Sec. 17b-665. (Formerly Sec. 17-675). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services; Department of Social Services report. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-665. (Formerly Sec. 17-675). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services; Department of Social Services report. On July 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, the Department of Social Services shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning (1) the plans of the department to reduce the case loads of counselors of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to reflect the regional average for counselor case loads, (2) client information, including, but not limited to, the age, race, gender, nature of disabilities, placements and statistics on job retention and on the number of persons with disabilities in the state, (3) the department's efforts to insure that the proportion of disabled persons who are minorities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 32-9n, and who are served by the bureau is equivalent to the proportion of minorities within the total disabled population of the state and (4) the number, nature and resolution of complaints received by the bureau. The department shall provide each committee with a copy of the federal audit of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and in its initial report, the department shall advise the committees concerning the cost of the transfer from the Department of Education to the Department of Social Services.

      (P.A. 89-354, S. 18, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

      History: P.A. 89-354, S. 18 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. 17-612 transferred to Sec. 17-675 in 1993; 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. 17-675 transferred to Sec. 17b-665 in 1995.