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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5152
February Session, 2022
AN ACT EXTENDING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR FAILURE
TO MAKE A REPORT AS A MANDATED REPORTER AND REQUIRING
CERTAIN YOUTH CAMP STAFF MEMBERS TO BE MANDATED
REPORTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 17a-101a of the 1
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 3
(b) (1) Any person required to report under the provisions of this 4
section who fails to make such report or fails to make such report within 5
the time period prescribed in sections 17a-101b to 17a-101d, inclusive, 6
and section 17a-103 shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that 7
such person shall be guilty of a class E felony if (A) such violation is a 8
subsequent violation, (B) such violation was wilful or intentional or due 9
to gross negligence, or (C) such person had actual knowledge that (i) a 10
child was abused or neglected, as described in section 46b-120, or (ii) a 11
person was a victim described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this 12
section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, no person 13
shall be prosecuted for a violation of the provisions of this section 14
committed on or after July 1, 2022, except within three years after such 15
violation has been committed. 16 Substitute Bill No. 5152
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Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 17a-101 of the general statutes is 17
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 18
1, 2022): 19
(b) The following persons shall be mandated reporters: (1) Any 20
physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 370, (2) 21
any resident physician or intern in any hospital in this state, whether or 22
not so licensed, (3) any registered nurse, (4) any licensed practical nurse, 23
(5) any medical examiner, (6) any dentist, (7) any dental hygienist, (8) 24
any psychologist, (9) any school employee, as defined in section 53a-65, 25
(10) any social worker, (11) any person who holds or is issued a coaching 26
permit by the State Board of Education, is a coach of intramural or 27
interscholastic athletics and is eighteen years of age or older, (12) any 28
individual who is employed as a coach or director of youth athletics and 29
is eighteen years of age or older, (13) any individual who is employed 30
as a coach or director of a private youth sports organization, league or 31
team and is eighteen years of age or older, (14) any paid administrator, 32
faculty, staff, athletic director, athletic coach or athletic trainer employed 33
by a public or private institution of higher education who is eighteen 34
years of age or older, excluding student employees, (15) any police 35
officer, (16) any juvenile or adult probation officer, (17) any juvenile or 36
adult parole officer, (18) any member of the clergy, (19) any pharmacist, 37
(20) any physical therapist, (21) any optometrist, (22) any chiropractor, 38
(23) any podiatrist, (24) any mental health professional, (25) any 39
physician assistant, (26) any person who is a licensed or certified 40
emergency medical services provider, (27) any person who is a licensed 41
or certified alcohol and drug counselor, (28) any person who is a 42
licensed marital and family therapist, (29) any person who is a sexual 43
assault counselor or a domestic violence counselor, as defined in section 44
52-146k, (30) any person who is a licensed professional counselor, (31) 45
any person who is a licensed foster parent, (32) any person paid to care 46
for a child in any public or private facility, child care center, group child 47
care home or family child care home licensed by the state, (33) any 48
employee of the Department of Children and Families or any person 49
who, in the performance of such person's duties, has regular contact 50 Substitute Bill No. 5152
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with and provides services to or on behalf of children pursuant to a 51
contract with or credential issued by the Department of Children and 52
Families, (34) any employee of the Office of Early Childhood who is 53
responsible for the licensing of child care centers, group child care 54
homes, family child care homes or youth camps, (35) any paid or 55
volunteer youth camp director or assistant director and any paid or 56
volunteer staff member who is eighteen years of age or older, (36) the 57
Child Advocate and any employee of the Office of the Child Advocate, 58
(37) any person who is a licensed behavior analyst, (38) any family 59
relations counselor, family relations counselor trainee or family services 60
supervisor employed by the Judicial Department, (39) any victim 61
services advocate employed by the Office of Victim Services within the 62
Judicial Department, (40) any employee of a juvenile justice program 63
operated by or pursuant to a contract with the Court Support Services 64
Division of the Judicial Department, and (41) any person employed, 65
including any person employed under contract and any independent 66
ombudsperson, to work at a juvenile detention facility or any other 67
facility where children under eighteen years of age are detained and 68
who has direct contact with children as part of such employment. 69
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 17a-101a(b)(1)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2022 17a-101(b)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2(b)(35), "any paid or volunteer youth camp director, [or]
assistant director or employee who is eighteen years of age or older" was
changed to "any paid or volunteer youth camp director or assistant
director and any paid or volunteer staff member who is eighteen years
of age or older", for clarity.
KID Joint Favorable Subst.