Sec. 17b-404. (Formerly Sec. 17a-409). Investigative authority.
Sec. 17b-404. (Formerly Sec. 17a-409). Investigative authority. The State Ombudsman is authorized to investigate and make reports and recommendations concerning
any act or the failure to act by any agency, official or public employee, with respect to
their responsibilities and duties in connection with long-term care facilities, except the
courts and their personnel, legislative bodies and their personnel and the chief executive
of the state and the chief executive's personal staff and all elected officials.
(P.A. 77-575, S. 5, 23; P.A. 88-206, S. 4; P.A. 90-204, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-176, S. 5, 24.)
History: P.A. 88-206 provided that the state ombudsman shall also be accountable to the deputy commissioner on aging;
P.A. 90-204 deleted the former Subsec. (a) which provided for the direct supervision of the state ombudsman by the
commissioner or deputy commissioner; Sec. 17-135e transferred to Sec. 17a-409 in 1991; Sec. 17a-409 transferred to Sec.
17b-404 in 1995; P.A. 99-176 substituted "long-term care facilities" for "nursing home facilities" and "the chief executive's" for "his", effective July 1, 1999.