Sec. 17a-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-420b). Completion of special education programs permitted. Payment by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17a-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-420b). Completion of special education programs permitted. Payment by Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Each child or youth in the custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families due to behavioral problems, and served by an approved residential treatment facility with special education programs, may continue in such facility beyond eighteen years of age until his program is completed. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall be responsible for the payment of board and care costs for any child or youth who remains in an approved residential treatment facility with special education programs beyond eighteen years of age pursuant to this section provided such child or youth meets the eligibility requirements established by the commissioner.

      (P.A. 85-389; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 98-250, S. 11, 39.)

      History: Sec. 17-420b transferred to Sec. 17a-14 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-250 added proviso that each child or youth meet commissioner-established eligibility requirements, effective July 1, 1998.