Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-450a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-450a
Sec. 17a-450a. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Successor to the Department of Mental Health and to the addiction services component of the former Department of Public Health and Addiction Services.
Status: repealed

(b) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall constitute a successor department to the addiction services component of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services. Whenever the words “Commissioner of Public Health and Addiction Services” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof and whenever the words “Department of Public Health and Addiction Services” are used or referred to in the following general statutes, the words “Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4a-12 , 17a-670 to 17a-676 , inclusive, 17a-678 to 17a-682 , inclusive, 17a-684 to 17a-687 , inclusive, 17a-691 , 17a-694 , 17a-710 , 17a-712 , 17a-713 , 19a-89c , 20-74o , 20-74p , 20-74q , 21a-274a , 54-36i and 54-56g .

(c) Any order or regulation of the Department of Mental Health or the addiction services component of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services that is in force on July 1, 1995, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law. Where any order or regulation of the departments conflict, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may implement policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of public act 95-257* while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. The policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.

*Note: Public act 95-257 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Consolidation of State-Operated Programs at Fairfield Hills, Norwich and Connecticut Valley Hospitals, Transfer of Addiction Services to the Former Department of Mental Health, Medicaid Waiver and the Office of Health Care Access”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1995” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-278i — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-278i
Sec. 17b-278i. Medical assistance for customized wheelchairs. Definitions. Repairs. Refurbished equipment, parts and components. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, on and after July 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Social Services shall not require a new prescription or prior authorization for the medically necessary repair of a customized wheelchair unless the original prescription for such wheelchair is more than five years old.

(c) The commissioner shall seek any federal approval necessary, including amending the Medicaid state plan or applying for a Medicaid waiver, to implement the provisions of this section.

(d) The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10 , may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided the commissioner posts notice of intent to adopt regulations on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-563 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-563
Sec. 17a-563. (Formerly Sec. 17-242). Appointment of staff.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 18-101f re nondisclosure of certain employee files to person confined at Whiting Forensic Division facility.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-212
Sec. 17a-212. Regulations. Uniform standards and procedures. Protocol.
Status: in_force

(b) Each regional office, following a format developed by the department's central office and taking into account the regulations developed by the commissioner, shall prepare a written protocol to be used in determining which individuals shall receive services and in selecting service providers. The protocol shall be approved by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-238 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-238
Sec. 17b-238. (Formerly Sec. 17-311). State payments to hospitals.
Status: in_force

(b) Any institution or agency to which payments are to be made under sections 17b-239 to 17b-246 , inclusive, and sections 17b-340 and 17b-343 which is aggrieved by any decision of said commissioner may, within ten days after written notice thereof from the commissioner, obtain, by written request to the commissioner, a rehearing on all items of aggrievement. On and after July 1, 1996, a rehearing shall be held by the commissioner or his designee, provided a detailed written description of all such items is filed within ninety days of written notice of the commissioner's decision. The rehearing shall be held within thirty days of the filing of the detailed written description of each specific item of aggrievement. The commissioner shall issue a final decision within sixty days of the close of evidence or the date on which final briefs are filed, whichever occurs later. Any designee of the commissioner who presides over such rehearing shall be impartial and shall not be employed within the Department of Social Services office of certificate of need and rate setting. Any such items not resolved at such rehearing to the satisfaction of either such institution or agency or said commissioner shall be submitted to binding arbitration to an arbitration board consisting of one member appointed by the institution or agency, one member appointed by the commissioner and one member appointed by the Chief Court Administrator from among the retired judges of the Superior Court, which retired judge shall be compensated for his services on such board in the same manner as a state referee is compensated for his services under section 52-434 . The proceedings of the arbitration board and any decisions rendered by such board shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 USC 1396, as amended from time to time, and chapter 54.

(c) The submission of any false or misleading fiscal information or data to said commissioner shall be grounds for suspension of payments by the state under sections 17b-239 to 17b-246 , inclusive, and sections 17b-340 and 17b-343 in accordance with regulations adopted by said commissioner. In addition, any person, including any corporation, who knowingly makes or causes to be made any false or misleading statement or who knowingly submits false or misleading fiscal information or data on the forms approved by the commissioner shall be guilty of a class D felony.

(d) Said commissioner, or any agent authorized by the commissioner to conduct any inquiry, investigation or hearing under the provisions of this section, shall have power to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. At any hearing ordered by the commissioner, the commissioner or such agent having authority by law to issue such process may subpoena witnesses and require the production of records, papers and documents pertinent to such inquiry. If any person disobeys such process or, having appeared in obedience thereto, refuses to answer any pertinent question put to him by the commissioner or his authorized agent or to produce any records and papers pursuant thereto, the commissioner or his agent may apply to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford or for the judicial district wherein the person resides or wherein the business has been conducted, or to any judge of said court if the same is not in session, setting forth such disobedience to process or refusal to answer, and said court or such judge shall cite such person to appear before said court or such judge to answer such question or to produce such records and papers.

See Sec. 19a-630 for applicable definitions.

Annotations to former section 17-311:

Cited. 42 CS 348; Id., 558.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 242 C. 345.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-151 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319a / Section 17a-151
Sec. 17a-151. (Formerly Sec. 17-50). Investigation. Issuance of license or provisional license. Revocation, suspension or limitation of license. Appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) The criminal history records checks required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a .

Annotation to former section 17-50:

Cited. 214 C. 560.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-3b — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-3b
Sec. 17a-3b. Administrative unit for oversight of education of children residing in juvenile justice facilities and incarcerated children.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or his or her designee, shall:

(1) Have the power to employ and dismiss staff as necessary to carry out the intent of this section and to pay their salaries;

(2) Develop and review quarterly reports, which shall be available to the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee established pursuant to section 46b-121n , on academic performance, school discipline, attendance and other similar issues concerning students educated under the oversight of the unit;

(3) Have the power to contract with providers of educational services for compilation, at least semiannually, of performance data to ensure that reporting measures are tailored to experiences of students in short and long-term placements in juvenile justice facilities;

(4) Require providers of educational services to develop partnerships and programs with local educational agencies, private educational providers and local industries and businesses;

(5) Report student performance data, attendance and rates of participation for all education programs and document transition activities and outcomes and collaborations with community service providers and parents to the Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee established pursuant to section 46b-121n ;

(6) (A) Ensure that students have access to earn credits toward high school graduation and have access to arts and career and technical education courses, state-wide and college preparatory testing, and (B) provide alternative options for high school equivalency certificates for students who are twenty years of age or older with insufficient credits to meet graduation requirements pursuant to section 10-221a ; and

(7) Enable students to have access to web-based content including credit recovery programs to allow students to earn a credit for a course he or she did not satisfactorily complete.

(c) The commissioner may employ within the unit transition specialists whose primary responsibility is to facilitate the successful transition of children from their communities to secure facilities and then back to their local educational program upon release. Transition specialists shall:

(1) Collaborate with local and regional boards of education, governing councils of a state or local charter school, interdistrict magnet school operators and agencies that serve the needs of children, employers and other community supports for reentry to plan and manage successful transitions between the unit, the student's previous school and the school the student will enroll in upon leaving the oversight of the unit;

(2) Manage and track the educational credits of a student who is in an out-of-home placement and document the success of a placement following a student's reentry into his or her community; and

(3) Be responsible for communicating with the reentry coordinators who appear on a list pursuant to section 10-253a , whose primary responsibility is to support educational success in students returning to the community from juvenile justice system custody and who shall ensure all information regarding the education of a child under the oversight of the unit is communicated to the school the student will enroll in upon leaving juvenile justice system custody.

(d) The unit shall ensure that the school the student will enroll in, after the unit's obligation to provide services to the student ends, provides services and supports that maximize the student's success.

(e) (1) The unit shall employ a uniform system of state-wide electronic record transfers for maintaining and sharing educational records for any child who resides in a juvenile justice facility and any incarcerated child in an educational program to be overseen by a directory manager as designated by the commissioner. Such system shall be aligned with recommendations by the Individualized Education Program Advisory Council established pursuant to section 10-76nn .

(2) Educational records of any child who resides in a juvenile justice facility and any incarcerated child in an educational program to be overseen by a directory manager as designated by the commissioner shall be disclosed to the department upon request, in accordance with the department's status as a state educational authority pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 USC 1232g, as amended from time to time.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-818 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319l / Section 17a-818
Sec. 17a-818. (Formerly Sec. 10-303). Food service facilities and vending stands in public buildings controlled by Department of Aging and Disability Services. Permissible uses of vending machine income.
Status: in_force

(b) Pursuant to the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Stand Act, 49 Stat. 1559 (1936), 20 USC 107, as amended from time to time, the Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to maintain a nonlapsing account and to accrue interest thereon for federal vending machine income which, in accordance with federal regulations, shall be used for the payment of fringe benefits to the vending facility operators by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

(c) The Department of Aging and Disability Services may maintain a nonlapsing account and accrue interest thereon for state and local vending machine income which shall be used for the payment of fringe benefits, training and support to vending facilities operators, to provide entrepreneurial and independent-living training and equipment to children who are blind or visually impaired and adults who are blind and for other vocational rehabilitation programs and services for adults who are blind.

(d) The Department of Aging and Disability Services may disburse state and local vending machine income to student or client activity funds, as defined in section 4-52 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-179 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-179
Sec. 17b-179. (Formerly Sec. 17-578). Office of Child Support Services. Duties. Determination of parents' financial liability. Use of unemployment compensation for child support obligations. Recovery of costs. Fees. Electronic funds transfer and debit card access for support payments. Regulations. Annual report to General Assembly re child support enforcement program.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Social Services shall investigate the financial condition of the parent or parents of: (A) Any child applying for or receiving assistance under (i) the temporary family assistance program pursuant to section 17b-112 , which may be referred to as “TFA” for the purposes of this section, or (ii) the Medicaid program pursuant to section 17b-261 , (B) any child seeking IV-D child support enforcement services pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (h) of this section, and (C) any child committed to the care of the Commissioner of Children and Families who is receiving payments in the foster care program and for whom a referral to the Office of Child Support Services is made under section 46b-130 , and shall determine the financial liability of such parent or parents for the child.

(2) The Office of Child Support Services may, upon notice to the obligor and obligee, redirect payments for the support of all such children to either the state of Connecticut or the present custodial party, as their interests may appear, provided neither the obligor nor the obligee objects in writing within ten business days from the mailing date of such notice. Any such notice shall be sent by first class mail to the most recent address of such obligor and obligee, as recorded in the state case registry pursuant to section 46b-218 , and a copy of such notice shall be filed with the court or family support magistrate if both the obligor and obligee fail to object to the redirected payments within ten business days from the mailing date of such notice. All payments shall be distributed as required by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act.

(3) Notwithstanding subdivision (2) of this subsection or subparagraph (F) of subdivision (1) of subsection (u) of section 46b-231 , the Office of Child Support Services or a support enforcement agency under cooperative agreement with the Office of Child Support Services shall redirect payments for the support of children described in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (C) of subdivision (1) of this subsection to the state of Connecticut effective on the date of the assistance grant. Upon such redirection, the Office of Child Support Services or support enforcement agency shall notify the obligor and obligee as described in subdivision (2) of this subsection if assistance is being received by a new custodial party on behalf of such child and, if an objection to redirection is received in accordance with said subdivision (2), shall refund to the obligee of the support order any money retained by the state during the period of redirection that is due such obligee.

(c) The Office of Child Support Services shall enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of the Judicial Branch and law enforcement officials to assist in administering the child support enforcement plan and with respect to other matters of common concern in the area of child support enforcement. Officers of the Judicial Branch and law enforcement officials authorized and required to enter into cooperative agreements with the Office of Child Support Services include, but are not limited to, officials of the Superior Court and the office of the Attorney General. Such cooperative agreements shall contain performance standards to address the mandatory provisions of both state and federal laws and federal regulations concerning child support.

(d) The Office of Child Support Services shall have authority to determine on a periodic basis whether any individuals who owe child support obligations are receiving unemployment compensation. In IV-D cases, the office may authorize the collection of any such obligations owed by an individual receiving unemployment compensation through an agreement with the individual or a court order pursuant to section 52-362 , under which a portion of the individual's unemployment compensation is withheld and forwarded to the state acting by and through the IV-D agency. As used in this section, “unemployment compensation” means any compensation payable under chapter 567, including amounts payable by the administrator of the unemployment compensation law pursuant to an agreement under any federal law providing for compensation, assistance or allowances with respect to unemployment.

(e) The Office of Child Support Services shall enter into purchase of service agreements with other state officials, departments and agencies which do not have judicial or law enforcement authority, including, but not limited to, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, to assist in administering the child support enforcement plan. The Office of Child Support Services shall have authority to enter into such agreements with the Labor Commissioner and to withhold unemployment compensation pursuant to subsection (d) of this section and section 31-227 .

(f) The Office of Child Support Services shall have the sole responsibility to make referrals to the federal Parent Locator Service established pursuant to 88 Stat. 2353 (1975), 42 USC 653, as amended, for the purpose of locating deserting parents.

(g) The Office of Child Support Services shall have the sole responsibility to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for needed program legislation to ensure implementation of Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, as amended.

(h) (1) The Office of Child Support Services shall provide, or arrange to provide through one or more of the state officials, departments and agencies, the same services for obtaining and enforcing child support orders in cases in which children are not beneficiaries of TFA, Medicaid or foster care as in cases where children are the beneficiaries of TFA, Medicaid or foster care. Such services shall also be made available to residents of other states on the same terms as to residents of this state. Support services in cases other than TFA, Medicaid or foster care will be provided upon application to the Office of Child Support Services by the person seeking to enforce a child support obligation and the payment of an application fee, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (i) of this section.

(2) In addition to the application fee, the Office of Child Support Services may assess costs incurred for the establishment, enforcement or modification of a support order in cases other than TFA, Medicaid or foster care. Such assessment shall be based on a fee schedule adopted by the Department of Social Services pursuant to chapter 54. The fee schedule to be charged in such cases shall be made available to any individual upon request. The Office of Child Support Services shall adopt procedures for the notification of Superior Court judges and family support magistrates when a fee has been assessed upon an obligee for support services and a Superior Court judge or a family support magistrate shall order the obligor to pay any such assessment to the Office of Child Support Services. In cases where such order is not entered, the obligee shall pay an amount based on a sliding scale not to exceed the obligee's ability to pay. The Department of Social Services shall adopt such sliding scale pursuant to chapter 54.

(3) The Office of Child Support Services shall also, in the case of an individual who never received temporary assistance for needy families and for whom the state has collected at least five hundred fifty dollars of support in a one-year period, impose an annual fee of thirty-five dollars for each case in which services are furnished. The annual fee shall be (A) retained by the state from the support collected on behalf of the individual, but not from the first five hundred fifty dollars collected, (B) paid by the individual applying for the services, (C) recovered from the noncustodial parent, or (D) paid by the state.

(i) In child support cases other than TFA, Medicaid or foster care, the state shall impose an application fee in an amount necessary to comply with federal law and regulations under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, which fee shall be paid by the state. The amount of such fee shall be established by regulations adopted, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, by the Commissioner of Social Services and shall not exceed twenty-five dollars or such higher or lower amount as the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may determine to be appropriate for any fiscal year to reflect increases or decreases in administrative costs. The court in which a child support obligation is sought to be enforced may order the obligor to reimburse the state for such application fee. Recipients of TFA, Medicaid or foster care whose eligibility for aid is terminated shall be entitled to continuation of child support enforcement services without requiring an application or the payment of an application fee.

(j) (1) The Commissioner of Social Services may accept for deposit in the General Fund all allotments of federal funds, and shall conform to federal requirements necessary for the receipt of federal matching grants that are not prohibited by the general statutes, including, but not limited to, distribution of collected support and operation of an automated centralized collection and disbursement unit, which shall be known as the “State Disbursement Unit”.

(2) The commissioner may implement electronic funds transfer for all support payments processed through the State Disbursement Unit. The commissioner may establish a debit account at a financial institution, as defined in section 469A(d)(1) of the Social Security Act, for any recipient of support payments whose support payments are processed through the State Disbursement Unit and who does not establish and designate an account for the receipt of such payments by electronic funds transfer. Deposits to such account shall be limited to such support payments and accessible solely by means of a debit card that may be used to make purchases at participating retail outlets and obtain cash at automated teller machines. Any fees incurred for the use of such debit card, other than fees prohibited by this subsection or by agreement between the commissioner and the financial institution implementing the debit account, shall be the sole responsibility of the recipient of support payments for whom such account was established.

(3) No debit card system authorized under subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be implemented, and no contract to implement such system may be entered into by the commissioner, unless such system or contract provides that the financial institution holding the debit account: (A) Imposes no charges to recipients of support payments for use of the debit card at (i) a point of sale terminal, or (ii) an automated teller machine, including an automated teller machine outside of the financial institution's network, for withdrawals from the account up to the maximum number of withdrawals specified in such contract; (B) assures the availability of a substantial number of in-network automated teller machines in all regions of the state in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this subdivision; (C) provides the recipient, without fee: (i) An adequate mechanism for promptly determining on and after the date a deposit is made that a deposit has been received and credited to the recipient's account, and (ii) account balance information by telephone or on the financial institution's Internet web site; (D) provides the recipient, without fee, regular written monthly account transaction statements which, at the recipient's option, may be received by mail or on the financial institution's Internet web site; (E) provides to recipient accounts the full protections of Regulation E of the Federal Reserve Board, 12 CFR Part 205, as from time to time amended; (F) to the extent that fees are permitted, prohibits the assessment of fees against recipients that are not assessed by the financial institution against other users of debit cards; and (G) provides customer service to recipients in languages other than English.

(4) The commissioner, or the financial institution if such contract so requires, shall provide the recipient with a notice at the initial issuance of the debit card and at least annually thereafter that conforms to the requirements specified in this subdivision and is limited to the type of debit card account authorized by subdivision (2) of this subsection. The notice shall be in plain language and in an easily readable and understandable format and shall identify (A) all service and penalty fees and their amounts; (B) the procedure for reporting and replacing a lost or stolen debit card and the allocation of liability for its unauthorized use; (C) the procedure for reporting account errors and the allocation of liability for such errors; (D) the procedure for obtaining funds when a debit card is lost or stolen; (E) the possibility, if any, of overdrafts; and (F) other similar consumer information.

(k) Investigators employed by the Department of Social Services shall, pursuant to authority granted to such investigators by the commissioner, make service of any summons, subpoena or citation in IV-D support cases in the Superior Court or in the Family Support Magistrate Division. Investigators at the time of service shall coordinate with the clerk of the Superior Court and the assistant clerk of the Family Support Magistrate Division in setting a date for appearance before the court. When serving process issued by such court, the date for such appearance before the court shall be not less than twelve days from the date of service.

(l) The Office of Child Support Services shall arrange to provide a single centralized automated system for the reporting of collections on all accounts established for the collection of all IV-D support orders. Such reporting shall be made available to the Family Support Magistrate Division and to all state agencies which have a cooperative agreement with the IV-D agency. Such automated system shall include a state case registry which complies with federal law and regulations. The state case registry shall contain information on each support order established or modified in this state.

(m) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which shall establish performance standards to address the mandatory provisions of both state and federal laws and federal regulations concerning child support as well as establish additional standards that may be deemed necessary in order to enhance child support enforcement.

(n) Each year, on or before April first, the IV-D agency, in accordance with section 11-4a , shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the judiciary and human services an assessment report on the administration and performance of the child support enforcement program during the preceding federal fiscal year. Such report may be submitted in electronic form.

Cited. 37 CA 105.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-683 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-683
Sec. 17a-683. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126c). Police assistance for intoxicated persons. Protective custody of person incapacitated by alcohol. Medical examination. Detention and release. Notification to family. Assistance for nonadmitted person.
Status: in_force

(b) Any police officer finding a person who appears to be incapacitated by alcohol shall take him into protective custody and have him brought forthwith to a treatment facility which provides medical triage in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-495 or to a hospital. The police, in detaining the person and in having him brought forthwith to such a treatment facility or a hospital, shall be taking him into protective custody and shall make every reasonable effort to protect his health and safety. In taking the person into protective custody, the detaining officer may take reasonable steps to protect himself. A taking into protective custody under this section is not an arrest. No entry or other record shall be made to indicate that the person has been arrested or charged with a crime. For purposes of this section “medical triage” means a service which provides immediate assessment of symptoms of substance abuse, the immediate care and treatment of these symptoms as necessary, a determination of need for treatment, and assistance in attaining appropriate continued treatment.

(c) A person who is brought to a treatment facility which provides medical triage in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-495 or to a hospital shall be examined by a medical officer or his designee as soon as possible. The medical officer shall determine whether the person requires inpatient treatment based upon the medical examination of the person and upon a finding that the person is incapacitated by alcohol.

(d) If the medical officer determines that the person requires inpatient treatment, the person shall be (1) admitted to, referred to or detained at a treatment facility that provides medical treatment for detoxification or a hospital, or (2) committed to a treatment facility operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for emergency treatment pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-684 . A person treated under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be admitted as a voluntary patient, or, if necessary, detained for necessary treatment. If such person is referred to another treatment facility or another hospital, the referring facility or hospital shall arrange for his transportation.

(e) Any person admitted or detained as a patient under subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section shall be released once he is no longer incapacitated by alcohol or within forty-eight hours, whichever is shorter, unless he consents to further medical evaluation or treatment.

(f) If a patient is admitted to a treatment facility or hospital, his family or next of kin shall, unless prohibited by federal law, be notified as promptly as possible. If a patient who is not incapacitated by alcohol requests that there be no notification, his request shall be respected.

(g) A person who is not admitted to a treatment facility or a hospital, is not referred to another treatment facility or hospital and has no funds may be taken to his home, if any. If he has no home, the facility shall assist him in obtaining shelter.

Section is plain and unambiguous and involves police officer's discretionary act of determining whether a person is intoxicated or incapacitated by alcohol or if something else is wrong with person, and “identifiable person-imminent harm” exception to governmental immunity is not applicable to officer's acts. 116 CA 849.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-261m — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-261m
Sec. 17b-261m. Administrative services organization. Contract for services. Establishment of rates.
Status: in_force

(b) Any contract entered into with an administrative services organization, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall include a provision to reduce inappropriate use of hospital emergency department services, which may include a cost-sharing requirement and intensive care management services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-247c — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-247c
Sec. 17a-247c. Prohibition on hiring persons on registry. Notice to employers.
Status: in_force

(b) The department shall, on at least a semiannual basis, issue a notice to employers containing the name of each former employee placed on the registry and the identifying information pertaining to such former employee as provided in subsection (d) of section 17a-247b .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-706a — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319pp / Section 17b-706a
Sec. 17b-706a. Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council. Membership. Duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(2) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(3) The Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare Advocate's designee;

(4) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee;

(5) Three appointed by the Governor one of whom shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with developmental disabilities, one of whom shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with physical disabilities, and one of whom shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of elderly consumers;

(6) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with developmental disabilities;

(7) One appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with physical disabilities;

(8) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of elderly consumers;

(9) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with developmental disabilities;

(10) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of consumers with physical disabilities; and

(11) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate who shall be a member of an organization representing the interests of elderly consumers.

(b) All initial appointments to the council shall be made not later than August 1, 2012. The chairperson of the council shall be appointed by the Governor from among its members. The chairperson shall convene the first meeting of the council not later than September 1, 2012. Members of the council shall serve coterminously and at the pleasure of the appointing authority in accordance with section 4-1a . A majority of the members of the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Members of the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall receive no compensation for their service but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in performance of their duties. The council shall be within the Department of Social Services for administrative purposes only.

(c) The Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall have the following duties and responsibilities relating to personal care attendants: (1) Study issues relating to the recruitment, retention and adequacy of personal care attendants; and (2) develop a plan to improve the quality, stability and availability of personal care attendants by (A) developing a means to identify and recruit personal care attendants, (B) developing training and educational opportunities for personal care attendants and consumers, (C) developing one or more registries to (i) provide routine, emergency and respite referrals of qualified personal care attendants to consumers and surrogates who are authorized to receive long-term, in-home personal care services by a personal care attendant, (ii) enable consumers and surrogates to access information about prospective personal care attendants such as their training, educational background and work experience, and (iii) provide appropriate employment opportunities for personal care attendants, and (D) establishing standards for wages, benefits and conditions of employment for personal care attendants.

(d) On or after July 1, 2013, the commissioners of the departments having cognizance of the covered waiver programs shall review the plans recommended by the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The commissioners shall include in budgetary requests submitted to the Office of Policy and Management requests for funding necessary to implement aspects of such plans that meet said commissioners' approval.

(e) (1) For purposes of sections 4-65a and 5-270 and subsection (a) of section 5-278 , the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall be within the executive branch of state government. An organization representing personal care attendants that has been designated by the State Board of Labor Relations, pursuant to section 5-275 or subsection (f) of section 17b-706b , as the exclusive bargaining agent of such personal care attendants, shall have the right to bargain with the state concerning the terms and conditions of participation of personal care attendants in the programs covered by this section and section 17b-706 , including, but not limited to, (A) state reimbursement rates, (B) benefits, (C) payment procedures, (D) contract grievance arbitration, and (E) training, professional development and other requirements and opportunities appropriate for such personal care attendants.

(2) (A) No provision of any agreement or award which may be reached pursuant to collective bargaining between the state and any organization representing personal care attendants shall interfere with the right of a consumer or surrogate to hire, refuse to hire, supervise, direct the activities of, or terminate the employment of any personal care attendant.

(B) In those covered programs where budgets provided to consumers receiving direct support services are allocated using the individual budget methodology, budgets shall be increased to account for additional expenses caused by a contract or award negotiated in accordance with this section which includes increases in wages or benefits.

(f) (1) Not later than October 1, 2012, and monthly thereafter, the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall compile and maintain a registry list of the names and addresses of all personal care attendants who have been paid through the state-funded programs identified in subdivision (1) of section 17b-706 within the previous six calendar months. The list shall not include the name of any consumer, or indicate that a personal care attendant is a relative of a consumer or has the same address as a consumer. Any fiscal intermediary that provides administrative services to the state concerning state-funded programs shall assist and cooperate with said council in compiling and maintaining such list. The Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall utilize such list for the purposes of this section and sections 17b-706b and 17b-706c . Such list shall be a public record, as defined in section 1-200 .

(2) Not later than seven days after receiving a request from an employee organization, as defined in subsection (d) of section 5-270 , that is interested in representing an appropriate unit of personal care attendants, the Personal Care Attendant Workforce Council shall provide to the employee organization the most recent list of personal care attendants compiled pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-218a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-218a
Sec. 17a-218a. Continuing operation of Southbury Training School. Evaluation criteria.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall no longer accept new admissions at the Southbury Training School.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-511 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-511
Sec. 17a-511. (Formerly Sec. 17-193). Transfer of patients by agreement.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who has been voluntarily admitted to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities pursuant to section 17a-506 may, with the informed consent of such person, be transferred to any other hospital for psychiatric disabilities. If that person is subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the transfer shall require the agreement of the superintendents of the respective institutions from and to which it is desired to make the transfer and the approval of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. If that person is under eighteen years of age and subject to the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Children and Families, the transfer shall require the agreement of the superintendents of the respective institutions from and to which it is desired to make the transfer and the approval of the Commissioner of Children and Families. An agreement to transfer under this subsection shall be in writing, executed in triplicate and in accordance with a form prescribed by the Attorney General, which form shall be uniform throughout the state. One copy of the agreement shall be retained in the files of each of the institutions participating in the transfer and one copy shall be provided to the person who has been voluntarily admitted or to that person's authorized representative. A transfer under this subsection shall not affect the person's rights under the voluntary admission.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-701 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-701
Sec. 17a-701. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127j). Modification of sentence or terms of probation prior to completion of treatment program by convicted person.
Status: in_force

(b) A person who has not completed treatment may not be discharged sooner than four days after the Court Support Services Division is notified of the proposed discharge, except that if immediate discharge from treatment is necessary to protect the health or safety of persons in the program or staff of the program, the person may be discharged less than four days after notification with the agreement of the Court Support Services Division.

Annotations to former section 17a-658:

Cited. 223 C. 907; 226 C. 191.

Cited. 27 CA 225.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-59d — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-59d
Sec. 17b-59d. State-wide Health Information Exchange. Established.
Status: in_force

(b) It shall be the goal of the State-wide Health Information Exchange to: (1) Allow real-time, secure access to patient health information and complete medical records across all health care provider settings; (2) provide patients with secure electronic access to their health information in accordance with 45 CFR 171; (3) allow voluntary participation by patients to access their health information at no cost; (4) support care coordination through real-time alerts and timely access to clinical information; (5) reduce costs associated with preventable readmissions, duplicative testing and medical errors; (6) promote the highest level of interoperability; (7) meet all state and federal privacy and security requirements; (8) support public health reporting, quality improvement, academic research and health care delivery and payment reform through data aggregation and analytics; (9) support population health analytics; (10) be standards-based; and (11) provide for broad local governance that (A) includes stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of the Department of Social Services, hospitals, physicians, behavioral health care providers, long-term care providers, health insurers, employers, patients and academic or medical research institutions, and (B) is committed to the successful development and implementation of the State-wide Health Information Exchange.

(c) All contracts or agreements entered into by or on behalf of the state relating to health information technology or the exchange of health information shall be consistent with the goals articulated in subsection (b) of this section and shall utilize contractors, vendors and other partners with a demonstrated commitment to such goals.

(d) (1) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the State Health Information Technology Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 17b-59f , shall, upon the approval by the State Bond Commission of bond funds authorized by the General Assembly for the purposes of establishing a State-wide Health Information Exchange, develop and issue a request for proposals for the development, management and operation of the State-wide Health Information Exchange. Such request shall promote the reuse of any and all enterprise health information technology assets, such as the existing Provider Directory, Enterprise Master Person Index, Direct Secure Messaging Health Information Service provider infrastructure, analytic capabilities and tools that exist in the state or are in the process of being deployed. Any enterprise health information exchange technology assets purchased after June 2, 2016, and prior to the implementation of the State-wide Health Information Exchange shall be capable of interoperability with a State-wide Health Information Exchange.

(2) Such request for proposals may require an eligible organization responding to the request to: (A) Have not less than three years of experience operating either a state-wide health information exchange in any state or a regional exchange serving a population of not less than one million that (i) enables the exchange of patient health information among health care providers, patients and other authorized users without regard to location, source of payment or technology, (ii) includes, with proper consent, behavioral health and substance abuse treatment information, (iii) supports transitions of care and care coordination through real-time health care provider alerts and access to clinical information, (iv) allows health information to follow each patient, (v) allows patients to access and manage their health data, and (vi) has demonstrated success in reducing costs associated with preventable readmissions, duplicative testing or medical errors; (B) be committed to, and demonstrate, a high level of transparency in its governance, decision-making and operations; (C) be capable of providing consulting to ensure effective governance; (D) be regulated or administratively overseen by a state government agency; and (E) have sufficient staff and appropriate expertise and experience to carry out the administrative, operational and financial responsibilities of the State-wide Health Information Exchange.

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, if, on or before January 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the State Health Information Technology Advisory Council, established pursuant to section 17b-59f , submits a plan to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for the establishment of a State-wide Health Information Exchange consistent with subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, and such plan is approved by the secretary, the commissioner may implement such plan and enter into any contracts or agreements to implement such plan.

(f) The Commissioner of Health Strategy shall have administrative authority over the State-wide Health Information Exchange. The commissioner shall be responsible for designating, and posting on its Internet web site, the list of systems, technologies, entities and programs that shall constitute the State-wide Health Information Exchange. Systems, technologies, entities, and programs that have not been so designated shall not be considered part of said exchange.

(g) The Commissioner of Health Strategy shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 that set forth requirements necessary to implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner holds a public hearing at least thirty days prior to implementing such policies and procedures and publishes notice of intention to adopt the regulations on the Office of Health Strategy's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementing such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this subsection shall be valid until the time such regulations are effective.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-248b — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-248b
Sec. 17a-248b. State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council.
Status: in_force

(b) The Governor shall appoint all members of the council for terms of three years. No appointed member of the council may serve more than two consecutive terms, except a member may continue to serve until a successor is appointed.

(c) The council shall meet at least quarterly and shall provide public notice of its meetings, which shall be open and accessible to the general public. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson and shall be called at the request of the commissioner.

(d) Council members who are parents of children with disabilities shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this section.

(e) The council shall: (1) Assist the lead agency in the effective performance of the lead agency's responsibilities under section 17a-248 , this section and sections 17a-248c to 17a-248g , inclusive, 38a-490a and 38a-516a , including identifying the sources of fiscal support for early intervention services and programs, assignment of financial responsibility to the appropriate agency, promotion of interagency agreements and preparing applications and amendments required pursuant to federal law; (2) advise and assist the commissioner and other participating agencies in the development of standards and procedures pursuant to said sections; (3) advise and assist the commissioner and the Commissioner of Education regarding the transition of children with disabilities to services provided under sections 10-76a to 10-76h , inclusive; (4) advise and assist the commissioner in identifying barriers that impede timely and effective service delivery, including advice and assistance with regard to interagency disputes; and (5) prepare and submit an annual report in accordance with section 11-4a to the Governor and the General Assembly on the status of the birth-to-three system. At least thirty days prior to the commissioner's final approval of rules and regulations pursuant to section 17a-248 , this section, sections 17a-248c to 17a-248g , inclusive, 38a-490a and 38a-516a , other than emergency rules and regulations, the commissioner shall submit proposed rules and regulations to the council for its review. The council shall review all proposed rules and regulations and report its recommendations thereon to the commissioner within thirty days. The commissioner shall not act in a manner inconsistent with the recommendations of the council without first providing the reasons for such action. The council, upon a majority vote of its members, may require that an alternative approach to the proposed rules and regulations be published with a notice of the proposed rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 54. When an alternative approach is published pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall state the reasons for not selecting such alternative approach.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-191 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319t / Section 17b-191
Sec. 17b-191. Operation of state-administered general assistance program. Cash assistance. Eligibility.
Status: in_force

(b) The state-administered general assistance program shall provide cash assistance of (1) two hundred dollars per month for an unemployable person upon determination of such person's unemployability; (2) two hundred dollars per month for a transitional person who is required to pay for shelter; and (3) fifty dollars per month for a transitional person who is not required to pay for shelter. The standard of assistance paid for individuals residing in rated boarding facilities shall remain at the level in effect on August 31, 2003. No person shall be eligible for cash assistance under the program if eligible for cash assistance under any other state or federal cash assistance program. The standards of assistance set forth in this subsection shall be subject to annual increases, as described in subsection (b) of section 17b-104 .

(c) To be eligible for cash assistance under the program, a person shall (1) be (A) eighteen years of age or older; (B) a minor found by a court to be emancipated pursuant to section 46b-150 ; or (C) under eighteen years of age and the commissioner determines good cause for such person's eligibility, and (2) not have assets exceeding five hundred dollars or, if such person is married, such person and his or her spouse shall not have assets exceeding one thousand dollars. In determining eligibility, the commissioner shall not consider as income (A) Aid and Attendance pension benefits granted to a veteran, as defined in section 27-103 , or the surviving spouse of such veteran; and (B) any tax refund or advance payment with respect to a refundable credit to the same extent such refund or advance payment would be disregarded under 26 USC 6409 in any federal program or state or local program financed in whole or in part with federal funds. No person who is a substance abuser and refuses or fails to enter available, appropriate treatment shall be eligible for cash assistance under the program until such person enters treatment. No person whose benefits from the temporary family assistance program have terminated as a result of time-limited benefits or for failure to comply with a program requirement shall be eligible for cash assistance under the program.

(d) Prior to or upon discontinuance of assistance, a person previously determined to be a transitional person may petition the commissioner to review the determination of his or her status. In such review, the commissioner shall consider factors, including, but not limited to: (1) Age; (2) education; (3) vocational training; (4) mental and physical health; and (5) employment history and shall make a determination of such person's ability to obtain gainful employment.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or section 17b-194 , a victim of domestic violence, as defined in section 17b-112a , who is not eligible for diversion assistance under the provisions of section 17b-112g , shall be eligible for a one-time assistance payment under the state-administered general assistance program within resources available to the Department of Social Services. Such payment shall be equivalent to that which such victim would be entitled to receive as diversion assistance if such victim and his or her family, if any, were eligible for diversion assistance. In determining whether and in what amount a victim of domestic violence and his or her family are eligible for a one-time assistance payment pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall not include as a member of such victim's family the spouse, domestic partner or other household member credibly accused of domestic violence by such victim, nor shall the commissioner count the income or assets of such a spouse, domestic partner or other household member. For purposes of this subsection, allegations of domestic violence may be substantiated by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of section 17b-112a , and “family” has the same meaning as used in section 17b-112 , except as otherwise provided in this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-210d — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-210d
Sec. 17a-210d. Terms “intellectual disability”, “persons with intellectual disability” and “individuals with intellectual disability” substituted for former terms.
Status: in_force

(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying said sections of the general statutes pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-1
Sec. 17a-1. (Formerly Sec. 17-410). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Children and Families;

(2) “Council” means the State Advisory Council on Children and Families;

(3) “Advisory committee” means the Children's Behavioral Health Advisory Committee;

(4) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families;

(5) “Child” means a child, as defined in section 46b-120 ;

(6) “Youth” means any person sixteen or seventeen years of age who has not been legally emancipated;

(7) “Delinquent child” means a child convicted of a delinquent act, as defined in section 46b-120 ;

(8) “Child or youth with behavioral health needs” means a child or youth who is suffering from one or more mental disorders as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;

(9) “Individual service plan” means a written plan to access specialized, coordinated and integrated care for a child or youth with complex behavioral health service needs that is designed to meet the needs of the child or youth and his or her family and may include, when appropriate (A) an assessment of the individual needs of the child or youth, (B) an identification of service needs, (C) an identification of services that are currently being provided, (D) an identification of opportunities for full participation by parents or emancipated minors, (E) a reintegration plan when an out-of-home placement is made or recommended, (F) an identification of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness and appropriateness of such plan, and (G) coordination of the individual service plan with any educational services provided to the child or youth. The plan shall be subject to review at least every six months or upon reasonable request by the parent based on a changed circumstance, and be approved, in writing, by the parents, guardian of a child or youth and emancipated minors;

(10) “Family” means a child or youth with behavioral health needs and (A) one or more biological or adoptive parents, except for a parent whose parental rights have been terminated, (B) one or more persons to whom legal custody or guardianship has been given, or (C) one or more adults who have a primary responsibility for providing continuous care to such child or youth;

(11) “Parent” means a biological or adoptive parent, except a parent whose parental rights have been terminated;

(12) “Guardian” means a person who has a judicially created relationship between a child or youth and such person that is intended to be permanent and self-sustaining as evidenced by the transfer to such person of the following parental rights with respect to the child or youth: (A) The obligation of care and control; (B) the authority to make major decisions affecting the child's or youth's welfare, including, but not limited to, consent determinations regarding marriage, enlistment in the armed forces and major medical, psychiatric or surgical treatment; (C) the obligation of protection of the child or youth; (D) the obligation to provide access to education; and (E) custody of the child or youth;

(13) “Serious emotional disturbance” and “seriously emotionally disturbed” means, with regard to a child or youth, that the child or youth (A) has a range of diagnosable mental, behavioral or emotional disorders of sufficient duration to meet diagnostic criteria specified in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”, and (B) exhibits behaviors that substantially interfere with or limit the child's or youth's ability to function in the family, school or community and are not a temporary response to a stressful situation;

(14) “Child or youth with complex behavioral health service needs” means a child or youth with behavioral health needs who needs specialized, coordinated behavioral health services;

(15) “Transition services” means services in the areas of education, employment, housing and community living designed to assist a youth with a serious emotional disturbance who is transitioning into adulthood; and

(16) “Community collaborative” means a local consortium of public and private health care providers, parents and guardians of children with behavioral health needs and service and education agencies that have organized to develop coordinated comprehensive community resources for children or youths with complex behavioral health service needs and their families in accordance with principles and goals of Connecticut Community KidCare.

Annotation to former section 17-410:

Cited. 158 C. 439.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 237 C. 272; 238 C. 146; Id., 183. If parental rights terminated, parent can still file habeas petition for child. 255 C. 208.

Cited. 25 CA 586; judgment reversed, see 223 C. 492.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-215j — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-215j
Sec. 17a-215j. Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council. Establishment. Membership. Duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The council shall have three chairpersons who shall be elected by the members of the council, provided not less than two of the persons elected as chairpersons by the members of the council shall be: (1) A person with autism spectrum disorder appointed pursuant to subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of this section, (2) a parent or guardian of a child with autism spectrum disorder appointed pursuant to subdivision (11) of subsection (a) of this section, or (3) a parent or guardian of an adult with autism spectrum disorder appointed pursuant to subdivision (12) of subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The council shall be within the Office of Policy and Management for administrative purposes only.

(d) The council shall make rules for the conduct of its affairs. The council shall meet not less than four times per year and at such other times as requested by the chairpersons. Council members shall serve without compensation.

(e) The council shall advise the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management concerning policies and programs for persons with autism spectrum disorder and recommendations to improve coordination and address gaps in autism services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-281a — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-281a
Sec. 17b-281a. Procedure for preauthorization of purchase or rental of durable medical equipment.
Status: in_force

(b) Access to such procedure shall not be denied to a recipient on the basis that a Medicare coverage determination has not been made prior to the submission of a request for preauthorization to the commissioner. The commissioner shall not make payment for an item to a supplier of durable medical equipment on behalf of a Medicare recipient until the commissioner has received documentation establishing that a claim has been filed with, and a coverage and reimbursement decision has been rendered under, the Medicare program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-59b — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-59b
Sec. 17a-59b. Removal of infant. Prospective adoptive parent's right to hearing. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-28d — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-28d
Sec. 17b-28d. Amendment to state Medicaid plan to increase federal matching funds for Medicaid services provided to children requiring special education. Notice to boards of education re changes to policies or procedures.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide written notification to each local or regional board of education in the state of any change in policy or billing procedure not later than thirty days after the effective date of such change.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-28i — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-28i
Sec. 17b-28i. Income disregard for veterans' Aid and Attendance pension benefits. Amendment to Medicaid state plan.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may seek approval of an amendment to the state Medicaid plan or a waiver from federal law, if necessary, to exempt such benefits from income eligibility criteria.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-28e — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-28e
Sec. 17b-28e. Amendment to Medicaid state plan re hospice, podiatry and independent behavioral health clinician services.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to include podiatry as an optional service under the Medicaid program.

(c) Not later than October 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to include services provided by the following licensed behavioral health clinicians in independent practice to Medicaid recipients who are twenty-one years of age or older: (1) Psychologists licensed under chapter 383, (2) clinical social workers licensed under subsection (c) or (e) of section 20-195n , (3) alcohol and drug counselors licensed under section 20-74s , (4) professional counselors licensed under sections 20-195cc and 20-195dd , and (5) marital and family therapists licensed under section 20-195c . The commissioner shall include such services as optional services covered under the Medicaid program and provide direct Medicaid reimbursements to such licensed behavioral health clinicians who are enrolled as Medicaid providers and who treat such Medicaid recipients in independent practice settings. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to implement this subsection in advance of regulations, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt the regulations in accordance with section 17b-10 not later than twenty days after the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.

(d) (1) Not later than October 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Social Services shall provide Medicaid payments to an enrolled independent licensed behavioral health clinician in private practice for covered services performed by an associate licensed behavioral health clinician working within such associate clinician's scope of practice under the supervision of such independent clinician, provided such independent clinician is (A) authorized under state law to supervise such associate clinician, and (B) complies with any supervision and documentation requirements required by law. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any requirement concerning such services, including, but not limited to, scope of practice, supervision and documentation requirements.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, (A) “independent licensed behavioral health clinician” means a psychologist licensed under chapter 383, marital and family therapist licensed under chapter 383a, clinical social worker licensed under chapter 383b or professional counselor licensed under chapter 383c, (B) “associate licensed behavioral health clinician” means a marital and family therapy associate licensed under chapter 383a, master social worker licensed under chapter 383b or professional counselor associate licensed under chapter 383c, and (C) “private practice” means a practice setting that does not require a facility or institutional license and includes both solo and group practices of independent licensed behavioral health clinicians.

(e) Not later than October 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to add services provided by a naturopath licensed pursuant to chapter 373 as a covered service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-185 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319a / Section 17a-185
Sec. 17a-185. (Formerly Sec. 17-81i). Police transportation of certain minors to facility for care.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 46b-151h re Interstate Compact for Juveniles.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-130 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-130
Sec. 17b-130. (Formerly Sec. 17-284). Claims for supplies or assistance furnished to pauper.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 17-284:

No recovery from town for support of person if such person has property. 4 C. 553; 5 C. 244; 34 C. 264; 68 C. 139. Notice to selectmen of the town where the pauper resides is indispensable. 6 C. 72. What constitutes “notice”. 18 C. 189; 43 C. 53; 112 C. 406. Selectmen not necessarily confined in the exercise of their powers to the limits of their own towns. 71 C. 724. Disclaimer by town to hospital fell short of express direction not to furnish aid. 112 C. 407. Cited. 139 C. 472; 146 C. 686; 149 C. 219.

Compliance with notice provisions of section is condition precedent to right of physician or hospital to recover against town for services rendered to resident thereof unable to pay for such services. 33 CS 765.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-261p — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-261p
Sec. 17b-261p. Notice re determination of penalty period. Filing claim of undue hardship. Nursing home involvement.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Commissioner of Social Services, in determining an applicant's eligibility for medical assistance pursuant to section 17b-261 , intends to impose a penalty period as a result of a transfer or assignment of assets pursuant to section 17b-261 or section 17b-261a , the commissioner shall provide a preliminary notice to the applicant. Such notice shall include a statement that the applicant may contest the imposition of a penalty period by (1) filing a claim of undue hardship, as defined in section 17b-261o , or (2) providing evidence to rebut the presumption resulting in the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261a . The applicant shall have fifteen days after the date on which the preliminary notice is postmarked to contest the imposition of a penalty period indicated in such preliminary notice. The commissioner shall grant one extension of time to file such claim or provide such evidence if requested by the applicant and shall grant additional extensions of time if reasonable. Failure to file a claim of undue hardship under this subsection shall not prohibit an applicant from making a claim of undue hardship at an administrative hearing.

(c) If the applicant contests the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner shall provide an interim decision notice to the applicant not later than ten days after the applicant files a claim or provides evidence pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. The interim decision notice shall denote the commissioner's decision to either reverse or uphold the imposition of a penalty period indicated in the preliminary notice. If the commissioner decides to uphold the imposition of a penalty period, the interim decision notice shall specify the projected commencement and expiration dates of such penalty period.

(d) When the commissioner determines the eligibility of an applicant for medical assistance under section 17b-261 , the commissioner shall provide a final decision notice to the applicant. Such final decision notice shall include (1) a statement confirming any determination the commissioner made with regard to the imposition of a penalty period pursuant to this section, and (2) a description of the applicant's appeal rights.

(e) If, during the course of a penalty period, an applicant receives notice from a provider of long-term care services that the provider intends to (1) discharge the applicant, (2) discontinue providing long-term care services to the applicant, or (3) refuse to provide long-term care services to the applicant because of the imposition of a penalty period against the applicant pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-261 or subsection (a) of section 17b-261a , the applicant shall have not more than sixty days after receiving such notice to file a claim of undue hardship with the commissioner. Not later than ten days after receiving such claim, the commissioner shall provide a final decision notice to the applicant. Such final decision notice shall inform the applicant whether or not (A) the commissioner has determined that undue hardship exists, and (B) the penalty period shall be waived.

(f) (1) A nursing home, on behalf of an applicant, may request an extension of time to claim undue hardship pursuant to subsections (b) and (e) of this section if (A) the applicant is receiving long-term care services in such nursing home, (B) the applicant has no legal representative, and (C) the nursing home provides certification from a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse that the applicant is incapable of caring for himself or herself, as defined in section 45a-644 , or incapable of managing his or her affairs, as defined in section 45a-644 . The commissioner shall grant such request to allow a legal representative to be appointed to act on behalf of the applicant.

(2) The commissioner shall accept any claim filed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section by a nursing home and allow the nursing home to represent the applicant with regard to such claim if the applicant or the legal representative of the applicant gives permission to the nursing home to file a claim pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-468b — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-468b
Sec. 17a-468b. Residences for adults with acquired brain injuries. Administration of medication.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 368v and 368z, community-based organizations may operate residences for adult persons with acquired brain injuries. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 378, medication may be administered to persons residing in such residences by trained persons pursuant to the written order of a physician licensed under chapter 370, a dentist licensed under chapter 379, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a , or a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d . The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall develop standards for the operation of such residences and the training required of persons authorized under this section to administer medications in such residences.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-79 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-79
Sec. 17b-79. (Formerly Sec. 17-82c). Eligibility of person having interest in real property. Restrictions on state recovery.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 2021, the state shall not recover cash assistance or medical assistance from a lien filed on any real property, unless the state is required to recover such assistance under federal law. Any certificate or lien filed under this section by or on behalf of the state on such real property prior to July 1, 2021, shall be deemed released by the state if the recovery of such assistance is not required under federal law.

Annotations to former section 17-82c:

Provision for the recording of a lien re an AFDC award is a limit on the security obtainable by the state to ensure repayment of benefits and not a limit on the obligation of the beneficiary to repay. 168 C. 112. Cited. 185 C. 180. Filing of state's liens pursuant to statute did not create liens that were, in advance of foreclosure proceedings, choate as a matter of federal law. 207 C. 743.

Cited. 34 CS 265.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-596a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-596a
Sec. 17a-596a. Image or recording of acquittee under jurisdiction of the board. Reviewable by counsel in matter before board or Superior Court. Property of Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any such image or recording shall remain the property of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and shall be utilized and maintained in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-340f — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319y / Section 17b-340f
Sec. 17b-340f. Narrative summaries of expenditures by nursing home facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services shall post in a conspicuous area on the Internet web site of the Department of Social Services a link to the annual cost reports and the summaries provided by each nursing home facility.

(c) Any nursing home facility that violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each incident of noncompliance. Prior to imposing any penalty pursuant to this subsection, the commissioner shall notify the nursing home facility of the alleged violation and the accompanying penalty and shall permit such facility to request that the department review its findings. A facility shall request such review not later than fifteen days after receipt of the notice of violation from the department. The department shall stay the imposition of any penalty pending the outcome of the review. The commissioner may impose a penalty upon a facility pursuant to this subsection regardless of whether a change in ownership of the facility has taken place since the time of the violation, provided the department issued notice of the alleged violation and the accompanying penalty prior to the effective date of the change in ownership and record of such notice is readily available in a central registry maintained by the department. Payments of fines received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the Medicaid account.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-49 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-49
Sec. 17a-49. (Formerly Sec. 17-446). Grants for programs to treat and prevent child abuse and neglect and programs for juvenile criminal diversion.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall, upon application of any public or private organization or agency, make grants, within available appropriations, to develop and maintain programs for juvenile criminal diversion.

See Sec. 17a-101 re protection of children from abuse.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-105e — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-105e
Sec. 17b-105e. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Poverty reduction strategies” means a coordinated set of actions which may include, but is not limited to, job search and work experience; education and training, including adult basic education, high school equivalency preparation, adult literacy classes, vocational training and post-secondary education; payment of tuition; case management; related services that improve employability; income safety net services; quality child care during work and job training; family support; and reentry programs, that are based on best practices and aimed at reducing poverty or the risk of poverty for individuals and families (A) who are living in census tracts with high poverty rates, (B) whose incomes are at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (C) who are in one or more of the following target populations: (i) Adolescent parents, (ii) older adolescents and young adults, or (iii) low-income working families; and

(2) “Supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaborative” means a consortium of public and private providers, established pursuant to section 17b-105g , to implement poverty reduction strategies.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-696 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-696
Sec. 17a-696. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127e). Order for suspension of prosecution and treatment for alcohol or drug dependency.
Status: in_force

(b) The court may order suspension of prosecution and order treatment for alcohol or drug dependency as provided in this section and sections 17a-697 and 17a-698 if it, after considering information before it concerning the alcohol or drug dependency of the person, including the examination report made pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-694 , finds that (1) the accused person was an alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent person at the time of the crime, (2) the person presently needs and is likely to benefit from treatment for the dependency, and (3) suspension of prosecution will advance the interests of justice. Treatment may begin no earlier than the date the clinical examiner reports under the provisions of section 17a-694 that space is available in a treatment program. Upon application by any such person for participation in a treatment program, the court shall, but only as to the public, order the court file sealed.

(c) A suspension of prosecution ordered under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section may be for a period not exceeding two years. During the period of suspension, an accused person shall be placed under the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for treatment for alcohol or drug dependency. The court or the Court Support Services Division may require that the person (1) comply with any of the conditions specified in subsections (a) and (b) of section 53a-30 , and (2) be tested for use of alcohol or drugs during the period of suspension. The accused person shall, unless indigent, pay the cost of treatment ordered under this section.

(d) If prosecution is suspended under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, (1) the statute of limitations applicable to the crime charged shall be tolled during the period of suspension, and (2) the accused person shall be deemed to have waived such accused person's right to a speedy trial for the crime charged.

(e) The court shall not suspend prosecution under subsection (b) of this section unless (1) the accused person has acknowledged that he or she understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution, (2) the accused person has given notice, by registered or certified mail on a form prescribed by the Chief Court Administrator, to the victim, if any, of the crime of which the person is accused and of the pending motion for suspension of prosecution, (3) such victim, if any, has been given an opportunity to be heard on the motion for suspension of prosecution, and (4) the accused person, unless such accused person is indigent, has paid to the clerk of the court an administration fee of twenty-five dollars.

(f) If the prosecution is suspended, the person shall be released on a written promise to appear or on a bond and any other bond posted in any criminal proceeding concerning such person shall be terminated.

(g) If the court denies the motion for suspension of prosecution, the state's attorney may proceed with prosecution of the crime.

(h) A person shall be deemed to be indigent for the purposes of this section if the court determines the person (1) has an estate insufficient to provide for the person's support or there is no other person legally liable or able to support the person, or (2) the person has been determined indigent and eligible for representation by a public defender who has been appointed on behalf of such person pursuant to section 51-296 . The court shall not require a person to perform community service in lieu of payment of any cost or fee, if a cost or fee is waived due to indigency.

Annotations to former section 17a-653:

Cited. 223 C. 907; 226 C. 191.

Cited. 27 CA 225.

Annotation to present section:

Defendant does not possess a right that would be irreparably lost without interlocutory review of a denied motion for treatment of alcohol or drug dependency or suspension of prosecution. 53 CA 781.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-265b — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-265b
Sec. 17b-265b. Reimbursement rates for pathologists.
Status: in_force

(b) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, any increase in reimbursement shall not exceed the aggregate sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars for each fiscal year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-500 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-500
Sec. 17a-500. (Formerly Sec. 17-180). Maintenance and confidentiality of records of cases of persons with psychiatric disabilities. Exchange of information concerning commitment or admission status of firearm permit or certificate applicants and holders.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, maintain information, in accordance with section 17a-499 , on commitment orders by a probate court, section 17a-506a , on voluntary admissions, and section 17a-502 , on commitment under an emergency certificate, and shall provide such information to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in fulfillment of the commissioner's obligations under sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d , in such a manner as to report identifying information on the commitment or voluntary admission status, including, but not limited to, name, address, sex, date of birth and date of commitment or admission, for a person who applies for or holds a permit or certificate under said sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d . The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall maintain as confidential any such information provided to the commissioner and shall use such information only for purposes of fulfilling the commissioner's obligations under sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d , except that nothing in this section shall prohibit said commissioner from entering such information into evidence at a hearing held in accordance with section 29-32b .

(c) (1) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall obtain from the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection the status of any firearm application, permit or certificate under sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d , of each person who is the subject of an order of commitment as provided in section 17a-499 or is the subject of a voluntary admission as provided in section 17a-506a , in such a manner so as to only receive a report on the firearm application, permit or certificate status of the person with respect to whom the inquiry is made.

(2) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall report to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection any commitment or voluntary admission status and identifying information for any person who is an applicant for or holder of any permit or certificate under said sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d .

(3) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall advise the hospital for psychiatric disabilities to which a person has been committed or voluntarily admitted of the status of a firearm application, permit or certificate of such person under sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d , as reported by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for consideration by such hospital in any psychiatric treatment procedures.

(4) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and a hospital for psychiatric disabilities shall maintain as confidential any information provided to said commissioner or such hospital concerning the status of a firearm application, permit or certificate under sections 29-28 to 29-38 , inclusive, and section 53-202d , of any person.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-16a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-16a
Sec. 17a-16a. School placement for children in out-of-home care. Nexus school districts.
Status: in_force

(1) “Child” means (A) any school-aged child, (B) any child ages three to five, inclusive, who has been identified as eligible for special education pursuant to sections 10-76a to 10-76d , inclusive, or under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq., as amended from time to time, or (C) any child twenty-seven months to five years of age, inclusive, who has been referred to a planning and placement team to determine eligibility for special education and related services pursuant to sections 10-76a to 10-76d , inclusive, or under said Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, who is placed in out-of-home care by the commissioner pursuant to an order of temporary custody or an order of commitment, in accordance with section 46b-129 .

(2) “School of origin” means the school that the child is attending at the time the department places the child in out-of-home care or the school the child is attending at the time of any change of out-of-home care, by the commissioner.

(3) “Receiving school” means the school that a child is attending following a school placement decision by the department in cases in which remaining in the school of origin is determined not to be in the child's best interests.

(4) “School placement decision” means a decision made by the department regarding the school in which the child will attend while the child is in out-of-home care and does not refer to the provision of a free, appropriate public education to children eligible for special education.

(5) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families.

(6) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Children and Families.

(7) “Nexus school district” means the school district of a local or regional board of education under whose jurisdiction a child would otherwise be attending school.

(b) (1) Whenever a child is placed in out-of-home care by the department pursuant to an emergency order under subsection (e) of section 17a-101g or an order of temporary custody or an order of commitment under section 46b-129 , and at any subsequent change in out-of-home care, any such child may, if it is in the best interests of the child, as determined pursuant to subdivision (3) of this subsection, continue to attend his or her school of origin. Such child shall continue to be a resident of the school district in which such school is located during such attendance for purposes of chapters 168 to 170, inclusive, 172 and 173. The board of education for the school of origin shall continue to provide free school privileges to the child and any services provided by such board shall be in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d and section 10-253 . If the child continues to attend his or her school of origin following placement in out-of-home care by the department, the local or regional board of education of the school of origin shall not be eligible to receive an excess cost grant pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d for the cost of such education, including, but not limited to, tuition and transportation costs. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and each fiscal year thereafter, an excess cost grant pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of section 10-76d shall be available to the nexus school district when the nexus school district pays the child's tuition to the local or regional board of education of the school of origin. If the nexus school district placed the child in a private school or regional educational service center program prior to the child being removed from the home by the department and the child continues to attend such prior placement, the nexus school district, or, if the nexus school district cannot be identified, the town where the child resides, shall be eligible to receive the excess cost grant pursuant to section 10-76g .

(2) Every decision by the department to place a child into out-of-home care under the provisions of subsection (e) of section 17a-101g and section 46b-129 , and any subsequent change in out-of-home care, shall take into account the appropriateness of the school setting and the proximity to the school of origin.

(3) (A) Whenever a child is placed in out-of-home care by the department pursuant to an emergency order under subsection (e) of section 17a-101g or an order of temporary custody or an order of commitment under section 46b-129 , and at any subsequent change in out-of-home care, the department shall immediately determine whether it is in the best interests of the child to remain in the school of origin. There shall be a presumption that it is in the child's best interests to remain in the school of origin. The department shall provide written notice of its decision to the parties not later than three business days after the date on which the decision is made. Such notice shall identify the factors that form the basis of the department's decision. Any party may object to the department's decision not later than three business days after receipt of such notice. The child shall remain in the school of origin until the time for objection has passed and until any disagreement is resolved, except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision. The child shall be transported to the school of origin pursuant to subsection (c) of this section during any such disagreement except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision. Such disagreements shall be expeditiously resolved. The department shall bear the burden of proof that the school placement decision is in the child's best interests.

(B) The school placement decision may be revisited at any time during the child's out-of-home care, if circumstances change, in order to ensure that the school placement decision remains in the best interests of the child. Notice of any subsequent decision to change the child's school placement decision shall be provided in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. Any school placement decision made pursuant to this section may be challenged through the dispute resolution process for treatment plans. The child shall remain in the school of origin until any such disagreement is resolved, except as provided in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision and shall be provided with transportation in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.

(C) If at any time the department determines that continued placement in the school of origin will jeopardize the child's immediate physical safety, the department may immediately remove the child from the school and shall notify the child's attorney, parents, guardian ad litem and surrogate parent, if any, by phone or by facsimile on the same business day. Any party may object to the decision to change the child's school placement not later than three business days after receipt of such notice. If any party objects to the change in school placement, the department shall hold an administrative hearing not later than three business days after the objection.

(c) (1) If it is determined that it is in a child's best interests to remain in his or her school of origin, the department and the board of education for such school of origin shall collaborate on a transportation plan for such child from the town in which the child is placed to such school of origin. The department shall be responsible for any additional or extraordinary cost of such transportation beyond that to which the child would otherwise have access. The department shall maximize federal reimbursements under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, as amended, for costs of transporting Title IV-E eligible children. The department and the board of education for the school of origin shall consider cost-effective, reliable and safe transportation options.

(2) If it is not in the best interests of the child to attend the school of origin, the department shall work with the board of education for such school of origin and the receiving school to ensure immediate and appropriate enrollment and attendance of the child in the receiving school in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of section 10-76d and section 10-253 . The educational records of the child shall be provided by the school of origin to the receiving school, in accordance with the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, Public Law 110-351. Upon notification by the department of a decision to change a child's school placement and notwithstanding section 10-220h , the school of origin shall transmit to the receiving school, not later than one business day after receipt of such notification, all essential educational records for the child, including, but not limited to, the child's individualized education program and behavioral intervention plan, if any, and all documents necessary for the receiving school to determine appropriate class placement and to provide educational services. The school of origin shall transfer nonessential records to the receiving school in accordance with section 10-220h .

(3) Upon request of the local or regional board of education for a receiving school, the department shall provide the name, date of birth and school of origin for each child in the custody of the department who has been placed in foster care and is attending a receiving school located in the school district under the jurisdiction of such board.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-790b — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319tt / Section 17b-790b
Sec. 17b-790b. Access to supplemental nutrition assistance programs.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-718 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-718
Sec. 17a-718. Nicotine addiction programs for persons under twenty-one years of age. Settlement disbursement. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall submit a report to the board of trustees of the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund established pursuant to section 4-28f detailing how the moneys disbursed in the preceding fiscal year were distributed by the commissioner and summarizing how the regional behavioral health action organizations expended such moneys for the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section in the preceding fiscal year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-90 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-90
Sec. 17b-90. (Formerly Sec. 17-83). Disclosure of information concerning program applicants and participants. Limitations. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of programs of the Department of Social Services and in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner, solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in or acquiesce in the use of, any list of the names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Social Services or persons participating in a program administered by said department, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or its subdivisions or agencies, or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties. The Commissioner of Social Services shall disclose (1) to any authorized representative of the Labor Commissioner such information directly related to unemployment compensation, administered pursuant to chapter 567 or information necessary for implementation of sections 17b-112 l , 17b-688b , 17b-688c and 17b-688h and section 122 of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session*, (2) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services any information necessary for the implementation and operation of the basic needs supplement program, (3) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection such information as the Commissioner of Social Services determines is directly related to and necessary for the Department of Administrative Services or the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for purposes of performing their functions of collecting social services recoveries and overpayments or amounts due as support in social services cases, investigating social services fraud or locating absent parents of public assistance recipients, (4) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Children and Families necessary information concerning a child or the immediate family of a child receiving services from the Department of Social Services, including safety net services, if (A) the Commissioner of Children and Families or the Commissioner of Social Services has determined that imminent danger to such child's health, safety or welfare exists to target the services of the family services programs administered by the Department of Children and Families, or (B) the Commissioner of Children and Families requires access to the federal Parent Locator Service established pursuant to 42 USC 653 in order to identify a parent or putative parent of a child, (5) to a town official or other contractor or authorized representative of the Labor Commissioner such information concerning an applicant for or a recipient of assistance under state-administered general assistance deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Social Services and the Labor Commissioner to carry out their respective responsibilities to serve such persons under the programs administered by the Labor Department that are designed to serve applicants for or recipients of state-administered general assistance, (6) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purposes of the behavioral health managed care program established by section 17a-453 , (7) to any authorized representative of the Commissioner of Early Childhood to carry out his or her respective responsibilities under the two-generational academic achievement and workforce readiness initiative established pursuant to section 17b-112 l and programs that regulate child care services or youth camps, (8) to a health insurance provider, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 , information concerning a child and the custodial parent of such child that is necessary to enroll such child in a health insurance plan available through such provider when the noncustodial parent of such child is under court order to provide health insurance coverage but is unable to provide such information, provided the Commissioner of Social Services determines, after providing prior notice of the disclosure to such custodial parent and an opportunity for such parent to object, that such disclosure is in the best interests of the child, (9) to any authorized representative of the Department of Correction, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 , information concerning noncustodial parents that is necessary to identify inmates or parolees with IV-D support cases who may benefit from Department of Correction educational, training, skill building, work or rehabilitation programming that will significantly increase an inmate's or parolee's ability to fulfill such inmate's support obligation, (10) to any authorized representative of the Judicial Branch, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 , information concerning noncustodial parents that is necessary to: (A) Identify noncustodial parents with IV-D support cases who may benefit from educational, training, skill building, work or rehabilitation programming that will significantly increase such parent's ability to fulfill such parent's support obligation, (B) assist in the administration of the Title IV-D child support program, or (C) assist in the identification of cases involving family violence, (11) to any authorized representative of the State Treasurer, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 , information that is necessary to identify child support obligors who owe overdue child support prior to the Treasurer's payment of such obligors' claim for any property unclaimed or presumed abandoned under part III of chapter 32, (12) to any authorized representative of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management any information necessary for the implementation and operation of the renters rebate program established by section 12-170d , or (13) to any authorized representative of the Department of Aging and Disability Services, or to an area agency on aging contracting with said department to provide services under the elderly nutrition program, information on persons enrolled in the supplemental nutrition assistance program who have requested or been recommended to receive elderly nutrition program services. No such representative shall disclose any information obtained pursuant to this section, except as specified in this section. Any applicant for assistance provided through the Department of Social Services shall be notified that, if and when such applicant receives benefits, the department will be providing law enforcement officials with the address of such applicant upon the request of any such official pursuant to section 17b-16a .

(c) In IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231 , in addition to the prohibitions of subsection (b) of this section, no information shall be released concerning the whereabouts of one party to another party (1) against whom a protective order, a restraining order or a standing criminal protective order with respect to the former party is in effect, or (2) if the department has reason to believe that the release of the information may result in physical or emotional harm to the former party.

(d) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide written notice to a person applying for or receiving assistance from the Department of Social Services or a person participating in a program administered by said department that such person's address and telephone number may be provided to the Department of Children and Families pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section.

(e) Penalties prescribed by subsection (b) of section 17b-97 shall apply to violations of this section.

*Note: Section 122 of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

Annotations to former section 17-83:

Cited. 165 C. 490; 170 C. 258. Protection of confidentiality discussed. 192 C. 310. Cited. 221 C. 393.

Cited. 32 CS 598.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-460b — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-460b
Sec. 17a-460b. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Participation authorized.
Status: in_force

(b) Participation by the center in provider networks, preferred provider organizations, physician-hospital organizations or other similar organizations, when authorized by the commissioner, may include (1) membership in a network organization; (2) participation in network or organization contracts, cooperative agreements, and joint ventures; (3) participation in the governance of networks and organizations; and (4) payment of reasonable network or organization dues, fees and assessments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-528 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-528
Sec. 17a-528. (Formerly Sec. 17-205a). Payment of commitment and transportation expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) Within available appropriations, the expenses, if any, of necessary transportation (1) from a state-aided, town-aided or other municipal-aided hospital to a state-operated facility, as defined in section 17a-458 , for detention of any person under section 17a-502 ; (2) for any voluntary patient who wishes to have emergency treatment for conditions defined in section 17a-502 at any such state-operated facility; (3) for any patient who has been released on leave from any such state-operated facility and wishes to return; or (4) for persons authorized by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to receive inpatient psychiatric services in a facility under contract with the department to provide such services, shall be paid by the state, unless, after investigation, the Department of Administrative Services determines such person is able to pay for the same. The presence of an appropriate emergency certificate under section 17a-502 shall be sufficient for payment by the state under subdivision (1) of this subsection, regardless of the eventual commitment or noncommitment of the person to the facility. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may adopt regulations concerning the payment of transportation expenses by the state under this subsection.

(c) The expenses of medically necessary transportation from any facility operated by the state to any other such facility shall be assumed by the facility which initiated the transfer of such person.

Annotations to former section 17-205a:

Cited. 192 C. 520.

Does not pertain to one transferred to a state hospital after being committed to jail on binding over process. 14 CS 33.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-600 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319mm / Section 17b-600
Sec. 17b-600. (Formerly Sec. 17-109). Optional state supplementation program. Eligibility.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 17-109:

Cited. 168 C. 336; 172 C. 292. “Transfer-of-assets” rule violates supremacy clause of the federal constitution by presuming assets are available to welfare recipients which are in fact not available. 176 C. 57. Cited. 211 C. 323.

Cited. 32 CS 523.

Mother who relinquished life interest in property to sons in return for their agreement to support her “until she dies” held ineligible for old age assistance. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 338–343. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 354.

Annotation to present section:

Trial court properly determined that special needs trust established by plaintiff for the benefit of her son is an asset that department could take into account in determining the son's eligibility for state supplemental assistance benefits; since federal law permits an optional state-funded and state-administered benefits program to adopt eligibility criteria that are more stringent than those that govern the parallel federal program, department's eligibility rules are consistent with federal law. 82 CA 877.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-6a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-6a
Sec. 17a-6a. Commissioners to require applicants, vendors and contractors to submit to state and national criminal history records checks and state child abuse and neglect registry checks. Requests to check child abuse and neglect registry by child welfare agencies of other states.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall require each vendor or contractor of the department and each employee of such vendor or contractor that provides direct services to children or youths in the care and custody of the department or that has access to the department's records to submit to state and national criminal history records checks, in accordance with section 29-17a . The commissioner shall check the (1) state child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k for the name of such vendor or contractor and each employee of such vendor or contractor that provides direct services to children or youths in the care and custody of the department or has access to records of the department, and (2) child abuse and neglect registry in any state in which a vendor or contractor or employee of a vendor or contractor that provides direct services to children or youths in the care and custody of the department or has access to records of the department has resided in the preceding five years for the name of such vendor or contractor or employee. The commissioner shall comply with any request to check the child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k made by the child welfare agency of another state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-451d — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-451d
Sec. 17a-451d. Nonlapsing fund for site acquisition, capital development and infrastructure costs to provide services to persons with intellectual disability or psychiatric disabilities.
Status: in_force

*Note: Section 4 of public act 01-154 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-89 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-89
Sec. 17b-89. (Formerly Sec. 17-82n). Change in level of assistance payments authorized.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 17-82n:

Cited. 214 C. 256.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-94 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319a / Section 17a-94
Sec. 17a-94. (Formerly Sec. 17-34). Establishment of receiving homes.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17b-223 re support in humane institutions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-31 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-31
Sec. 17b-31. Parent's Fair Share Program.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may accept private foundation grants and may use such grants to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-77 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319s / Section 17b-77
Sec. 17b-77. (Formerly Sec. 17-82b). Application for aid. Notice of liability for repayment.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall notify each applicant for aid under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program and state-administered general assistance program of the provisions of sections 17b-93 to 17b-97 , inclusive, in general terms, at the time of application for such aid. The commissioner shall notify each person who may be liable for repayment of such aid, if known, of the provisions of sections 17b-93 to 17b-97 , inclusive, in general terms, not later than thirty days after the applicant is determined to be eligible for such aid or, if not known at the time the applicant is determined to be eligible for such aid, the department shall give such notice not later than thirty days after the date on which the commissioner identifies such person as one who may be liable for repayment of such aid. The notice shall be (1) written in plain language, (2) in an easily readable and understandable format, and (3) whenever possible, in the first language of the applicant or person who may be liable for repayment of such aid.

Annotations to former section 17-82b:

Cited. 196 C. 403; 200 C. 656.

Cited. 11 CA 548; 31 CA 114.

Annotation to present section:

Notice provisions in section are directory; failure to follow them precisely does not invalidate the assignment. 37 CA 105.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-548 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-548
Sec. 17a-548. (Formerly Sec. 17-206i). Patient's rights re clothing, possessions, money and access to records. List of rights to be posted.
Status: in_force

(b) In connection with any litigation related to hospitalization, or at any time following discharge from the facility, any patient or his or her attorney shall have the right, upon written request, to inspect all of such patient's hospital records, and to make copies thereof. Unless the request is made in connection with any litigation related to hospitalization, a mental health facility, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 52-146d , may refuse to disclose any portion of a patient's record which the mental health facility determines: (1) Would create a substantial risk that the patient would inflict life-threatening injury to self or to others or experience a severe deterioration in mental state; (2) would constitute an invasion of privacy of another person; or (3) would violate an assurance of confidentiality furnished to another person, provided only such portion of the record the disclosure of which would not constitute an invasion of privacy of another person or violate an assurance of confidentiality furnished to another person shall be disclosed. Any patient aggrieved by a facility's refusal to disclose under this subsection may petition the Superior Court for relief in the same manner as a patient proceeding under section 4-105 , except that in addition to notice and a hearing, the court may conduct an in camera review of the record. The court shall order disclosure of the record by such facility unless the court determines that the disclosure (A) would create a substantial risk that the patient would inflict life-threatening injury to self or to others or experience a severe deterioration in mental state, or (B) would constitute an invasion of privacy of another person, or (C) would violate an assurance of confidentiality furnished to another person, provided if the court orders disclosure of the record, only such portion of the record the disclosure of which would not constitute an invasion of privacy of another person or violate an assurance of confidentiality furnished to another person shall be disclosed.

(c) A list of all in-hospital rights shall be prominently posted in each ward where mental health services are provided. Such list shall include, but not be limited to, the right to leave, as afforded by subsection (a) of section 17a-506 , the right to a hearing, as afforded by subsection (d) of section 17a-502 , and the right to file a complaint, as afforded by the hospital's complaint procedure.

(d) Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall limit a patient's right of access to his records under section 4-104 .

Annotations to former section 17-206i:

Cited. 213 C. 548.

Cited. 17 CA 130.

Annotation to present section:

Subsec. (a):

By providing exception for patients hospitalized in Whiting Forensic Division and not providing similar exception for correctional institutions, legislature expressed its understanding that patient's bill of rights did not apply to correctional institutions operated by Department of Correction. 269 C. 802.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-280 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-280
Sec. 17b-280. (Formerly Sec. 17-134bb). Reimbursement rate for covered outpatient drugs under the Medicaid program.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Social Services shall pay for an original prescription that is otherwise eligible for payment and as many refills as ordered by a licensed authorized practitioner within twelve months, provided controlled substances as described in subsection (h) of section 21a-249 shall not be included in the provisions of this subsection. The department shall pay a professional dispensing fee pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for each approved refill.

Cited. 233 C. 557.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-471a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-471a
Sec. 17a-471a. Connecticut Valley Hospital: Development of policies and standards for resident clients; advisory council.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established a Connecticut Valley Hospital Advisory Council that shall advise the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services on policies concerning, but not limited to, building use, security, clients residing on the campus and the discharge of clients from the campus into the adjacent community. In addition, the advisory council shall periodically review the implementation of the policies and standards established by the commissioner in consultation with the advisory council. The council shall be composed of six members appointed by the mayor of Middletown, eight members appointed by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services and one member who shall serve as chairperson appointed by the Governor. On and after January 1, 2024, at least two members appointed by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall have lived experience with a behavioral health disorder.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-751 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319k / Section 17a-751
Sec. 17a-751. Pilot program to address human services needs in the northeastern region. Regional human services negotiating council.
Status: in_force

(b) Decisions in the development and implementation of the five-year strategic plan developed under section 17a-753 shall be made through a negotiated investment strategy as provided in section 17a-752 .

(c) The pilot program shall include the establishment of a regional human services negotiating council made up of five sectors: (1) Local, state and federal elected officials servicing the northeastern region; (2) public and private human service providers from the northeastern region; (3) users of human services; (4) persons who shall include, but not be limited to, educators and representatives of labor and of business; and (5) state and federal agencies involved in human services. The negotiating council shall prepare the plan required under section 17a-753 .

(d) Each sector identified in subsection (c) of this section shall designate five persons to serve as the negotiating team for such sector. The process for selecting the team shall be determined by each sector. Sectors and teams shall establish a schedule and procedures. Each team shall have one vote in the decisions of the negotiating council. The five-year strategic plan developed under section 17a-753 shall not be effective unless unanimously approved by the negotiating council.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-460e — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-460e
Sec. 17a-460e. Connecticut Mental Health Center: Authorized activities.
Status: in_force

(1) Employ or retain accountants, attorneys and architectural, engineering, financial and other consultants on a project basis, and fix their compensation;

(2) Procure insurance, or obtain indemnification, against any loss in connection with the activities of the center;

(3) Develop innovative solutions to patient care and service system problems;

(4) Own, manage, and use real property or any interest in such property;

(5) Purchase, receive by gift or otherwise, lease, exchange, or otherwise acquire and construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, equip and furnish such mental health facilities as are required;

(6) Accept gifts, grants or loans of funds, property or service from any source, public, quasi-public or private, and comply, subject to the provisions of section 17a-460b , with their respective terms and conditions; and

(7) Accept from federal agencies or private sources loans or grants for use in carrying out its purposes and enter into agreements respecting any such loans or grants.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-485h — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-485h
Sec. 17a-485h. Certification of intermediate duration acute psychiatric care beds in general hospitals. Policies, procedures and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish requirements for certification of intermediate duration acute psychiatric care beds in general hospitals and the process by which such beds shall be certified. In adopting such regulations, the commissioner shall consider the need for such beds.

(c) The commissioner shall implement policies and procedures to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time the final regulations are adopted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-674c — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-674c
Sec. 17a-674c. Opioid Settlement Fund. Establishment. Report. Spending of funds.
Status: in_force

(b) Any moneys intended to address opioid use, related disorders or the impact of the opioid epidemic that are received by the state from any judgment, consent decree or settlement paid by any defendant, which is finalized on or after July 1, 2021, related to the production, distribution, dispensing and other activities related to opioids shall be deposited into the fund. Moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (b) of this section, if the commissioner and the Attorney General certify that the purposes of such judgment, consent decree or settlement are inconsistent with the intent of the provisions of this section and sections 17a-674d to 17a-674f , inclusive, the commissioner and Attorney General (1) shall report in writing to the committee such certification, including any identification by the commissioner and Attorney General of an alternate fund or account and explanation of the reasons for depositing such moneys in such alternate fund or account, and (2) may deposit such moneys into such alternate fund or account. The commissioner and Attorney General shall jointly report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the intended use of such moneys in such alternate fund or account prior to allocating such moneys for other purposes.

(d) Beginning on December 31, 2022, and annually thereafter, the State Treasurer shall report the following to the committee:

(1) An inventory of fund investments as of the most recent fiscal year; and

(2) The net income earned by the fund in the most recent fiscal year.

(e) Any municipality that receives moneys directly from a settlement administrator pursuant to a judgment, consent decree or settlement related to opioid litigation shall submit an annual report to the committee detailing its expenditures for the preceding fiscal year on a form prescribed by the committee. Each such municipality shall submit such report to the committee on or before October 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, until the total amount of such moneys received by the municipality has been expended.

(f) Moneys in the fund shall be spent only for the following substance use disorder abatement purposes, in accordance with the controlling judgment, consent decree or settlement, as confirmed by the Attorney General's review of such judgment, consent decree or settlement and upon the approval of the committee and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management:

(1) State-wide, regional or community substance use disorder needs assessments to identify structural gaps and needs to inform expenditures from the fund;

(2) Infrastructure required for evidence-based substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery or harm reduction programs, services and supports;

(3) Programs, services, supports and resources for evidence-based substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery or harm reduction;

(4) Evidence-informed substance use disorder prevention, treatment, recovery or harm reduction pilot programs or demonstration studies that are not evidence-based, but are approved by the committee as an appropriate use of moneys for a limited period of time as specified by the committee, provided the committee shall assess whether the evidence supports funding such programs or studies or whether it provides a basis for funding such programs or studies with an expectation of creating an evidence base for such programs and studies;

(5) Evaluation of effectiveness and outcomes reporting for substance use disorder abatement infrastructure, programs, services, supports and resources for which moneys from the fund have been disbursed, including, but not limited to, impact on access to harm reduction services or treatment for substance use disorders or reduction in drug-related mortality;

(6) One or more publicly available data interfaces managed by the commissioner to aggregate, track and report data on (A) substance use disorders, overdoses and drug-related harms, (B) spending recommendations, plans and reports, and (C) outcomes of programs, services, supports and resources for which moneys from the fund were disbursed;

(7) Research on opioid abatement, including, but not limited to, development of evidence-based treatment, barriers to treatment, nonopioid treatment of chronic pain and harm reduction, supply-side enforcement;

(8) Documented expenses incurred in administering and staffing the fund and the committee, and expenses, including, but not limited to, legal fees, incurred by the state or any municipality in securing settlement proceeds, deposited in the fund as permitted by the controlling judgment, consent decree or settlement;

(9) Documented expenses associated with managing, investing and disbursing moneys in the fund;

(10) Documented expenses, including legal fees, incurred by the state or any municipality in securing settlement proceeds deposited in the fund to the extent such expenses are not otherwise reimbursed pursuant to a fee agreement provided for by the controlling judgment, consent decree or settlement; and

(11) Provision of funds to municipal police departments for the purpose of equipping police officers with opioid antagonists, with priority given to departments that do not currently have a supply of opioid antagonists.

(g) (1) For purposes of this section, the fund balance shall be determined by the State Treasurer as of July first, annually.

(2) Except as permitted by subdivision (8) of subsection (f) of this section, or unless otherwise required by court order to refund to the federal government a portion of the proceeds, moneys in the fund shall be used for prospective purposes and shall not be used to reimburse expenditures incurred prior to July 1, 2022.

(3) Proceeds derived from any state settlement of claims against a defendant shall be allocated and disbursed only to those municipalities that execute an agreement to participate in such settlement and adhere to the terms of such agreement, provided the allocation or disbursement of such settlement proceeds for the benefit of persons within municipalities that do not execute an agreement to participate in such settlement or do not adhere to the terms of such agreement shall not be precluded or limited.

(4) Governmental and nonprofit nongovernmental entities shall be eligible to receive moneys from the fund for programs, services, supports and resources for prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction.

(5) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (6) of this subsection, fund disbursements shall be made by the commissioner upon approval of the committee. The commissioner shall not make or refuse to make any disbursement allowable under this subsection without the approval of the committee. The commissioner shall adhere to the committee's decisions regarding disbursement of moneys from the fund, provided such disbursement is a permissible expenditure under this section. The commissioner's role in the distribution of moneys after the distribution has been approved by the committee and after the review and approval required under subsection (f) of this section shall be ministerial and shall not be discretionary.

(6) Moneys expended from the fund for the purposes set forth in subsection (d) of this section shall be supplemental to, and shall not supplant or take the place of, any other funds, including, but not limited to, insurance benefits or local, state or federal funding, that would otherwise have been expended for such purposes. The commissioner shall not disburse moneys from the fund during any fiscal year unless the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management transmits to the committee a letter verifying that funds appropriated and allocated in such fiscal year's budget for substance use disorder abatement infrastructure, programs, services, supports and resources for prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction are in an amount not less than the sum of the funds for such purposes appropriated and allocated in the previous fiscal year's budget. As used in this subdivision, “supplemental” means additional funding, consistent with the provisions of this section, for substance use disorder abatement infrastructure or a substance use disorder abatement program, service, support or resource to ensure that funding in the current fiscal year exceeds the sum of federal, state, and local funds allocated in the previous fiscal year for such substance use disorder abatement infrastructure, program, service, support or resource.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-90 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319a / Section 17a-90
Sec. 17a-90. (Formerly Sec. 17-32). Supervision over welfare of children. Portion of cost payable by parent, collection.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall furnish protective services or provide and pay, wholly or in part, for the care and protection of children other than those committed by the Superior Court whom the commissioner finds in need of such care and protection from the state, and such payments shall be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (l) of section 46b-129 , provided the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall be responsible for billing and collecting such sums as are determined to be owing and due from the parent of the noncommitted child in accordance with section 4a-12 and subsection (b) of section 17b-223 .

(c) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall adopt such procedures as the commissioner may find necessary and proper to assure the adequate care, health and safety of children under the commissioner's care and general supervision.

(d) The Commissioner of Children and Families may provide temporary emergency care for any child whom the commissioner deems to be in need thereof.

(e) The Commissioner of Children and Families may provide care for children in the commissioner's guardianship through the resources of appropriate voluntary agencies.

(f) Whenever requested to do so by the Superior Court, the Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide protective supervision to children.

(g) The Commissioner of Children and Families may make reciprocal agreements with other states and with agencies outside the state in matters relating to the supervision of the welfare of children.

Annotations to former section 17-32:

Cited. 25 CA 563.

Cited. 30 CS 316.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 238 C. 146.

Cited. 33 CA 673; 45 CA 508.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-543a — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-543a
Sec. 17a-543a. Administration of medication to criminal defendant placed in custody of Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Special limited conservator.
Status: in_force

(B) The special limited conservator shall meet with the patient and the physician, review the patient's written record and consider the risks and benefits from the medication, the likelihood and seriousness of adverse side effects, the preferences of the patient, the patient's religious views, and the prognosis with and without medication. After consideration of such information, the special limited conservator shall either consent to the patient receiving medication for the treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities or refuse to consent to the patient receiving such medication.

(2) The authority of a special limited conservator to consent to the administration of medication under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be effective for not more than one hundred twenty days. In the case of continuous hospitalization of the patient beyond such one hundred twenty days, if the head of the hospital and two qualified physicians determine that the patient continues to be incapable of giving informed consent to medication for the treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities and such medication is deemed to be necessary for the patient's treatment, the authority of the special limited conservator to consent to the administration of medication may be extended for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty days by order of the Probate Court without a hearing upon application by the head of the hospital. Prompt notice of the order shall be given to the patient, special limited conservator and facility.

(3) The reasonable compensation of a special limited conservator appointed under this subsection shall be established by the Probate Court Administrator and paid from the Probate Court Administration Fund.

(b) (1) If it is determined by the head of the hospital and two qualified physicians that (A) a patient who is a defendant placed in the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services pursuant to section 54-56d is capable of giving informed consent but refuses to consent to medication for treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities, (B) there is no less intrusive beneficial treatment, and (C) without medication, the psychiatric disabilities with which the patient has been diagnosed will continue unabated and place the patient or others in direct threat of harm, the facility in which the patient is placed may petition the probate court for the district in which such facility is located to authorize the administration to the patient of medication for the treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities, despite the refusal of the patient to consent to such medication. The provisions of section 45a-649 concerning issuance of a citation and notice, personal service and representation by, appointment of, and compensation of an attorney shall apply to any petition filed under this subsection as if such patient were a respondent under section 45a-649 , except that (i) the court shall only be required to issue such citation and notice to the patient, the patient's attorney and any conservator appointed for the patient, and (ii) the court, in its discretion, may order notice as it directs to other persons having an interest in the patient and to such persons the patient requests to be notified. The Probate Court may authorize the administration of medication to the patient if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that (I) the patient is capable of giving informed consent but refuses to consent to medication for treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities, (II) there is no less intrusive beneficial treatment, and (III) without medication, the psychiatric disabilities with which the patient has been diagnosed will continue unabated and place the patient or others in direct threat of harm.

(2) An order authorizing the administration of medication under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be effective for not more than one hundred twenty days. In the case of continuous hospitalization of the patient beyond such one hundred twenty days, if the head of the hospital and two qualified physicians determine that (A) the patient continues to be capable of giving informed consent but refuses to consent to medication for treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities, (B) there is no less intrusive beneficial treatment, and (C) without medication, the psychiatric disabilities with which the patient has been diagnosed will continue unabated and place the patient or others in direct threat of harm, the order may be extended for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty days by order of the Probate Court without a hearing. Prompt notice of the order shall be given to the patient and facility.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, if obtaining consent under this section would cause a medically harmful delay to a patient whose condition is of an extremely critical nature, as determined by the personal observation of a physician or the senior clinician on duty in the facility in which the patient is placed, the physician or senior clinician may order medication for treatment of the patient's psychiatric disabilities without consent.

(d) Unless there is a serious risk of harm to the patient or others, based upon the patient's past history or current condition, nothing in this section authorizes any form of involuntary medical, psychological or psychiatric treatment of any patient who in the sincere practice of his or her religious beliefs is being treated by prayer alone in accordance with the principles and practices of a church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner or ordained minister, priest or rabbi thereof.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the application of sections 45a-644 to 45a-663 , inclusive, except as specifically provided in this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-101l — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319a / Section 17a-101l
Sec. 17a-101l. Visitation centers.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 51-6b re identification of additional secure child visitation centers by Chief Court Administrator.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-248d — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319b / Section 17a-248d
Sec. 17a-248d. Birth-to-three early intervention services. Data collection. Regulations. Notification to school boards.
Status: in_force

(b) The state-wide system shall include a system for compiling data on the number of eligible children in the state in need of appropriate early intervention services, the number of such eligible children and their families served, the types of services provided and other information as deemed necessary by the lead agency.

(c) The state-wide system shall include a comprehensive child-find system and public awareness program to ensure that eligible children are identified, located, referred to the system and evaluated. The following persons and entities, as soon as possible but not later than seven calendar days after identifying a child from birth to three years of age suspected of having a developmental delay or of being at risk of having a developmental delay, shall refer the parent of such child to the early intervention system unless the person knows the child has already been referred: (1) Hospitals; (2) child health care providers; (3) local school districts; (4) public health facilities; (5) early intervention service providers; (6) participating agencies; and (7) such other social service and health care agencies and providers as the commissioner specifies in regulation.

(d) The commissioner, in coordination with the participating agencies and in consultation with the council, shall adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of section 17a-248 and sections 17a-248b to 17a-248g , inclusive, 38a-490a and 38a-516a .

(e) The state-wide system shall include a system for required notification to any local or regional school board of education no later than January first of each year of any child who resides in the local or regional school district, participates in the state-wide program and will attain the age of three during the next fiscal year. Such system of notification shall include provisions for preserving the confidentiality of such child and of the parent or guardian of such child.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-593 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-593
Sec. 17a-593. (Formerly Sec. 17-257n). Court order to discharge acquittee from custody.
Status: in_force

(b) The recommendation or application shall contain the dates on which any prior recommendations or applications for discharge had been filed with the court, the dates on which decisions thereon were rendered, and a statement of facts, including any change in circumstances since the determination on the most recent recommendation or application, sufficient to qualify the acquittee as a person who should be discharged. A recommendation by the board shall contain findings and conclusions to support the recommendation.

(c) If reasonable cause exists to believe that the acquittee remains a person with psychiatric disabilities or a person with intellectual disability to the extent that his discharge at the expiration of his maximum term of commitment would constitute a danger to himself or others, the state's attorney, at least one hundred thirty-five days prior to such expiration, may petition the court for an order of continued commitment of the acquittee.

(d) The court shall forward any application for discharge received from the acquittee and any petition for continued commitment of the acquittee to the board. The board shall, within ninety days of its receipt of the application or petition, file a report with the court, and send a copy thereof to the state's attorney and counsel for the acquittee, setting forth its findings and conclusions as to whether the acquittee is a person who should be discharged. The board may hold a hearing or take other action appropriate to assist it in preparing its report.

(e) Within ten days of receipt of a recommendation for discharge filed by the board under subsection (a) of this section or receipt of the board's report filed under subsection (d) of this section, either the state's attorney or counsel for the acquittee may file notice of intent to perform a separate examination of the acquittee. An examination conducted on behalf of the acquittee may be performed by a psychiatrist or psychologist of the acquittee's own choice and shall be performed at the expense of the acquittee unless he is indigent. If the acquittee is indigent, the court shall provide him with the services of a psychiatrist or psychologist to perform the examination at the expense of the state. Any such separate examination report shall be filed with the court within thirty days of the notice of intent to perform the examination. To facilitate examinations of the acquittee, the court may order him placed in the temporary custody of any hospital for psychiatric disabilities or other suitable facility or placed with the Commissioner of Developmental Services.

(f) After receipt of the board's report and any separate examination reports, the court shall promptly commence a hearing on the recommendation or application for discharge or petition for continued commitment. At the hearing, the acquittee shall have the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the acquittee is a person who should be discharged.

(g) The court shall make a finding as to the mental condition of the acquittee and, considering that its primary concern is the protection of society and its secondary concern is the safety and well-being of the acquittee, make one of the following orders: (1) If the court finds that the acquittee is not a person who should be discharged, the court shall order the recommendation or application for discharge be dismissed; or (2) if the court finds that the acquittee is a person who should be discharged, the court shall order the acquittee discharged from custody. The court shall send a copy of such finding and order to the board.

Annotations to former section 17-257n:

Cited. 211 C. 591; 215 C. 675.

Cited. 12 CA 32; 15 CA 74; judgment reversed, see 211 C. 591; 20 CA 96.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 230 C. 400. Meaning of “psychiatric disabilities” within definition of “person who should be discharged” is not governed by the standard in either Sec. 17a-495(c) or 17a-458(a) and trial court applied the correct standard, found in governing regulations, in its interpretation of the term; the determination of whether person is a danger to himself or others is a question of fact and is to be reviewed under the clearly erroneous standard; trial court's finding that defendant suffered from a severe personality disorder and should therefore not be discharged did not violate defendant's substantive due process rights. 265 C. 697. Trial court's conclusions that Subsec. (c) violated defendant's due process rights under Connecticut Constitution and state and federal equal protection rights present questions of law over which Supreme Court's review is plenary. 268 C. 508. Defendant's further commitment under section is constitutional because state may subject insanity acquittees like defendant to recommitment procedure that is more restrictive than the procedure applicable to civilly committed inmates, and such difference does not violate right to equal protection. 307 C. 299.

Cited. 43 CA 592. Statute found not to be unconstitutionally vague; court rejected arguments that the lack of definition of “dangerous to himself and others” and burden of predicting future conduct made statute vague. 69 CA 666. Court may properly credit board's opinions and rely on its findings; such findings are not inadmissible hearsay. 100 CA 407.

Subsec. (c):

Section impliedly imposes same burden on the state at a hearing for continued commitment of an acquittee beyond his current definite period of commitment as is imposed in a civil commitment hearing under Sec. 17a-498(c). 230 C. 400. Subsec. neither affects a suspect group nor implicates a fundamental right for purposes of federal equal protection clause, and therefore must be analyzed under rational basis review. 268 C. 508.

Clearly erroneous standard applies to review of court's findings as to whether an acquittee is currently mentally ill to the point of posing a danger to himself or community if discharged. 77 CA 564. Does not violate defendant's constitutional rights to due process and equal protection of the laws. 92 CA 206.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-292 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-292
Sec. 17b-292. HUSKY B. Eligibility. Expedited eligibility under HUSKY B. Presumptive eligibility under Medicaid. State-funded coverage for certain children not otherwise covered. Postpartum care.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever a court or family support magistrate orders a noncustodial parent to provide health insurance for a child, such parent may provide for coverage under HUSKY B.

(c) To the extent allowed under federal law, the commissioner shall not pay for services or durable medical equipment under HUSKY B if the member has other insurance coverage for such services or equipment. If a HUSKY B member has limited benefit insurance coverage for services that are also covered under HUSKY B, the commissioner shall require such other coverage to pay for the goods or services prior to any payment under HUSKY B.

(d) On or after April 1, 2022, the commissioner shall extend medical assistance for postpartum care for twelve months after birth to a HUSKY B beneficiary, to the extent permissible under federal law. The commissioner shall amend the state plan for the Children's Health Insurance Program in accordance with the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide federal reimbursement to the state for such postpartum care extension and shall extend such coverage following federal approval. The commissioner shall take any other action necessary under federal law to maintain federal reimbursement for such postpartum coverage. A newborn child who otherwise meets the eligibility criteria for HUSKY B shall be eligible for benefits retroactive to his or her date of birth, provided an application is filed on behalf of the child not later than thirty days after such date. Any uninsured child born in a hospital in this state or in a border state hospital shall be enrolled on an expedited basis in HUSKY B, provided (1) the parent or caretaker relative of such child resides in this state, and (2) the parent or caretaker relative of such child authorizes enrollment in the program. The commissioner shall pay any premium cost such household would otherwise incur for the first four months of coverage.

(e) The commissioner shall implement presumptive eligibility for children applying for Medicaid and may, if cost effective, implement presumptive eligibility for children in households with income not exceeding three hundred eighteen per cent of the federal poverty level applying for HUSKY B. Such presumptive eligibility determinations shall be in accordance with applicable federal law and regulations. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to establish standards and procedures for the designation of an organization as a qualified entity to grant presumptive eligibility. A qualified entity shall, at the time a presumptive eligibility determination is made, provide assistance to applicants with the completion and submission of an application for a full eligibility determination. In establishing such standards and procedures, the commissioner shall ensure the representation of state-wide and local organizations that provide services to children of all ages in each region of the state.

(f) In accordance with 42 CFR 435.1110, the commissioner shall provide Medicaid during a presumptive eligibility period to individuals who are determined presumptively eligible by a qualified hospital. A hospital making such a presumptive eligibility determination shall provide assistance to individuals in completing and submitting an application for full Medicaid benefits.

(g) The commissioner shall implement HUSKY B while in the process of adopting necessary policies and procedures in regulation form in accordance with the provisions of section 17b-10 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-796 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319l / Section 17a-796
Sec. 17a-796. (Formerly Sec. 17b-656). Preference to be given to products and services rendered by persons with disabilities.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17a-781 for definitions applicable to vocational rehabilitation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-790 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319tt / Section 17b-790
Sec. 17b-790. (Formerly Sec. 17-12d). Social Services Department required to provide nutrition education program and to inform applicants and participants of their rights and responsibilities.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 17-12d:

Cited. 214 C. 256.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-22ff — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319 / Section 17a-22ff
Sec. 17a-22ff. Children's Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Plan Implementation Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

(b) The board shall consist of the following members:

(1) Eight appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall represent families of children who have been diagnosed with mental, emotional or behavioral health issues;

(2) Two appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall represent a private foundation providing mental, emotional or behavioral health care services for children and families in the state;

(3) Six appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall be providers of mental, emotional or behavioral health care services to children in the state, one of whom shall be a psychiatrist licensed to practice pursuant to chapter 370, one of whom shall be a marital and family therapist licensed under chapter 383a, one of whom shall be a psychologist licensed under chapter 383, one of whom shall be a clinical social worker licensed under chapter 383b, one of whom shall be a professional counselor licensed under chapter 383c and one of whom shall be an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under chapter 378. At least one of such appointees shall be a provider of mental, emotional or behavioral health care services to children involved with the juvenile justice system;

(4) Three appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall represent private advocacy groups that provide services for children and families in the state;

(5) One appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families, who shall represent the United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1 Infoline program;

(6) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a medical doctor representing the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Emergency Department;

(7) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be a superintendent of schools in the state;

(8) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall represent the Connecticut Behavioral Healthcare Partnership;

(9) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate who shall represent the Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers;

(10) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee;

(11) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(12) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(13) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee;

(14) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(15) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee;

(16) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's designee;

(17) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;

(18) The Labor Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;

(19) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee;

(20) The Commissioner of Correction, or the commissioner's designee;

(21) The executive director of the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch, or the executive director's designee;

(22) The Child Advocate, or the Child Advocate's designee;

(23) The Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare Advocate's designee;

(24) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee;

(25) One representative of the Governor's office, who shall be appointed by the Governor;

(26) One representative of commercial health insurance carriers, who shall be appointed by the Governor;

(27) One representative of the Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health established under section 19a-133a , who shall be appointed by said commission;

(28) One representative of the Commission on the Disparate Impact of COVID-19 established pursuant to special act 21-37 , who shall be appointed by said commission;

(29) One representative of the task force created pursuant to section 4 of public act 21-125* concerning mental health service provider networks; and

(30) One representative of the task force on children's needs created pursuant to section 30 of public act 21-46*.

(c) All initial appointments to the board shall be made not later than July 31, 2015. All subsequent appointments to the board made pursuant to subdivision (3) and subdivisions (25) to (30), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section shall be made not later than October 1, 2022. All members shall serve an initial term of three years, except the members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (29) and (30) of subsection (b) of this section, who shall serve a term of two years. Following the expiration of their initial terms, subsequent members appointed to the board shall serve two-year terms. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority not later than thirty calendar days after the appointment becomes vacant. Any member previously appointed to the board may be reappointed, except the members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (29) and (30) of subsection (b) of this section, who shall serve only one term and may not be reappointed.

(d) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall select two chairpersons of the board from among the members of the board. Such chairpersons shall schedule the first meeting of the board, which shall be held not later than sixty days after July 1, 2015. The board shall meet at least quarterly.

(e) Each member shall be entitled to one vote on the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty authorized or imposed by law.

(f) Not later than October 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children. Such report shall detail (1) the status of the execution of the implementation plan, (2) the level of collaboration among the agencies and stakeholders involved in the execution of the implementation plan, (3) any recommendations for improvements in the execution of the implementation plan or the collaboration among such agencies and stakeholders, and (4) any additional information the board deems necessary and relevant to prevent or reduce the long-term negative impact of mental, emotional and behavioral health issues on children.

*Note: Section 30 of public act 21-46 and section 4 of public act 21-125 are special in nature and therefore have not been codified but remain in full force and effect according to their terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-499a — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319ff / Section 17b-499a
Sec. 17b-499a. Pharmacy outreach program. Established. Purpose. Duties. Report. Medicaid therapy management services pilot program.
Status: in_force

(b) The pharmacy outreach program shall assist eligible persons in procuring free or low cost prescription medications or nonprescription medications by: (1) Evaluating the likelihood that such eligible person will qualify to receive reduced cost or no cost prescription medications or nonprescription medications from a participating manufacturer based upon such participating manufacturer's eligibility requirements for participation in such manufacturer's voluntary drug assistance program; (2) aiding eligible persons who qualify to receive such reduced cost or no cost prescription medications or nonprescription medications in receiving such medications from such participating manufacturers; and (3) assisting any physician licensed in this state with communications to any such participating manufacturer that concern the application of any such eligible person for participation in such participating manufacturer's voluntary drug assistance program.

(c) The pharmacy outreach program shall: (1) Create and maintain a state-wide toll-free telephone number staffed by individuals who are qualified to advise eligible persons on questions such persons may have about access to reduced cost or no cost prescription drugs or nonprescription drugs; (2) sponsor and organize materials and information, in conjunction with other organizations, concerning issues relating to access to affordable prescription medications; and (3) offer and provide information on prescription medications and nonprescription medications, including, but not limited to, information on drug interactions and drug abuse.

(d) Not later than January 15, 2006, and annually thereafter, upon the request of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and general law, the Department of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a , on the number of telephone calls received by the pharmacy outreach program, the number of prescriptions requested and issued through the program and any other information relating to the program that the department deems relevant.

(e) The Commissioner of Social Services, in coordination with the Connecticut Pharmacists Association and a community health center in the greater New Haven region, shall provide Medicaid therapy management services in a pilot program to be administered in greater New Haven by the community health center. Said program shall be operated in cooperation with the medication therapy management activities of the administrative services organization and include, but not be limited to, (1) a review of the medical and prescription history of recipients of benefits under the Medicaid program, and (2) the development of patient medication action plans to reduce adverse medication interaction and related health problems.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-600 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-600
Sec. 17a-600. (Formerly Sec. 17-257u). Appointment of overseer and conservator for acquittee. Payment of expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) The expense of confinement, support and treatment of any acquittee committed to the jurisdiction of the board shall be computed and paid for in accordance with the provisions of sections 17a-528 , 17b-122 , 17b-124 to 17b-132 , inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138 , inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197 , inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250 , inclusive, 17b-263 , 17b-340 to 17b-350 , inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-594 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319i / Section 17a-594
Sec. 17a-594. (Formerly Sec. 17-257o). Summary modification or termination of conditional release upon violation of terms or change in mental health.
Status: in_force

(b) Any peace officer or any person or agency providing treatment or responsible for the supervision of a conditionally released acquittee may take the acquittee into custody or request that the acquittee be taken into custody if there is reasonable cause to believe that the acquittee is a person with psychiatric disabilities or a person with intellectual disability to the extent that his continued release would constitute a danger to himself or others and that the acquittee is in need of immediate care, custody or treatment. The acquittee shall be immediately transported to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities or to the Commissioner of Developmental Services.

(c) Within thirty days of the acquittee being taken into custody pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the board shall commence a hearing to determine the mental condition of the acquittee and shall make a finding and act pursuant to section 17a-584 .

Annotation to former section 17-257o:

Cited. 215 C. 675.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-680 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-680
Sec. 17a-680. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Alcohol-dependent person” means a person who meets the criteria for moderate or severe alcohol use disorder, as described in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;

(2) “Business day” means Monday to Friday, inclusive, except when a legal holiday falls on any such day;

(3) “Department” means the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;

(4) “Dangerous to himself” means there is a substantial risk that physical harm will be inflicted by a person on himself or herself;

(5) “Dangerous to others” means there is a substantial risk that physical harm will be inflicted by a person on another person;

(6) “Drug or drugs” means a controlled drug as defined in section 21a-240 ;

(7) “Drug-dependent person” means a person who meets the criteria for moderate or severe substance use disorder, as described in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;

(8) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services;

(9) “Gravely disabled” means a condition in which a person, as a result of the use of alcohol or drugs on a periodic or continuous basis, is in danger of serious physical harm because (A) he or she is not providing for his or her essential needs such as food, clothing, shelter, vital medical care, or safety, (B) he or she needs, but is not receiving, inpatient treatment for alcohol dependency or drug dependency, and (C) he or she is incapable of determining whether to accept such treatment because his or her judgment is impaired;

(10) “Hospital” means an establishment licensed under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503 , inclusive, for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental conditions, and includes inpatient psychiatric services in general hospitals;

(11) “Incapacitated by alcohol” means a condition in which a person as a result of the use of alcohol has his or her judgment so impaired that he or she is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his or her need for treatment;

(12) “Incompetent person” means a person who has been adjudged incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(13) “Intoxicated person” means a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol or drugs;

(14) “Medical officer” means a licensed physician in attendance at a treatment facility or hospital;

(15) “Respondent” means a person who is alleged to be alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent and for whom a petition for commitment or recommitment to an inpatient treatment facility has been filed;

(16) “Treatment” means any emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological and social services, vocational and social rehabilitation and other appropriate services, which may be extended to alcohol-dependent persons, drug-dependent persons and intoxicated persons;

(17) “Treatment facility” means (A) a facility providing treatment and operating under the direction and control of the department, or (B) a private facility providing treatment and licensed under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503 , inclusive.

Annotation to former section 17a-621:

Cited. 30 CA 839.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-520 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319hh / Section 17b-520
Sec. 17b-520. (Formerly Sec. 17a-360). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Continuing-care contract” means an agreement pursuant to which a provider undertakes to furnish to a person not related by consanguinity or affinity to the provider, care and shelter in a facility or care at home with the right to future access to care and shelter in such facility and medical or nursing services or other health-related benefits for the life of a person or for a period in excess of one year, and which requires a present or future transfer of assets or an entrance fee in addition to or instead of periodic charges, and the amount of the assets required to be transferred or the entrance fee is equal to or in excess of the amount set by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to section 17b-533 ;

(2) “Entrance fee” means the total of any initial or deferred transfer to, or for the benefit of, a provider of a sum of money or other property made or promised to be made as full or partial consideration for acceptance or maintenance of a person as a resident pursuant to a continuing-care contract;

(3) “Facility” means the place in which a provider undertakes to furnish shelter and care to a person pursuant to a continuing-care contract;

(4) “Provider” means any person, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, trust, partnership, unincorporated association or other legal entity, or any combination of such entities, undertaking to furnish care and shelter in a facility or care at home with the right to future access to care and shelter in such facility and medical or nursing services or other health-related benefits pursuant to a continuing-care contract;

(5) “Resident” means any person entitled to receive present or future shelter, care and medical or nursing services or other health-related benefits pursuant to a continuing-care contract, provided nothing in this section and sections 17b-521 to 17b-535 , inclusive, shall affect rights otherwise afforded to residents while they are patients in health care facilities as defined in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (o) of section 19a-490 ;

(6) “Residents council” means a board duly elected by residents at a facility to advocate for residents' rights and function as an advisory board to the provider with respect to resident welfare and interests;

(7) “Affiliate of a provider” means any person, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, trust, partnership, unincorporated association or other legal entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or in common control with a provider;

(8) “Offer” means an offer through either personal, telephone or mail contact or other communication directed to or received by a person at a location within this state as an inducement, solicitation or attempt to encourage a person to enter into a continuing-care contract and shall include any paid advertisement published or broadcast within this state, except for advertisements in periodicals where more than two-thirds of the circulation is outside this state but shall not include marketing or feasibility studies;

(9) “Shelter” means a room, apartment, cottage or other living area in a facility set aside for the exclusive use of one or more persons pursuant to a continuing-care contract;

(10) “Medical or nursing services or other health-related benefits” means services or benefits which shall include care in a nursing facility, priority admission to a nursing facility, home health care or assistance with activities of daily living, to which a resident becomes contractually entitled;

(11) “Department” means the Department of Social Services;

(12) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-282c — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-282c
Sec. 17b-282c. Nonemergency dental services. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-259b — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-259b
Sec. 17b-259b. “Medically necessary” and “medical necessity” defined. Notice of denial of services. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Clinical policies, medical policies, clinical criteria or any other generally accepted clinical practice guidelines used to assist in evaluating the medical necessity of a requested health service shall be used solely as guidelines and shall not be the basis for a final determination of medical necessity.

(c) Upon denial of a request for authorization of services based on medical necessity, the individual shall be notified that, upon request, the Department of Social Services shall provide a copy of the specific guideline or criteria, or portion thereof, other than the medical necessity definition provided in subsection (a) of this section, that was considered by the department or an entity acting on behalf of the department in making the determination of medical necessity.

(d) The Department of Social Services shall amend or repeal any definitions in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies that are inconsistent with the definition of medical necessity provided in subsection (a) of this section, including the definitions of medical appropriateness and medically appropriate, that are used in administering the department's medical assistance program. The commissioner shall implement policies and procedures to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time the final regulations are adopted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-697 — Connecticut Code / Title 17a / Chapter 319j / Section 17a-697
Sec. 17a-697. (Formerly Sec. 19a-127f). Completion of treatment program. Dismissal of charges.
Status: in_force

(b) At any time before the end of the period of suspension of prosecution, the Court Support Services Division may recommend to the court that the charge be dismissed if the person has (1) completed the treatment program, (2) complied with all conditions set under subsection (c) of section 17a-696 , and (3) abstained from the use of alcohol for one year if such person was alcohol dependent or abstained from the unlawful use of drugs for one year if such person was drug dependent.

(c) Not later than one month before the end of the period of suspension of prosecution, the Court Support Services Division shall notify the court of the impending conclusion of the suspension and submit a report on whether the person has completed the treatment program and has complied with all conditions set under subsection (c) of section 17a-696 and on whether the Court Support Services Division recommends dismissal of the charge.

(d) If the court, on motion by the person discharged from treatment, or on its own motion, finds that the person (1) is responding favorably to treatment at the expiration of the period of suspension of prosecution or has completed the treatment program, and (2) has complied with all other conditions of suspension, it may dismiss the charge for which prosecution had been suspended under the provisions of section 17a-696 . If the court denies the motion and terminates the suspension of prosecution, the state's attorney may proceed with prosecution of the crime.

Annotations to former section 17a-654:

Cited. 223 C. 907; 226 C. 191.

Cited. 27 CA 225.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-245b — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319v / Section 17b-245b
Sec. 17b-245b. Federally qualified health centers. Reimbursement methodology in the Medicaid program.
Status: in_force

(b) A federally qualified health center may not provide nonemergency periodic dental services on different dates of service for the purpose of billing for separate encounters. Any nonemergency periodic dental service, including, but not limited to, (1) an examination, (2) prophylaxis, and (3) radiographs, including bitewings, complete series and periapical imaging, if warranted, shall be completed in one visit. A second visit to complete any service normally included during the course of a nonemergency periodic dental visit shall not be eligible for reimbursement unless (A) medically necessary, and (B) such medical necessity is clearly documented in the patient's dental record.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-28 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319o / Section 17b-28
Sec. 17b-28. Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight. Duties. Appointments. Standing subcommittee. Reports.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before June 30, 2011, the council shall be composed of the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, or their designees; two members of the General Assembly, one to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and one to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; the director of the Commission on Aging, or a designee; the director of the Commission on Children, or a designee; a representative of each organization that has been selected by the state to provide managed care and a representative of a primary care case management provider, to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; two representatives of the insurance industry, to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; two advocates for persons receiving Medicaid, one to be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate and one to be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; one advocate for persons with substance use disorders, to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; one advocate for persons with psychiatric disabilities, to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; two advocates for the Department of Children and Families foster families, one to be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and one to be appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; two members of the public who are currently recipients of Medicaid, one to be appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives and one to be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; two representatives of the Department of Social Services, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Social Services; two representatives of the Department of Public Health, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health; two representatives of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services; two representatives of the Department of Children and Families, to be appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families; two representatives of the Office of Policy and Management, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; and one representative of the office of the State Comptroller, to be appointed by the State Comptroller.

(c) On and after October 31, 2017, the council shall be composed of the following members:

(1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, human services, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, or their designees;

(2) Five appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the General Assembly, one of whom shall be a community provider of adult Medicaid health services, one of whom shall be a recipient of Medicaid benefits for the aged, blind and disabled or an advocate for such a recipient, one of whom shall be a representative of the state's federally qualified health clinics and one of whom shall be a member of the Connecticut Hospital Association;

(3) Five appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the General Assembly, one of whom shall be a representative of the home health care industry, one of whom shall be a primary care medical home provider, one of whom shall be an advocate for Department of Children and Families foster families and one of whom shall be a representative of the business community with experience in cost efficiency management;

(4) Three appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be an advocate for persons with substance abuse disabilities, one of whom shall be a Medicaid dental provider and one of whom shall be a representative of the for-profit nursing home industry;

(5) Three appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a representative of school-based health centers, one of whom shall be a recipient of benefits under the HUSKY Health program and one of whom shall be a physician who serves Medicaid clients;

(6) Three appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be an advocate for persons with disabilities, one of whom shall be a dually eligible Medicaid-Medicare beneficiary or an advocate for such a beneficiary and one of whom shall be a representative of the not-for-profit nursing home industry;

(7) Three appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a low-income adult recipient of Medicaid benefits or an advocate for such a recipient, one of whom shall be a representative of hospitals and one of whom shall be a representative of the business community with experience in cost efficiency management;

(8) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee;

(9) A member of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, designated by the executive director of said commission;

(10) A representative of the Long-Term Care Advisory Council;

(11) The Commissioners of Social Services, Children and Families, Public Health, Developmental Services, Aging and Disability Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services, or their designees, who shall be ex-officio nonvoting members;

(12) The Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee, who shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member;

(13) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, who shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member; and

(14) One representative of an administrative services organization which contracts with the Department of Social Services in the administration of the Medicaid program, who shall be a nonvoting member.

(d) The council shall choose a chairperson from among its members. The Joint Committee on Legislative Management shall provide administrative support to such chairperson.

(e) The council shall monitor and make recommendations concerning: (1) An enrollment process that ensures access for the HUSKY Health program and effective outreach and client education for said program; (2) available services comparable to those already in the Medicaid state plan, including those guaranteed under the federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Services Program under 42 USC 1396d; (3) the sufficiency of accessible adult and child primary care providers, specialty providers and hospitals in Medicaid provider networks; (4) the sufficiency of provider rates to maintain the Medicaid network of providers and service access; (5) funding and agency personnel resources to guarantee timely access to services and effective management of the Medicaid program; (6) participation in care management programs including, but not limited to, medical home and health home models by existing community Medicaid providers; (7) the linguistic and cultural competency of providers and other program facilitators and data on the provision of Medicaid linguistic translation services; (8) program quality, including outcome measures and continuous quality improvement initiatives that may include provider quality performance incentives and performance targets for administrative services organizations; (9) timely, accessible and effective client grievance procedures; (10) coordination of the Medicaid care management programs with state and federal health care reforms; (11) eligibility levels for inclusion in the programs; (12) enrollee cost-sharing provisions; (13) a benefit package for the HUSKY Health program; (14) coordination of coverage continuity among Medicaid programs and integration of care, including, but not limited to, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy care provided through programs administered by the Department of Social Services; and (15) the need for program quality studies within the areas identified in this section and the department's application for available grant funds for such studies. The chairperson of the council shall ensure that sufficient members of the council participate in the review of any contract entered into by the Department of Social Services and an administrative services organization.

(f) The Commissioner of Social Services may, in consultation with an educational institution, apply for any available funding, including federal funding, to support Medicaid care management programs.

(g) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide monthly reports to the council on the matters described in subsection (e) of this section, including, but not limited to, policy changes and proposed regulations that affect Medicaid health services. The commissioner shall also provide the council with quarterly financial reports for each covered Medicaid population which reports shall include a breakdown of sums expended for each covered population.

(h) The council shall biannually report on its activities and progress to the General Assembly.

(i) There is established, within the Council on Medical Assistance Program Oversight, a standing subcommittee to study and make recommendations to the council on children and adults who have complex health care needs. The subcommittee shall consist of council members appointed by the chairpersons of the council and other individuals who shall serve for terms prescribed by the cochairpersons to advise the council on specific needs of children and adults with complex health care needs. For the purposes of completing the reports required pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subsection, such individuals shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) The Child Advocate, or the Child Advocate's designee; (2) a family or child advocate; (3) the executive director of the Council on Developmental Disabilities, or the executive director's designee; (4) the executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, or the executive director's designee; (5) an expert in the diagnosis, evaluation, education and treatment of children and young adults with developmental disabilities; and (6) the Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare Advocate's designee. The subcommittee shall submit the following reports, in accordance with section 11-4a to the council, the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children, human services and public health regarding the efficacy of support systems for children and young adults, not older than twenty-one years of age, with developmental disabilities and with or without co-occurring mental health conditions:

(A) Not later than July 1, 2017, recommendations including, but not limited to: (i) Metrics for evaluating the quality of state-funded services to such children and young adults that can be utilized by state agencies that fund such services; (ii) statutory changes needed to promote effective service delivery for such children and young adults and their families; and (iii) any other changes needed to address gaps in services identified by the subcommittee or council with respect to such children, young adults and their families; and

(B) Not later than January 1, 2018, an assessment of: (i) Early intervention services available to such children and young adults in this state; (ii) the system of community-based services for such children and young adults; (iii) the treatment provided by congregate care settings that are operated privately or by the state and provide residential supports and services to such children and young adults and how the quality of care is measured; and (iv) how the state Department of Education, local boards of education, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Developmental Services and other appropriate agencies can work collaboratively to improve educational, developmental, medical and behavioral health outcomes for such children and young adults and reduce the number at risk of entering institutional care. As used in this subsection, “developmental disability” means a severe, chronic disability of an individual, as defined in 42 USC 15002, as amended from time to time.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-337 — Connecticut Code / Title 17b / Chapter 319y / Section 17b-337
Sec. 17b-337. Long-Term Care Planning Committee. Long-term care plan.
Status: in_force

(b) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall, within available appropriations, study issues relative to long-term care including, but not limited to, the case-mix system of Medicaid reimbursement, community-based service options, access to long-term care and geriatric psychiatric services. The committee shall evaluate issues relative to long-term care in light of the United States Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C., 119 S. Ct. 2176 (1999), requiring states to place persons with disabilities in community settings rather than in institutions when such placement is appropriate, the transfer to a less restrictive setting is not opposed by such persons and such placement can be reasonably accommodated. The committee, within available appropriations, shall evaluate available data on the average net actual Medicaid expenditures for nursing homes, in comparison to average net actual Medicaid expenditures for home and community-based services waiver participants who require a nursing home level of care, including the number of individuals served, to assist in short-term and long-term Medicaid expenditure forecasting.

(c) The Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall consist of: (1) The chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, elderly services and long-term care; (2) the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee; (3) one member of the Office of Policy and Management appointed by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (4) one member from the Department of Public Health appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health; (5) one member from the Department of Housing appointed by the Commissioner of Housing; (6) one member from the Department of Developmental Services appointed by the Commissioner of Developmental Services; (7) one member from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services appointed by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services; (8) one member from the Department of Transportation appointed by the Commissioner of Transportation; (9) one member from the Department of Children and Families appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families; (10) one member from the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy appointed by the Commissioner of Health Strategy; and (11) one member from the Department of Aging and Disability Services appointed by the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services. The committee shall convene no later than ninety days after June 4, 1998. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. The chairperson shall be elected from among the members of the committee. The committee shall seek the advice and participation of any person, organization or state or federal agency it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(d) Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall submit a report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and human services on the number of persons receiving (1) long-term care supports and services in the community; and (2) long-term care supports and services in institutions.

(e) Not later than January 1, 1999, and every three years thereafter, the Long-Term Care Planning Committee shall submit a long-term care plan pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, elderly services and long-term care, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , and such plan shall serve as a guide for the actions of state agencies in developing and modifying programs that serve persons in need of long-term care.

(f) Any state agency, when developing or modifying any program that, in whole or in part, provides assistance or support to persons with long-term care needs, shall, to the maximum extent feasible, include provisions that support care-giving provided by family members and other informal caregivers and promote consumer-directed care.