Connecticut § 18-69a - Placement of children born to detained women.

§ 18-69a. Placement of children born to detained women.

Sec. 18-69a. Placement of children born to detained women. The warden of the York Correctional Institution, subject to the same conditions as provided in section 18-69, shall establish regulations in cooperation with the Department of Children and Families for the placing of children born to women who are being detained at the York Correctional Institution, awaiting disposition of pending charges, or have been committed to the Commissioner of Correction for a term of one year or less, in order that an infant may be placed directly from the facility where such infant was delivered.

(1971, P.A. 398, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 82-43, S. 7; P.A. 87-282, S. 11; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 15-14, S. 34.)

History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department with department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services department with department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-43 replaced “child welfare services” of human resources department with department of children and youth services; P.A. 87-282 substituted “warden” for “superintendent”; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 15-14 made technical changes.