2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled
Section 17b-650a - Department of Rehabilitation Services.

(a) There is created a Department of Rehabilitation Services. The Department of Social Services shall provide administrative support services to the Department of Rehabilitation Services until the Department of Rehabilitation Services requests cessation of such services, or until June 30, 2013, whichever is earlier. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall be responsible for: (1) Providing services to the deaf and hearing impaired; (2) providing services for the blind and visually impaired; and (3) providing rehabilitation services in accordance with the provisions of the general statutes concerning the Department of Rehabilitation Services. The Department of Rehabilitation Services shall constitute a successor authority to the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d, 4-38e and 4-39.

(b) The department head shall be the Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services, who shall be appointed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-5 to 4-8, inclusive, and shall have the powers and duties described in said sections. The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services shall appoint such persons as may be necessary to administer the provisions of public act 11-44* and the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall fix the compensation of such persons in accordance with the provisions of section 4-40. The commissioner may create such sections within said department as will facilitate such administration, including a disability determinations section for which one hundred per cent federal funds may be accepted for the operation of such section in conformity with applicable state and federal regulations.

(P.A. 11-44, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 28.)

*Note: Public act 11-44 is entitled “An Act Concerning the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services and Implementation of Provisions of the Budget Concerning Human Services and Public Health”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2011” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

History: P.A. 11-44 effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing provision re creation of Bureau of Rehabilitative Services within Department of Social Services for administrative purposes with provisions re creation of Department of Rehabilitation Services and re Department of Social Services providing administrative support services to Department of Rehabilitation Services, and adding provision re successor authority, amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2012.