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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-55. - Awarding of grants to community service programs based upon effectiveness.

The Commissioner of Children and Families shall implement a system of awarding grants to community service programs whereby such programs are funded proportionate to their effectiveness in treating clients of the department. The evaluation of a program shall be based on (1) an analysis of program outcomes; (2) an assessment of regional needs for treatment services; and (3) the availability of the program to clients of the department. The Department of Children and Families shall collect, maintain and analyze the data to be used in the evaluation process on an ongoing basis. The commissioner shall impose a probationary period on a program found to be ineffective and shall propose requirements for the improvement of such a program. The commissioner shall determine the length of the probationary period and shall cease to fund a program which has not met the proposed requirements for improvement within such period.
(P.A. 91-268, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 05-246, S. 9; P.A. 11-105, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 05-246 amended Subdiv. (2) to delete “regional” and add provision re assessment of needs for treatment services in each service delivery area, effective July 8, 2005; P.A. 11-105 amended Subdiv. (2) by deleting reference to “service delivery area” and adding reference to “regional” needs for services, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-57. - Designation of emergency room nursing staff to take physical custody of infant voluntarily surrendered.

Each hospital operating an emergency room shall designate all members of the emergency room nursing staff as employees authorized to take physical custody of an infant pursuant to section 17a-58. There shall be a designated employee on duty at each hospital emergency room during regular business hours. There shall be a designated place inside such hospital emergency room where physical custody may be taken.
(P.A. 00-207, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-59. - Notification of custody. Assumption of care and control by commissioner. Identification of prospective adoptive parent. Limitation on disclosure of parentage.

(a) Not more than twenty-four hours after taking physical custody of the infant the employee designated pursuant to section 17a-57 shall notify the Department of Children and Families of such custody in accordance with subsection (b) of section 17a-60.
(b) The Commissioner of Children and Families shall assume the care and control of the infant immediately upon receipt of notice under subsection (a) of this section. Any infant in the care and control of the commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be considered to be in the custody of the department and the department shall take any action authorized under state law to achieve safety and permanency for the infant, including institution of legal proceedings for guardianship or termination of parental rights. In order to achieve safety and permanency for the infant, the department shall identify a prospective adoptive parent for the infant not later than one business day after receiving such notice from a designated employee, provided a prospective adoptive parent is available. The department shall provide notification of legal proceedings to any parent of an infant when the identity of the parent is known to the department.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by statute, unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, the department shall not disclose any information concerning the parentage of an infant in the care and control of the commissioner under the provisions of this section to a prospective adoptive parent or foster parent.
(P.A. 00-207, S. 3; P.A. 10-161, S. 1; P.A. 17-18, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-161 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “designated employee” with “employee designated pursuant to section 17a-57”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions specifying that department may institute legal proceedings and requiring department to provide notice of such proceedings and by repositioning provision from former Subsec. (c) re infant in care and control of commissioner considered to be in custody of department, and deleted said former Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 17-18 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to Secs. 17a-101a to 17a-101d with reference to Sec. 17a-60(b), amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re identification of prospective adoptive parent, added Subsec. (c) re department's disclosure of information concerning parentage of infant, and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-59a. - Definitions. Removal of infant from prospective adoptive parent.

(a) As used in this section, and sections 17a-59 and 17a-59b:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Children and Families;
(2) “Department” means the Department of Children and Families;
(3) “Foster parent” means a person who, pursuant to section 17a-114, is (A) licensed by the department to care for one or more children in a private home, or (B) approved by a child-placing agency licensed by the department to care for one or more children in a private home;
(4) “Prospective adoptive parent” means a foster parent who is awaiting the placement of, or who has, a child or children placed in his or her home pursuant to section 17a-59 for purposes of adoption; and
(5) “Removal hearing” means an administrative proceeding conducted by the department in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to determine if the removal of a child from a prospective adoptive parent is in a child's best interest.
(b) The department, after taking custody of an infant pursuant to section 17a-59 and placing the infant in the care and control of a prospective adoptive parent for thirty or more consecutive days, shall not remove the infant from such parent unless: (1) The department is in possession of specific allegations and other verified affirmations of fact that demonstrate there is reasonable cause to believe that (A) the infant is suffering from serious physical illness or serious physical injury or is in immediate physical danger, and (B) immediate removal from such parent is necessary to ensure the infant's safety, (2) the prospective adoptive parent consents to the removal of the infant from his or her care and control, or (3) a biological parent of the infant has been identified and a request for reunification of such parent and the infant has been granted pursuant to an order by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(P.A. 17-18, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-59b. - Removal of infant. Prospective adoptive parent's right to hearing. Regulations.

(a) A prospective adoptive parent who (1) has exercised continuous care and control of an infant in the custody of the commissioner pursuant to section 17a-59 for thirty or more consecutive days, and (2) is aggrieved by a decision of the department to remove such infant from the prospective adoptive parent's home may request that the department conduct a removal hearing. A prospective adoptive parent's request for a removal hearing shall be made in writing to the department not later than ten days after the date on which the prospective adoptive parent receives written notice of the department's decision to remove the infant. Upon receiving the request for a removal hearing, the department shall conduct such hearing not later than thirty business days after the date of receiving the request. Except as provided in subsection (b) of section 17a-59a, the infant shall remain with the prospective adoptive parent pending the outcome of the removal hearing.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 17-18, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-60a. - Birth parent contact preference and health history forms. Access by adopted persons and certain other persons.

(a) Upon the request of a birth parent, the Department of Children and Families shall make available to him or her a contact preference form on which the birth parent may state a preference regarding contact by the person whose birth is recorded on a certificate of birth that may be made available in accordance with section 7-53 to an adopted person when such person is eighteen years of age or older or to such adopted person's adult child or grandchild. Upon such request, the department shall also provide the birth parent with a form on which to record his or her health history pursuant to subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 45a-746.
(b) The contact preference form shall provide the birth parent with the following options from which the birth parent shall select one:
(1) I would like to be contacted.
(2) I would like to be contacted, but only through an intermediary, as designated by the birth parent.
(3) I do not want to be contacted.
(c) When the department receives a completed contact preference form or completed health history form from a birth parent, the department shall maintain such form in a confidential file and shall provide copies only to the adopted person who is eighteen years of age or older or such adopted person's adult child or grandchild, upon request. A completed contact preference form shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of section 1-210.
(P.A. 14-133, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 14-133 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-61. - Public information program.

The Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall prepare a public information program about the process established under this section and sections 17a-57 to 17a-60, inclusive, 53-21 and 53-23. Such program shall include distribution to mothers and agents of a pamphlet that has the following information: (1) An explanation of the process established by this section and sections 17a-57 to 17a-60, inclusive; (2) the legal ramifications and protections for the mother or agent; (3) what will happen to the infant; (4) how to contact the Department of Children and Families with questions and the procedures for reunification; (5) the timelines involved in termination of parental rights and adoption; and (6) any other relevant information.
(P.A. 00-207, S. 5; P.A. 15-242, S. 47.)
History: P.A. 15-242 replaced “17a-57 to 17a-61” with “17a-57 to 17a-60” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-61a. - Accreditation of Department of Children and Families by Council on Accreditation.

The Commissioner of Children and Families shall apply, within a reasonable time, for accreditation of the Department of Children and Families by the Council on Accreditation. The commissioner shall comply with all procedural and administrative requirements of said council and after obtaining accreditation shall apply for renewal when such renewal is due.
(P.A. 05-246, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 05-246 effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-62. - Commissioner of Children and Families to monitor certain at-risk children and youth. Annual report to General Assembly.

Section 17a-62 is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.
(P.A. 09-96, S. 1; P.A. 11-240, S. 4; P.A. 14-122, S. 27; P.A. 16-28, S. 6; P.A. 19-120, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-62b. - Services for homeless children and youth.

A public or private agency serving children and youth may provide services to a homeless child or youth, as defined in 42 USC 11434a, unless the parent or guardian does not consent to such services or withdraws such consent. Such agency shall make all reasonable efforts to contact the parent or guardian for consent and shall be immune from liability, civil or criminal, which might otherwise be incurred or imposed, provided the agency provided such services in good faith and not negligently.
(P.A. 10-179, S. 29.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-63. - Internal departmental and administrative case reviews. Results. Department-wide deficiencies. Annual report to General Assembly.

Section 17a-63 is repealed, effective July 7, 2021.
(P.A. 09-194, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 29; P.A. 21-140, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-63a. - Private service provider. Contract with Department of Children and Families. Measurable outcomes. Annual report to General Assembly.

The Commissioner of Children and Families shall (1) determine measurable outcomes for each type of service provided by a private provider pursuant to such provider's contract with the Department of Children and Families; (2) incorporate such outcomes into the department's contract with each such provider; and (3) include achievement of such outcomes and other quality indicators in annual evaluations of each such provider. The department shall, annually, submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children on the department's progress in implementing such steps, including (A) the number of service types with outcomes, (B) the types of outcomes, (C) the incorporation of such outcomes into contracts, and (D) the application of outcome information into quality improvement.
(P.A. 09-194, S. 2; P.A. 16-28, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 16-28 replaced “human services” with “children” in provision re report, effective May 17, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-75. (Formerly Sec. 17-205b). - Definitions.

For the purposes of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings: “Business day” means Monday through Friday except when a legal holiday falls thereon; “child” means any person less than sixteen years of age; “court” means the Superior Court-Juvenile Matters or the Court of Probate, unless either court is specifically stated; “hospital for mental illness of children” means any hospital, that provides, in whole or in part, diagnostic or treatment services for mental disorders of children, but shall not include any correctional institution of this state; “mental disorder” means a mental or emotional condition that has substantial adverse effects on a child's ability to function so as to jeopardize his or her health, safety or welfare or that of others, and specifically excludes intellectual disability; “parent” means parent or legal guardian, including any guardian appointed under the provisions of subsection (i) of section 46b-129 or sections 45a-132, 45a-593 to 45a-597, inclusive, 45a-603 to 45a-622, inclusive, 45a-629 to 45a-638, inclusive, 45a-707 to 45a-709, inclusive, 45a-715 to 45a-718, inclusive, 45a-724 to 45a-737, inclusive, or 45a-743 to 45a-756, inclusive.
(P.A. 79-511, S. 1; P.A. 81-247, S. 5, 7; 81-472, S. 32, 159; P.A. 98-241, S. 10; P.A. 13-139, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 81-247 eliminated surrogate parents from the definition of “parent” for purposes of commitment of mentally ill children; P.A. 81-472 deleted reference to defined terms' applicability to Sec. 17-184; Sec. 17-205b transferred to Sec. 17a-75 in 1991; P.A. 98-241 corrected reference by changing Subsec. (d) to Subsec. (i) of Sec. 46b-129; P.A. 13-139 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation” and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-80. (Formerly Sec. 17-205g). - Right of review of status as voluntary patient. Hearing. Child's right to be at hearing. Duties of hospital.

If any child fourteen years of age or over hospitalized upon the written request of his or her parent under section 17a-79, or his or her representative, requests a hearing in writing, to review his or her status as a voluntary patient, such hearing shall be held within three business days. Any child fourteen years of age or over shall be informed in writing of his or her right to have a hearing under this section upon admission to the hospital and any child reaching the age of fourteen who is already hospitalized as a voluntary patient shall be informed within five days of his or her reaching such age. At such hearing, the child shall have the right to be present, to cross-examine all witnesses testifying, and to be represented by counsel as provided in section 17a-77. The hearing may be requested at any time prior to the initiation of proceedings under section 17a-76. The hearing shall be held by the court of probate in the district in which the hospital is located. The hospital shall immediately notify such court of any request for a hearing by a child hospitalized under section 17a-79. At the conclusion of the hearing, unless the court finds that there is clear and convincing evidence to conclude that the child suffers from a mental disorder and is in need of hospitalization for treatment, that such treatment is available and that there is no less restrictive available alternative, the court shall order such child's release from the hospital, otherwise such hospitalization may continue in accordance with section 17a-79. In no event shall a request for a hearing under this section be granted more than once in each ninety-day period. All fees and expenses incurred upon proceedings required by this section shall be paid as provided in section 17a-82. The hospital shall furnish the court of probate in the district in which such hospital is located, on a monthly basis, a list of all children admitted under the provisions of section 17a-79 who have been hospitalized for a period of one year. Within ten days thereafter, such court shall appoint an impartial physician specializing in psychiatry from the panel of physicians established under subsection (b) of section 17a-77 who shall see and examine each such child within fifteen days after the appointment. If, in the opinion of such physician, such child does not need continued hospitalization, then such child shall be released unless an application is filed for his or her hospitalization under the provisions of sections 17a-76 to 17a-78, inclusive.
(P.A. 79-511, S. 6.)
History: Sec. 17-205g transferred to Sec. 17a-80 in 1991.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-81. (Formerly Sec. 17-205h). - Parental consent necessary for treatment. Exceptions.

(a) Parental consent shall be necessary for treatment. In the event such consent is withheld or immediately unavailable and the physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse certified as a psychiatric mental health provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center concludes that treatment is necessary to prevent serious harm to the child, such emergency treatment may be administered pending receipt of parental consent.
(b) Involuntary patients may receive medication and treatment without their consent, or the consent of their parents, but no medical or surgical procedures may be performed without the written informed consent of: (1) The child's parent, if he or she has one; or (2) such child's next of kin; or (3) a qualified physician appointed by a judge of the Probate Court who signed the order of hospitalization, except in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(c) If the head of a hospital, in consultation with a physician, determines that the condition of a child, whether a voluntary or involuntary patient, is of an extremely critical nature, then emergency measures may be taken without the consent otherwise provided for in this section.
(P.A. 79-511, S. 7; P.A. 19-98, S. 1; P.A. 21-196, S. 18.)
History: Sec. 17-205h transferred to Sec. 17a-81 in 1991; P.A. 19-98 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “or advanced practice registered nurse certified as a psychiatric mental health provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center”; P.A. 21-196 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to physician assistant.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-82. (Formerly Sec. 17-205i). - Payment of commitment and transportation expenses.

(a) When any child is in need of hospitalization and is hospitalized in a state hospital for children under sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, or when an applicant is indigent, all fees and expenses incurred upon the court commitment proceedings, except attorneys fees paid pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-77, shall be paid by the state, from funds appropriated to the Department of Children and Families, and if any child is hospitalized in a private hospital or if any child is found not to be mentally disordered and in need of hospitalization, such fees and expenses shall be paid by the applicant, except attorneys fees paid under the provisions of section 17a-77. Compensation shall be determined by the court hearing the matter in accordance with rules adopted by the Superior Court.
(b) The expenses, if any, of necessary transportation to a state hospital for mental illness for hospitalization of any child shall be paid for by the Department of Children and Families, if such child or legally liable relative is unable to pay for the same.
(c) The expenses of medically necessary transportation from any state facility or hospital to any other state facility or hospital shall be assumed by the state facility or hospital which initiated the transfer of such child.
(P.A. 79-511, S. 8; P.A. 81-472, S. 36, 159; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 81-472 removed Sec. 17-184 from the scope of Subsec. (a); Sec. 17-205i transferred to Sec. 17a-82 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 - Department of Children and Families › Section 17a-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-205j). - Fraudulent or malicious application, order, request, certification or report re commitment or mental disorder of child.

Any person who wilfully files or attempts to file or conspires with any person to file a fraudulent or malicious application, order or request for the commitment, hospitalization or treatment of any child pursuant to section 17a-76, 17a-78 or 17a-79, and any person who wilfully certifies falsely to the mental disorder of any child in any certificate provided for in this part, and any person who, under the provisions of sections 17a-75 to 17a-83, inclusive, relating to mentally ill minors, wilfully reports falsely to any court or judge that any child is mentally disordered, shall be guilty of a class D felony.
(P.A. 79-511, S. 9; P.A. 81-472, S. 37, 159; P.A. 13-258, S. 64.)
History: P.A. 81-472 removed Sec. 17-184 from the scope of this section; Sec. 17-205j transferred to Sec. 17a-83 in 1991; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-785. (Formerly Sec. 17b-658). - Cooperation with federal government.

The Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation, to adopt such methods of administration as it finds necessary for the proper and efficient operation of agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and to comply with such conditions as may be necessary to secure the full benefits of such federal statutes to this state.
(1957, P.A. 557, S. 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 543, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 5, 8; P.A. 89-354, S. 11, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 62; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 76; P.A. 19-157, S. 74.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of human resources for state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-354 replaced department of human resources with state board of education; P.A. 89-354 changed responsibilities from state board of education to department of human resources, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to 60 days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-104 transferred to Sec. 17-668 in 1993; 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. 17-668 transferred to Sec. 17b-658 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-658 transferred to Sec. 17a-785 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-786. (Formerly Sec. 17b-659). - Treasurer to receive and disburse federal funds.

The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received from the federal government for the purpose of carrying out any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation or any agreements authorized by sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796, 17a-797, 17a-799 and 17a-835 and shall make disbursements from such funds and from all state funds available for vocational rehabilitation purposes upon certification by the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services.
(1957, P.A. 557, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 544, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 6, 8; P.A. 89-354, S. 12, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 63; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 77; P.A. 19-157, S. 75.)
History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of human resources for state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-354 replaced department of human resources with state board of education; P.A. 89-354 changed responsibilities from commissioner of education to commission of human resources, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to 60 days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-105 transferred to Sec. 17-669 in 1993 and internal reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108, inclusive, revised to reflect their transfer; 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. 17-669 transferred to Sec. 17b-659 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 deleted exception for services to the blind and replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” with “Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-659 transferred to Sec. 17a-786 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-789. (Formerly Sec. 17b-662). - Beneficiary's rights not assignable.

The right of a person with disability to maintenance under sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796, 17a-797, 17a-799 and 17a-835 shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity.
(1957, P.A. 557, S. 8; P.A. 95-355, S. 6; P.A 13-7, S. 9.)
History: Sec. 10-107 transferred to Sec. 17-672 in 1993 and internal reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108, inclusive, revised to reflect their transfer; Sec. 17-672 transferred to Sec. 17b-662 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 changed “handicapped individual” to “person with disability” and made a technical change; P.A. 13-7 replaced reference to Sec. 17b-665 with reference to Sec. 17b-663, effective July 1, 2013; Sec. 17b-662 transferred to Sec. 17a-789 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-790. (Formerly Sec. 17b-663). - Information concerning beneficiaries confidential.

Any person who, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program, solicits, discloses, receives or makes use of, or authorizes, knowingly permits, participates in or acquiesces in the use of, any name or list of names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from official sources or documents or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(1957, P.A. 557, S. 9.)
History: Sec. 10-108 transferred to Sec. 17-673 in 1993; Sec. 17-673 transferred to Sec. 17b-663 in 1995; Sec. 17b-663 transferred to Sec. 17a-790 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-792. (Formerly Sec. 17b-613). - Definitions.

As used in this section and sections 17a-793 and 17a-794:
(1) “Center for independent living” means a consumer-controlled, community-based, nonprofit corporation which provides consumers or their families with independent living services, as identified by community residents with disabilities and service providers. A center shall provide program information to all community residents about the needs of people with disabilities. Personal care assistant services arranged for or provided by independent living centers shall not be required to be licensed or certified;
(2) “Independent living services” shall include, but not be limited to, advocacy, peer counseling, independent living skills assessment, counseling and training information and referral, and other programs and services which would promote the independence, productivity and quality of life for people with disabilities;
(3) “Consumer” means an individual with a significant physical or mental impairment whose ability to function independently in the family or community or whose ability to obtain, maintain or advance in employment is substantially limited and for whom the delivery of independent living services will improve the ability to function, continue functioning, or move toward functioning independently in the family or community or to continue in employment, respectively;
(4) “Consumer-controlled” means that at least fifty-one per cent of the members of the board of directors of a center for independent living are consumers.
(P.A. 87-563, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-355, S. 7; P.A. 17-202, S. 61; P.A. 18-55, S. 11.)
History: Sec. 10-4i transferred to Sec. 17-625 in 1993; Sec. 17-625 transferred to Sec. 17b-613 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 changed “independent living center” to “center for independent living” and redefined “consumer”; P.A. 17-202 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “personal care attendant” with “personal care assistant”, amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing “severe physical or mental impairment” with “significant physical or mental impairment” and made technical changes; P.A. 18-55 made technical changes; Sec. 17b-613 transferred to Sec. 17a-792 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-793. (Formerly Sec. 17b-614). - State-wide network of independent living centers.

(a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish and maintain a state-wide network of centers for independent living.
(b) Not more than five per cent of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year for the purposes of this section may be used by the Department of Aging and Disability Services to provide state-wide administration, evaluation and technical assistance relating to the implementation of this section.
(P.A. 87-563, S. 2, 5; P.A. 89-354, S. 2, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-355, S. 8; P.A. 11-44, S. 55; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 67; P.A. 19-157, S. 65.)
History: P.A. 89-354 changed name of division of rehabilitation services to bureau of rehabilitation services and transferred the bureau from the department of education to the department of human resources, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to sixty days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit; i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-4j transferred to Sec. 17-626 in 1993; 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. 17-626 transferred to Sec. 17b-614 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 amended Subsec. (a) by changing the reference to “independent living centers” to “centers for independent living”; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitation Services within the Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-614 transferred to Sec. 17a-793 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-797. (Formerly Sec. 17b-657). - Duties of Department of Aging and Disability Services regarding medical, diagnostic, physical restoration training and other rehabilitation services.

The Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to provide such medical, diagnostic, physical restoration, training and other rehabilitation services as may be needed to enable persons with disabilities to attain the maximum degree of self care. The powers herein delegated and authorized to the Department of Aging and Disability Services shall be in addition to those authorized by any other law and shall become effective upon authorization of federal grant-in-aid funds for participation in the cost of independent living rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities. The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall be authorized to cooperate with whatever federal agency is directed to administer the federal aspects of such program and to comply with such requirements and conditions as may be established for the receipt and disbursement of federal grant-in-aid funds which may be made available to the state of Connecticut in carrying out such program.
(P.A. 79-344, S. 4; P.A. 89-354, S. 10, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 61; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 75; P.A. 19-157, S. 73.)
History: P.A. 89-354 changed responsibilities of vocational rehabilitation services from state board of education to department of human resources and changed “handicapped individual” to “person with a disability”, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to 60 days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-103b transferred to Sec. 17-667 in 1993; 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. 17-667 transferred to Sec. 17b-657 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 replaced references to Department of Social Services and its Bureau of Rehabilitation Services with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-657 transferred to Sec. 17a-797 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-798. (Formerly Sec. 17b-666). - Employment opportunities program for underserved persons with significant disabilities. Regulations.

(a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services may receive state and federal funds to administer, within available appropriations, an employment opportunities program to serve individuals with the most significant disabilities who do not meet the eligibility requirements of supported employment programs administered by the Departments of Developmental Services, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services. For the purposes of this section, “individuals with the most significant disabilities” means those individuals who (1) have serious employment limitations in a total of three or more functional areas including, but not limited to, mobility, communication, self-care, interpersonal skills, work tolerance or work skills, or (2) will require significant ongoing disability-related services on the job in order to maintain employment.
(b) The employment opportunities program shall provide extended services, as defined in 34 CFR 361.5(b)(19), that are necessary for individuals with the most significant disabilities to maintain supported employment. Such services shall include coaching and other related services that allow participants to obtain and maintain employment and maximize economic self-sufficiency.
(c) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 01-61, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a); P.A. 11-44, S. 67; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 81; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 60; P.A. 19-157, S. 78.)
History: P.A. 01-61 effective July 1, 2001; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Department of Mental Retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” in Subsec. (a) and made a conforming change in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) by replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “, Social Services”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-666 transferred to Sec. 17a-798 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-799. (Formerly Sec. 17b-651a). - Disability determination services unit. Inquiries into criminal history of applicants for employment.

The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall inquire into the criminal history of any applicant, who is not at the time of application employed by the Department of Aging and Disability Services, for a position of employment with the department's disability determination services unit. Such inquiry shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 31-51i. The commissioner shall require each such applicant to state whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime, whether criminal charges are pending against the applicant at the time of application, and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such charges are pending. Each such applicant offered a position of employment with the department's disability determination services unit shall be required to submit to fingerprinting and state and national criminal history records checks, as provided in section 29-17a.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 67; P.A. 11-44, S. 57; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 70; P.A. 19-157, S. 69.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced references to director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services with references to Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services and replaced references to Bureau of Rehabilitative Services with references to Department of Rehabilitation Services, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” with “Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services” and replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-651a transferred to Sec. 17a-799 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-811. (Formerly Sec. 10-294a). - Legal blindness. Impaired vision. Defined.

For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) A person is legally blind if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if such person's visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;
(b) A person has impaired vision if such person's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/70 in the better eye with correcting lenses.
(1961, P.A. 539, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 767, S. 1; P.A. 75-231, S. 1, 6; P.A. 78-218, S. 200; P.A. 05-156, S. 5.)
History: 1969 act defined what is meant by impaired vision; P.A. 75-231 defined what is meant by products made or manufactured by the blind; P.A. 78-218 added feminine personal pronouns; P.A. 05-156 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “blind” with “legally blind”, made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b) for the purpose of gender neutrality and deleted former Subsec. (c) re definition of products made or services provided by blind persons; Sec. 10-294a transferred to Sec. 17a-811 in 2023.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › Chapter 319 › l › - Department of Aging and Disability Services › Section 17a-813. (Formerly Sec. 10-296). - Contracts with public or private entities.

The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may, within available appropriations, contract with public or private entities, individuals or private enterprises for the instruction of persons who are blind.
(1949 Rev., S. 1612; 1961, P.A. 539, S. 5; 1963, P.A. 386, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 159, S. 3; P.A. 05-156, S. 7; P.A. 11-44, S. 9; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 41; P.A. 17-202, S. 27; P.A. 19-157, S. 21.)
History: 1961 act changed the technical language of the statute, changed the upper age limit from 16 to 18 years, added requirement that application be made by the executive secretary of the board, added requirement that an initial investigation be made and changed the substance of the court order; 1963 act changed executive secretary to director; 1969 act substituted director for board; P.A. 05-156 substituted “available appropriations” for “the expenditure therefor provided in section 10-295” and “entities” for “institutions” and deleted language re director's authority to compel attendance of blind child at institutions having facilities for the instruction of the blind; P.A. 11-44 added reference to director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-202 replaced “the blind” with “persons who are blind”; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” with “Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 10-296 transferred to Sec. 17a-813 in 2023.