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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1381
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1381
6	6		January Session, 2025
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT WING CIVIL AIR PATROL
13	20		YOUTH CAMPS.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17		-	Section 1. Section 19a-421 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
18		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025): 2
19		-	(a) No person shall establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp 3
20		-	without a license issued by the office. Applications for such license shall 4
21		-	be made in writing at least thirty days prior to the opening of the youth 5
22		-	camp on forms provided and in accordance with procedures established 6
23		-	by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of eight 7
24		-	hundred fifteen dollars or, if the applicant is a nonprofit, nonstock 8
25		-	corporation or association, a fee of three hundred fifteen dollars or, if 9
26		-	the applicant is a day camp affiliated with a nonprofit organization, for 10
27		-	no more than five days duration and for which labor and materials are 11
28		-	donated, no fee. All such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year 12
29		-	from the date of issuance unless surrendered for cancellation or 13
30		-	suspended or revoked by the commissioner for violation of this chapter 14
31		-	or any regulations adopted under section 19a-428 and shall be 15
32		-	renewable upon payment of an eight-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee 16
33		-	or, if the licensee is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a 17
34		-	three-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the applicant is a day camp 18
35		-	affiliated with a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days 19 Substitute Bill No. 1381
	24	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 19a-421 of the general statutes is 1
	25	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
	26	+	1, 2025): 3
	27	+	(a) (1) No person shall establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp 4
	28	+	without a license issued by the office, except the Connecticut Wing Civil 5
	29	+	Air Patrol within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 6
	30	+	Protection may establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp without a 7
	31	+	license. 8
	32	+	(2) Applications for such license shall be made in writing at least 9
	33	+	thirty days prior to the opening of the youth camp on forms provided 10
	34	+	and in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner 11
	35	+	and shall be accompanied by a fee of eight hundred fifteen dollars or, if 12
	36	+	the applicant is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a fee of 13
	37	+	three hundred fifteen dollars or, if the applicant is a day camp affiliated 14
	38	+	with a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days duration and 15
	39	+	Raised Bill No. 1381
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40		-	duration and for which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 20
41		-	(b) On and after October 1, 2022, any licensee shall require any 21
42		-	prospective employee eighteen years of age or older, who is applying 22
43		-	for a position at a youth camp that requires the provision of care to a 23
44		-	child or involves unsupervised access to a child, to submit to a 24
45		-	comprehensive background check. The background check shall include, 25
46		-	but not be limited to, a (1) (A) criminal history records check conducted 26
47		-	(i) in accordance with section 29-17a, or (ii) by searching the electronic 27
48		-	criminal record system maintained on the Internet web site of the 28
49		-	Judicial Department for convictions matching the prospective 29
50		-	employee's name and date of birth, (B) state child abuse registry 30
51		-	established pursuant to section 17a-101k, (C) registry established and 31
52		-	maintained pursuant to section 54-257, and (D) National Sex Offender 32
53		-	Registry Public Website maintained by the United States Department of 33
54		-	Justice, or (2) check by a third-party provider of national criminal 34
55		-	history record checks that is conducted through a centralized database 35
56		-	utilizing the prospective employee's fingerprints, provided such 36
57		-	provider appears on a list of such providers published on the Internet 37
58		-	web site of the Office of Early Childhood. Prior to each check of the state 38
59		-	child abuse registry conducted pursuant to this subsection, a licensee 39
60		-	shall submit to the office an authorization for the release of personal 40
61		-	information signed by the prospective employee, on a form prescribed 41
62		-	by the office, and the office shall submit such authorization to the 42
63		-	Department of Children and Families. Any prospective employee who 43
64		-	holds a J-1 visa, H-1B visa or R-1 visa issued by the United States 44
65		-	Department of State shall not be required to submit to a background 45
66		-	check under this section. 46
67		-	(c) Pending completion of all comprehensive background check 47
68		-	components described in subsection (b) of this section, a prospective 48
69		-	employee may begin work on a provisional basis, provided such 49
70		-	prospective employee is supervised at all times by an employee who 50
71		-	was subjected to a comprehensive background check described in 51
72		-	subsection (b) of this section within the past five years. 52 Substitute Bill No. 1381
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77		-	(d) Each licensee shall require any employee of a youth camp holding 53
78		-	a position that requires the provision of care to a child or involves 54
79		-	unsupervised access to a child to submit to a comprehensive 55
80		-	background check described in subsection (b) of this section not later 56
81		-	than five years after the date such employee was hired, and at least once 57
82		-	every five years thereafter. Nothing in this section prohibits a licensee 58
83		-	from requiring any such employee to submit to a comprehensive 59
84		-	background check more than once during a five-year period. 60
85		-	(e) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall have the discretion to 61
86		-	refuse to license under sections 19a-420 to 19a-429, inclusive, a person 62
87		-	to establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp, as described in section 63
88		-	19a-420, or to suspend or revoke the license or take any other action set 64
89		-	forth in any regulation adopted pursuant to section 19a-428 if, the 65
90		-	person who establishes, conducts or maintains such youth camp or a 66
91		-	person employed therein in a position connected with the provision of 67
92		-	care to a child or involving unsupervised access to a child, has (1) been 68
93		-	convicted in this state or any other state of (A) a felony as defined in 69
94		-	section 53a-25 involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of 70
95		-	physical force against another person, (B) cruelty to persons under 71
96		-	section 53-20, (C) injury or risk of injury to or impairing morals of 72
97		-	children under section 53-21, (D) abandonment of children under the 73
98		-	age of six years under section 53-23, (E) any felony where the victim of 74
99		-	the felony is a child under eighteen years of age, or (F) a violation of 75
100		-	section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 76
101		-	January 1, 2019, 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, (2) 77
102		-	a criminal record in this state or any other state that the commissioner 78
103		-	reasonably believes renders the person unsuitable to establish, conduct 79
104		-	or maintain or be employed by a youth camp, or (3) held a license to 80
105		-	establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp in another state that was 81
106		-	revoked by such state's licensing authority. However, no refusal of a 82
107		-	license shall be rendered except in accordance with the provisions of 83
108		-	sections 46a-79 to 46a-81, inclusive. 84
109		-	(f) Any person who is licensed to establish, operate or maintain a 85
110		-	youth camp shall notify the Commissioner of Early Childhood if such 86 Substitute Bill No. 1381
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115		-	licensee or any person employed by such youth camp is convicted of a 87
116		-	crime listed in subsection (e) of this section, if such licensee or person 88
117		-	employed by such youth camp is employed in a position connected with 89
118		-	the provision of care to a child or involving unsupervised access to a 90
119		-	child, immediately upon obtaining knowledge of the conviction. Failure 91
120		-	to comply with the notification requirement may result in the 92
121		-	suspension or revocation of the license or the imposition of any action 93
122		-	set forth in regulation, and shall subject the licensee to a civil penalty of 94
123		-	not more than one hundred dollars per day for each day after the 95
124		-	licensee obtained knowledge of the conviction, provided such civil 96
125		-	penalty shall not exceed the aggregate sum of four thousand five 97
126		-	hundred dollars. 98
127		-	(g) Each licensee shall maintain, and make available for inspection 99
128		-	upon request of the Office of Early Childhood, any documentation 100
129		-	associated with a comprehensive background check described in 101
130		-	subsection (b) of this section, for a period of not less than five years from 102
131		-	the date of (1) completion of such background check, if the subject of the 103
132		-	comprehensive background check was not hired by the licensee, or (2) 104
133		-	separation from employment, if the subject of the comprehensive 105
134		-	background check was hired by the licensee. 106
135		-	(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 368r, the Connecticut 107
136		-	Wing Civil Air Patrol within the Department of Emergency Services and 108
137		-	Public Protection may establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp 109
138		-	without obtaining a license issued by the office, provided the 110
139		-	Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol (1) establishes, conducts or maintains 111
140		-	any such youth camp on property owned or leased by the state and 112
141		-	utilizes a facility operated exclusively by the Military Department, and 113
142		-	(2) complies with any regulations adopted by the commissioner 114
143		-	pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-428 relating to the 115
144		-	administration of (A) tests to monitor glucose levels in children with 116
145		-	diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and (B) medicinal preparations to children. 117 Substitute Bill No. 1381
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	45	+	for which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 16
	46	+	(3) All such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year from the 17
	47	+	date of issuance unless surrendered for cancellation or suspended or 18
	48	+	revoked by the commissioner for violation of this chapter or any 19
	49	+	regulations adopted under section 19a-428 and shall be renewable upon 20
	50	+	payment of an eight-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the licensee 21
	51	+	is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a three-hundred-22
	52	+	fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the applicant is a day camp affiliated with 23
	53	+	a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days duration and for 24
	54	+	which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 25
150	55		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
151	56		sections:
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153		-	Section 1 October 1, 2025 19a-421
	58	+	Section 1 October 1, 2025 19a-421(a)
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155		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
156		-	In Subsec. (h)(2), "pursuant to section 19a-428 relating to (A) the
157		-	administration of medication, or (B) the monitoring of diabetes" was
158		-	changed to "pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-428 relating to the
159		-	administration of (A) tests to monitor glucose levels in children with
160		-	diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and (B) medicinal preparations to children"
161		-	for accuracy and consistency with other provisions of the general
162		-	statutes.
	60	+	Statement of Purpose:
	61	+	To provide that the Connecticut Wing Civil Air Patrol within the
	62	+	Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection may establish,
	63	+	conduct or maintain a youth camp without a license.
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164		-	PS Joint Favorable Subst.
	65	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	66	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	67	+	underlined.]
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