CT SB00316

Establishes a task force to study strategies for improving relationships between licensed child care facilities and residents of surrounding municipalities, effective July 1, 2018.

Task force shall examine timely reporting of missing residents to police, notification procedures to municipalities, establishment of a hotline for reporting facility problems, warrant searches for placement candidates, personnel training requirements, and reduction of police and ambulance service utilization.

Task force composition includes seven members: two appointed by House speaker (facility director and police officer), two by Senate president pro tempore (emergency medical services expert and Connecticut Conference of Municipalities representative), two by Senate minority leader (municipal chief executive and Connecticut Council of Small Towns representative), and the Commissioner of Children and Families or designee.

All appointments must be made within thirty days of the effective date, with first meeting scheduled within sixty days.

Task force must submit findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee on children by October 1, 2019, at which time the task force terminates.