Bill Text: CT SB00959 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Transition Of Youth From The Department Of Children And Families To The Department Of Mental Health And Addiction Services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-08 - Senate Recommitted to Human Services [SB00959 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00959-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 959 | ||
January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 2965 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Human Services |
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Introduced by: |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRANSITION OF YOUTH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) (a) On or before July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the Commissioners of Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall, within existing budgetary resources, jointly report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the Behavioral Health Partnership Oversight Council, established pursuant to section 17a-22j of the general statutes, and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children on the transition process for any child or youth transitioning from the Department of Children and Families to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. For purposes of this section: (1) "Child" means any person under sixteen years of age; and (2) "youth" means any person sixteen years of age or older.
(b) The report shall include:
(1) A detailed description of such process;
(2) (A) The number of children and youth in the care of the Department of Children and Families who are fourteen years of age or older and who may require services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services upon reaching age eighteen, (B) the diagnostic and behavioral issues related to the reason for potential referral to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (C) the anticipated service needs of such children and youth through age twenty-one, (D) the identified permanency plans, and (E) the anticipated budget implications for each department for two years following the date of the report;
(3) For youth described in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (2) of this subsection, (A) the average length of time between the youth's sixteenth birthday and the date of referral to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (B) the average length of time between the date of referral and the date of acceptance for services by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (C) the average length of time between referral and completion of a written transition plan that describes the youth's strengths and service needs necessary for transition to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (D) the number of such youth in residential treatment or in psychiatric hospitals who are in discharge delay status, (E) the placement settings of such youth, (F) the identified permanency plans, and (G) the number of such youth who have been (i) adjudicated delinquent, (ii) arrested as adults, or (iii) incarcerated in a facility operated by the Department of Correction, and the average length of incarceration;
(4) The number of youth referred by the Department of Children and Families who were denied services by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and the reasons for such denials; and
(5) For youth referred by the Department of Children and Families who were accepted for services by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, (A) the average length of time between the youth's eighteenth birthday and placement in a clinically appropriate level of care, (B) the number receiving services through young adult services division of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and the services provided, (C) the number receiving services through other divisions of the department and the services provided, (D) the number who refuse, withdraw or are discharged, and the average length of time between acceptance and refusal, withdrawal or discharge, and (E) the number arrested or incarcerated prior to their twenty-first birthday.
(c) In addition to the information required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioners of Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services shall jointly review and include in the report any barriers to: (1) Referring no later than thirty days after their sixteenth birthday all youth who are in the care of the Department of Children and Families, and who may require services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; (2) completing an eligibility determination no later than thirty days after the date of referral for all such youth; (3) developing appropriate transition plans no later than thirty days after a determination that a youth will be accepted for services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; (4) providing clinically appropriate services to youth in the care of the Department of Children and Families who may later be referred to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services; and (5) providing clinically appropriate services to young adults upon transition to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide services to each youth who has been directly referred to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and has been accepted to receive services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services until such time as the Commissioners of Children and Families and Mental Health and Addiction Services agree that all elements of the youth's transition plan that directly relate to the youth making a safe and therapeutic transition between the departments have been successfully completed. For purposes of this section, "youth" means any person sixteen years of age or older.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
from passage |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that youth successfully transition between the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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