Sec. 17b-650. (Formerly Sec. 17-660). Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-650. (Formerly Sec. 17-660). Vocational rehabilitation; definitions. As used in sections 17b-650 to 17b-665, inclusive, and sections 10-298b and 10-298c:

      (a) "Person with a disability" means any individual with a disability, excluding blindness, as such term is applied to Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

      (b) "Vocational rehabilitation service" means any goods and services necessary to render a person with a disability employable, in accordance with Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

      (c) "Community rehabilitation program" means a program that provides directly for or facilitates the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities, as defined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

      (d) "Products are made or manufactured by or services are provided by persons with disabilities" if not less than seventy-five per cent of the hours of direct labor required for such products or services are performed by persons with disabilities.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1409; 1957, P.A. 557, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 337, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 449, S. 1; P.A. 77-405, S. 1, 5; P.A. 79-344, S. 1; P.A. 89-354, S. 4, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 95-355, S. 1.)

      History: 1967 act substituted "gainful" for "remunerative" occupation in Subdivs. (a) and (c) and redefined "individual who is under a physical or mental disability" to include persons suffering from behavioral disorders; 1969 act redefined "vocational rehabilitation service" to include services to families of handicapped persons, substituted definition of "rehabilitation facility" for definition of "work shop" in Subdiv. (d) and added Subdivs. (e) and (f) defining "disadvantaged individual" and "evaluation and work adjustment services"; P.A. 77-405 added Subdiv. (g) defining products "made or manufactured by or services provided by handicapped persons"; P.A. 79-344 redefined terms in Subdivs. (a) to (d), deleted definitions of "disadvantaged individual" and "evaluation and work adjustment services", added definition of "substantial handicap to employment" as Subdiv. (e) and relettered former Subdiv. (g) as Subdiv. (f); P.A. 89-354 changed "handicapped individual" to "person with a disability", effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to 60 days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-100 transferred to Sec. 17-660 in 1993 and reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108 revised to reflect their transfer; Sec. 17-660 transferred to Sec. 17b-650 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 amended the definitions of "person with a disability" and "vocational rehabilitation service" and added a definition of "community rehabilitation program" as used in Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time and deleted the definitions of an "individual who has a physical or mental disability" and "substantial handicap to employment".

      See note to Sec. 17b-651.

      Cited. 44 CA 143.