Bill Text: CT SB01025 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Closure Of The Connecticut Juvenile Training School And The Transfer Of Juvenile Justice Programs And Services From The Department Of Children And Families To The Judicial Branch.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-24 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [SB01025 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB01025-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 1025
January Session, 2017		*_____SB01025APP___052417____*

AN ACT CONCERNING THE CLOSURE OF THE CONNECTICUT JUVENILE TRAINING SCHOOL AND THE TRANSFER OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) On and after July 1, 2017, no child shall be placed or subsequently transferred to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.

(b) Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall cause the transfer of each child placed in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School or the Pueblo Unit for girls to an appropriate institution, hospital or facility under the jurisdiction of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch or to any private or nonprofit agency, association or organization within or without the state under contract with said branch.

Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Children and Families and the executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall submit a plan and recommendations for legislation to transfer all programs and services for children in the juvenile justice system from the department to the branch, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary, children and appropriations in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.

Sec. 3. Section 4b-55 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

As used in this section, section 4b-1 and sections 4b-56 to 4b-59, inclusive, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Administrative Services;

(2) "Consultant" means (A) any architect, professional engineer, landscape architect, land surveyor, accountant, interior designer, environmental professional or construction administrator, who is registered or licensed to practice such person's profession in accordance with the applicable provisions of the general statutes, or (B) any planner or financial specialist;

(3) "Consultant services" includes those professional services rendered by architects, professional engineers, landscape architects, land surveyors, accountants, interior designers, environmental professionals, construction administrators, planners or financial specialists, as well as incidental services that members of these professions and those in their employ are authorized to perform;

(4) "Firm" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association or other legal entity (A) authorized by law to practice the profession of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, land surveying, accounting, interior design, environmental or construction administration, or (B) practicing the profession of planning or financial specialization;

(5) "Priority higher education facility project" means any project which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge, equip, purchase or construct (A) instructional facilities, (B) academic core facilities, including library, research and laboratory facilities, (C) student residential or related student dining facilities, or (D) utility systems related to such projects, which are or will be operated under the jurisdiction of the board of trustees of any constituent unit of the state system of higher education, except The University of Connecticut provided the project is included in the comprehensive facilities master plan of the constituent unit in the most recent state facility plan of the Office of Policy and Management pursuant to section 4b-23;

(6) "Project" means any state program requiring consultant services if the cost of such services is estimated to exceed five hundred thousand dollars;

(7) "Selection panel" or "panel" means the State Construction Services Selection Panel established pursuant to subsection (a) of section 4b-56 or, in the case of a Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority project pursuant to section 10a-186a, means the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority Construction Services Panel established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 4b-56;

(8) "User agency" means the state department or agency requesting the project or the agency for which such project is being undertaken pursuant to law;

(9) "Community court project" means (A) any project to renovate and improve a facility designated for the community court established pursuant to section 51-181c, and (B) the renovation and improvement of other state facilities required for the relocation of any state agency resulting from the placement of the community court;

[(10) "Connecticut Juvenile Training School project" means a project (A) to develop on a designated site new facilities for a Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown including, but not limited to, preparing a feasibility study for, designing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or equipping said facility for use by the Department of Children and Families, which is an emergency project because there is an immediate need for completion of said project to remedy overcrowding at Long Lane School; said school shall have an annual average daily population of not more than two hundred forty residents; or (B) to develop a separate facility for girls including, but not limited to, acquiring of land or buildings, designing, constructing, reconstructing, improving or equipping said facility for use by the Department of Children and Families;]

[(11)] (10) "Downtown Hartford higher education center project" means a project to develop a higher education center, as defined in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of section 32-600, and as described in subsection (a) of section 32-612, for the regional community-technical college system;

[(12)] (11) "Correctional facility project" means any project (A) which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge or construct facilities which are or will be operated by the Department of Correction, and (B) for which there is an immediate need for completion in order to remedy prison and jail overcrowding; and

[(13)] (12) "Juvenile detention center project" means any project (A) which is part of a state program to repair, renovate, enlarge or construct juvenile detention centers which are or will be operated by the Judicial Department, and (B) for which there is an immediate need for completion in order to remedy overcrowding.

Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 4b-58 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) (1) Except in the case of a project, a priority higher education facility project, a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, undertaken by The University of Connecticut, a community court project, a correctional facility project, a juvenile detention center project, and the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state. (2) In the case of a project, the commissioner shall negotiate a contract for such services with the most qualified firm from among the list of firms submitted by the panel at compensation which the commissioner determines in writing to be fair and reasonable to the state. If the commissioner is unable to conclude a contract with any of the firms recommended by the panel, the commissioner shall, after issuing written findings of fact documenting the reasons for such inability, negotiate with those firms which the commissioner determines to be most qualified, at fair and reasonable compensation, to render the particular consultant services under consideration. (3) Whenever consultant services are required for a priority higher education facility project, a project involving the construction, repair or alteration of a building or premises under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator or property where the Judicial Department is the primary occupant, a community court project, a correctional facility project, a juvenile detention center project, or the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall select and interview at least three consultants or firms and shall negotiate a contract for consultant services with the firm most qualified, in the commissioner's judgment, at compensation which the commissioner determines is both fair and reasonable to the state. [, except that if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project needs to be expedited in order to meet the needs of the Department of Children and Families, the commissioner may waive such selection requirement.] Except for the downtown Hartford higher education center project, the commissioner shall notify the State Properties Review Board of the commissioner's action not later than five business days after such action for its approval or disapproval in accordance with subsection (i) of section 4b-23, except that if, not later than fifteen days after such notice, a decision has not been made, the board shall be deemed to have approved such contract.

Sec. 5. Subsection (l) of section 10-233d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(l) (1) Any student who commits an expellable offense and is subsequently committed to a juvenile detention center [, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School] or any other residential placement for such offense may be expelled by a local or regional board of education in accordance with the provisions of this section. The period of expulsion shall run concurrently with the period of commitment to a juvenile detention center [, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School] or [any] other residential placement.

(2) If a student who committed an expellable offense seeks to return to a school district after participating in a diversionary program or having been detained in a juvenile detention center [, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School] or any other residential placement and such student has not been expelled by the local or regional board of education for such offense under subdivision (1) of this subsection, the local or regional board of education for the school district to which the student is returning shall allow such student to return and may not expel the student for additional time for such offense.

Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 10-233k of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(b) The Department of Children and Families and the Judicial Department or the local or regional board of education shall provide to the superintendent of schools any educational records within their custody of a child seeking to enter or return to a school district from a juvenile detention center [, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School,] or any other residential placement [,] prior to the child's entry or return. The agencies shall also require any contracting entity that holds custody of such records to provide them to the superintendent of schools prior to the child's entry or return. Receipt of the educational records shall not delay a child from enrolling in school. The superintendent of schools shall provide such information to the principal at the school the child will be attending. The principal shall disclose such information to appropriate staff as is necessary to the education or care of the child.

Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 17a-3 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) The department shall plan, create, develop, operate or arrange for, administer and evaluate a comprehensive and integrated state-wide program of services, including preventive services, for children and youths whose behavior does not conform to the law or to acceptable community standards, or who are mentally ill, including deaf and hearing impaired children and youths who are mentally ill, emotionally disturbed, substance abusers, delinquent, abused, neglected or uncared for, including all children and youths who are or may be committed to it by any court, and all children and youths voluntarily admitted to, or remaining voluntarily under the supervision of, the commissioner for services of any kind. Services shall not be denied to any such child or youth solely because of other complicating or multiple disabilities. The department shall work in cooperation with other child-serving agencies and organizations to provide or arrange for preventive programs, including, but not limited to, teenage pregnancy and youth suicide prevention, for children and youths and their families. The program shall provide services and placements that are clinically indicated and appropriate to the needs of the child or youth, except that such services and placements shall not commence or continue for a delinquent child who has attained the age of twenty. In furtherance of this purpose, the department shall: (1) [Maintain the Connecticut Juvenile Training School and other appropriate facilities exclusively for delinquents; (2) develop] Develop a comprehensive program for prevention of problems of children and youths and provide a flexible, innovative and effective program for the placement, care and treatment of children and youths committed by any court to the department, transferred to the department by other departments, or voluntarily admitted to the department; [(3)] (2) provide appropriate services to families of children and youths as needed to achieve the purposes of sections 17a-1 to 17a-26, inclusive, 17a-28 to 17a-49, inclusive, and 17a-51; [(4)] (3) establish incentive paid work programs for children and youths under the care of the department and the rates to be paid such children and youths for work done in such programs and may provide allowances to children and youths in the custody of the department; [(5)] (4) be responsible to collect, interpret and publish statistics relating to children and youths within the department; [(6)] (5) conduct studies of any program, service or facility developed, operated, contracted for or supported by the department in order to evaluate its effectiveness; [(7)] (6) establish staff development and other training and educational programs designed to improve the quality of departmental services and programs, which shall include, but not be limited to, training in the prevention, identification and effects of family violence, provided no social worker trainee shall be assigned a case load prior to completing training, and may establish educational or training programs for children, youths, parents or other interested persons on any matter related to the promotion of the well-being of children, or the prevention of mental illness, emotional disturbance, delinquency and other disabilities in children and youths; [(8)] (7) develop and implement aftercare and follow-up services appropriate to the needs of any child or youth under the care of the department; [(9)] (8) establish a case audit unit to monitor each regional office's compliance with regulations and procedures; [(10)] (9) develop and maintain a database listing available community service programs funded by the department; [(11)] (10) provide outreach and assistance to persons caring for children whose parents are unable to do so by informing such persons of programs and benefits for which they may be eligible; and [(12)] (11) collect data sufficient to identify the housing needs of children served by the department and share such data with the Department of Housing.

Sec. 8. Subsection (b) of section 17a-11 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(b) A child or youth voluntarily admitted to the department shall be deemed to be within the care of the commissioner until such admission is terminated. The commissioner shall terminate the admission of any child or youth voluntarily admitted to the department within ten days after receipt of a written request for termination from a parent or guardian of any child under fourteen years of age or from a child if such child is fourteen years of age or older, or youth, unless prior to the expiration of that time the commissioner has sought and received from the Superior Court an order of temporary custody as provided by law. Except as provided in subsection (i) of this section, the commissioner may terminate the admission of any child or youth voluntarily admitted to the department after (1) giving reasonable notice in writing to (A) the parent or guardian of any child or youth, and (B) the child, if such child is fourteen years of age or older, or youth, and (2) if the commissioner has previously petitioned the Probate Court pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, providing notice to the Probate Court of such petition. Any child or youth admitted voluntarily to the department may be placed in, or transferred to, any resource, facility or institution within the department or available to the commissioner, [except the Connecticut Juvenile Training School,] provided the commissioner shall give written notice to such child or youth and to the parent or guardian of the child of the commissioner's intention to make a transfer at least ten days prior to any actual transfer, unless written notice is waived by those entitled to receive it, or unless an emergency commitment of such child or youth is made pursuant to section 17a-502. Any child or youth admitted voluntarily to the department may be transferred to the supervision of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services or the Department of Developmental Services, in collaboration with the commissioner of the department to which the child is transferred. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide written notice of his or her intention to make a transfer at least ten days prior to any actual transfer to a child fourteen years of age or older, or youth, and to the parent or guardian of the child or youth being transferred. If the department has previously filed a petition with the Probate Court under subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall provide notice of such petition to the court. The Commissioner of Children and Families may continue to provide services to the child or youth in collaboration with the department to which the child or youth has been transferred or may terminate the voluntary services if, in the commissioner's discretion, the department to which the child or youth has been transferred provides adequate services. The commissioner shall provide written notice of his or her intention to terminate services following a transfer to another department to a child fourteen years of age or older, or youth, and to the parent or guardian of such child or youth. If the department has previously filed a petition with the Probate Court under subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall provide notice of such petition to the court.

Sec. 9. Section 17a-12 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) When the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, determines that a change of program is in the best interest of any child or youth committed or transferred to the department, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may transfer such person to any appropriate resource or program administered by or available to the department, to any other state department or agency, or to any private agency or organization within or without the state under contract with the department; [provided no child or youth voluntarily admitted to the department under section 17a-11 shall be placed or subsequently transferred to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School; and further] provided no transfer shall be made to any institution, hospital or facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, except as authorized by section 18-87, unless it is so ordered by the Superior Court after a hearing. When, in the opinion of the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, a person fourteen years of age or older is dangerous to himself or herself or others or cannot be safely held at [the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, if a male, or at any other] any facility within the state available to the Commissioner of Children and Families, the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, may request an immediate hearing before the Superior Court on the docket for juvenile matters where such person was originally committed to determine whether such person shall be transferred to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, if a male, or the York Correctional Institution, if a female. The court shall, within three days of the hearing, make such determination. If the court orders such transfer, the transfer shall be reviewed by the court every six months thereafter to determine whether it should be continued or terminated, unless the commissioner has already exercised the powers granted to the commissioner under section 17a-13 by removing such person from the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire or the York Correctional Institution. Such transfer shall terminate upon the expiration of the commitment in such juvenile matter.

(b) [Any delinquent child, if a male, may be placed at any time in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.] The commissioner may transfer any child or youth committed to the commissioner to any institution, hospital or facility for mentally ill children under the commissioner's jurisdiction for a period not to exceed fifteen days if the need for such emergency treatment is certified by a psychiatrist licensed to practice medicine by the state.

Sec. 10. Section 17a-32 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility at Connecticut Valley Hospital in the city of Middletown shall be the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - South Campus.

[(b) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility in the city of Middletown shall be the Connecticut Juvenile Training School.]

[(c)] (b) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility in the town of East Windsor shall be the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - North Campus.

[(d)] (c) The name of the Department of Children and Families facility in the town of Hartland shall be the Wilderness School.

Sec. 11. Section 17a-185 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

Any officer of the state police or of an organized municipal police department may transport, with the sole written consent of the person transported, any person over sixteen years of age and less than eighteen years of age who appears to be away from home without permission of such person's parents or guardian or who appears to be suffering from lack of food, shelter or medical care to any public or private facility, provided institutions of the Department of Correction [, the Connecticut Juvenile Training School] and local police detention facilities shall not be used for such purpose. The person or organization to whom such person is transported shall, if practicable, inform such person's parent or guardian of such person's whereabouts within twelve hours. Such procedure shall be civil in nature, shall not constitute an arrest and shall be made solely for the purpose of safeguarding the interests and welfare of such person.

Sec. 12. Section 17a-201b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

Equal privileges shall be granted to clergymen of all religious denominations to impart religious instruction to the inmates [of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, and] of each chartered or incorporated institution to which any minor may be committed by any court; and every reasonable opportunity shall be allowed such clergymen to give such inmates, belonging to their respective denominations, religious and moral instruction. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall prescribe reasonable times and places, not inconsistent with proper management, when and where such instruction, which shall be open to all who choose to attend, may be given.

Sec. 13. Subsection (b) of section 22a-1f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(b) Environmental impact evaluations shall not be required for [the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, as defined in section 4b-55, and] the extension of such project otherwise known as the Connecticut River Interceptor Sewer Project, or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, which involves the conversion of an existing structure for educational rather than office or commercial use.

Sec. 14. Section 46b-140 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(a) In determining the appropriate disposition of a child convicted as delinquent, the court shall consider: (1) The seriousness of the offense, including the existence of any aggravating factors such as the use of a firearm in the commission of the offense and the impact of the offense on any victim; (2) the child's record of delinquency; (3) the child's willingness to participate in available programs; (4) the existence of other mitigating factors; and (5) the culpability of the child in committing the offense including the level of the child's participation in the planning and carrying out of the offense.

(b) Upon conviction of a child as delinquent, the court: (1) May (A) order the child to participate in an alternative incarceration program; (B) order the child to participate in a program at a wilderness school facility operated by the Department of Children and Families; (C) order the child to participate in a youth service bureau program; (D) place the child on probation; (E) order the child or the parents or guardian of the child, or both, to make restitution to the victim of the offense in accordance with subsection (d) of this section; (F) order the child to participate in a program of community service in accordance with subsection (e) of this section; or (G) withhold or suspend execution of any judgment; and (2) shall impose the penalty established in subsection (b) of section 30-89 for any violation of said subsection (b).

(c) The court may order, as a condition of probation, that the child (1) reside with a parent, relative or guardian or in a suitable foster home or other residence approved by the court, (2) attend school and class on a regular basis and comply with school policies on student conduct and discipline, (3) refrain from violating any federal or state law or municipal or local ordinance, (4) undergo any medical or psychiatric evaluation or treatment deemed necessary by the court, (5) submit to random drug or alcohol testing, or both, (6) participate in a program of alcohol or drug treatment, or both, (7) make restitution to the victim of the offense in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, (8) participate in an alternative incarceration program or other program established through the Court Support Services Division, (9) participate in a program of community service, and (10) satisfy any other conditions deemed appropriate by the court. The court shall cause a copy of any such order to be delivered to the child, the child's parents or guardian and the child's probation officer. If the child is convicted as delinquent for a violation of section 53-247, the court may order, as a condition of probation, that the child undergo psychiatric or psychological counseling or participate in an animal cruelty prevention and education program provided such a program exists and is available to the child.

(d) If the child has engaged in conduct which results in property damage or personal injury, the court may order the child or the parent or parents or guardian of the child, if such parent or parents or guardian had knowledge of and condoned the conduct of the child, or both the child and the parent or parents or guardian, to make restitution to the victim of such offense, provided the liability of such parent or parents or guardian shall be limited to an amount not exceeding the amount such parent or parents or guardian would be liable for in an action under section 52-572. Restitution may consist of monetary reimbursement for the damage or injury, based on the child's or the parent's, parents' or guardian's ability to pay, as the case may be, in the form of a lump sum or installment payments, paid to the court clerk or such other official designated by the court for distribution to the victim.

(e) The court may order the child to participate in a program of community service under the supervision of the court or any organization designated by the court. Such child shall not be deemed to be an employee and the services of such child shall not be deemed employment.

(f) If the court further finds that its probation services or other services available to the court are not adequate for such child, the court shall commit such child to the Department of Children and Families in accordance with the provisions of section 46b-141.

(g) Any child or youth coming within the jurisdiction of the court, who is found to be mentally ill, may be committed by said court to the Commissioner of Children and Families and, if the court convicts a child as delinquent and finds such child to be mentally deficient, the court may commit such child to an institution for mentally deficient children or youth or delinquents. No such commitment may be ordered or continued for any child who has attained the age of twenty. Whenever it is found that a child convicted as delinquent or adjudged to be a member of a family with service needs would benefit from a work-study program or employment with or without continued school attendance, the court may, as a condition of probation or supervision, authorize such child to be employed for part or full-time at some useful occupation that would be favorable to such child's welfare, and the probation officer shall supervise such employment. For the purposes of this section, the limitations of subsection (a) of section 31-23 on the employment of minors under the age of sixteen years shall not apply for the duration of such probation or supervision.

(h) Whenever the court commits a child to the Department of Children and Families, there shall be delivered with the mittimus a copy of the results of the investigations made as required by section 46b-134. The court may, at any time, require from the department in whose care a child has been placed such report as to such child and such child's treatment.

(i) If the delinquent act for which the child is committed to the Department of Children and Families is a serious juvenile offense, the court may set a minimum period of twelve months during which the child shall be placed in a residential facility operated by or under contract with said department, as determined by the Commissioner of Children and Families. No such commitment may be ordered or continued for any child who has attained the age of twenty. The setting of such minimum period shall be in the form of an order of the court included in the mittimus. For good cause shown in the form of an affidavit annexed thereto, the Department of Children and Families, the parent or guardian of the child or the child may petition the court for modification of any such order.

(j) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court may order that a child be (1) committed to the Department of Children and Families and, after consultation with said department, the court may order that the child be placed directly in a residential facility within this state and under contract with said department, or (2) committed to the Commissioner of Children and Families for placement by the commissioner, in said commissioner's discretion, (A) with respect to the juvenile offenders determined by the Department of Children and Families to be the highest risk, in [the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, if the juvenile offender is a male, or in another] a state facility, presumptively for a minimum period of twelve months, or (B) in a private residential or day treatment facility within or outside this state, or (C) on parole. No such commitment may be ordered or continued for any child who has attained the age of twenty. The commissioner shall use a risk and needs assessment classification system to ensure that children who are in the highest risk level will be placed in an appropriate secure treatment setting.

[(k) On or after May 21, 2004, no female child committed to the Department of Children and Families shall be placed in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School. Any female child placed in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School before May 21, 2004, shall be transferred to another appropriate facility not later than ninety days after May 21, 2004.]

[(l)] (k) Notwithstanding any provisions of the general statutes concerning the confidentiality of records and information, whenever a child convicted as delinquent is committed to the Department of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall have access to the following information: (1) Educational records of such child; (2) records regarding such child's past treatment for physical or mental illness, including substance abuse; (3) records regarding such child's prior placement in a public or private residential facility; (4) records created or obtained by the Judicial Department regarding such child; and (5) records, as defined in subsection (a) of section 17a-28. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall review such information to determine the appropriate services and placement which will be in the best interest of the child.

Sec. 15. Subsection (e) of section 52-261a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(e) The following fees shall be allowed and paid, except to state employees in the classified service: (1) For each arrest in criminal cases, one dollar and fifty cents; (2) for any necessary assistants in making criminal arrests, a reasonable sum, the necessity of such assistance to be proved by the oath of the officer; (3) for travel with a prisoner to court or to a community correctional center, forty cents a mile, provided (A) if more than one prisoner is transported at the same time, the total cost of travel shall be forty cents per mile for each prisoner transported up to a maximum of two dollars per mile, regardless of the number of prisoners transported, and (B) if a prisoner is transported for commitment on more than one mittimus, the total cost of travel shall be the same as for the transportation of one prisoner committed on one mittimus only; (4) for holding a prisoner in custody upon criminal process for each twelve hours or fraction thereof, to be taxed as expenses in the case, one dollar; (5) for holding a prisoner in custody by order of court, one dollar a day; (6) for keepers, for every twelve hours, in lieu of all other expenses, except in special cases to be approved by the court, five dollars; (7) for executing a mittimus of commitment to the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, for each prisoner, one dollar and fifty cents; (8) for transporting any prisoner from a community correctional center to the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, or for transporting any person under commitment from a community correctional center to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire, twenty-five cents a mile, to be taxed as expenses, provided, if more than one prisoner or person is transported, the total cost of travel shall be twenty-five cents per mile for each prisoner or person transported up to a maximum of one dollar per mile, regardless of the number of prisoners or persons transported; (9) for taking samples to a state chemist by order of court, two dollars, and for each mile of travel in going and returning, ten cents; and (10) [for service of a mittimus to commit to the Connecticut Juvenile Training School, necessary expenses and a reasonable compensation; and (11)] for producing any prisoner, held by criminal process, in court or before a judge under habeas corpus proceedings, twenty-five cents a mile travel and two dollars and fifty cents a day for attendance, to be taxed and allowed by the court or judge.

Sec. 16. Section 53-164 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

Any person who aids or abets any inmate in escaping from [the Connecticut Juvenile Training School or] the Southbury Training School or who knowingly harbors any such inmate, or aids in abducting any such inmate who has been paroled from the person or persons to whose care and service such inmate has been legally committed, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months or both. Any constable or officer of state or local police, and any officer or employee of any of said institutions, is authorized and directed to arrest any person who has escaped therefrom and return such person thereto.

Sec. 17. Section 17a-6c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

[(a)] On or before June 1, [2004, and annually thereafter] 2017, the Department of Children and Families shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to criminal law and children on: (1) The number of adjudicated youths, by gender and age, in the care and custody of the department, (2) the facilities in which such youths are being housed, (3) the number, age and gender of such youths who have left department custody in an unauthorized manner, (4) the number of police reports filed with respect to such youths, and (5) the status of new construction or preparation of facilities to house adjudicated youths in the care and custody of the department.

[(b) The report required by subsection (a) of this section shall be attached to the annual report required to be filed by the Commissioner of Children and Families pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 17a-6b.]

Sec. 18. Sections 7-63, 17a-3a, 17a-6b, 17a-27, 17a-27b, 17a-27d and 17a-27e of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective July 1, 2018)

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section
Sec. 3	July 1, 2018	4b-55
Sec. 4	July 1, 2018	4b-58(a)
Sec. 5	July 1, 2018	10-233d(l)
Sec. 6	July 1, 2018	10-233k(b)
Sec. 7	July 1, 2018	17a-3(a)
Sec. 8	July 1, 2018	17a-11(b)
Sec. 9	July 1, 2018	17a-12
Sec. 10	July 1, 2018	17a-32
Sec. 11	July 1, 2018	17a-185
Sec. 12	July 1, 2018	17a-201b
Sec. 13	July 1, 2018	22a-1f(b)
Sec. 14	July 1, 2018	46b-140
Sec. 15	July 1, 2018	52-261a(e)
Sec. 16	July 1, 2018	53-164
Sec. 17	from passage	17a-6c
Sec. 18	July 1, 2018	Repealer section

JUD	Joint Favorable Subst.
APP	Joint Favorable