Substitute House Bill No. 6113
Public Act No. 21-64
AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION
CONCERNING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Operator" has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-432
of the general statutes;
(2) "Youth athletic activity" has the same meaning as provided in
section 21a-432 of the general statutes;
(3) "Youth camp" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-
420 of the general statutes; and
(4) "Youth coach" means any person who (A) holds or is issued a
coaching permit by the State Board of Education, or (B) volunteers or is
paid to act as a head coach, manager or instructor or an assistant coach,
assistant manager or assistant instructor of a youth athletic activity.
(b) (1) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Governor's task force on
justice for abused children, in collaboration with a national association
of adult survivors of child abuse, shall (A) develop guidelines that
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to appropriately interact with youth athletes, and (B) make such
guidelines available on the task force's Internet web site.
(2) Not later than January 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, each
operator shall distribute a copy of the guidelines developed pursuant to
subdivision (1) of this subsection to each youth coach for such operator.
Such distribution may occur by electronic mail.
(c) (1) Not later than December 1, 2021, the Governor's task force on
justice for abused children, in collaboration with a national association
of adult survivors of child abuse, shall (A) develop guidelines that
describe (i) the stages of grooming typically employed by those who
engage in child sexual abuse, (ii) behaviors that victims of child sexual
abuse may engage in or exhibit as the result of such sexual abuse, (iii)
for victims of child sexual abuse, how to tell a parent or other adult that
such sexual abuse has occurred, and (iv) how to contact the appropriate
authorities if child sexual abuse has occurred, and (B) make such
guidelines available on the task force's Internet web site.
(2) On and after January 1, 2022, upon the enrollment or registration
of any participant in a youth athletic activity, each operator shall
distribute a copy of the guidelines developed pursuant to subdivision
(1) of this subsection to the parent or guardian of such participant. Such
distribution may occur by electronic mail.
(3) On and after January 1, 2022, upon the enrollment or registration
of any child in a youth camp, the licensee of such youth camp shall
distribute a copy of the guidelines developed pursuant to subdivision
(1) of this subsection to the parent or guardian of such child. Such
distribution may occur by electronic mail.