General Assembly Committee Bill No. 324
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3203
*03203SB00324KID*
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
Introduced by:
(KID)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 324
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3203
*03203SB00324KID*
Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING VACATIONS FOR FOSTER CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) The Department of Children and Families shall respond to a foster family's written request to allow a foster child who is in the foster family's care to travel overnight and out-of-state with the foster family not later than fourteen days after such request is submitted. If the department fails to respond within fourteen days of the date on which the request is submitted, the travel request shall be deemed approved.
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent a Department of Children and Families processing delay from allowing a foster child to go on vacation with their foster family.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.
S.B. 324