| 16 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Children |
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| 17 | | - | and Families, in consultation with the Office of the Child Advocate |
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| 18 | | - | and operators of congregate care facilities licensed by the Department |
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| 19 | | - | of Children and Families, shall develop a process (1) for the routine |
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| 20 | | - | collection of information concerning (A) the monitoring and inspection |
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| 21 | | - | of such facilities, and (B) the health, safety, treatment and discharge |
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| 22 | | - | outcomes concerning children receiving services at such facilities, (2) to |
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| 23 | | - | make the information collected pursuant to subdivision (1) of this |
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| 24 | | - | subsection available to the public on the Internet web site of the |
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| 25 | | - | Department of Children and Families, provided the department does |
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| 26 | | - | not disclose any personally identifying information of children |
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| 27 | | - | receiving services at such facilities, and (3) for promptly notifying the |
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| 28 | | - | Office of the Child Advocate and the parents or guardians of children |
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| 29 | | - | receiving services at such facilities when (A) any action is taken |
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| 30 | | - | relating to a congregate care facility license, or any sanction is imposed |
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| 31 | | - | against such a facility, if such action or sanction is related to the health |
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| 32 | | - | or safety of such children, and (B) any corrective actions are Substitute Senate Bill No. 892 |
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| 21 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Children 1 |
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| 22 | + | and Families, in consultation with the Office of the Child Advocate, 2 |
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| 23 | + | shall develop a process for (1) the routine collection of information 3 |
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| 24 | + | concerning congregate care facilities licensed or administered by the 4 |
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| 25 | + | Department of Children and Families, including, but not limited to, 5 |
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| 26 | + | treatment outcomes concerning children placed in such facilities, (2) 6 |
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| 27 | + | making the information collected pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 7 |
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| 28 | + | subsection available to the public, provided the department does not 8 |
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| 29 | + | disclose any personally identifying information of children placed in 9 |
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| 30 | + | such facilities, and (3) notifying the parents and guardians of children 10 |
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| 31 | + | placed in such facilities when investigations have been commenced 11 |
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| 32 | + | concerning such facilities and the findings of such investigations, 12 |
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| 33 | + | including any corrective actions required of and undertaken by such 13 |
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| 34 | + | facilities following the results of such investigations. 14 |
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| 35 | + | (b) Not later than December 31, 2019, the commissioner shall submit 15 |
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| 36 | + | a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 16 |
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| 37 | + | general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 17 Substitute Bill No. 892 |
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| 36 | | - | undertaken by such facilities following such actions or sanctions. |
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| 37 | | - | (b) Not later than December 31, 2019, the Commissioner of Children |
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| 38 | | - | and Families shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions |
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| 39 | | - | of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee |
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| 40 | | - | of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to |
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| 41 | | - | children. Such report shall include information concerning the |
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| 42 | | - | processes developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the |
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| 43 | | - | time frames for implementation of such processes. |
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| 44 | + | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such 18 |
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| 45 | + | report shall include a description of the process developed pursuant to 19 |
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| 46 | + | this section and any recommendations for the implementation of said 20 |
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| 47 | + | process. 21 |
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| 48 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 49 | + | sections: |
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| 51 | + | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 53 | + | KID Joint Favorable Subst. |
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