OLR Bill Analysis

SB 157

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 18^th birthday.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2012

COMMITTEE ACTION

Select Committee on Children

Joint Favorable Change of Reference

Human Services Committee

Joint Favorable