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

Sec. 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 grant to any city, town or borough or public or private agency, organization or institution for the following purp…

Sec. 17a-856. (Formerly Sec. 17a-313). Payment of administrative expenses. The Department of Aging and Disability Services may use moneys appropriated for the purposes of section 17a-855 for the expenses of administering the grant program under said section, provided the total of…

Sec. 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 programs for health insurance as…

Sec. 17a-858. (Formerly Sec. 17a-316a). State Aging and Disability Resource Center Program. (a) The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall develop and administer a program to provide a single, coordinated system of information and access for individuals seeking long-…

Sec. 17a-859. (Formerly Sec. 17a-303a). Fall prevention program. (a) The Department of Aging and Disability Services shall establish, within available appropriations, a fall prevention program. Within such program, the department shall: (1) Promote and support research to: (A) Im…

Sec. 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” means support services which provide short-term relief from the demands of ongoin…

Sec. 17a-861. (Formerly Sec. 17b-251). Connecticut Partnership for Long-Term Care: Outreach program established. The Office of Policy and Management shall establish an outreach program to educate consumers as to: (1) The need for long-term care; (2) mechanisms for financing such …

Sec. 17a-862. Dementia Services Coordinator. Duties. There shall be within the Department of Aging and Disability Services a dementia services coordinator. The dementia services coordinator shall (1) coordinate dementia services across state agencies, (2) assess and analyze demen…

Secs. 17a-863 to 17a-869. Reserved for future use. PART V OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN

Sec. 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 the Department of Aging and Disability Services. (2) “Office” or “O…

Sec. 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, in consultation with the regional ombudsmen, for each region in sufficient number to serve t…

Sec. 17a-872. (Formerly Sec. 17a-407). Residents' advocates. Training. Regulations. No person may perform any functions as a residents' advocate until the person has successfully completed a course of training required by the State Ombudsman. Any residents' advocate who fails to …

Sec. 17a-873. (Formerly Sec. 17a-408). Duties of State Ombudsman. (a) The State Ombudsman shall establish and operate ombudsman programs in this state pursuant to Sections 711 to 713, inclusive, of the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended from time to time, and all reg…

Sec. 17a-873a. Managed residential community consumer guide. The State Ombudsman, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall develop a managed residential community consumer guide. Such guide shall contain information regarding (1) resident protections, (2) hou…

Sec. 17a-874. (Formerly Sec. 17a-409). Investigative authority. The State Ombudsman is authorized to investigate and make reports and recommendations concerning any act or the failure to act by any agency, official or public employee, with respect to their responsibilities and du…

Sec. 17a-875. (Formerly Sec. 17a-410). Duties of regional ombudsmen. The regional ombudsmen shall, in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman: (1) Provide services to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of r…

Sec. 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 assist the regional ombudsmen in the performance of all duties and responsibilities of …

Sec. 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 employees for purposes of certain …

Sec. 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 entities. (a) The State Ombudsman and r…

Sec. 17a-879. (Formerly Sec. 17a-416). Regulations. The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, after consultation with the State Ombudsman, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 17a-412, 17a-413, 1…

Sec. 17a-880. (Formerly Sec. 17a-417). Additional duties of State Ombudsman. The Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services shall require the State Ombudsman to: (1) Prepare an annual report: (A) Describing the activities carried out by the office in the year for which the rep…

Sec. 17a-881. (Formerly Sec. 17a-418). State-wide uniform data system. The state agency shall establish a state-wide uniform system to: (1) Collect and analyze data relating to complaints and conditions in long-term care facilities and to residents for the purpose of identifying …

Sec. 17a-882. (Formerly Sec. 17a-419). Duties of state agency re disclosure. The state agency shall: (1) Provide that the files and records maintained by the program may be disclosed only at the discretion of the State Ombudsman or the person designated by the ombudsman to disclo…

Sec. 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 consultation with the State Ombudsman, shall consider the views of area agencies on aging, long-term care facil…

Sec. 17a-884. (Formerly Sec. 17a-421). Duties of state agency. The state agency shall: (1) Ensure that no individual, or member of the immediate family of an individual, involved in the designation of the State Ombudsman, whether by appointment or otherwise, or the designation of…

Sec. 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 and implement a pilot program, within available appropriations, to provide assistance and educat…

Sec. 17a-886. Community Ombudsman program. Appointment of Community Ombudsman. Authority. Duties. Reporting. (a) As used in this section, (1) “authorized representative” means a person designated by a home care client, in writing, to act on such client's behalf, including, but no…