OLR Bill Analysis
AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF A CHILD CARE FACILITY TO CONFORM WITH THE DEFINITION OF A CHILD.
SUMMARY:
This bill raises the maximum age of a person placed for the first time in a child care facility from under age 18 to under age 21. By law, child care facilities are congregate residential settings licensed by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The DCF commissioner can petition a court for permission to place a child committed to her custody in such a facility if the child cannot be satisfactorily cared for in a foster home because he or she has developmental or physical disabilities, mental illness, emotional issues, or behavioral disorders.
Currently, someone between ages 18 and 21 may be placed in such a facility only if he or she attends a secondary school, technical school, college, or state accredited job training program full-time and was first placed before his or her 18th birthday.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012
COMMITTEE ACTION
Select Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Change of Reference
Yea |
8 |
Nay |
0 |
(03/08/2012) |
Human Services Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea |
16 |
Nay |
0 |
(03/22/2012) |