HB 6346 Summary

• Modifies the State Advisory Council on Children and Families composition to remove minimum requirements for child care professionals and attorneys, while limiting council members receiving income from agencies providing child welfare or mental health services to no more than half the membership effective October 1, 2014.

• Expands the Department of Children and Families' authority to disclose confidential records to the Department of Social Services for determining suitability for child care payment, promoting child health and safety, and investigating fraud allegations.

• Reduces the timeframe for criminal history records checks from fifteen calendar days to five calendar days after a name-based search is performed for persons residing in foster care homes.

• Removes references to permanent family residences (sections 17a-154 and 17a-155) from multiple statutes relating to special education funding, foster care placement, and group fishing licenses, with these provisions repealed effective October 1, 2013.

• Requires the Commissioner of Children and Families to provide credit reports obtained for youth in foster care to the youth's attorney or guardian ad litem for review and assistance in resolving inaccuracies related to identity theft.