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Section 17a-780. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650a). - Department of Aging and Disability Services. Successor department to Department of Rehabilitation Services. - (a) There is created a Department of Aging and Disability...
Section 17a-781. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650). - Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-780 to 17a-790,...
Section 17a-782. (Formerly Sec. 17b-653). - Eligibility for services. - (a) Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided, with or without...
Section 17a-783. (Formerly Sec. 17b-654). - Administrative review. Appeal. - (a) Any applicant for or recipient of vocational rehabilitation services...
Section 17a-784. (Formerly Sec. 17b-655). - Powers and duties of Department of Aging and Disability Services re vocational education. - (a) In carrying out sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796,...
Section 17a-785. (Formerly Sec. 17b-658). - Cooperation with federal government. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-786. (Formerly Sec. 17b-659). - Treasurer to receive and disburse federal funds. - The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all...
Section 17a-787. (Formerly Sec. 17b-660). - Gifts, grants, reimbursements, bequests for services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-788. (Formerly Sec. 17b-661). - Purchase of wheelchairs, placement equipment and adaptive equipment. - Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department...
Section 17a-789. (Formerly Sec. 17b-662). - Beneficiary's rights not assignable. - The right of a person with disability to maintenance under...
Section 17a-790. (Formerly Sec. 17b-663). - Information concerning beneficiaries confidential. - Any person who, except for purposes directly connected with the...
Section 17a-791. (Formerly Sec. 17b-612). - Transition program for students with disabilities. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish a...
Section 17a-792. (Formerly Sec. 17b-613). - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 17a-793 and 17a-794:...
Section 17a-793. (Formerly Sec. 17b-614). - State-wide network of independent living centers. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish...
Section 17a-794. (Formerly Sec. 17b-615). - State-wide Independent Living Council. - (a) The Governor shall appoint a state-wide Independent Living Council,...
Section 17a-795. (Formerly Sec. 17b-607). - Assistive Technology Loan Program. Assistive technology evaluation and training services. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized...
Section 17a-796. (Formerly Sec. 17b-656). - Preference to be given to products and services rendered by persons with disabilities. - Whenever any products made or manufactured by or services provided...
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...
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...
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...
Section 17a-810. (Formerly Sec. 10-293). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Blind or Visually Impaired; advisor to Department of Aging and Disability Services. Membership. - (a) There is established an Advisory Board for Persons Who...
Section 17a-811. (Formerly Sec. 10-294a). - Legal blindness. Impaired vision. Defined. - For the purposes of this chapter: (a) A person is...
Section 17a-812. (Formerly Sec. 10-295). - Specialized vision-related instruction, educational programs, goods and services. Expense of services. Teachers and educational resources; funding. Adult home instruction. Adaptive equipment. - (a) All residents of this state, regardless of age, who,...
Section 17a-813. (Formerly Sec. 10-296). - Contracts with public or private entities. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may, within available...
Section 17a-814. (Formerly Sec. 10-297). - Employment and aid. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services is authorized to...
Section 17a-815. (Formerly Sec. 10-297a). - Grants to Connecticut Radio Information Service, Inc. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may make grants,...
Section 17a-816. (Formerly Sec. 10-298). - Powers and duties of the Department of Aging and Disability Services re services for persons who are blind or visually impaired. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall prepare...
Section 17a-817. (Formerly Sec. 10-299). - Power of Connecticut Institute for Blind to receive bequests; tax exemption. Review of proposed operating budget of Oak Hill School. - (a) The Connecticut Institute for the Blind is empowered to...
Section 17a-818. (Formerly Sec. 10-303). - Food service facilities and vending stands in public buildings controlled by Department of Aging and Disability Services. Permissible uses of vending machine income. - (a) The authority in charge of any building or property...
Section 17a-819. (Formerly Sec. 10-305). - Reports of persons who are blind. - Each physician, advanced practice registered nurse and optometrist shall report...
Section 17a-820. (Formerly Sec. 10-306). - Vocational rehabilitation program. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may maintain a...
Section 17a-821. (Formerly Sec. 10-307). - Federal funds. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services is empowered to...
Section 17a-822. (Formerly Sec. 10-308). - Cooperation with federal government. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may cooperate, pursuant...
Section 17a-823. (Formerly Sec. 10-308a). - Selection for receipt of rehabilitation services. Regulations. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt regulations,...
Section 17a-824. (Formerly Sec. 10-309). - Placement; regulations. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may place in...
Section 17a-825. (Formerly Sec. 10-311a). - Records confidential. - The case records of the Department of Aging and Disability...
Section 17a-835. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650e). - Department of Aging and Disability Services. Assistance for deaf and hard of hearing persons. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may provide necessary...
Section 17a-836. (Formerly Sec. 46a-27). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind. - The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of...
Section 17a-836a. (Formerly Sec. 46a-28). - Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind: Members, meetings. - (a) The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard...
Section 17a-837. (Formerly Sec. 46a-29). - Assistance from other government agencies. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services may request...
Section 17a-838. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33a). - Registration of persons providing interpreting services. Required qualifications. Penalties for misrepresentation. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Community setting”...
Section 17a-839. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33b). - Interpreting services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. - Upon the request of any person or any public or...
Section 17a-839a. (Formerly Sec. 46a-33c). - State agency interpreting services. Interpreting services provided by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. Exceptions. - For purposes of this section, “state agency” has the same...
Section 17a-850. (Formerly Sec. 17a-304). - Area agencies on aging. - The state shall be divided into five elderly planning and...
Section 17a-851. (Formerly Sec. 17a-305). - Allocation of funds. Review. Voluntary fee for meals. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall equitably...
Section 17a-852. (Formerly Sec. 17a-302). - Nutrition programs for older persons. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall be...
Section 17a-853. (Formerly Sec. 17a-302a). - Meetings with nutrition service stakeholders. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall hold quarterly...
Section 17a-854. (Formerly Sec. 17a-306). - Regulations re Older Americans Act of 1965. Policies. Posting on eRegulations System. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall adopt regulations,...
Section 17a-855. (Formerly Sec. 17a-310). - State grants for community services and programs for older persons. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may make a...
Section 17a-856. (Formerly Sec. 17a-313). - Payment of administrative expenses. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services may use moneys...
Section 17a-857. (Formerly Sec. 17a-314). - CHOICES health insurance assistance program. Definitions. Requirements. Reports. Responsibilities of hospitals re Medicare patients. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “CHOICES” means Connecticut's...
Section 17a-858. (Formerly Sec. 17a-316a). - State Aging and Disability Resource Center Program. - (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall develop...
Section 17a-859. (Formerly Sec. 17a-303a). - Fall prevention program. - (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish,...
Section 17a-860. (Formerly Sec. 17b-349e). - Respite care services for caretakers of Alzheimer's patients. Definitions. Requirements. Regulations. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Respite care services”...
Section 17a-861. (Formerly Sec. 17b-251). - Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Outreach program established. - The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish an...
Section 17a-870. (Formerly Sec. 17a-405). - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Regional ombudsmen. Appointments. Inclusion in classified service. Definitions. - (a) As used in this chapter: (1) “State agency” means...
Section 17a-871. (Formerly Sec. 17a-406). - Residents' advocates. Appointment, expenses, removal. Use of trained volunteers. - (a) Residents' advocates shall be appointed by the State Ombudsman,...
Section 17a-872. (Formerly Sec. 17a-407). - Residents' advocates. Training. Regulations. - No person may perform any functions as a residents' advocate...
Section 17a-873. (Formerly Sec. 17a-408). - Duties of State Ombudsman. - (a) The State Ombudsman shall establish and operate ombudsman programs...
Section 17a-874. (Formerly Sec. 17a-409). - Investigative authority. - The State Ombudsman is authorized to investigate and make reports...
Section 17a-875. (Formerly Sec. 17a-410). - Duties of regional ombudsmen. - The regional ombudsmen shall, in accordance with the policies and...
Section 17a-876. (Formerly Sec. 17a-411). - Duties of residents' advocates. Posting by nursing home facilities. Funding. - (a) Residents' advocates, under supervision of the regional ombudsmen, shall...
Section 17a-877. (Formerly Sec. 17a-414). - Legal counsel for residents and applicants and to assist the ombudsman and representatives of the office in performance of their official duties. Regional ombudsmen and residents' advocates considered state... - (a) The state agency shall ensure that: (1) Adequate legal...
Section 17a-878. (Formerly Sec. 17a-415). - Powers of ombudsman and representatives. Access to records, facilities and residents. Penalty for wilful interference with representatives of office. Confidentiality. Assistance from outside persons or enti... - (a) The State Ombudsman and representatives of the office shall...
Section 17a-879. (Formerly Sec. 17a-416). - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, after consultation with...
Section 17a-880. (Formerly Sec. 17a-417). - Additional duties of State Ombudsman. - The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall require the...
Section 17a-881. (Formerly Sec. 17a-418). - State-wide uniform data system. - The state agency shall establish a state-wide uniform system to:...
Section 17a-882. (Formerly Sec. 17a-419). - Duties of state agency re disclosure. - The state agency shall: (1) Provide that the files and...
Section 17a-883. (Formerly Sec. 17a-420). - Consideration of outside views re planning and operating the program. - In planning and operating the program, the state agency, in...
Section 17a-884. (Formerly Sec. 17a-421). - Duties of state agency. - The state agency shall: (1) Ensure that no individual, or...
Section 17a-885. (Formerly Sec. 17a-422). - State ombudsman duties re pilot program in managed residential communities. Report. - (a) The Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall develop...
Section 17a-886. - Community Ombudsman program. Appointment of Community Ombudsman. Authority. Duties. Reporting. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “authorized representative” means...