Sec. 17b-610. (Formerly Sec. 17-610). Assessment of needs of business community by Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Report.
Sec. 17b-610. (Formerly Sec. 17-610). Assessment of needs of business community by Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Report. The Department of Social Services, as lead agency for persons with mental and physical disabilities
pursuant to section 17b-606, shall, in conjunction with the Labor Department, provide
ongoing assessment of the needs of the business community and the ways persons with
disabilities could fill such needs and shall assess skills needed by businesses, necessary
training, available jobs, specific work sites and the programs offered by regional vocational-technical schools and comprehensive high schools. The Department of Social
Services shall report its progress on or before January 15, 1990, and annually thereafter,
to the committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
human services.
(P.A. 89-189, S. 3, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 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. 17-610 transferred to Sec. 17b-610 in 1995; (Revisor's note:
In 1997 references to "Department of Labor" were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to "Labor Department" for consistency with customary statutory usage).