§ 17a-786 — (Formerly Sec. 17b-659). Treasurer to receive and disburse federal funds.

Connecticut § 17a-786

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 17a: Social and Human Services and Resources
• Ch. 319l: Department of Aging and Disability Services

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The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received from the federal government for the purpose of carrying out any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation or any agreements authorized by sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796, 17a-797, 17a-799 and 17a-835 and shall make disbursements from such funds and from all state funds available for vocational rehabilitation purposes upon certification by the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services.

Legislative History

(1957, P.A. 557, S. 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 544, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 6, 8; P.A. 89-354, S. 12, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 63; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 77; P.A. 19-157, S. 75.) History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of human resources for state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-354 replaced department of human resources with state board of education; P.A. 89-354 changed responsibilities from commissioner of education to commission 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. 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. 10-105 transferred to Sec. 17-669 in 1993 and internal reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108, inclusive, 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. 17-669 transferred to Sec. 17b-659 in 1995; P.A. 11-44 deleted exception for services to the blind and replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” with “Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services”; Sec. 17b-659 transferred to Sec. 17a-786 in 2023.