General Assembly Committee Bill No. 652
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 4223
*04223SB00652KID*
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 652
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 4223
*04223SB00652KID*
Referred to Committee on CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING REFERRALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE BIRTH-TO-THREE PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to address the developmental needs of children who have been victims of abuse or neglect. Such pilot program shall be implemented in two or more Department of Children and Families offices and shall: (1) Require the Department of Children and Families to refer any child thirty-six months of age or younger who is served by any such office and is the victim of substantiated abuse or neglect, as defined in section 17a-247a of the general statutes, to the birth-to-three program, established under section 17a-248b of the general statutes, and (2) require the Commissioner of Developmental Services to evaluate such child for eligibility for services under the birth-to-three program.
(b) Not later than July 1, 2014, and annually thereafter until July 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Children and Families, in consultation with the Commissioner of Developmental Services, and in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, on the status of the establishment and implementation of the pilot program authorized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Such report shall include: (1) The number of children thirty-six months of age or younger within the state who are victims of substantiated abuse or neglect; (2) the percentage of children thirty-six months of age or younger within the state who experience developmental delays as measured by standardized diagnostic instruments and procedures, including informed clinical opinion, in the areas of (A) cognitive development, (B) physical development, (C) communication development, (D) social or emotional development, or (E) adaptive skills; (3) the percentage of children thirty-six months of age or younger within the state who are referred to the birth-to-three program for evaluation; (4) the percentage of children thirty-six months of age or younger within the state who are referred to the birth-to-three program for evaluation by the Department of Children and Families and who are found to be eligible for services under such program; and (5) the basis for such children's eligibility and the percentage of such children who actually receive services from the birth-to-three program.
(c) The pilot program shall terminate on July 1, 2016.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To create a pilot program to refer children thirty-six months of age or younger who are the victims of substantiated abuse or neglect to the birth-to-three program.
[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. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
S.B. 652