{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-450c","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-450c","heading":"Employment applicants and volunteers required to submit to state criminal background check and check of state child abuse and neglect registries.","body":"The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall require that each applicant for an employment or volunteer position in the department submit to a state criminal background check, a check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k and a check of the Department of Developmental Services abuse or neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-247b. In addition, the commissioner may require that any applicant for an employment or volunteer position in the department, who has resided outside this state submit to a national criminal background check. No applicant shall be hired or placed in a volunteer position by the department until the results of such checks are available.","path":["TITLE 17a. SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RESOURCES","CHAPTER 319i*. PERSONS WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES","PART I*. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES. STATE HOSPITALS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319i.htm#sec_17a-450c","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:02Z","sha256":"fbd39d035d7ba356677ea151329b742622b001ede11861fdccc8b59b175c633e","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-450b","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-451"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}