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| 4 | 4 | | LCO No. 5703 1 of 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1084 |
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| 7 | 7 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 5703 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (JUD) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E COLLECTION OF CERT AIN DATA |
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| 21 | 21 | | RELATING TO PARENTS WHO HAVE THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS |
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| 22 | 22 | | TERMINATED. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 24 | 24 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) The Commissioner of 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Children and Families, in collaboration with the Commissioner of 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Correction, shall collect data relating to petitions for the termination of 3 |
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| 29 | 29 | | parental rights, as defined in section 17a-93 of the general statutes, 4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | including petitions involving parents whose parental rights are 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | terminated while incarcerated. Not later than January 1, 2022, the 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Department of Children and Families shall publish on the department's 7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Internet web site aggregate data and analysis, which shall include, but 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | not be limited to: 9 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) The number of incarcerated parents who are named in 10 |
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| 36 | 36 | | termination of parental rights petitions; 11 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) The number of children who are in foster care due to the 12 |
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| 38 | 38 | | termination of parental rights of an incarcerated parent; 13 Raised Bill No. 1084 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 5703 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) A statistical analysis of the likelihood of a parent who is 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | incarcerated having his or her parental rights terminated as compared 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | to a parent who is not incarcerated; 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (4) The types of residential placements used for the children of 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | incarcerated parents whose parental rights are terminated; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (5) The percentage of parents who consent to the termination of 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | parental rights and the reasons why such parents consent to the 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | termination of parental rights, including whether such consent is 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | attributable to incarceration; and 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (6) Demographic data about persons whose parental rights are 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | terminated. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (b) Data published pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | include any personally identifiable information. 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 58 | 58 | | sections: |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section |
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| 62 | 62 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 63 | 63 | | To require the collection and publication of certain data relating to |
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| 64 | 64 | | parents who have their parental rights terminated, including parents |
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| 65 | 65 | | whose parental rights are terminated while incarcerated. |
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| 66 | 66 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except |
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| 67 | 67 | | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not |
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| 68 | 68 | | underlined.] |
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