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CT Gen Stat § 17b-362a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-362a - Pharmacy review panel established.

 Section 17b-362a is repealed, effective August 20, 2003.(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 134, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 39, 53; P.A. 03-268, S. 12; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 96.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-363 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-363 - Demonstration program for exploring methods of returning and dispensing prescription drugs which have been dispensed in long-term care facilities.

 Section 17b-363 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003.(P.A. 95-160, S. 28, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 133, 165; P.A. 03-268, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-363b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-363b - Reimbursement for pharmacy services for long-term care facilities.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, provide reimbursement to pharmacies or pharmacists for services provided to residents in long-term care facilities, including (1) residential care homes, nursing homes or rest homes, as defined in section 19a-490, (2) residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability, as defined in section 17a-231, or (3) facilities served by assisted living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490, in addition to those reimbursements provided in chapter 319v, provided such services improve the quality of care to residents of such facilities and produce cost savings to the state, as determined by the commissioner. Such services may include, but not be limited to, emergency and delivery services provided such services are offered on all medications, including intravenous therapy, twenty-four hours per day and seven days per week.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may reimburse for prescription drug costs in unit dose packaging, including blister packs and other special packaging, for clients residing in nursing facilities, chronic disease hospitals and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities.(P.A. 03-116, S. 2; P.A. 06-188, S. 12; P.A. 13-139, S. 14.)History: P.A. 03-116 effective July 1, 2003; P.A. 06-188 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re reimbursement for prescription drugs costs in unit dose packaging, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 13-139 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by substituting “persons with intellectual disability” for “mentally retarded persons” and amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “individuals with intellectual disabilities” for “the mentally retarded”.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-365 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-365 - Assisted living services pilot program. Medicaid waiver program.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, establish and operate a pilot program to allow individuals to receive assisted living services, provided by an assisted living services agency licensed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with chapter 368v. In order to be eligible for the program, an individual shall: (1) Reside in a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693; (2) be ineligible to receive assisted living services under any other assisted living pilot program established by the General Assembly; and (3) be eligible for services under the Medicaid waiver portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342. The total number of individuals enrolled in said pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in the pilot program established pursuant to section 17b-366, shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five individuals. The Commissioner of Social Services shall operate said pilot program in accordance with the Medicaid rules established under 42 USC 1396p(c), as from time to time amended.(b) The pilot program established pursuant to this section may begin operation on or after January 1, 2003. Not later than January 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the pilot program.(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 27; P.A. 04-258, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 40; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 9.)History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the total number of individuals in pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in pilot program established pursuant to Sec. 17b-366, shall not exceed 75 individuals and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “by the regulations of the Department of Public Health” with “in section 19a-693”; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing total enrollment in pilot program from 75 individuals to 125 individuals and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-366 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-366 - Assisted living services pilot program. State-funded program.

 (a) The Commissioner of Social Services may, within available appropriations, establish and operate a pilot program to allow individuals to receive assisted living services, provided by an assisted living services agency licensed by the Department of Public Health, in accordance with chapter 368v. In order to be eligible for the pilot program, an individual shall: (1) Reside in a managed residential community, as defined in section 19a-693; (2) be ineligible to receive assisted living services under any other assisted living pilot program established by the General Assembly; and (3) be eligible for services under the state-funded portion of the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342. The total number of individuals enrolled in said pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in the pilot program established pursuant to section 17b-365, shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five individuals. The Commissioner of Social Services shall operate said pilot program in accordance with the Medicaid rules established under 42 USC 1396p(c), as from time to time amended.(b) The pilot program established pursuant to this section may begin operation on or after January 1, 2003. Not later than January 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, human services, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the pilot program.(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 28; P.A. 04-258, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 41; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 10.)History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7 effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the total number of individuals in pilot program, when combined with the total number of individuals enrolled in pilot program established pursuant to Sec. 17b-365, shall not exceed 75 individuals and to make technical changes, effective July 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by replacing “by the regulations of the Department of Public Health” with “in section 19a-693”; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing total enrollment in pilot program from 75 individuals to 125 individuals and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2012.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-367 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-367 - Information on long-term care options. Web site.

 Section 17b-367 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 51; P.A. 07-155, S. 2; P.A. 10-32, S. 68; P.A. 13-125, S. 29.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-368 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-368 - Pilot project for diagnosis, care and treatment of persons with chronic or geriatric mental conditions.

 On or before July 1, 2004, the Department of Social Services shall, within the limits of available Medicaid funding, implement a pilot project in Greater Hartford with a chronic disease hospital colocated with a skilled nursing facility and with the facilities, medical staff and all necessary personnel for the diagnosis, care and treatment of chronic or geriatric mental conditions that require prolonged hospital or restorative care. For purposes of this section, “chronic disease hospital” means a long-term hospital with facilities, medical staff and all necessary personnel for the diagnosis, care and treatment of chronic physical and geriatric mental health conditions that require prolonged hospital or restorative care.(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 87.)History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-371 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-371 - Long-Term Care Reinvestment account. Report.

 Section 17b-371 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.(P.A. 08-180, S. 3; P.A. 09-1, S. 1, 2; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 84, 85; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
CT Gen Stat § 17b-372 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-372 - Small house nursing homes pilot program.

 (a) As used in this section, “small house nursing home” means an alternative nursing home facility that (1) consists of one or more units that are designed and modeled as a private home, (2) houses no more than fourteen individuals in each unit, (3) includes private rooms and bathrooms, (4) provides for an increased role for support staff in the care of residents, (5) incorporates a philosophy of individualized care, and (6) is licensed as a nursing home under chapter 368v.(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may expand, within available appropriations, a pilot program to support the development of one or more small house nursing homes in the state in order to improve the quality of life for nursing home residents and to support a goal of providing nursing home care in a more home-like and less institution-like setting.(c) A small house nursing home developed under this section shall comply with the provisions of sections 17b-352 to 17b-354, inclusive.(P.A. 08-91, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 43; P.A. 11-44, S. 95; P.A. 14-95, S. 1.)History: P.A. 08-91 effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 amended Subsec. (d) by adding provision re commissioner's approval after consultation with and approval of Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and by replacing provision requiring commissioner to reserve 2 proposals for small house nursing home in a distressed municipality with provision allowing commissioner to give preference to such proposals, added new Subsec. (e) prohibiting commissioner from approving more than 1 project limited to 280 beds through June 30, 2011, and redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (f), effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by changing number of individuals per unit from 10 to 14, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision requiring commissioner to develop program to support up to 10 small house nursing homes with provision allowing commissioner to develop program to support 1 small house nursing home and adding provision limiting number of beds to 280, deleted former Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e) re applications to develop a small house nursing home and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-95 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “establish” with “expand” re pilot program and delete provision limiting project to 280 beds, effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-372a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319y - Long-Term Care|Section 17b-372a - Nursing home for persons transitioning from correctional facility or receiving services from Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

 Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioners of Social Services, Correction and Mental Health and Addiction Services may establish or contract for the establishment of a chronic or convalescent nursing home on state-owned or private property to care for individuals who (1) require the level of care provided in a nursing home, and (2) are transitioning from a correctional facility in the state, or (3) receive services from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. A nursing home developed under this section is not required to comply with the provisions of sections 17b-352 to 17b-354, inclusive.(P.A. 11-44, S. 117.)History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011.There is no legislative intent that contractor be treated as arm of the state immunizing it from local zoning ordinances under sovereign immunity doctrine; provision allowing state to contract for nursing home care for those in state custody “notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes” did not make contractor immune from any other statute since section expressly exempted contractor from only certain statutes; zoning laws did not irreconcilably conflict with section. 315 C. 265.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies|Section 17b-885. (Formerly Sec. 17-635) - Definitions.

 When used in sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive:(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services;(b) “Community action agency” means a public or private nonprofit agency which has previously been designated by and authorized to accept funds from the federal Community Services Administration for community action agencies under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or a successor agency established pursuant to section 17b-892;(c) “Community action program” means a community based and operated program which: (1) Includes or is designated to include a sufficient number of projects or components to provide a range of services and activities having a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community or those areas of the community where poverty is a particularly acute problem; (2) organizes and combines its component projects and activities in a manner appropriate to carry out the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive; and (3) conforms to any other criteria the commissioner may prescribe consistent with the provisions of said sections;(d) “Community” means a municipality or a county, or any combination thereof, or a neighborhood or other area, irrespective of boundaries or political subdivisions, which provides a suitable organizational base and possesses the commonality of interest and need for a community action program.(P.A. 82-84, S. 1, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: P.A. 83-20 redefined “community action agency”, adding “a successor agency established pursuant to section 17-467” and deleting “a similar agency recognized as a community action agency by the commissioner”; Sec. 17-460 transferred to Sec. 17-635 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-635 transferred to Sec. 17b-885 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies|Section 17b-886. (Formerly Sec. 17-636) - Agency board.

 (a) Each community action agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so constituted that:(1) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials currently holding office, or their designees, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement;(2) At least one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and(3) The remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.(b) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographic area within a community shall reside in the area he represents.(P.A. 82-84, S. 2, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 2, 6; P.A. 00-158, S. 1, 3.)History: P.A. 83-20 amended Subsec. (a) by changing from 18 to 15 the minimum number of members for the board; Sec. 17-461 transferred to Sec. 17-636 in 1991; Sec. 17-636 transferred to Sec. 17b-886 in 1995; P.A. 00-158 deleted provision in Subsec. (b) that had limited terms for certain board members, effective May 26, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-887. (Formerly Sec. 17-637) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies|Section 17b-887. (Formerly Sec. 17-637) - Agency functions.

 The functions of a community action agency shall, subject to the provisions of sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, and the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services, include, but not be limited to:(1) Planning systematically for and evaluating the program, including actions to develop information as to the problems and causes of poverty in the community, to determine how much and how effectively assistance is being provided to deal with those problems and causes, and to establish priorities among projects, activities, and areas as needed for the best and most efficient use of resources;(2) Encouraging agencies engaged in activities related to the community action program to plan for, secure and administer assistance available under sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, or from other sources on a common or cooperative basis; providing planning or technical assistance to those agencies; and generally, in cooperation with community agencies and officials, undertaking actions to improve existing efforts to attack poverty, such as improving day to day communications, closing the service gaps, focusing resources on the most needy, and providing additional opportunities to low-income individuals for regular employment or participation in the programs or activities for which those community action agencies and officials are responsible;(3) Initiating and sponsoring projects responsive to needs of the poor which are not otherwise being met, with particular emphasis on providing central or common services that can be drawn upon by a variety of related programs, developing new approaches or new types of services that can be incorporated into other programs, and filling gaps pending the expansion or modification of those programs; providing technical assistance and other support needed to enable the poor and neighborhood groups to secure on their own behalf available assistance from public and private sources; and(4) Joining with and encouraging business, labor and other private groups and organizations to undertake, together with public officials and agencies, activities in support of the community action program which will result in the additional use of private resources and capabilities, with a view to such things as developing new employment opportunities, stimulating investment that will have a measurable impact in reducing poverty among residents of areas of concentrated poverty, and providing methods by which residents of those areas can work with private groups, firms and institutions in seeking solutions to problems of common concern.(P.A. 82-84, S. 3, 12; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)History: Sec. 17-462 transferred to Sec. 17-637 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July l, 1993; Sec. 17-637 transferred to Sec. 17b-887 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies|Section 17b-888. (Formerly Sec. 17-638) - Agency funding. Transfer of funds; delegation of powers.

 A community action agency shall have authority to enter into contracts with private and public nonprofit agencies, to receive and administer funds received pursuant to sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, to receive and administer funds and contributions from private and local public sources which may be used in support of a community action program, and to receive and administer funds under any federal or state assistance program pursuant to which a public or private nonprofit agency, organized in accordance with sections 17b-885 to 17b-895, inclusive, could act as grantee, contractor or sponsor of projects appropriate for inclusion in a community action program. Community action agencies and limited purpose agencies previously funded by the Community Services Administration, subject to federal law or regulation, shall be given first priority in the allocation of federal funds under the Community Services Block Grant Act or of any subsequent federal funds that were previously designated as Community Services Administration funds. Such funds shall be distributed through an agreement between the commissioner and the community action agencies. If such agreement is not reached by four weeks before the block grant plan is to be submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to section 4-28b, the Governor and the commissioner shall make the final decision on distribution. In the event the community services block grant is eliminated, each community action agency shall also be given due consideration, subject to the restrictions of applicable law or regulation, in the distribution of federal, state or municipal funds that are available to support antipoverty programs that have been administered by that agency on or after July 1, 1981. A community action agency, subject to the approval of its governing board, shall have authority to transfer funds received and to delegate powers to other agencies.(P.A. 82-84, S. 4, 12; P.A. 83-20, S. 3, 6.)History: P.A. 83-20 changed the process for the distribution of funds from a formula based on population to an agreement between the commissioner and the agencies and applied provisions to agencies previously funded by the Community Services Administration; Sec. 17-463 transferred to Sec. 17-638 in 1991; Sec. 17-638 transferred to Sec. 17b-888 in 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 17b-889. (Formerly Sec. 17-639) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 17b - Social Services|Chapter 319yy - Community Action Agencies|Section 17b-889. (Formerly Sec. 17-639) - Program; community participation; agency priorities.

 Each community action agency shall establish procedures to assure maximum feasible participation of neighborhood-based organizations, residents of the community and members of the groups served to assist such agency in prioritizing, planning, conducting and evaluating components of the community action program. Agency priorities established under this section shall not be modified without substantial documentation of changed circumstances and, when practicable, the approval of the parties involved in setting those priorities.(P.A. 82-84, S. 5, 12.)History: Sec. 17-464 transferred to Sec. 17-639 in 1991; Sec. 17-639 transferred to Sec. 17b-889 in 1995.