Connecticut 2022 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00310 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 310
7	7	February Session, 2022
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11	11	Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
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14	14	Introduced by:
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20	20	AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND
21	21	FAMILIES TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON CASEWORKER RETENTION
22	22	AND PERMANENCY OUTCOMES.
23	23	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	24	Assembly convened:
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26	26	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) Not later than January 1, 2023, 1
27	27	and quarterly thereafter, the Commissioner of Children and Families 2
28	28	shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a 3
29	29	of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 4
30	30	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report 5
31	31	shall include data compiled in the previous quarter for each regional 6
32	32	office of the Department of Children and Families and aggregated state-7
33	33	wide data, concerning the (1) rate at which caseworkers have left 8
34	34	employment with the Department of Children and Families, (2) length 9
35	35	of employment with the department of each caseworker that left 10
36	36	employment, (3) stated rationale for leaving employment with the 11
37	37	department of each caseworker for whom that information is available, 12
38	38	(4) frequency of caseworker turnover for each child in the care and 13
39	39	custody of the commissioner, (5) correlation, if any, between the number 14
40	40	of caseworkers employed by the department and the average length of 15 Raised Bill No. 310
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44	44	LCO No. 2091 2 of 2
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46	46	time between the commitment of a child to the care and custody of the 16
47	47	commissioner and such child (A) obtaining a permanent placement, and 17
48	48	(B) transitioning out of such care and custody due to age, and (6) 18
49	49	progress made by the department in the previous quarter toward (A) 19
50	50	improving caseworker retention rates, and (B) meeting any benchmarks 20
51	51	set by the department concerning the permanent placement of children 21
52	52	in the care and custody of the commissioner. Each report submitted 22
53	53	pursuant to this section shall be published on the Internet web site of 23
54	54	the department not later than one week after such submission. 24
55	55	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
56	56	sections:
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58	58	Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
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60	60	Statement of Purpose:
61	61	To require the Commissioner of Children and Families to submit a
62	62	quarterly report concerning caseworker retention and permanency
63	63	outcomes for children in the care and custody of the commissioner.
64	64	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
65	65	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
66	66	underlined.]
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