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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6640
January Session, 2023
AN ACT CONCERNING HOME VISITS AND EVALUATIONS BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) When the Commissioner of 1
Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee, conducts a 2
mandatory visit to or evaluation of a home where a child in the care 3
and custody of the commissioner has been or may be placed, the 4
commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall not conduct such 5
visit or evaluation by telephonic, video or other conferencing platform 6
if (1) such child is under six years of age, (2) such child is six years of 7
age or older and not enrolled in a public school or nonpublic school, 8
(3) such visit is conducted pursuant to section 17a-101g of the general 9
statutes, (4) such child's case has been referred to the Department of 10
Children and Families' ongoing services unit and such case has been 11
deemed moderate or high risk or the department has identified a 12
safety factor and instituted a safety plan after conducting a risk 13
assessment, (5) the department has approved a family arrangement in 14
such child's case, (6) such child has been placed in foster care, a group 15
home or a residential treatment program, (7) such child is nonverbal or 16
cannot communicate adequately due to a disability, or (8) the 17
immediately preceding visit to or evaluation of such home by the 18
commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, was conducted by 19
telephonic, video or other conferencing platform. 20 Substitute Bill No. 6640
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2023 New section
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1, "is required to visit or evaluate" was changed to "conducts
a mandatory visit to or evaluation of", and "such visit or evaluation
shall not be conducted" was changed to "the commissioner, or the
commissioner's designee, shall not conduct such visit or evaluation"
for consistency with standard drafting conventions.
KID Joint Favorable Subst.