(a) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall have general supervision over the welfare of children who require the care and protection of the state.
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall furnish protective services or provide and pay, wholly or in part, for the care and protection of children other than those committed by the Superior Court whom the commissioner finds in need of such care and protection from the state, and such payments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (l) of section 46b-129, provided the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be responsible for billing and collecting such sums as are determined to be owing and due from the parent of the noncommitted child in accordance with section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of section 17b-223.
(c) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt such procedures as the commissioner may find necessary and proper to assure the adequate care, health and safety of children under the commissioner's care and general supervision.
(d) The Commissioner of Children and Families may provide temporary emergency care for any child whom the commissioner deems to be in need thereof.
(e) The Commissioner of Children and Families may provide care for children in the commissioner's guardianship through the resources of appropriate voluntary agencies.
(f) Whenever requested to do so by the Superior Court, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide protective supervision to children.
(g) The Commissioner of Children and Families may make reciprocal agreements with other states and with agencies outside the state in matters relating to the supervision of the welfare of children.
(1949 Rev., S. 2630; 1953, 1955, S. 1462d; February, 1965, P.A. 488, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 707; 1971, P.A. 281; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 76-436, S. 483, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 71, 521, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 51, 111; P.A. 82-43, S. 3; P.A. 87-421, S. 2, 13; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 98-241, S. 11; P.A. 06-196, S. 237; P.A. 14-187, S. 16.)
History: 1965 act added Subsecs. (d) to (g) and “protective services” to Subsec. (a) and deleted provisions re correcting abuses in institutions; 1967 act made Subsec. (b) mandatory; 1971 act substituted Subsec. (e) for Subsec. (d) of Sec. 17-62, added proviso re determination of portion of cost to be borne by parent and made central collections division responsible for billing and collecting sums owing and due; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 76-436 replaced juvenile court with superior court in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-614 replaced central collections division of department of finance and control with department of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human resources; P.A. 79-631 replaced commissioner of human resources with commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 82-43 made children and youth services commissioner rather than human resources commissioner responsible for determining sums owed and due in Subsec. (b); P.A. 87-421 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting determination of sums in accordance with Sec. 4-68a and Sec. 17-295(b) for determination by the commissioner of children and youth services; Sec. 17-32 transferred to Sec. 17a-90 in 1991; 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. 98-241 amended Subsec. (b) by changing reference from Subsec. (f) to Subsec. (d) of Sec. 46b-129; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 14-187 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing reference to regulations with reference to procedures, effective June 11, 2014.
Annotations to former section 17-32:
Cited. 25 CA 563.
Cited. 30 CS 316.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 238 C. 146.
Cited. 33 CA 673; 45 CA 508.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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4 in the last 5 years), 1992–2025 · leading case:
Walsh v. Jodoin, 925 A.2d 1086 (Conn. 2007).
Walsh v. Jodoin, 925 A.2d 1086 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 14× “hteen years or as otherwise provided in this subsection, to any parent of any patient or person being supported by the state, wholly or in part, in a state humane institution, or under any welfare program administered by the Department of Social Services, as the court or family…”
Hunte v. Blumenthal, 680 A.2d 1231 (Conn. 1996).
· cites it 6× “Nothing prevents the department from enacting regulations, pur *156 suant to General Statutes § 17a-90 (c), 12 that specify the hour at which a child must go to bed, that limit the amount of television a child may watch or that restrict the hours a child may spend in the pool.”
Teresa T. v. Ragaglia, 865 A.2d 428 (Conn. 2005).
· cites it 2× “The District Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ procedural due process claims on the ground that the Connecticut child protection statutes, General Statutes § 17a-90 et seq., do not “create a constitutionally enforceable right to child protective services subject to due process…”
Williams v. Ragaglia, 802 A.2d 778 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 2× “, General Statutes § 17a-90 (a) (granting commissioner “general supervision over the welfare of children who require care and protection of the state”); General Statutes § 17a-101g (authorizing department to investigate allegations of child abuse).”
Caron v. Adams, 638 A.2d 1073 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994).
· cites it 3× “The commissioner of children and youth services shall thereupon assume all liability and responsibility for such children; and exercise such powers, duties and functions regarding such children, as the commissioner of social services in his capacity as guardian may now or…”
State v. AFSCME, Council 4, Local 2663, 758 A.2d 387 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 17a-90 (a) establishes that the commissioner “shall have general supervision over the welfare of children who require the care and protection of the state.”
State v. O'Brien, 618 A.2d 50 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 17a-90 et seq. There is no reason to conclude that the remark attributed to the DCYS social worker, however ill-timed, was intended to affect the witness’ contemplated testimony.”
Fetto v. Sergi, 181 F. Supp. 2d 53 (D. Conn. 2001).
“Section 17a-90(b)-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies sets forth the application procedure for the NCTP, which involved contacting the DCF office servicing the applicant’s town of residence, submission of certain written reports, a financial affidavit, and a…”
Comm'r of Soc. Servs. v. Zarnetski, 168 A.3d 646 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
“ily support magistrate assigned to the judicial district in IV-D support cases should not enter judgment for support of the child by payment of a periodic sum until the child attains the age of eighteen years or as otherwise provided in this subsection, together with provision…”
In re Elisabeth H., 696 A.2d 1291 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997).
· cites it 2× “” The commissioner of children and families, pursuant to General Statutes § 17a-90 (b), is authorized to provide “protective services .”
Zweig v. Marvelwood Sch., 252 A.3d 367 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021).
· cites it 2× “2d 387 (court relied on public policy underlying General Statutes §§ 17a-90 (a), 17a- 101 (a), 17a-114 (b), and 17a-115 in considering authority of commissioner to terminate Department of Children and Families employee convicted of drug offenses), cert.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-90(b): 1 case
Fetto v. Sergi, 181 F. Supp. 2d 53 (D. Conn. 2001).
“Section 17a-90(b)-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies sets forth the application procedure for the NCTP, which involved contacting the DCF office servicing the applicant’s town of residence, submission of certain written reports, a financial affidavit, and a…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-90(c): 1 case
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