Sec.17a-11-17. Voluntary services hearing

(a) The department shall conduct a Voluntary Services Hearing when admission to the voluntary services program is denied and the parent or guardian of a child under the age of fourteen or a child age fourteen or more or a youth or the attorney for such child or youth requests a Voluntary Services Hearing. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) The department shall conduct a Voluntary Services Hearing when admission to the voluntary services program is terminated and the parent or guardian of a child under the age of fourteen or a child age fourteen or more or a youth or the attorney for such child or youth requests a Voluntary Services Hearing and a petition pursuant to section 17a-11-15 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies has not been filed in the probate court. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(c) The issue at the voluntary services hearing shall be whether the department properly applied the admissions criteria set forth in section 17a-11-7, the admission restrictions set forth in section 17a-11-8 or the provisions for termination of services set forth in section 17a-11-12 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(Adopted effective September 26, 2001)