Connecticut law requires yearly reports on child and behavioral health services

The Department of Children and Families must send lawmakers a yearly report about its work. The report covers the department’s work during the previous fiscal year, including service use, sibling visits, facilities, family support, contracted providers, foster care, grants, and youth diverted from court and juvenile justice systems. The report must not include information that identifies a person. The first report is due by October 15, 2027, and another is due each year after that. This duty takes effect July 1, 2026.

The commissioners of Children and Families, Social Services, and Mental Health and Addiction Services must evaluate the Behavioral Health Partnership and report to lawmakers. The report covers behavioral health services through the partnership, agency collaboration, people served, program results, spending for children and adults, and any estimated savings. The report is due by October 1, 2026, and yearly after that. This duty takes effect July 1, 2026.

The Data Link Connecticut executive board must report on disconnected youth. The report goes to legislative committees responsible for education, children, courts, labor, human services, public health, and state spending. “Disconnected youth” has the meaning given in the cited public act, as amended. The board must use the data model set out in the agreement on research about disconnected youth in Connecticut. The first report is due by July 1, 2027, and reports are due every two years after that. This duty takes effect October 1, 2026.