CT HB06636

Repeals and replaces Section 17a-7a to require the Commissioner of Children and Families to adopt regulations establishing standard leave and release policies for juvenile delinquents in state facilities and private residential programs, effective October 1, 2011.

Mandates that juvenile delinquents cannot receive any leave without an initial sixty-day evaluation of fitness and security risk, including a trial leave not exceeding one day.

Requires that any leave or release must include an evaluation of fitness and security risk, assignment of supervision with a responsible adult, confidential notification of local police for serious juvenile offenders, and an eligibility determination immediately prior to granting leave or release.

Allows the commissioner to waive the sixty-day evaluation requirement if a juvenile delinquent is transferred between facilities and has already completed a satisfactory sixty-day evaluation.

Removes the requirement that the Department of Children and Families keep delinquent children in the Connecticut Juvenile Training School for at least one year after referral.