LCO No. 4260 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1272 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 4260 Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN Introduced by: (KID) AN ACT CONCERNING CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Children and 1 Families shall conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of the programs 2 administered by the Department of Children and Families. The 3 commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 11-4a of the general statutes, the findings of such study to the joint 5 standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 6 matters relating to children on or before January 1, 2026. 7 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage New section Statement of Purpose: To require the Commissioner of Children and Families to conduct a study to evaluate the efficacy of the programs administered by the Department of Children and Families. Raised Bill No. 1272 LCO No. 4260 2 of 2 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]