2011 Connecticut Code
Title 17a Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319a Child Welfare
Sec. 17a-155. (Formerly Sec. 17-52b). Regulations.

      Sec. 17a-155. (Formerly Sec. 17-52b). Regulations. (a) Within one year from May 23, 1980, the department shall promulgate any necessary regulations establishing additional requirements for the licensure of permanent family residences. These regulations may limit the number of foster children which may be placed in a permanent family residence. The commissioner may in an appropriate case waive any requirements established in such regulations.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29-292, the State Fire Marshal shall, within two years after May 23, 1980, adopt amendments to the Fire Safety Code in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning permanent family residences designed to care for seven or more handicapped children. In developing the regulations the State Fire Marshal shall consult with the Department of Children and Families and any other interested persons. The amendments to the Fire Safety Code may apply different standards to newly constructed and existing one and two-family dwellings, provided, however, the amendments shall not apply to permanent family residences licensed by the Department of Children and Families before the effective date of the amendments to the Fire Safety Code.

      (c) After the effective date of the amendments to the Fire Safety Code as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Department of Children and Families may not, except on a temporary or emergency basis, license any permanent family residence for seven or more handicapped foster children which it has not previously licensed unless the State Fire Marshal determines that such facility complies with the applicable provisions of the Fire Safety Code.

      (P.A. 80-261, S. 3, 5-7; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)

      History: Sec. 17-52b transferred to Sec. 17a-155 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.