2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-420. Commission on Aging. Established. Membership. Report to Governor. Duties.
Sec. 17b-420. Commission on Aging. Established. Membership. Report to
Governor. Duties. (a) There is established a Commission on Aging to advocate on
behalf of elderly persons on issues and programs of concern to the elderly including,
but not limited to, health care, nutrition, housing, employment, transportation, legal
assistance and economic security. The commission shall be composed of eleven voting
members who are knowledgeable about areas of interest to the elderly to be appointed
as follows: Five by the Governor, one by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one
by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one by the majority leader of the Senate,
one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one by the minority leader
of the Senate and one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The initial
appointments to the commission shall be made by August 15, 1993. The initial term for
three of the members appointed by the Governor and the members appointed by the
president pro tempore of the Senate, majority leader of the House of Representatives
and minority leader of the Senate shall expire August 15, 1997, and the initial term for
two of the members appointed by the Governor and the members appointed by the
speaker of the House of Representatives, majority leader of the Senate and minority
leader of the House of Representatives shall expire August 15, 1995. Thereafter, all
members shall be appointed for a term of four years from August fifteenth in the year of
their appointment. Members shall be limited to two consecutive terms. The commission
shall include the following ex-officio nonvoting members: The chairpersons and ranking
members of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance
of matters concerning the provision of services to the elderly and the Commissioners
of Social Services, Public Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services, Mental Retardation, Economic and Community Development and Transportation, the Insurance
Commissioner and the Labor Commissioner. The chairperson of the commission shall
be selected by the Governor. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation
for their services, but shall be reimbursed for any necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their duties. The Commissioner of Social Services shall convene the
initial organizational meeting of the Commission on Aging on or before September
1, 1993.
(c) There shall be an executive director of the Commission on Aging who shall be appointed by the commission. There may be additional staff within available appropriations. The commission shall be within the Department of Social Services for administrative purposes only.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 5, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-262 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of public health and addiction services for commissioner and department of health services and executive director of Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), references to "Commissioner of Insurance" and "Commissioner of Labor" were replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Insurance Commissioner" and "Labor Commissioner" for consistency with customary statutory usage and minor changes in wording were made to accommodate the changes).
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
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