Uniform forms of commitment papers or mittimus shall be used by all authorities throughout the state in the commitment by them of minors to the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families or humane or reformatory institutions. Such forms shall be prepared by the Attorney General, printed at the expense of the state and furnished by the Commissioner of Social Services or his designee. In such forms there shall be stated the following particulars in regard to the minor committed thereby: Name, age or date of birth as exactly as can be determined, and the town or city and state in which born; name, nationality and religious preference of the parents so far as known. The age thus ascertained shall be taken as the true age of such minor with reference to the term of commitment. The authority committing any minor to the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families or the Southbury Training School shall forthwith send a notice of such commitment to the Commissioner of Social Services or his designee in a form approved by him. The provisions of this section shall not apply to commitment papers made pursuant to sections 18-65a or 18-73, which shall be prepared by the Judicial Department.

(1949 Rev., S. 2846; 1955, S. 1588d; 1967, P.A. 118, S. 1; P.A. 74-251, S. 4; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-344, S. 2; 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 91-278, S. 5, 9; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: 1967 act changed name of Mansfield State Training School and Hospital; P.A. 74-251 included commitments to commissioner of children and youth services, deleted reference to commitments to the House of the Good Shepherd and allowed designee to act for welfare commissioner; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-344 replaced provision that Sec. 18-73 unaffected by this section with provision that section does not affect commitment papers pursuant to 18-65a or 18-73 thus clarifying meaning; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 17-14 transferred to Sec. 17-31j in 1979; Sec. 17-31j transferred to Sec. 17-579 in 1991; P.A. 91-278 made technical changes to remove references to Mansfield Training School; 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. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-579 transferred to Sec. 17b-732 in 1995.