CT. SCC-Select Committee on Children PUBLIC HEARING

Dear 'US Concerned Parents' support group in CT.,

That if you have been involved with DCF or matters involved in these bills, you need to know that you can testify at this public hearing on your own behalf about matters in these Bills to make sure that the proposed Bills are properly addressed to make our childrens future safe.  You can also come from another state and testify on behalf of these Bills to support or oppose these

Bills.                        

Respectfully, 

Cheryl Martone, Main Administrator of

'US Concerned Parents' support group & Parents MOVEment

~keep FAMILY together Laws~ 

Select Committee on Children

PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

3:30 PM in Room 1D of the LOB

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/KIDdata/pha/2012pha00228-R001530KID-pha.htm

 

---Raised H.B. No. 5217

AN CONCERNING REVISIONS TO STATUTES CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. To make technical and minor changes to statutes concerning the Department of Children and Families.

Introduced by: Select Committee on Children

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/H/2012HB-05217-R00-HB.htm

 

---Raised S.B. No. 192

AN ACT CONCERNING FINALIZING ADOPTIONS BY THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR JUVENILE MATTERS.

To decrease the length of time between the termination of parental rights and adoption by allowing a petition for adoption to be filed in the Superior Court that granted the termination.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00192-R00-SB.htm
--Raised H.B. No. 5185
AN ACT CONCERNING INTERVIEWS IN CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CASES.

To permit the Department of Children and Families to interview a child in a child protective investigation without parental consent in circumstances when obtaining such consent would place the child at imminent risk of physical harm.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/H/2012HB-05185-R00-HB.htm
--Raised H.B. No. 5186
AN ACT ADOPTING A FOSTER PARENT BILL OF RIGHTS.

To establish a foster parent bill of rights.      
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/H/2012HB-05186-R00-HB.htm
--Raised S.B. No. 193
AN ACT CONCERNING MANDATED REPORTERS AND REQUIRING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR YOUTH CAMP EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.

To expand the category of persons who are mandated reporters and to require criminal history records check for youth camp staff employees and volunteers.      
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00193-R00-SB.htm
--Raised S.B. No. 156
AN ACT CONCERNING SIBLING VISITATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

To ensure children and youth in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families visit with their sibling on a minimum basis in order to sustain the bond between siblings.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00156-R00-SB.htm
--Raised S.B. No. 157
AN ACT REVISING THE DEFINITION OF A CHILD CARE FACILITY TO CONFORM WITH THE DEFINITION OF A CHILD.

To revise the definition of a child care facility to conform with the definition of a child and permit any person not more than twenty-one years of age who is in school or a job training program to be placed in a child care facility without requiring that person to have been placed in a congregate residential setting prior to his eighteenth birthday.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/TOB/S/2012SB-00157-R00-SB.htm

by:   www.usconcernedparents.webs.com
CJ MARTONE