Below are the bills supported by the Commission on Children in the
2007 session of the Connecticut General Assembly. All conform with
the policy goals outlined in the
Policy Direction for 2007 document published by the Commission
in January 2007.
To check on the status of a
particular bill: 1) Click on the hyperlinks, which will take you to
status pages on the General Assembly website, or; 2) Visit the
Legislative Log of this site,
which contains public hearing dates and other useful information.
H.B. 5004 An Act Concerning A Youth Trust Account
Purpose: "To establish a youth
trust account for the purpose of providing employment and job
training for youth in this state."
H.B. 5110 An Act Concerning A Safe Learning Environment for
Children and Youth.
Purpose: "To require the
Department of Education to analyze the effectiveness of safe
learning policies, including anti-bullying programs, and to
report annually to certain committees of the General Assembly."
HB 5108 An Act Concerning Reporting Requirements of the
Child Poverty Council
Purpose: "To extend annual
reporting requirements related to the Child Poverty and
Prevention Council."
H.B. 5331 An Act Concerning School Readiness for Children who are
Homeless
Purpose: "To establish school
readiness pilot programs for children who are homeless or
subjected to domestic violence."
H.B 5348 An Act Concerning Increasing Funding for the
Kinship Fund
Purpose: "To increase funding to
the Kinship Fund in order to provide more grant money for the
first year of guardianship."
H.B. 5393 An Act Concerning Subsidies for Relative Caregivers
Purpose: "To expand eligibility
of the subsidized guardianship program to children who are not
in the care or custody of the Department of Children and
Families and are living with relative caregivers whose income is
at or below one hundred per cent of the federal poverty level."
H.B. 5442 An Act Concerning an Increase in Temporary Family
Assistance Benefit
Purpose: "To increase the amount
of temporary family assistance benefits available to
grandparents and other relative caregivers to the amount
relative caregivers receive under the subsidized guardianship
program."
H.B. 5585 An Act Concerning an Alternative Program for School
Suspensions.
Purpose: "To allow local and
regional boards of education to create an alternative suspension
system for students suspended for the first time."
H.B. 5738 An Act Concerning Appropriations for the Beyond Shelter
CT Program
Purpose: "To provide funds for
additional programs to end the cycle of homelessness for
families and provide landlords with the support necessary to
help keep tenants stable and lease compliant."
H.B. 5767 An Act Concerning an Early Childhood Lead Screening
Program
Purpose: "To establish an early
childhood lead screening program."
H.B. 5777 An Act Concerning an Appropriations for Safe Routes to
School Program
Purpose: "To provide funding for
the safe routes to school program."
H.B. 5880 An Act Concerning a Connecticut After School Grant
Purpose: "To expand the scope and
requirements for the grant program for after school programs."
HB 6149 An Act Concerning an Appropriation for Youth Service
Bureaus
Purpose: "To reduce truancy and
provide recreational opportunities to youth by increasing grants
to local youth service bureaus."
H.B. 6725 An Act Concerning the Reporting of Student Obesity Data
Purpose: "To collect data and
statistics on childhood obesity."
H.B. 6843 An Act Concerning Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Programs
Purpose: "To provide funding to
municipalities for the establishment of community based physical
activity programs to prevent cardiovascular disease."
S.B. 205 An Act Concerning the Transfer of Juveniles to the
Regular Criminal Docket
Purpose: "To permit counsel for a
child to argue against transfer of the child's case to the
regular criminal docket and to require the juvenile prosecutor
to establish that such transfer is appropriate."
S.B. 246 An Act Concerning Home and Community Based Services for
Families with Service Needs
Purpose: To expand the offering
of state programs available to families with special needs
children.
S.B. 331 An Act Concerning Health Care Access for Children with
Special Health Care Needs
Purpose: "To improve health care
access, quality and family support for children with special
health care needs by establishing a comprehensive, coordinated
health care service system to be known as the Children with
Special Health Care Needs Partnership."
S.B. 478 An Act Concerning the Even Start Program
Purpose: "To appropriate five
million dollars for the Even Start Program."
S.B. 593 An Act Concerning Funding for Regional Childrens
Probate Courts
Purpose: "To enhance the
stability of the probate court system by requiring that funding
for regional children's probate courts be provided from the
General Fund, rather than from the Probate Court Administration
Fund."
S.B. 690 An Act Concerning Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Initiaitves
Purpose: "To require the
Department of Public Health to develop heart disease and stroke
prevention initiatives."
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