Sec. 4-61aa. Committee to encourage employment by state of persons with disabilities. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4-61aa. Committee to encourage employment by state of persons with disabilities. (a) There is established a committee to encourage the employment by the state of persons with disabilities. The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall appoint the members of the committee, which shall be chaired by such commissioner, or his designee, and include one representative of each of the following:

      (1) The Board of Education and Services to the Blind;

      (2) The Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired;

      (3) The Bureau of Rehabilitative Services;

      (4) The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities;

      (5) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;

      (6) The Department of Developmental Services; and

      (7) The Labor Department.

      (b) The committee shall:

      (1) Advise, and develop written guidelines for, the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the executive heads of other state agencies regarding the adaptation of employment examinations and alternative hiring processes for, and the reasonable accommodation of, persons with disabilities; and

      (2) Review the program established under subsection (b) of section 4-61u and compliance with the provisions of section 46a-70 concerning persons with physical disabilities.

      (P.A. 98-205, S. 4; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a).)

      History: Pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Department of Mental Retardation" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Department of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.