The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 setting forth standards for licensing of child-placing agencies, as defined in section 17a-93. Such regulations shall (1) set minimum standards for homes in which children may be placed, (2) require that a child-placing agency have a minimum of two staff persons who are qualified by a combination of education and work experience, and (3) require that a child-placing agency be a nonprofit organization qualified as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended.

(P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-580, S. 2; P.A. 77-524, S. 2; 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 79-631, S. 73, 111; P.A. 84-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-211, S. 30; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 96-194, S. 10; P.A. 17-81, S. 9; P.A. 17-81, S. 9.)

History: P.A. 75-420 allowed substitution of social services commissioner for welfare commissioner in P.A. 75-580 which created section; P.A. 77-524 added Subsec. (c); P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-631 replaced human resources commissioner with commissioner of children and youth services; P.A. 84-131 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the requirements on staffing and nonprofit status; P.A. 89-211 clarified reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; Sec. 17-49b transferred to Sec. 17a-150 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. 96-194 deleted obsolete language, deleted references to placement on a “temporary basis” and deleted Subsec. (c) which had exempted host home families from provisions of section; P.A. 17-81 deleted Subsec. (a) designator, deleted former Subsec. (b) re regulations providing minimum standards for homes, added references to child-placing agency, added provision re regulations to set minimum standards for homes, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2017.