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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6112
January Session, 2021
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 July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 6
the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall conduct 7
a survey of court-involved youths for the purpose of determining the 8
adequacy of existing Judicial Branch services with respect to lesbian, 9
gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths and the need for any 10
additional or improved services for such youths. Such survey shall 11
ascertain (1) the court-involved youth's (A) age, (B) race, (C) sexual 12
orientation, and (D) gender identity, and (2) any other information 13
deemed necessary by the division. No court-involved youth shall be 14
required to complete such survey and the answers to such survey shall 15
be collected anonymously. 16
(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Court Support Services Division 17
of the Judicial Branch shall submit a report, in accordance with the 18 Substitute Bill No. 6112
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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
KID Joint Favorable Subst.