Sec. 17a-103a. Telephone hotline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-103a. Telephone hotline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. The Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide a telephone hotline for child abuse that shall be dedicated to receive reports of child abuse. Such hotline shall accept all reports of abuse or neglect regardless of the relationship of the alleged perpetrator to the child who is the alleged victim and regardless of the alleged perpetrator's affiliation with any organization or other entity in any capacity. The commissioner shall classify and evaluate all reports pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-101g.

      (P.A. 97-319, S. 20, 22; P.A. 02-138, S. 17.)

      History: P.A. 97-319 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-138 required the hotline to accept all reports regardless of the alleged perpetrator's relationship to the child and the alleged perpetrator's affiliation with any organization or other entity and required the commissioner to classify and evaluate all reports pursuant to Sec. 17a-101g.