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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6112
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6112
8	6		January Session, 2021
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(KID)
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14	19		AN ACT REQUIRING A SURVEY OF COURT-INVOLVED YOUTHS.
15	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	21		Assembly convened:
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18	23		Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, "court-1
19	24		involved youths" means any individual under the age of eighteen years 2
20	25		who has had direct interaction with or is engaged in a proceeding before 3
21	26		any constituent court of the Judicial Branch, or receives services through 4
22	27		a program administered by or on behalf of the Judicial Branch. 5
23		-	(b) For the period beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, 6
24		-	the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall conduct 7
25		-	a survey of court-involved youths for the purpose of determining the 8
26		-	adequacy of existing Judicial Branch services with respect to lesbian, 9
27		-	gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths and the need for any 10
28		-	additional or improved services for such youths. Such survey shall 11
29		-	ascertain (1) the court-involved youth's (A) age, (B) race, (C) sexual 12
30		-	orientation, and (D) gender identity, and (2) any other information 13
31		-	deemed necessary by the division. No court-involved youth shall be 14
32		-	required to complete such survey and the answers to such survey shall 15
33		-	be collected anonymously. 16
34		-	(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Court Support Services Division 17
35		-	of the Judicial Branch shall submit a report, in accordance with the 18 Substitute Bill No. 6112
	28	+	(b) For the period beginning January 1, 2022, and ending December 6
	29	+	31, 2022, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall 7
	30	+	conduct a survey of court-involved youths for the purpose of 8
	31	+	determining the adequacy of existing Judicial Branch services with 9
	32	+	respect to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths and the 10
	33	+	need for any additional or improved services for such youths. Such 11
	34	+	survey shall ascertain (1) the court-involved youth's (A) age, (B) race, 12
	35	+	(C) sexual orientation, and (D) gender identity, and (2) any other 13
	36	+	information deemed necessary by the division. No court-involved 14
	37	+	youth shall be required to complete such survey, and the answers to 15
	38	+	such survey shall be collected anonymously. 16 Raised Bill No. 6112
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	44	+	(c) Not later than July 1, 2023, the Court Support Services Division of 17
	45	+	the Judicial Branch shall submit a report, in accordance with the 18
42	46		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 19
43	47		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 20
44	48		relating to children. Such report shall include the results of the survey 21
45	49		conducted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and any 22
46	50		recommendations for additional or improved Judicial Branch services 23
47	51		for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youths. 24
48	52		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
49	53		sections:
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51	55		Section 1 from passage New section
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53		-	KID Joint Favorable Subst.
	57	+	Statement of Purpose:
	58	+	To require the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch to
	59	+	conduct a survey of court-involved youths in order to ascertain the need
	60	+	for additional or improved services for lesbian, gay, bisexual,
	61	+	transgender and queer youths.
	62	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	63	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	64	+	underlined.]
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