Bill Text: CT SB00653 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Department Of Children And Families And Out-of-state Placement For Children Under The Purview Of Such Agency.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-06 - Referred to Joint Committee on Children [SB00653 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00653-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 653

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 1827

   

Referred to Committee on CHILDREN

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE PURVIEW OF SUCH AGENCY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Commissioner of Children and Families from placing a child outside of the state unless such child has been adjudicated delinquent and the child has been committed to said commissioner.

Statement of Purpose:

To limit the authority of the Commissioner of Children and Families to place children out of state.

feedback