Connecticut § 4-68y - Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports.

§ 4-68y. Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports.

Sec. 4-68y. Disproportionate minority contact: Definitions, reports. Not later than September 30, 2011, and biennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Chief State's Attorney, the Chief Public Defender, the Chief Court Administrator and the Police Officer Standards and Training Council shall submit a report, on behalf of the respective department, division, office or council, to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management on the plans established by the department, division, office or council to address disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system and the steps taken to implement those plans during the previous two fiscal years. Any reports submitted by the Commissioner of Children and Families and the Chief Court Administrator, or on behalf of any other such department, division, office or council that has responsibility for providing child welfare services, including services in abuse and neglect cases, shall (1) indicate efforts undertaken in the previous two fiscal years to address disproportionate minority contact in the child welfare system, and (2) include an evaluation of the relationship between the child welfare system and disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall compile the submissions and shall submit a report on such submissions, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly not later than December thirty-first biennially. For the purposes of this section, “disproportionate minority contact” means that a disproportionate number of juvenile members of minority groups come into contact with the juvenile justice system.

(P.A. 11-154, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 11-154 effective July 8, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51, S. 134).