2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 46a - Human Rights
Chapter 814a - Deaf and Hearing Impaired Persons
Section 46a-29 - (Formerly Sec. 17-137n). Assistance from other government agencies.

Universal Citation:
CT Gen Stat § 46a-29 (2018)
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(a) The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services may request and shall receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as will enable the Department of Rehabilitation Services to properly carry out its activities under sections 17b-650e and 46a-30 to 46a-33b, inclusive, and to effectuate the purposes therein set forth.

(b) The Commissioner of Education shall assign one vocational rehabilitation consultant to act as a liaison staff member of the Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

(P.A. 74-252, S. 3, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 73, 302, 610; P.A. 87-496, S. 83, 110; P.A. 11-44, S. 39; 11-51, S. 44; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 90; P.A. 17-146, S. 27.)

History: P.A. 77-614 replaced public works commissioner with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced secretary of the state board of education with commissioner of education; P.A. 87-496 substituted public works commissioner for administrative services commissioner in Subsec. (b); Sec. 17-137n transferred to Sec. 46a-29 in 1991; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “commission” with “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, replacing reference to Secs. 46a-27 to 46a-32 with reference to Secs. 17b-650e and 46a-30 to 46a-33b and making conforming and technical changes, deleted former Subsec. (b) re office space, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services” and replacing “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-146 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “commission” with “Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing”, effective June 30, 2017.

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