Bill Text: CT HB05135 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Closure Or Relocation Of Department Of Children And Families' Regional Offices In High Need Communities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-15 - Referred by House to Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05135 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05135-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 2738 | ||
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OR RELOCATION OF DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES' REGIONAL OFFICES IN HIGH NEED COMMUNITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "high need community" means a community in a regional area served by the Department of Children and Families that has a higher population than other communities in the region or generates a higher than average department caseload than other communities within the region.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 4a-2 and 4b-29 of the general statutes, the Department of Administrative Services shall not enter into any property lease, sale or purchase agreement or authorize a building use that would result in the relocation of a regional office of the Department of Children and Families from a high need community to another community unless the Department of Administrative Services has: (1) Conducted an impact analysis of the relocation, and (2) submitted the analysis and the proposed relocation plan for review and approval to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, human services, government administration and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
(c) The Department of Administrative Services shall include in the impact analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section: (1) The number of persons affected by the proposed office relocation, (2) the effect such proposed relocation would have on accessibility to human services pursuant to the provisions of section 4b-31 of the general statutes, (3) accessibility by public and private transportation to the proposed relocated office, including, but not limited to, whether such relocation would result in increased transportation costs or traveling time for persons served at the current office location, and (4) cost savings to the state related to the proposed relocation of such office.
(d) The joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, human services, government administration and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies shall have thirty days from receipt of the impact analysis and proposed relocation plan to approve or deny the proposed relocation of a Department of Children and Families' regional office. If the committees do not concur on the proposed relocation or fail to act, the proposed relocation shall be deemed approved.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
New section |
HS |
Joint Favorable |