Sec. 17b-424. Adult foster care program. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-424. Adult foster care program. The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish an adult foster care program which shall provide room, board and personal care services in a home or substantially equivalent environment to elderly persons who volunteer and may otherwise be placed in a nursing home or who are inappropriately institutionalized. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to administer this program.

      (P.A. 93-212, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-435, S. 59, 95.)

      History: P.A. 93-212 effective June 23, 1993; P.A. 93-262 and 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993.