Title 17a, Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources

Sec. 17a-232. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467b). Application for receivership. Hearing. Emergency order. (a) An application to appoint a receiver for a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability may be filed in the Superior Court by the Commissioner of Developmental Ser…

Sec. 17a-233. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467c). Imposition of receivership: Grounds; defenses. (a) The court may grant an application for the appointment of a receiver for a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability upon a finding of any of the following: (1) The faci…

Sec. 17a-234. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467d). Duties of receiver. A receiver appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 17a-231 to 17a-237, inclusive, in operating such facility, shall have the same powers as a receiver of a corporation under section 52-507 and shall exercise suc…

Sec. 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 lease, mortgage, secured transaction or other contract entered into by the owner of the facility if, upon applicati…

Sec. 17a-236. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467f). Appointment of receiver. Accounting by receiver. (a) The court may name any responsible person to act as a receiver, including an employee of the Department of Developmental Services. The court may remove such receiver in accordance with se…

Sec. 17a-237. (Formerly Sec. 19a-467g). Termination of receivership. The Superior Court, upon a motion by the receiver or the owner of such facility, may terminate the receivership if it finds that the facility has been rehabilitated so that the violations complained of no longer…

Sec. 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 the Commissioner of Developmental Services in any public or private facility shall be deprived of any perso…

Sec. 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 services. Review. (a) For purposes of th…

Sec. 17a-238b. Medicaid waiver programs. Waiting list reduction. Required reporting. (a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall reduce waiting lists for s…

Secs. 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 Oc…

Sec. 17a-242. (Formerly Sec. 19a-473). Annual evaluation reports. Section 17a-242 is repealed, effective October 1, 2007. (P.A. 77-587, S. 4, 9; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 01-195, S. 132, 181; P.A. 04-54, S. 6; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); 07-238, S. 10.)

Sec. 17a-243. (Formerly Sec. 19a-474). Placement of child. Costs. Section 17a-243 is repealed. (P.A. 77-587, S. 5, 9; P.A. 83-169, S. 6; 83-394, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 24.)

Sec. 17a-244. (Formerly Sec. 19a-475). Regulations. Section 17a-244 is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 77-587, S. 6, 9; 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 86-333, S. 15, 32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 5, 25; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 14-231, S. 72.)

Sec. 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 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 24.)

Sec. 17a-246. Rates of payment to organizations providing employment opportunities and day services. Regulations. (a) The amount of payments to be paid by the state to any organization which provides employment opportunities and day services for persons referred by any state agen…

Sec. 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 as a guardian or l…

Sec. 17a-247a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 17a-247b to 17a-247f, inclusive: (1) “Abuse” means (A) the wilful infliction by an employee of physical pain or injury, financial exploitation, psychological abuse or verbal abuse; (B) the wilful deprivation of serv…

Sec. 17a-247b. Establishment and maintenance of registry. (a) The Department of Developmental Services shall establish and maintain a registry of former employees who have been terminated or separated from employment as a result of substantiated abuse or neglect. The department s…

Sec. 17a-247c. Prohibition on hiring persons on registry. Notice to employers. (a) No employer shall hire a person whose name appears on the registry and no employer shall retain an employee after receiving notice that such employee's name so appears. (b) The department shall, on…

Sec. 17a-247d. Registry confidentiality. Except as required for written orders and final decisions pursuant to section 4-180a, the registry shall be confidential and neither the registry nor any supporting documentation shall be subject to disclosure under the provisions of secti…

Sec. 17a-247e. Regulations. The Department of Developmental Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 17a-247b to 17a-247e, inclusive. (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 160, 165; P.A. 98-133, S. 4; P.…

Sec. 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 from the Department of Social Services' Di…

Sec. 17a-247g. Successor department for purposes of abuse and neglect allegations. The Department of Developmental Services shall constitute a successor department, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39, to the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons …

Sec. 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 neglect investigation, such person's legal representative, or any other pe…

Sec. 17a-248. Birth-to-three program. Definitions. As used in this section, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248g, inclusive, 17a-248m, 38a-490a and 38a-516a, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Early Childhood. (2) “Council” means the Stat…

Sec. 17a-248a. Birth-to-three program not deemed humane institution. The birth-to-three program established pursuant to section 17a-248b shall not be considered a humane institution, as defined in section 17b-222. (P.A. 96-238, S. 13, 25.) History: P.A. 96-238 effective July 1, 1…

Sec. 17a-248b. State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council. (a) The lead agency shall establish a State Interagency Birth-to-Three Coordinating Council and shall provide staff assistance and other resources to the council. The council shall consist of the following memb…

Sec. 17a-248c. Local interagency birth-to-three coordinating councils. (a) The commissioner may establish one local interagency coordinating council in each region of the state. Each council shall consist of five or more individuals interested in the welfare of children ages birt…

Sec. 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 and in consultation with the council, shall establish and maintain a state-wide birth-to-th…

Sec. 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 receive (1) a multidisciplinary assessment of the child's unique needs and …

Sec. 17a-248f. Birth-to-three procedural safeguards. Procedural safeguards shall be the same as required under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1431 et seq. (P.A. 96-185, S. 4, 16; P.A. 10-93, S. 5.) History: P.A. 96-185 effective July 1, 1996; P.…

Sec. 17a-248g. Birth-to-three funding. Fees for services prohibited. Insurance coverage. General administrative payments. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, funds appropriated to the lead agency for purposes of section 17a-248, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248f, inclusive…

Sec. 17a-248h. Birth-to-three program to provide mental health services. The birth-to-three program, established under section 17a-248b and administered by the Office of Early Childhood, shall provide mental health services to any child eligible for early intervention services pu…

Sec. 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 Early Childhood shall require, as part of the birth-to-three program established under section 17a-248b, th…

Sec. 17a-248j. Certificarion to teach within birth-to-three program. Upon the request of a director of an early intervention service program participating in the birth-to-three program, established pursuant to section 17a-248b, the Commissioner of Education may permit any person …

Sec. 17a-248k. Designation of school readiness liaison. For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year thereafter, in any school district that serves a town that has not convened or established a local or regional school readiness council pursuant to section 10…

Sec. 17a-248l. Expansion of birth-to-three program. Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall develop and implement a plan to expand the birth-to-three program, established pursuant to section 17a-248b, to provide early intervention services to any ch…

Sec. 17a-248m. Receipt of early intervention services by Spanish-speaking qualified personnel and service coordinators. Spanish-speaking interpreting or translator services. On and after July 1, 2023, an eligible child whose primary language is Spanish shall be entitled to receiv…

Sec. 17a-248n. Receipt of early intervention services at child care centers, group child care homes and family child care homes. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Early intervention services” has the same meaning as provided in section 17a-248; and (2) “Individualized family serv…

Sec. 17a-249. Oral Health and Dental Services Unit. Duties. (a) There shall be, within the Health and Clinical Services Division of the Department of Developmental Services, an Oral Health and Dental Services Unit. The unit shall: (1) Support persons with intellectual disability …