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Section 17a-210. (Formerly Sec. 19a-460). - Department and Commissioner of Developmental Services. Duties. Patient transfer, programs and placement. Right to object and hearing. - (a) There shall be a Department of Developmental Services. The...
Section 17a-210a. - Ombudsman. - (a) There is established an independent ombudsman office within the...
Section 17a-210b. - Finding of intellectual disability not precluded by absence of diagnosis in school or medical records. - The absence of a diagnosis of, or reference to, mental...
Section 17a-210c. - Terms “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services” substituted for former terms. Administrative changes related to renaming of department. Eligibility determinations not affected. - Section 17a-210c is repealed, effective July 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-73,...
Section 17a-210d. - Terms “intellectual disability”, “persons with intellectual disability” and “individuals with intellectual disability” substituted for former terms. - (a)(1) Wherever the words “the mentally retarded” are used in...
Section 17a-211. - Five-year plan. Public hearings. Submission to legislature. - (a) In 1991, and every five years thereafter, the Department...
Section 17a-211a. - Annual spending and placement plan. - Section 17a-211a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (June Sp....
Section 17a-211b. - Affirmative action plan. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted...
Section 17a-211c. - Pilot programs for client services. - Section 17a-211c is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (June Sp....
Section 17a-211d. - Workers' Compensation and private providers. Report to General Assembly. - Section 17a-211d is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (June 18...
Section 17a-211e. - Intellectual Disability Partnership. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may, in collaboration with the...
Section 17a-211f. - Level of need assessment system advisory committee. - (a) There is established a level of need assessment system...
Section 17a-212. - Regulations. Uniform standards and procedures. Protocol. - (a) On or before September 30, 1991, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-212a. - Regulations re placement and care of individuals posing a serious threat to others. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 17a-213. - Comparison of regions. Report to legislature. - Section 17a-213 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 90-164,...
Section 17a-214. (Formerly Sec. 19a-461). - Acceptance of gift or devise by Department of Developmental Services. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may accept and receive, on...
Section 17a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19a-462). - Department of Social Services designated as lead agency for autism spectrum disorder services. - The Department of Social Services shall serve as the lead...
Section 17a-215a. - Advisory Commission on Services and Supports for Persons With Developmental Disabilities. - Section 17a-215a is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 00-135,...
Section 17a-215b. - Pilot autism spectrum disorders program. Eligibility. Report. - Section 17a-215b is repealed, effective May 9, 2011. (P.A. 06-188,...
Section 17a-215c. - Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services within Department of Social Services. Services and programs for state residents diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. - (a) There is established a Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder...
Section 17a-215d. - Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council. - (a) There is established the Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council....
Section 17a-215e. - Annual report on Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services and Autism Spectrum Disorder Advisory Council. - Not later than February 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 17a-215f. - Autism spectrum disorder definitions. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10-76ii, “autism spectrum disorder” has...
Section 17a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19a-463). - Purchase of wheelchairs, placement equipment and clothing. - Section 17a-216 is repealed, effective May 24, 2011. (P.A. 80-4;...
Section 17a-217. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464). - Programs for children and adults with intellectual disability. Funding. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall develop day care...
Section 17a-217a. - Camp Harkness Advisory Committee. - (a) There shall be a Camp Harkness Advisory Committee to...
Section 17a-218. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464a). - Programs of community-based residential facilities, respite care and emergency placement for persons with intellectual disability. Requirement re enrollment in federal programs. - (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have...
Section 17a-218a. - Continuing operation of Southbury Training School. Evaluation criteria. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall continue the operation...
Section 17a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464b). - Regulation of community-based residential facilities and respite care services for persons with intellectual disability. - The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions...
Section 17a-219a to 17a-219c. - Family support services: Definitions. Family support services: Department responsible for coordination. Family Support Council. - Sections 17a-219a to 17a-219c, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-220. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464c). - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-221 to 17a-225,...
Section 17a-221. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464d). - Community Residential Facility Revolving Loan Fund. - There is established a Community Residential Facility Revolving Loan Fund....
Section 17a-222. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464e). - Loans. - (a) The department may make community residential facility loans to...
Section 17a-223. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464f). - Requirements of borrowers. Capital loan agreement. - (a) If the organization is seeking to purchase and renovate...
Section 17a-224. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464g). - Administration of program through purchase-of-service contract or memorandum of understanding. - The department may administer the residential facility revolving loan program...
Section 17a-225. (Formerly Sec. 19a-464h). - Bond authorization. - (a) The State Bond Commission shall have the power, from...
Section 17a-226. (Formerly Sec. 19a-466). - Employment opportunities and day services for adults with intellectual disability. Funding. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall develop, within available appropriations,...
Section 17a-227. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467). - Licensing and regulation of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability, Prader-Willi syndrome or autism spectrum disorder. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall operate within this...
Section 17a-227a. - State and national criminal history records checks for applicants made an offer of conditional employment. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall require each applicant...
Section 17a-227b. - Employment applicants required to submit to state child abuse and neglect registry check. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may require each applicant seeking...
Section 17a-227c. - Energy efficiency and environementally friendly construction of residential facilities. Energy assessment programs and reports. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall encourage each operator...
Section 17a-227d. - Facility director salaries. - In determining the amount of payments to be paid by...
Section 17a-228. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483). - Payments for room and board and other services for persons with intellectual disability in residential facilities. Authorization for admission to residential facilities; annual review. - (a) If a person with intellectual disability residing in a...
Section 17a-229. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483a). - Commissioner of Developmental Services to make payments for operating costs incurred prior to admission of residents. - The Commissioner of Developmental Services may, upon application by a...
Section 17a-230. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483b). - Regulations. Exemptions. - (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations in...
Section 17a-231. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467a). - Receivership of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability: Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-232 to 17a-237,...
Section 17a-232. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467b). - Application for receivership. Hearing. Emergency order. - (a) An application to appoint a receiver for a residential...
Section 17a-233. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467c). - Imposition of receivership: Grounds; defenses. - (a) The court may grant an application for the appointment...
Section 17a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467d). - Duties of receiver. - A receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 17a-231...
Section 17a-235. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467e). - Authority of receiver concerning leases, mortgages and secured transactions. - (a) A receiver may not be required to honor any...
Section 17a-236. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467f). - Appointment of receiver. Accounting by receiver. - (a) The court may name any responsible person to act...
Section 17a-237. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467g). - Termination of receivership. - The Superior Court, upon a motion by the receiver or...
Section 17a-238. (Formerly Sec. 19a-469). - Rights of persons under supervision of Commissioner of Developmental Services. - (a) No person placed or treated under the direction of...
Section 17a-238a. - Information available to individuals eligible for funding or services from Department of Developmental Services. Report. State-wide comprehensive residential waiting list. Assessment of need for future residential funding or servi... - (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Category” means the...
Section 17a-239 to 17a-241. (Formerly Secs. 19a-470 to 19a-472). - Definitions. Establishment of Unified School District #3 in the Department of Developmental Services. Appointment and duties of school superintendent. - Sections 17a-239 to 17a-241, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 17a-242. (Formerly Sec. 19a-473). - Annual evaluation reports. - Section 17a-242 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 77-587,...
Section 17a-243. (Formerly Sec. 19a-474). - Placement of child. Costs. - Section 17a-243 is repealed. (P.A. 77-587, S. 5, 9; P.A....
Section 17a-244. (Formerly Sec. 19a-475). - Regulations. - Section 17a-244 is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 77-587,...
Section 17a-245. (Formerly Sec. 19a-483c). - Work incentive grant for certain fully employed residents of private community-based residential facilities. Regulations. - Section 17a-245 is repealed. (P.A. 88-219, S. 1, 3; June...
Section 17a-246. - Rates of payment to organizations providing employment opportunities and day services. Regulations. - (a) The amount of payments to be paid by the...
Section 17a-247. (Formerly Sec. 19a-484). - Conduct of employee of Department of Developmental Services appointed as plenary guardian or limited guardian of a person with intellectual disability. - (a) Any employee of the Department of Developmental Services appointed...
Section 17a-247a. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-247b to 17a-247f,...
Section 17a-247b. - Establishment and maintenance of registry. - (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall establish and maintain...
Section 17a-247c. - Prohibition on hiring persons on registry. Notice to employers. - (a) No employer shall hire a person whose name appears...
Section 17a-247d. - Registry confidentiality. - Except as required for written orders and final decisions pursuant...
Section 17a-247e. - Regulations. - The Department of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance...
Section 17a-247f. - Reports of abuse or neglect of individual receiving services from Department of Social Services' Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services. Investigations. - (a) For purposes of this section “person who receives services...
Section 17a-247g. - Successor department for purposes of abuse and neglect allegations. - The Department of Developmental Services shall constitute a successor department,...
Section 17a-247h. - Reporting of concerns regarding abuse, neglect investigations. Prohibition on actions against person who contacts nonprofit entity with concerns. - Any person who is the subject of an abuse or...
Section 17a-248. - Birth-to-three program. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-248b to 17a-248g,...
Section 17a-248a. - Birth-to-three program not deemed humane institution. - The birth-to-three program established pursuant to section 17a-248b shall not...
Section 17a-248b. - State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council. - (a) The lead agency shall establish a State Interagency Birth-to-Three...
Section 17a-248c. - Local interagency birth-to-three coordinating councils. - (a) The commissioner may establish one local interagency coordinating council...
Section 17a-248d. - Birth-to-three early intervention services. Data collection. Regulations. Notification to school boards. - (a) The lead agency, in coordination with the participating agencies...
Section 17a-248e. - Screening of children ineligible for participation in preschool programs. Individualized family service plans. Duties of the lead agency. - (a) Each eligible child and his or her family shall...
Section 17a-248f. - Birth-to-three procedural safeguards. - Procedural safeguards shall be the same as required under Part...
Section 17a-248g. - Birth-to-three funding. Fees for services prohibited. Insurance coverage. Regulations. - (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, funds appropriated...
Section 17a-248h. - Birth-to-three program to provide mental health services. - The birth-to-three program, established under section 17a-248b and administered by...
Section 17a-248i. - Notification of availability of hearing tests for children receiving birth-to-three program services. - (a) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Commissioner of...
Section 17a-248j. - Certificarion to teach within birth-to-three program. - Upon the request of a director of an early intervention...
Section 17a-248k. - Designation of school readiness liaison. - For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each...
Section 17a-248l. - Expansion of birth-to-three program. - Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Early...