Sec. 8-119n. Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report.
Sec. 8-119n. Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living
services. Regulations. Report. (a) The Commissioner of Economic and Community
Development shall establish a pilot program in the congregate housing facility existing
in the town of Norwich on July 1, 1997, to provide assisted living services for the frail
elderly. Such assisted living services shall include, but not be limited to, routine nursing
services and assistance with activities of daily living. Such congregate housing facility
shall contract with an assisted living services agency, as defined in section 19a-490. The
commissioner may provide technical assistance and shall provide financial assistance in
the form of grants-in-aid for such pilot program. For purposes of this section, "frail
elderly" means elderly persons who have temporary or periodic difficulties with one or
more essential activities of daily living, as determined by the commissioner.
(b) Not later than January 1, 1999, the manager of the congregate housing facility
in the town of Norwich in which said pilot program is operated, shall submit a report
to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating
to aging, and to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations. Said report shall analyze
the strengths and shortcomings of the pilot program and shall include data on (1) the
number of clients served by the program, (2) the number and type of services offered
under the program, and (3) the monthly cost per client under the program.
(c) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of
this section.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 152, 165; P.A. 06-93, S. 12.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 06-93 amended Subsec. (a) to remove reference to
repealed section and define "frail elderly".