Sec. 8-119n. Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 8-119n. Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall establish a pilot program in the congregate housing facility existing in the town of Norwich on July 1, 1997, to provide assisted living services for the frail elderly. Such assisted living services shall include, but not be limited to, routine nursing services and assistance with activities of daily living. Such congregate housing facility shall contract with an assisted living services agency, as defined in section 19a-490. The commissioner may provide technical assistance and shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid for such pilot program. For purposes of this section, "frail elderly" means elderly persons who have temporary or periodic difficulties with one or more essential activities of daily living, as determined by the commissioner.

      (b) Not later than January 1, 1999, the manager of the congregate housing facility in the town of Norwich in which said pilot program is operated, shall submit a report to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging, and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations. Said report shall analyze the strengths and shortcomings of the pilot program and shall include data on (1) the number of clients served by the program, (2) the number and type of services offered under the program, and (3) the monthly cost per client under the program.

      (c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 152, 165; P.A. 06-93, S. 12.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 06-93 amended Subsec. (a) to remove reference to repealed section and define "frail elderly".