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  Administrative Hearings

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Introduction

Responsibility for Administrative Hearings Administrative hearings are conducted by the Administrative Hearings Unit, an objective, non-partisan element of the Division of Quality Assurance.

The Administrative Hearings Unit is responsible for

•the hearing of a client's disagreement with the Department's plan for treatment or willingness to fund specific programs or placements, and

•affording that client the right to due process.
Definition Due process provides the client notice of a proposed action and a right to be heard within a timely manner.
Types of Hearings The Administrative Hearings Unit is responsible for the scheduling and conduct of administrative hearings relative to

•fair hearing matters involving monetary issues and the non-committed treatment program(s) available to certain children and youth

•treatment plan issues defined by the parent, child or guardian

•licensing action matters initiated by the Licensing Unit

•rate-setting conflicts as a result of rate determinations of the Division of Private Provider Financial Services

•out-of-state placements of youth contesting such proposed placements for therapeutic reasons or lack of appropriate in-state resources

•removal of children from a foster home under specific circumstances and criteria as defined in Department regulations

•parole revocations concerning youth who have been adjudicated "delinquent" who may also be committed as neglected and uncared for under Department and Juvenile Court definition.

In addition, adoption subsidy financial matters and issues of dispute by adoptive parents fall within the responsibility of the Administrative Hearings Unit under the auspices of the Adoption Subsidy Review Board, as governed by statute and regulation.
Assistance to Regional Offices Regional office and institutional staff are invited and encouraged to request direction in actions involving approval/denial/rights/procedures relative to the administrative hearings process whenever ambiguity in interpretation exists or an exact interpretation and application of law is questionable.

Connecticut Department of Children and Families Issued: March 1, 1994