption from certain project approval requirements. - Section 17a-451c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 96-158,...
Section 17a-451d. - Nonlapsing fund for site acquisition, capital development and infrastructure costs to provide services to persons with intellectual disability or psychiatric disabilities. - There is established a nonlapsing fund that shall contain (1)...
Section 17a-451e. - Sale, lease or transfer of Fairfield Hills Hospital. Use of moneys. - Any moneys received by the state from the sale, lease...
Section 17a-451f. - Nonlapsing mental health services grants accounts. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17a-451e, the funds required by...
Section 17a-451g. - Mental health community investment account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 17a-452. (Formerly Sec. 17-210b). - Deputy commissioners. - Section 17a-452 is repealed, effective October 1, 2015. (1972, P.A....
Section 17a-453. (Formerly Sec. 17-219). - Administration of Mental Health Act authorized by Congress. Funds. - The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is designated...
Section 17a-453a and 17a-453b. - Operation of behavioral health managed care program for recipients of medical services under the state-administered general assistance program. Waiver from federal law sought for services provided under section 17a-45... - Sections 17a-453a and 17a-453b are repealed, effective July 1, 2011....
Section 17a-453c. - “Project Safe” interagency collaboration. - There shall be an interagency collaboration, to be known as...
Section 17a-453d. - Transitional behavioral health services available to certain reservists and their dependents. - The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in collaboration...
Section 17a-453e. - Web site to provide mental health care information and assistance. - On or before July 1, 2006, the Commissioner of Mental...
Section 17a-453f. - Pilot behavioral health support services program. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall implement...
Section 17a-453g. - Case management and case coordination services for persons with mental illness. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall provide...
Section 17a-453h. - Mental health first aid training program. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in...
Section 17a-453i. - Mental health toolkit re COVID-19. - The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall develop...
Section 17a-454. (Formerly Sec. 17-220). - Acceptance of gift or devise by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept...
Section 17a-455. (Formerly Sec. 17-221). - Acceptance of gift or devise on behalf of state-operated facility within the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may accept...
Section 17a-455a. - Lease of private residence for a person receiving services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-456. (Formerly Sec. 17-207). - Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - (a) On and before October 1, 2022, there shall be...
Section 17a-457. (Formerly Sec. 17-208a). - Duties of board. - (a) The Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall...
Section 17a-458. (Formerly Sec. 17-207a). - Definitions. - When used in this section and sections 17a-450, 17a-451, 17a-455,...
Section 17a-458a. - Term “psychiatric disability” substituted for “mental illness”. - (a) Whenever the term “mental illness” is used or referred...
Section 17a-458b to 17a-458d. - “Acute Care Division” defined. Effect of consolidation of operations at Connecticut Valley Hospital and Cedarcrest Hospital. Term “substance use disorders” substituted for “substance abuse disabilities”. - Sections 17a-458b to 17a-458d, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-459. (Formerly Sec. 17-209a). - Connecticut Mental Health Center. - The Connecticut Mental Health Center shall be a facility of...
Section 17a-460. (Formerly Sec. 17-209b). - Center advisory board. - The Connecticut Mental Health Center Advisory Board shall be composed...
Section 17a-460a. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Definitions. - As used in sections 17a-460a to 17a-460f, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner”...
Section 17a-460b. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Participation authorized. - (a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may participate...
Section 17a-460c. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Provider agreements. - (a) The center, when authorized by the commissioner, may enter...
Section 17a-460d. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Other contracts. - (a) Whenever the commissioner deems it appropriate and grants approval,...
Section 17a-460e. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Authorized activities. - The center may do the following, if approved by the...
Section 17a-460f. - Connecticut Mental Health Center: Accounting. - With the approval of the commissioner, the center shall establish...
Section 17a-461. (Formerly Sec. 17-209c). - Charges for care. - The same persons and estates as are legally liable for...
Section 17a-462. (Formerly Sec. 17-209g). - Capitol Region Mental Health Center. - Section 17a-462 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 75-479,...
Section 17a-463. (Formerly Sec. 17-212a). - Fairfield Hills Hospital. Greenwich House property transferred. - Section 17a-463 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 78-209,...
Section 17a-464. (Formerly Sec. 17-209h). - Ribicoff Research Center. - The Ribicoff Research Center is established and shall be operated...
Section 17a-465. (Formerly Sec. 17-222). - Traffic regulation on grounds of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services facilities. - The superintendent or director of any state-operated facility within the...
Section 17a-465a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5c). - Traffic restrictions on grounds of facility. Penalty. - Section 17a-465a is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 86-371,...
Section 17a-465b. - Filing of missing person report concerning person missing from inpatient facility. - A relative, guardian or conservator of a person who is...
Section 17a-466. (Formerly Sec. 17-211a). - Contract for services for patients or former patients of department institutions. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may contract...
Section 17a-467. (Formerly Sec. 17-211b). - Private treatment of patients in Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services facilities. Payment for treatment. - (a) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may...
Section 17a-468. (Formerly Sec. 17-211c). - Contracts with private agencies for halfway house handling of patients. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may contract...
Section 17a-468a. - Provision of housing subsidies to persons qualifying for supportive housing. - The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may, within...