SB 323 — AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

323 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____SB00323KID___031518____* No.AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

1510   *01510_______KID* Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN   Introduced by:

  (KID)   AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE PRIOR TO THE TRANSFER OF A CHILD TO A NEW OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT.

SubsectionSubdivision (d)(4) of subsection (j) of section 17a-111b46b-129 of the 2018 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2018):

(d)(4) IfThe commissioner shall be the courtguardian determinesof thatsuch reasonablechild effortsor toyouth reunifyfor the parentduration withof the commitment, provided the child areor youth has not required,reached the Departmentage of Childreneighteen andyears, Familiesor shalluntil useanother itsguardian besthas effortsbeen tolegally maintainappointed, theand child in thelike initialmanner, out-of-homeupon placement,such providedvesting of the departmentcare determinesof thatsuch child or youth, such placementother ispublic inor theprivate bestagency interestsor ofindividual shall be the child,guardian of such child or youth until such timechild asor ayouth permanenthas homereached forthe age of eighteen years or, in the case of a child isor foundyouth in full-time attendance in a secondary school, a technical education and career school, a college or thea state-accredited job training program, until such child isor placedyouth forhas adoption.reached the age of twenty-one years or until another guardian has been legally appointed.

AtThe leastcommissioner tenmay daysplace priorany child or youth so committed to transferringthe commissioner in a childsuitable tofoster home or in the home of a secondfictive kin caregiver, relative caregiver, or subsequentin out-of-homea placement,licensed child-caring institution or in the departmentcare and custody of any accredited, licensed or approved child-caring agency, within or without the state, provided a child shall givenot writtenbe noticeplaced tooutside the state except for good cause and unless the parents or guardian of such child ofare itsnotified intentionin toadvance makeof such transfer,placement unlessand given an emergencyopportunity to be heard, or riskin toa suchreceiving child'shome well-beingmaintained rendersand theoperated immediateby transferthe Commissioner of suchChildren childand necessary.Families.

IfIn placing such child or youth, the permanencycommissioner planshall, callsif forpossible, placingselect thea childhome, foragency, adoptioninstitution or inperson someof otherlike permanentreligious home,faith goodto that of a parent of such child or youth, if such faith effortsis shallknown or may be madeascertained by reasonable inquiry, provided such home conforms to placethe standards of said commissioner and the childcommissioner forshall, adoptionwhen orplacing insiblings, someif otherpossible, permanentplace home.such children together.

At least ten days prior to transferring a child or youth to a second or subsequent placement, the commissioner shall give written notice to such child or youth and such child or youth's attorney of said commissioner's intention to make such transfer, unless an emergency or risk to such child or youth's well-being necessitates the immediate transfer of such child and renders such notice impossible.

Upon the issuance of an order committing the child or youth to the Commissioner of Children and Families, or not later than sixty days after the issuance of such order, the court shall determine whether the Department of Children and Families made reasonable efforts to keep the child or youth with his or her parents or guardian prior to the issuance of such order and, if such efforts were not made, whether such reasonable efforts were not possible, taking into consideration the child's or youth's best interests, including the child's or youth's health and safety.

Section 1 July 1, 2018 17a-111b(d)46b-129(j)(4) StatementKID ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To require the Department of Children and Families to provide written notice to a child being transferred to a new out-of-home placement at least ten days prior to such transfer.

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