Bill Text: CT SB00959 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 959*
*January Session, 2011*		_____SB00959HS____032311____

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 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.