Sec. 17a-44. (Formerly Sec. 17-444b). Status of photo-listed children. Referral to national adoption exchanges. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-44. (Formerly Sec. 17-444b). Status of photo-listed children. Referral to national adoption exchanges. (a) The photo-listing service shall quarterly check the status of photo-listed children for whom inquiries have been received. Periodic checks shall be made by such service to determine the progress toward adoption of such children and the status of those children registered but never photo-listed because of placement in a preadoptive or adoptive home prior to or at the time of registration.

      (b) The commissioner shall refer appropriate children to national adoption exchanges when an adoptive family has not been identified within one hundred eighty days of the termination of the parental rights. The commissioner shall establish criteria by which a determination may be made that a referral to national exchanges is not necessary, and the commissioner shall monitor the status of those children not referred.

      (P.A. 77-379, S. 3; P.A. 00-137, S. 8; P.A. 01-159, S. 1.)

      History: Sec. 17-444b transferred to Sec. 17a-44 in 1991; P.A. 00-137 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re referral of appropriate children to national adoption exchanges; P.A. 01-159 amended Subsec. (a) by changing "semiannually" to "quarterly" and adding "a preadoptive or" before "adoptive home".