Bill Text: CT SB01179 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Removal Of Individuals From The State Child Abuse And Neglect Registry.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate [SB01179 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01179-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE REMOVAL OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE STATE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REGISTRY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) (a) Any individual whose name has been placed on the state child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k of the general statutes may file an application with the Department of Children and Families, on such form as the department prescribes, for removal of such individual's name from the registry. The department shall include in such form a provision that allows the applicant to indicate good cause for removing the applicant's name from the registry. Such good cause may include, but need not be limited to: (1) Rehabilitation of the applicant; (2) the applicant's acceptance of personal responsibility for actions or omissions that resulted in the applicant's name being placed on the registry; (3) a bona fide need for removal of the applicant's name from the registry; and (4) at least two letters in support of the application, each from a competent adult.
(b) Such application may be filed no earlier than five years after the date of the final decision, as defined in section 4-166 of the general statutes, that resulted in the placement of the applicant's name on the registry.
(c) The Commissioner of Children and Families may grant such application upon finding good cause. If the commissioner denies an application filed in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the applicant shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes.
(d) Any applicant whose application is denied after a final decision, as defined in section 4-166 of the general statutes, may reapply in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, without limitation, not less than two years after the date of such final decision. Such application shall indicate good cause that has occurred since the date of the final decision.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
New section |
JUD |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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HS |
Joint Favorable |