Sec. 17b-651. (Formerly Sec. 17-661). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. Disbursement of funds. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-651. (Formerly Sec. 17-661). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. Disbursement of funds. The Department of Social Services shall maintain a Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and shall disburse all funds provided for such rehabilitation, except for services to the blind. The Commissioner of Social Services shall appoint and, subject to the provisions of section 4-40, the Commissioner of Administrative Services, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, shall fix the compensation of such persons as may be necessary to administer the provisions of sections 17b-650 to 17b-663, inclusive, and may, within said bureau, create such sections as will facilitate such administration, including a disability determinations section for which one hundred per cent federal funds may be accepted for the operation of such section in conformity with applicable state and federal regulations.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1410; 1957, P.A. 557, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 91; P.A. 77-614, S. 540, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 2, 8; P.A. 89-354, S. 5, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

      History: 1965 act substituted "division" for "unit"; P.A. 77-614 transferred responsibility for maintaining rehabilitation division from state board of education to department of human resources, transferred appointment power from state board to commissioner of human resources and transferred compensation-fixing power from state board to commissioner of administrative services, subject to approval of secretary of the office of policy and management, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-354 returned responsibility for maintaining division and appointment power to state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 89-354 changed name of vocational rehabilitation division to bureau of rehabilitation services and transferred bureau from state board of education to department of human resources, 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. States 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. 10-101 transferred to Sec. 17-661 in 1993 and references to associated sections revised to reflect their transfer; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-661 transferred to Sec. 17b-651 in 1995.

      Annotation to former section 10-101:

      Secs. 10-100, 10-101. No duty on workmen's compensation commissioner to take any action under these sections. 135 C. 498.

      Annotation to former section 17-661:

      Cited. 44 CA 143.

      Annotation to present section:

      Cited. 44 CA 143.