§ 17a-277 — (Formerly Sec. 19a-451). Placement of persons with intellectual disability in residential facilities or residential programs.

Connecticut § 17a-277

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources
• Ch. 319c: Council on Developmental Services. General Provisions

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A regional or training school director may place any resident with intellectual disability committed or admitted to such training school, regional facility or other residential facility provided for the care and training of persons with intellectual disability, under the provisions of sections 17a-210 to 17a-247, inclusive, and 17a-273, in a community companion home, community living arrangement, group home, other residential facility or residential program to be cared for in accordance with the following conditions: (1) Such resident shall, despite such transfer, remain subject to the control of the regional or training school director and the director may, at any time, order and provide for the return of any such resident to such training school, regional facility or other residential facility provided for the care and training of persons with intellectual disability; (2) When the transfer of any such resident has been authorized or when, having been transferred to a community companion home, community living arrangement, group home, other residential facility or residential program for persons with intellectual disability, such resident has returned to the training school, regional facility or other residential facility, the regional or training school director shall forthwith so notify the Commissioner of Developmental Services; (3) Such community companion home, community living arrangement, group home, other residential facility or residential program shall be licensed or certified by the Department of Developmental Services, licensed by the Department of Children and Families or certified by the Department of Public Health under such regulations as the departments adopt, in accordance with chapter 54; and (4) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall, upon request, be given access to the complete record of any resident placed in a community companion home, community living arrangement, group home, other residential facility or residential program pursuant to this section.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2684; 1955, S. 1511d; 1959, P.A. 183; 1961, P.A. 489, S. 4; 517, S. 17; P.A. 76-153, S. 6; P.A. 82-10; P.A. 83-59; P.A. 86-41, S. 5, 11; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 134, 181; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a), (b); P.A. 11-16, S. 28; P.A. 18-32, S. 27; P.A. 23-111, S. 3.) History: 1959 act deleted former Subsec. (b) which required notice to welfare commissioner of transfer or return; 1961 acts substituted the mentally retarded or epileptic for mental deficients, added requirement for notice to deputy commissioner on mental retardation and substituted council on mental retardation for joint committee of state training schools in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 76-153 included references to regional centers, group homes and other facilities “provided for the care and training of the mentally retarded”, removed epileptic persons from purview of section, replaced deputy commissioner of mental retardation with commissioner of mental retardation, reflecting creation of independent department and transferred regulation power from public health council and council on mental retardation to department of mental retardation; Sec. 17-174 transferred to Sec. 19-569h in 1977; P.A. 82-10 amended Subdiv. (c) to clarify that residential facilities for the mentally retarded may be licensed by the departments of children and youth services or health services, as well as the department of mental retardation; Sec. 19-569h transferred to Sec. 19a-451 in 1983; P.A. 83-59 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators and added Subdiv. (4) to give the commissioner access to the records of persons placed in private residential facilities for the mentally retarded; P.A. 86-41 substituted “director” for “superintendent” and regional “facility” for regional “center” where appearing; Sec. 19a-451 transferred to Sec. 17a-277 in 1991; P.A. 93-91 substituted commissioner and department of children and families for commissioner and department of children and youth services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” and “Department of Mental Retardation” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 11-16 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”, added “community companion home”, “community living arrangement” and “residential program” as placement options and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 18-32 deleted provision re limitation of term of commitment in Subdiv. (1), deleted “private boarding home,”, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 23-111 amended Subdiv. (3) by adding references to facilities or programs certified by the Departments of Developmental Services and Public Health and made a technical change, effective June 26, 2023. Annotation to former section 19-569h: Cited. 31 CS 197.