Researcher: JC Page 1 3/18/24
OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5262
AN ACT CONCERNING A SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT
SURVEY.
SUMMARY
Beginning July 1, 2024, this bill requires the Department of Public
Health (DPH) to include a sexual abuse and assault awareness
prevention survey in each administration of its Connecticut School
Health Survey. Under the bill, the survey must be jointly developed by
DPH, the Department of Children and Families, and the State
Department of Education, along with input from stakeholders.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
BACKGROUND
Connecticut School Health Survey
By law, DPH must biennially administer the Connecticut School
Health Survey to students in grades nine through 12, if the department
receives funding from the federal centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) for it. The survey must be (1) based on the CDC’s
Youth Risk behavior Survey and (2) administered in high schools the
CDC randomly selects.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 14 Nay 5 (03/05/2024)