2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-121f. Grants for programs established for the study or treatment of AIDS.

      Sec. 19a-121f. Grants for programs established for the study or treatment of AIDS. (a) Any municipality, hospital, public or independent college or university or individual may apply to the Commissioner of Public Health for a grant-in-aid for a program established for the study or treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Such grant shall be used (1) to conduct a study of (A) the effectiveness of procedures available for the prevention of AIDS, (B) testing procedures for the detection of the human immunodeficiency virus, (C) the means by which the transmission of AIDS from person to person can be effectively prevented, or (D) how the disease progresses in the victim, (2) for purposes of providing counseling or psychiatric assistance for persons infected by the human immunodeficiency virus and their families, and (3) the future state resources which will be necessary to address the AIDS epidemic in Connecticut. Any request for such grant shall be submitted in writing to the commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

      (b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, and may adopt emergency regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, which establish all necessary guidelines and procedures for the administration of such grant program.

      (P.A. 87-527, S. 3, 7; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.