CT SB00053

Expands notification requirements to include noncustodial parents when the Department of Children and Families substantiates complaints of abuse or neglect involving a child with a single custodial parent or guardian.

Requires the department to provide notice of complaint circumstances (including the name of the person who caused the abuse), available services (child care subsidies, emergency shelter), and victim services information within 10 days of the complaint being filed.

Permits the department to limit disclosed information if detailed details pose a risk of physical harm, in which case only notice of the complaint and information about judicial relief options under section 17a-28(m) shall be provided.

Requires notice be delivered by certified mail with return receipt requested or by department agent with written acknowledgment, in English or the recipient's principal language if known.

Takes effect October 1, 2010.