Sec. 17b-665. (Formerly Sec. 17-675). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services; Department of Social Services report.
Sec. 17b-665. (Formerly Sec. 17-675). Bureau of Rehabilitation Services; Department of Social Services report. On July 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, the Department of Social Services shall report to the joint standing committees of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations
and the budgets of state agencies concerning (1) the plans of the department to reduce the
case loads of counselors of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to reflect the regional
average for counselor case loads, (2) client information, including, but not limited to,
the age, race, gender, nature of disabilities, placements and statistics on job retention
and on the number of persons with disabilities in the state, (3) the department's efforts
to insure that the proportion of disabled persons who are minorities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 32-9n, and who are served by the bureau is equivalent to the proportion
of minorities within the total disabled population of the state and (4) the number, nature
and resolution of complaints received by the bureau. The department shall provide each
committee with a copy of the federal audit of the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services and
in its initial report, the department shall advise the committees concerning the cost of
the transfer from the Department of Education to the Department of Social Services.
(P.A. 89-354, S. 18, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 89-354, S. 18 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. 17-612 transferred to Sec. 17-675 in 1993; 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. 17-675 transferred to Sec. 17b-665 in 1995.