Sec. 17b-615. (Formerly Sec. 17-627). Independent Living Advisory Council.
Sec. 17b-615. (Formerly Sec. 17-627). Independent Living Advisory Council.
(a) The Governor shall appoint a state-wide Independent Living Council, in accordance
with Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from
time to time.
(b) The council shall meet regularly with the director of the Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services and shall perform the following duties: (1) Issue an annual report by January
first, with recommendations regarding independent living services and centers, to the
Governor and the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly
having cognizance of matters relating to human services, and (2) consult with, advise
and make recommendations to the department concerning independent living and related
policy, management and budgetary issues.
(c) Council members who are consumers shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties as council members.
(P.A. 87-563, S. 3, 5; P.A. 89-144, S. 3; 89-354, S. 3, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-355,
S. 9.)
History: P.A. 89-144 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting the office of protection and advocacy for persons with
disabilities for the office of protection and advocacy for handicapped and developmentally disabled persons; P.A. 89-354
changed responsibility of section from the director of division of rehabilitation services to the commissioner 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. 10-4k transferred to Sec. 17-627 in 1993 and reference to Sec. 10-4i changed
to 17-625 to reflect its 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. 17-627 transferred to Sec. 17b-615 in
1995; P.A. 95-355 replaced the Independent Living Advisory Council with a state-wide Independent Living Council to
be appointed by the Governor in accordance with Title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as
amended from time to time.