2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17a-151aa. Child placed in residential facility. Written agreement re care and treatment. Out-of-state residential placements by Department of Children and Families. Visits with child.
Sec. 17a-151aa. Child placed in residential facility. Written agreement re care
and treatment. Out-of-state residential placements by Department of Children and
Families. Visits with child. (a) Any state agency that places a child, as defined in section
17a-93, in a residential facility shall enter into a written agreement with the facility at
the time of the placement. Such written agreement shall establish clear standards for
the child's care and treatment, including, but not limited to, requirements for monthly
written reports concerning the child's care and treatment, addressed to the case worker
overseeing the child's placement. The monthly written reports shall set forth child-specific goals and expectations for treatment and progress. The written agreement shall
require the facility to report promptly to the placing agency any allegation that the child
is abused or neglected, as defined in section 46b-120, or any incident of abuse or neglect
of an individual placed in the facility. The placing agency shall ensure that a discharge
plan is initiated no later than two weeks after the child's placement in the facility.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 25, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 04-258, S. 19.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 changed effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 from July 1, 2001, to October 1, 2001; P.A. 04-258 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec. (b) re out-of-state residential placements by Department of Children and Families and department's responsibility to assess the well-being of the child through in-person visits with the child, effective July 1, 2004.
