General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6469
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2313
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist. REP. PORTER, 94th Dist. SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6469
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2313
*02313*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist.
SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. PORTER, 94th Dist.
SEN. BYE, 5th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require that each state-funded or state-operated child and youth-serving juvenile justice facility develop and implement an evidence-based framework for continuous quality improvement, collecting and reporting data regarding conditions of confinement, rehabilitation and treatment goals achieved, discharge and reentry and that such data be provided to the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee and applicable facilities, advisory committees and agencies, including, but not limited to, the Office of the Child Advocate, and that section 17a-6 of the general statutes be amended to ensure that membership of any facility advisory committee is statutorily appointed and that recommendations generated by the advisory committees be provided to both the Department of Children and Families and the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee.
Statement of Purpose:
To increase transparency and accountability for juvenile justice facilities.