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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 771
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1292
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN DATA
RELATING TO PARENTS WHO HAVE THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS
TERMINATED.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 17a-112 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Commissioner of Children and Families, in collaboration with the 2
Commissioner of Correction, to collect and publish aggregate data 3
relating to parents who have their parental rights terminated, including 4
those parents whose parental rights are terminated while incarcerated. 5
Data collected by the Commissioner of Children and Families shall 6
include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of incarcerated parents 7
who are named in termination of parental rights petitions, (2) the 8
number of children who are in foster care due to the termination of 9
parental rights of an incarcerated parent, (3) a statistical analysis of the 10
likelihood of a parent who is incarcerated having his or her parental 11
rights terminated as compared to a parent who is not incarcerated, (4) 12
the types of residential placements used for the children of incarcerated 13
parents whose parental rights are terminated, (5) the percentage of 14
parents who consent to the termination of parental rights and the 15 Proposed Bill No. 771
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reasons why such parents consent to the termination of parental rights, 16
including whether such consent is attributable to incarceration, and (6) 17
demographic data about persons whose parental rights are terminated. 18
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Children and Families, in collaboration
with the Commissioner of Correction, to collect and publish aggregate
data relating to parents who have their parental rights terminated,
including parents whose parental rights are terminated while
incarcerated.