(a) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Department shall develop and implement a detention risk screening instrument to be used to determine, based on the risk level, whether there is: (1) Probable cause to believe that a child will pose a risk to public safety if released to the community prior to the court hearing or disposition, or (2) a need to hold the child in order to ensure the child's appearance before the court or compliance with the court process, as demonstrated by the child's previous failure to respond to the court process. Such instrument shall be used when assessing whether a child should be detained pursuant to section 46b-133. Any detention risk screening shall be subject to the protections of subsection (k) of section 46b-124.
(b) When a child is presented before the court and it appears from the available facts there is probable cause to believe the child has violated a valid court order, the court, after administering the detention risk screening instrument, may order the child to participate in nonresidential programs for intensive wraparound services, community-based residential services for short-term respite or other services and interventions the court deems appropriate.
(P.A. 16-147, S. 2; P.A. 17-99, S. 41; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 149; P.A. 18-31, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 16-147 effective June 10, 2016; P.A. 17-99 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “subsection (l) of section 46b-124” with “subsection (k) of section 46b-124”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “detention screening” with “detention risk screening” in Subsec. (a), effective October 31, 2017; P.A. 18-31 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or compliance with the court process” in Subdiv. (2) and replacing “detention risk assessment” with “detention risk screening”, effective July 1, 2018.