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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-5 - Income from vending machines on federal property

Current through July 10, 2024
The following standards and procedures shall apply to the
				distribution and use of income derived from vending machines on federal
				property and which has been disbursed to the board by a property managing
				department, agency or instrumentality of the United States under the vending
				machine income sharing provision of Section 395-32 of the federal
				regulations.
(a) such income shall
			 accrue to each (blind) vendor operating a vending facility on such federal
			 property with the following limitations:
(1)
			 the accrual of such income to such vendor shall not exceed the average net
			 income of the total number of blind vendors within Connecticut as determined in
			 each fiscal year on the basis of each year's operation; and
(2) such vending machine income shall not
			 accrue to any such vendor in an amount exceeding the average net income of the
			 total number of blind vendors in the United States; and
(3) no such vendor shall receive less vending
			 machine income than he was receiving during the calendar year prior to January
			 1, 1974 as a direct result of any limitation on such income under this section
			 of the regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-6 - Vending facility operating agreement

Current through July 10, 2024
This section of the regulations authorizes the board to enter
				into agreements with individual blind persons, setting forth the terms and
				conditions under which a vending facility is established and operated including
				the rights, duties and obligations of both parties as set forth in these
				regulations.
In addition to requirements imposed by state and federal law
				and other sections of these regulations, the vending facility operating
				agreement shall:
(a) identify the
			 parties to the agreement as the licensed vendor and the board, acting through
			 its division of industries;
(b)
			 specify the site and type of vending facility to be operated including the kind
			 of merchandise to be sold;
(c)
			 establish the length of time of the agreement as indefinite or provide that the
			 time period shall coincide with the termination date of the permit or any
			 extension thereof;
(d) provide for
			 termination of the agreement by:
(1) the
			 vendor after adequate notice to the board, but no less than sixty (60)
			 days;
(2) the death, incapacity or
			 inability of the vendor to continue to operate the facility;
(3) the suspension or termination of the
			 vendor's license by the division of industries as provided for by these
			 regulations; or
(4) the division of
			 industries for other valid reasons such as its inability to obtain extension of
			 the permit or insufficient income from the vending facility to warrant its
			 continued operation.
All such decisions shall be reviewed with the committee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-7 - Transfer promotion and selection, readmittance to program

Current through July 10, 2024
In addition to the requirements for licensing vending facility
				operators as set forth in Section
				10-303-3(a)
				through Section
				10-303-3(c)
				inclusive, of these regulations, this section establishes the standards and
				procedures to be used in the transfer, promotion and selection and readmittance
				of a vending facility operator to a specific vending facility.
(a)
List of Applicants for Transfer or
			 Promotion
During February of each year, the board shall compile a new
				list of all vendors who express the desire to be considered for transfer or
				promotion from one vending facility location to another location that may
				become available and who have been approved for placement on such list. Any
				vendor who desires to be placed on such list must complete and submit a written
				application form to the board requesting such transfer or promotion. The agency
				will send out a reminder in December of each year. Such application form is to
				be submitted annually during the month of January and shall include the
				folllowing information:
(1) the type
			 of facility requested, such as a dry facility, wet facility, snack bar or
			 cafeteria;
(2) the vendor's
			 expected income range;
(3)
			 geographical preference; and
(4)
			 qualifying experience and training.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-8 - Training program

Current through July 10, 2024
In accordance with requirements of Section 395.3 (a) (8) of
				federal regulations adopted to implement the Randolph-Sheppard Act the board,
				with the active participation of the committee of blind vendors, shall develop
				and maintain a training program for blind persons, covering each aspect of
				vending facility operation and where appropriate, upward mobility training or
				retraining for all blind licensees. The division and the committee shall
				establish and maintain standards to be met by trainees for satisfactory
				completion of the training program, and the division shall certify as qualified
				to operate a vending facility all trainees who have met these standards. The
				vending facility training program shall include the following basic
				components:
(a) pertinent laws and
			 regulations including the Randolph-Sheppard Act, and these
			 regulations;
(b) customer
			 relations;
(c) business math and
			 use of the cash register;
(d)
			 accounting and money changing;
(e)
			 financial reporting and analysis;
(f) taxes;
(g) merchandising, inventory
			 control;
(h)
			 housekeeping;
(i) food
			 sanitation;
(j) food preparation
			 and menu planning;
(k)
			 safety;
(l) vending machine
			 operation;
(m) personnel management
			 and employee relations;
(n) other
			 specialized training as requested by the vendor/trainee;
(o) after successful completion of formal
			 training, trainees shall be provided on-the-job training in accordance with
			 procedures established in the training program developed in these
			 regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-9 - State committee of blind vendors

Current through July 10, 2024
The board shall establish a committee of blind vendors in
				accordance with the requirements of the Randolph-Sheppard Act, as amended at
				Chapter 6A of Title 20 of the United States Code for the purposes set forth
				herein.
(a)
Composition of
			 Committee
The state committee of blind vendors shall consist of seven (7)
				members and two (2) alternate members.
(b)
Election of Members and
			 Eligibility
The board shall conduct among the licensed vendors in the
				Connecticut program an annual election to select state committee members who
				must be licensed vendors. To the extent possible the state committee shall be
				representative of all such vendors on the basis of such factors as:
(1) geographical location;
(2) vending facility type; and
(3) proportional representation of blind
			 vendors on federal, state or private property.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-10 - Administrative review

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An
			 administrative review is an informal procedure through which the board affords
			 a blind vendor or his representative an opportunity to express and seek remedy
			 for his dissatisfactions with any board action arising from the operation or
			 administration of the vending facility program. Administrative review is not a
			 "contested case" within the meaning of Section
			 4-166(2)
			 of CGS. The administrative review is not open to the public.
(b)
Review Officer:
An
			 administrative review shall be conducted by the board's executive director or a
			 member of its supervisory staff, to be designated by the executive director,
			 who did not participate in the agency action in question.
(c)
Prior Notification of Actions
			 Affecting Vendors and Right to Review or Fair Hearing
At least ten (10) days prior to instituting any action by the
				board which substantially affects a vendor's rights, duties and privileges in
				the operation of a facility, except as may otherwise be provided for in the
				vendor operating agreement, the chief of the division of industries shall
				notify the vendor in writing of the action to be taken. The notice shall be
				dated and shall include a statement informing the vendor of the reasons for the
				action to be taken; that if he wishes to challenge or oppose the intended
				action, he must request an administrative review within fifteen (15) working
				days of receipt of notice.
(d)
Opportunity for an Administrative
			 Review
(1) The board shall afford an
			 opportunity for an administrative review to every licensed vendor who so
			 requests.
(2) Every licensed vendor
			 shall be informed in writing at the time his license is issued and at the time
			 of any action affecting him:
(A) of his right
			 to an administrative review as described in these regulations;
(B) of the method by which he may obtain an
			 administrative review; and
(C) that
			 he may be represented by an authorized representative such as legal counsel,
			 member of state committee of blind vendors, lay advocate, relative or other
			 spokes-person. If fees are charged by legal counsel, the vendor is responsible
			 for payment.
(3) A
			 vendor or his designated representative must file a written request for a
			 review within fifteen (15) days of the occurrence of the action arising out of
			 the operations or administration of the state vending facility program with
			 which the blind vendor is dissatisfied.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-11 - Full evidentiary hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
A full evidentiary hearing shall be granted only after an
				administrative review which has resulted in a decision adverse to the vendor
				and upon timely request for a full evidentiary hearing by the vendor or his
				duly authorized representative.
(a)
Notice of Right to a Full Evidentiary Hearing
Notice of his right to a full evidentiary hearing shall be
				provided to the vendor by the board;
(1) at the time the operating agreement is
			 signed and vendor's operating license issued; and
(2) following an administrative review when
			 the decision is adverse to the vendor, the executive director shall notify the
			 vendor of his right to a full evidentiary hearing, such notice to include:
(A) name and address to which the request for
			 a full evidentiary hearing is to be forwarded;
(B) notice that the full evidentiary hearing
			 will be conducted under the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act as set forth
			 in Sections
			 4-177
			 through
			 4-181
			 of the General Statutes and Regulations adopted by the board; and
(C) notice that the request for a full
			 evidentiary hearing must be received by the executive director within fifteen
			 (15) working days after the adverse decision resulting from the administrative
			 review either
(i) by delivering such notice to
			 the executive director personally;
(ii) by forwarding such notice to the
			 executive director by certified mail; or
(iii) by transmitting such notice to the
			 executive director through the committee of blind vendors.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-12 - Operating expenses and insurance

Current through July 10, 2024
The vendor may contract only for those expenses necessary to
				the safe and efficient operation of the facility. Allowable operating expenses
				include wages, utilities, fees for services directly related to the operation
				of the facility, insurance and taxes.
(a)
Method of Payment
Payment of expenses by the vendor shall be on a cash or check
				basis except as allowed by express prior written approval of the executive
				director or his designee.
(b)
Rent and Utilities
Payment of charges for utilities and any charge for rent of
				facility space will be made by the board either directly or by reimbursement of
				the vendor.
(c)
Telephone
Payment of charges for initial telephone installation will be
				made by the board.
The vendor will be responsible for payment of all telephone
				costs thereafter.
(d)
Insurance
(1) vendors at
			 scheduled locations, may be included as an additional named insured for
			 liability coverage to the limit of $1,000,000 each occurrence/$1,000,000
			 aggregate for bodily injury liability and $100,000 each occurrence/$100,000
			 aggregate for property damage liability on the state insurance policy, which is
			 purchased through the state insurance purchasing board.
(2) the vendor shall be responsible for the
			 purchase of any other insurance coverage for his protection.
(3) each vendor shall be responsible for
			 payment of unemployment compensation taxes, workers compensation insurance or
			 other insurance coverage for persons in his employ.
(4) medical insurance coverage that is
			 provided by the state to state employees may be provided by the board to a
			 vendor provided the vendor shall make the same contribution towards the cost of
			 the insurance coverage as state employees. Such insurance coverage may also be
			 provided by the board to blind persons employed in workshops, established
			 pursuant to section 10-298a, on December 31, 2002, provided such persons shall
			 make the same contribution towards the cost of the insurance coverage as state
			 employees. The board may decide, upon consideration of financial hardship, to
			 lower the amount of the required contribution for vendors and eligible blind
			 persons. A vendor shall also have the option to purchase the same medical
			 insurance coverage for eligible family members. The vendor shall reimburse the
			 board for the full cost of such medical insurance for such family
			 members.
(5) the board may purchase
			 and provide life insurance coverage with a disability provision to
			 vendors.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-14 - Explanation of rights and responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Documents
The division of industries shall furnish each vendor with
				copies of documents relevant to the operation of an assigned vending facility
				including the following:
(1) the
			 regulations of the vending facility program;
(2) a written description of the arrangements
			 for providing services;
(3) the
			 vending facility operating agreement;
(4) the license to operate a vending facility
			 in Connecticut.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-16 - Access to program and financial information

Current through July 10, 2024
Each vendor shall be provided with access to all program and
				financial data of the board relative to the operation of the vending facility
				program, including quarterly and annual reports, except when such disclosure
				will be in violation of applicable federal or state laws pertaining to the
				disclosure of confidential information.
(a) insofar as is practicable such data shall
			 be made available in braille or recorded type; and
(b) at the request of the vendor the board
			 will arrange for a review of such program and financial information by the
			 vendor.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Section 10-303-18 - Permit to establish vending facilities on state property

Current through July 10, 2024
This section of the regulations establishes the standards and
				procedures to be followed in developing and maintaining food service and
				vending facilities on state property:
(a)
Permit
(1) At the request of the executive director
			 or his designee, the authority in charge of any state property shall issue a
			 permit to the board authorizing the board to establish and maintain a vending
			 facility or vending machines on such property pursuant to Section
			 10-303
			 of CGS.
(2) Any such authority
			 desiring to establish a vending facility or install a vending machine on state
			 property shall give written notice to the executive director of such desire.
(A) Within thirty (30) calendar days of the
			 receipt of such notice, the executive director or his designee, will check the
			 location of the proposed vending facility for its potential value as a vending
			 facility to be operated by a blind vendor and either:
(i) request such authority to issue a permit;
			 or
(ii) send written notice to such
			 authority of the decision not to request the issuance of a permit.
(B) In the event that the
			 executive director or his designee fails to respond within thirty (30) calendar
			 days or responds by notice to such authority of his decision not to request a
			 permit, such authority may contract for other vending facility services
			 provided that:
(i) upon termination of any
			 such contract, no extension thereof nor new contract will be negotiated by such
			 authority prior to its again complying with subsection 2 of this section of the
			 regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 303 - Vending Facilities in Public Buildings › Maintenance of Personal Data › Section 10-303-18 to 10-303-34

Current through July 10, 2024
Transferred to §§
										10-293-35
				  -10a-293-51, July 28, 1988
Correlated Table
Current Section
								Number
New Section Number
10-303-18
10-293-35
10-303-19
10-293-36
10-303-20
10-293-37
10-303-21
10-293-38
10-303-22
10-293-39
10-303-23
10-293-40
10-303-24
10-293-41
10-303-25
10-293-42
10-303-26
10-293-43
10-303-27
10-293-44
10-303-28
10-293-45
10-303-29
10-293-46
10-303-30
10-293-47
10-303-31
10-293-48
10-303-32
10-293-49
10-303-33
10-293-50
10-303-34
10-293-51
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-1a - Description

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) These regulations shall apply to the
			 Board of Education and Services for the Blind in its implementation of
			 vocational rehabilitation services as described in Section
			 10-306
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. For the purposes of administering the
			 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, the Board of Education and Services for
			 the Blind shall be the sole state agency designated to provide rehabilitative
			 services to persons who are legally blind or have lessened visual acuity. The
			 Agency shall maintain a Vocational Rehabilitation Division as the state unit
			 that is primarily concerned with vocational rehabilitation for the purposes of
			 placing and maintaining individuals who are legally blind or have lessened
			 visual acuity in remunerative employment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-3a - Processing referrals and applications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Referrals.
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division shall establish
				and implement standards and procedures for the prompt and equitable handling of
				referrals of individuals for vocational rehabilitation services. The standards
				shall include time lines for making good faith efforts to inform these
				individuals of application requirements and to gather information necessary to
				initiate an assessment for determining eligibility and priority for
				services.
(b)
Applications.
(1) An individual
			 is considered to have submitted an application when the individual or the
			 individual's representative, as appropriate:
(A) has completed and signed an agency
			 application form or has otherwise requested services through a signed, dated
			 letter;
(B) has provided
			 information necessary to initiate an assessment to determine eligibility and
			 priority for services; and
(C) is
			 available to complete the assessment process.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-4a - Order of selection

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If vocational
			 rehabilitation services cannot be provided to all eligible individuals who
			 apply for such services due to insufficient funding, the agency shall establish
			 an order to be followed for selecting eligible individuals to whom vocational
			 rehabilitation services shall be provided on the basis of serving first,
			 individuals with the most severe disabilities. The Vocational Rehabilitation
			 Services Division Director, after consulting with and considering the
			 recommendations from the Executive Director, the State Rehabilitation Advisory
			 Council and the Board of Directors, shall determine the definition of an
			 individual with a most severe disability and shall determine the order of
			 selection to be followed in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services
			 to eligible individuals, and how that order of selection shall be
			 administered.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-5a - Assessment for determining eligibility and priority for services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Vocational Rehabilitation Services
			 Division shall conduct an assessment to determine whether an individual is
			 eligible for vocational rehabilitation services and the individual's priority
			 under an order of selection for services (if the Vocational Rehabilitation
			 Services Division is operating under an order of selection). The assessment
			 shall be conducted in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with the
			 individual's needs and informed choice, and in accordance with the following
			 provisions:
(1)
Eligibility
			 Requirements.
(A) Basic
			 Requirements. The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division's determination
			 of an applicant's eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services shall be
			 based only on the following requirements:
(i)
			 A determination that the applicant has a physical or mental impairment,
			 including a determination of legal blindness or lessened visual acuity, as
			 determined by qualified personnel licensed or certified in accordance with
			 state law or regulation.
(ii) A
			 determination that the applicant's physical or mental impairment constitutes or
			 results in a substantial impediment to employment for the applicant.
(iii) A presumption, in accordance with
			 subparagraph (B) of this section, that the applicant can benefit in terms of an
			 employment outcome from the provision of vocational rehabilitation
			 services.
(iv) A determination that
			 the applicant requires vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, enter
			 into, engage in, or retain gainful employment consistent with the applicant's
			 strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, and
			 informed choice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-6a - Procedures for ineligibility determination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) When the
			 Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division determines that an applicant is
			 ineligible for vocational rehabilitation services or determines that an
			 individual receiving services under an individualized written rehabilitation
			 program is no longer eligible for services, it shall:
(1) make the determination only after
			 providing an opportunity for full consultation with the individual or, as
			 appropriate, with the individual's representative;
(2) inform the individual in writing,
			 supplemented as necessary by other appropriate modes of communication
			 consistent with the informed choice of the individual, of the ineligibility
			 determination, including the reasons for that determination, the requirements
			 under this section, and the means by which the individual may express and seek
			 remedy for any dissatisfaction, including the procedures for review of a
			 determination by the rehabilitation counselor in accordance with Section
			 10-308-1a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(3) provide the individual with a description
			 of services available from a client assistance program and information on how
			 to contact that program; and
(4)
			 review within twelve (12) months and annually thereafter if requested by the
			 individual or, if appropriate, by the individual's representative any
			 ineligibility determination that is based on a finding that the individual is
			 incapable of achieving an employment outcome. This review need not be conducted
			 in situations in which the individual has refused it, the individual is no
			 longer present in the state, the individual's whereabouts are unknown, or the
			 individual's medical condition is rapidly progressive or terminal.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-7a - Closure without eligibility determination

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division shall not close an applicant's case
			 prior to making an eligibility determination unless the applicant declines to
			 participate in or is unavailable to complete an assessment for determining
			 eligibility and priority for services, and the Vocational Rehabilitation
			 Services Division has made a reasonable number of attempts to contact the
			 applicant or, if appropriate, the applicant's representative to encourage the
			 applicant's participation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-8a - Development of the individualized written rehabilitation program (IWRP)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Purpose. The Vocational Rehabilitation
			 Services Division shall conduct an assessment to determine the vocational
			 rehabilitation needs for each eligible individual or, if the agency is
			 operating under an order of selection, for each eligible individual to whom the
			 agency is able to provide services. The purpose of this assessment is to
			 determine the long-term vocational goal, intermediate rehabilitation
			 objectives, and the nature and scope of vocational rehabilitation services to
			 be included in the IWRP, which shall be designed to achieve an employment
			 outcome that is consistent with the individual's unique strengths, priorities,
			 concerns, abilities, capabilities, career interests and informed
			 choice.
(b)
Procedural
			 Requirements.
(1) The IWRP shall be
			 developed jointly, agreed to, and signed by the vocational rehabilitation
			 counselor and the individual or, as appropriate, the individual's
			 representative within the framework of a counseling and guidance
			 relationship.
(2) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division shall establish and implement standards for
			 the prompt development of IWRPs for individuals identified under subsection (a)
			 of this section, including time lines that take into consideration the needs of
			 the individual.
(3) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division shall advise each individual or, as
			 appropriate, the individual's representative of all procedures and requirements
			 affecting the development and review of an IWRP, including the availability of
			 appropriate modes of communication.
(4) In the development of an IWRP for a
			 student with a disability who is receiving special education services, the
			 Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division shall consider a student's
			 individualized education program.
(5) The Vocational Rehabilitation Services
			 Division shall review the IWRP with the individual or, as appropriate, the
			 individual's representative as often as necessary, but at least once each year
			 to assess the individual's progress in meeting the objectives identified in the
			 IWRP.
(6) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division shall incorporate into the IWRP any revisions
			 that are necessary to reflect changes in the individual's vocational goal,
			 intermediate objectives, or vocational rehabilitation services, and obtain the
			 agreement and signature of the individual or, as appropriate, the agreement and
			 signature of the individual's representative to the revisions.
(7) The Vocational Rehabilitation Services
			 Division shall promptly provide each individual or, as appropriate, the
			 individual's representative, a copy of the IWRP and its amendments in the
			 native language, or appropriate mode of communication, of the individual or, as
			 appropriate, of the individual's representative.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-9a - Content of the individualized written rehabilitation program

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General Requirements.
Each
			 IWRP shall include, as appropriate, statements concerning:
(1) the specific long-term vocational goal,
			 which shall be based on the assessment for determining vocational
			 rehabilitation needs, including the individual's career interests, and shall
			 be, to the extent appropriate and consistent with the informed choice of the
			 individual, in an integrated setting;
(2) the specific intermediate rehabilitation
			 objectives related to the attainment of the long-term vocational goal, based on
			 the assessment for determining vocational rehabilitation needs and consistent
			 with the informed choice of the individual;
(3) the specific vocational rehabilitation
			 services under Section
			 10-306-11a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to be provided to achieve the
			 established intermediate vocational rehabilitation objectives, including, if
			 appropriate, rehabilitation technology services and on-the-job and related
			 personal assistance services;
(4)
			 the projected dates for the initiation of each vocational rehabilitation
			 service, the anticipated duration of each service, and the projected time frame
			 for the achievement of the individual's vocational goal;
(5) a procedure and schedule for periodic
			 review and evaluation of progress toward achieving intermediate rehabilitation
			 objectives based upon objective criteria;
(6) how, in the words of the individual or,
			 as appropriate, in the words of the individual's representative, the individual
			 was informed about and involved in choosing among alternative goals,
			 objectives, services, providers, and methods used to procure or provide
			 services;
(7) the terms and
			 conditions for the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, including:
(A) the responsibilities of the individual in
			 implementing the IWRP;
(B) the
			 extent of the individual's participation in the cost of services;
(C) the extent to which goods and services
			 shall be provided in the most integrated settings possible, consistent with the
			 informed choices of the individual;
(D) the extent to which comparable services
			 and benefits are available to the individual under any other program;
			 and
(E) the entity or entities that
			 shall provide the services and the process used to provide or procure the
			 services;
(8) the rights
			 of the individual under this part and the means by which the individual may
			 express and seek remedy for any dissatisfaction, including the opportunity for
			 a review of rehabilitation counselor determinations under Section
			 10-308-1a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(9) the availability of a client assistance
			 program; and
(10) the basis on
			 which the individual has been determined to have achieved an employment outcome
			 in accordance with Section
			 10-306-16a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-10a - Record of services

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division shall maintain for each applicant or eligible
			 individual a record of services that includes, to the extent pertinent, the
			 following documentation:
(1) If an applicant
			 has been determined to be an eligible individual, documentation supporting that
			 determination in accordance with the requirements in Section
			 10-306-5a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) If an applicant has been determined to be
			 ineligible, documentation supporting that determination in accordance with the
			 requirements in Section
			 10-306-6a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(3) Documentation supporting the
			 determination that an individual has a severe disability or a most severe
			 disability.
(4) If an individual
			 with a severe disability requires an extended evaluation in order to determine
			 whether the individual is an eligible individual, documentation supporting the
			 need for an extended evaluation, documentation supporting the periodic
			 assessments conducted during the extended evaluation, and the written plan
			 developed during the extended evaluation in accordance with the requirements in
			 Section
			 10-306-5a(d)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(5) The IWRP, and any amendments to the IWRP
			 containing the information required under Section
			 10-306-9a
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(6) In accordance with the requirements in
			 Section
			 10-306-8a(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, documentation supporting the
			 development of the long-term vocational goal, intermediate rehabilitation
			 objectives, and nature and scope of services included in the individual's IWRP
			 and, for students with disabilities who are receiving special education
			 services, in the student's IEP.
(7)
			 In the event that an individual's IWRP provides for services or a job placement
			 in a non-integrated setting, a justification for that non-integrated
			 setting.
(8) Documentation of the
			 periodic reviews and evaluations of progress toward achieving intermediate
			 rehabilitation objectives conducted under Section
			 10-306-9a(a)(5)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(9) In the event that an individual obtains
			 competitive employment, verification that the individual is compensated at or
			 above the minimum wage and that the individual's wages and level of benefits
			 are not less than that customarily paid by the employer for the same or similar
			 work performed by non-disabled individuals in accordance with Section
			 10-306-2a(b)(18)(B)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(10) Documentation concerning any action and
			 decision resulting from a request by an individual for review of a
			 rehabilitation counselor determination under Section
			 10-308-1a
			 of the Regulations of State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-13a - Opportunity to make informed choices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division shall provide each applicant, including
			 individuals who are receiving services during an extended evaluation, and each
			 eligible individual the opportunity to make informed choices throughout the
			 vocational rehabilitation process in accordance with the following
			 requirements:
(1) The Vocational
			 Rehabilitation Services Division, in consultation with its State Rehabilitation
			 Advisory Council, shall develop and implement policies and procedures that
			 enable each individual to make an informed choice with regard to the selection
			 of a long-term vocational goal, intermediate rehabilitation objectives,
			 vocational rehabilitation services, including assessment services, and service
			 providers. These policies and procedures shall ensure that each individual
			 receives, through appropriate modes of communication, information concerning
			 the availability and scope of informed choice, the manner in which informed
			 choice may be exercised, and the availability of support services for
			 individuals with cognitive or other disabilities who require assistance in
			 exercising informed choice.
(2) In
			 developing an individual's IWRP, the Vocational Rehabilitation Services
			 Division shall provide the individual, or assist the individual in acquiring,
			 information necessary to make an informed choice about the specific services,
			 including the providers of those services, that are needed to achieve the
			 individual's vocational goal. This information shall include, at a minimum,
			 information relating to the cost, accessibility, and duration of potential
			 services, the consumer satisfaction with those services to the extent that
			 information relating to consumer satisfaction in available, the qualifications
			 of potential service providers, the types of services offered by those
			 providers, and the degree to which services are provided in integrated
			 settings.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-14a - Availability of comparable services and benefits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
The Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division:
(1) prior to providing any vocational
			 rehabilitation services to an eligible individual, or to members of the
			 individual's family, except those services listed in subsection (b) of this
			 section, shall determine whether comparable services and benefits exist under
			 any other program and whether those services and benefits are available to the
			 individual;
(2) if comparable
			 services or benefits exist under any other program and are available to the
			 eligible individual at the time needed to achieve the rehabilitation objectives
			 of the individual's IWRP, shall use those comparable services or benefits to
			 meet, in whole or in part, the cost of vocational rehabilitation services;
			 and
(3) if comparable services or
			 benefits exist under any other program, but are not available to the individual
			 at the time needed to satisfy the rehabilitation objectives in the individual's
			 IWRP, shall provide vocational rehabilitation services until those comparable
			 services and benefits become available.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-15a - Participation of individuals in cost of services based on financial need

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Vocational Rehabilitation Services
			 Division may choose to consider the financial need of eligible individuals or
			 individuals who are receiving services during an extended evaluation for
			 purposes of determining the extent of their participation in the costs of
			 vocational rehabilitation services, other than those services identified in
			 subsection (c) of this section.
(b)
			 If the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division chooses to consider
			 financial need:
(1) it shall maintain written
			 policies covering the determination of financial need;
(2) it shall specify the types of vocational
			 rehabilitation services for which the unit has established a financial needs
			 test;
(3) it shall prescribe the
			 policies and procedures to be used when payment is made by individuals required
			 to contribute to the cost of their vocational rehabilitation
			 services;
(4) the policies shall be
			 applied uniformly to all individuals in similar circumstances;
(5) the policies shall be applied uniformly
			 to all individuals within each geographic region; and
(6) the policies shall ensure that the level
			 of an individual's participation in the cost of vocational rehabilitation
			 services is:
(A) reasonable;
(B) based on the individual's financial need,
			 including consideration of any disability related expenses paid by the
			 individual; and
(C) not so high as
			 to effectively deny the individual a necessary service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 306 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services › Section 10-306-16a - Individuals determined to have achieved an employment outcome

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An individual is determined to have
			 achieved an employment outcome only if the following requirements are met:
(1) The provision of services under the
			 individual's IWRP has contributed to the achievement of the employment
			 outcome.
(2) The employment outcome
			 is consistent with the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns,
			 abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice.
(3) The employment outcome is in the most
			 integrated setting possible, consistent with the individual's informed
			 choice.
(4) The individual has
			 maintained the employment outcome for a period of at least ninety (90)
			 days.
(5) At the end of the
			 appropriate period under subdivision (4) of this section, the individual and
			 the rehabilitation counselor consider the employment outcome to be satisfactory
			 and agree that the individual is performing well on the job.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 320j - Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit › Section 10-320j-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 10-320j-1 to
				10-320j-9,
				inclusive, of these regulations, the following terms have the following
				meanings:
(1) "Owner" means owner as
			 defined in public act 99-173 section 34, with purchase agreement or option to
			 purchase referenced in said section including an agreement with a municipality
			 to transfer title of an historic home to such owner upon completion of a
			 property tax foreclosure or similar action that the municipality has filed in
			 court;
(2) "Officer" means the
			 Director of the Connecticut Historical Commission appointed under section
			 10-321g of the Connecticut General Statutes or the officer's
			 designee;
(3) "Historic property"
			 means a building defined as an historic home in public act 99-173 section 34
			 and any associated outbuilding within the same legal boundaries as the historic
			 home that the officer determines contributing to the historical significance of
			 the historic home;
(4) "Registered
			 historic district" means a district listed on either the National Register of
			 Historic Places or the State Register of Historic Places;
(5) "Rehabilitation standards" means the
			 Standards for Rehabilitation as specified under section
			 10-320j-4;
(6) "Part 1 application" means a form
			 prescribed by the officer to determine historic property status;
(7) "Part 2 application" means a form
			 prescribed by the officer to certify proposed rehabilitation work to an
			 historic property;
(8) "Part 3
			 application" means a form prescribed by the officer to certify completed
			 rehabilitation work to an historic property; and
(9) "Qualified rehabilitation expenditures"
			 means costs as defined in public act 99-173 section 34.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 320j - Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit › Section 10-320j-2 - Determinations of historic property status

Current through July 10, 2024
Before the officer may certify the proposed rehabilitation work
				under section
				10-320j-5,
				a building and any associated outbuilding shall be determined to be an historic
				property through the following processes:
(a) The owner shall submit a Part 1
			 application for a written determination by the officer of historic property
			 status. The owner shall provide interior and exterior photographs as required
			 to enable the officer to evaluate whether the building and any associated
			 outbuilding qualify as an historic property.
(b) The officer shall review a complete Part
			 1 application not more than thirty calendar days after receipt. If the
			 application is incomplete, the officer shall notify the owner in writing not
			 more than thirty calendar days after receipt and indicate what information is
			 needed to make the application complete. The owner shall have thirty calendar
			 days after the date of notification by the officer to respond in writing. Upon
			 written request by the owner on or before the original deadline, the officer
			 shall grant an extension to the owner.
(c) Prior to any determination action, the
			 officer may inspect the historic property to evaluate the historic character
			 and significance of the historic property.
(d) If a building is individually listed on
			 either the National Register of Historic Places or the State Register of
			 Historic Places, and meets the definition of historic home under public act
			 99-173 sections 34(2)(A) and (B), the officer shall approve the Part 1
			 application.
(e) If a building is
			 located in a registered historic district, the officer shall certify that the
			 building contributes to the historic character of the district if it meets the
			 criteria under section
			 10-320j-3.
			 If the building meets the criteria under section
			 10-320j-3
			 and meets the definition of historic home under public act 99-173 sections
			 34(2)(A) and (B), the officer shall approve the Part 1 application.
(f) If the officer determines that the
			 building (1) is not listed in a registered district, or (2) does not meet the
			 criteria under 10-320j-3, or (3) does not meet the definition of historic home
			 under public act 99-173 sections 34(2)(A) and (B), the building shall not
			 qualify as an historic property. The officer shall deny approval of the Part 1
			 application.
(g) The officer shall
			 determine any associated outbuilding is contributing if by its location,
			 design, materials, workmanship, and historical function it adds to the
			 historical significance of the historic home.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 10 - Education and Culture › 320j - Historic Homes Rehabilitation Tax Credit › Section 10-320j-3 - Criteria for evaluating historic character within registered districts

Current through July 10, 2024
A building shall be considered contributing to the historic
				character of the district if by location, design, setting, materials,
				workmanship, feeling and association it adds to the district's sense of time
				and place and historical development.