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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6112
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT REQUIRING A SURVEY OF COURT-INVOLVED YOUTHS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "court-1
involved youths" means any individual under the age of eighteen years 2
who has had direct interaction with or is engaged in a proceeding before 3
any constituent court of the Judicial Branch, or receives services through 4
a program administered by or on behalf of the Judicial Branch. 5
(b) For the period beginning January 1, 2022, and ending December 6
31, 2022, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall 7
conduct a survey of court-involved youths for the purpose of 8
determining the adequacy of existing Judicial Branch services with 9
respect to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths and the 10
need for any additional or improved services for such youths. Such 11
survey shall ascertain (1) the court-involved youth's (A) age, (B) race, 12
(C) sexual orientation, and (D) gender identity, and (2) any other 13
information deemed necessary by the division. No court-involved 14
youth shall be required to complete such survey, and the answers to 15
such survey shall be collected anonymously. 16 Raised Bill No. 6112
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(c) Not later than July 1, 2023, the Court Support Services Division of 17
the Judicial Branch shall submit a report, in accordance with the 18
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 19
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 20
relating to children. Such report shall include the results of the survey 21
conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and any 22
recommendations for additional or improved Judicial Branch services 23
for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch to
conduct a survey of court-involved youths in order to ascertain the need
for additional or improved services for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender and queer youths.
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