2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-666. Employment opportunities program for underserved persons with significant disabilities. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-666. Employment opportunities program for underserved persons
with significant disabilities. Regulations. (a) The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
of the Department of Social Services may receive state and federal funds to administer,
within available appropriations, an employment opportunities program to serve individuals with the most significant disabilities who do not meet the eligibility requirements
of supported employment programs administered by the Departments of Mental Retardation and Mental Health and Addiction Services. For the purposes of this section,
"individuals with the most significant disabilities" means those individuals who (1) have
serious employment limitations in a total of three or more functional areas including, but
not limited to, mobility, communication, self-care, interpersonal skills, work tolerance
or work skills, or (2) will require significant ongoing disability-related services on the
job in order to maintain employment.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 01-61, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 01-61 effective July 1, 2001.
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