2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319h - Protection of the Elderly
Section 17a-407 - (Formerly Sec. 17b-402). Residents’ advocates. Training. Regulations.
No person may perform any functions as a residents’ advocate until the person has successfully completed a course of training required by the State Ombudsman. Any residents’ advocate who fails to complete such a course within a reasonable time after appointment may be removed by the State Ombudsman or the regional ombudsman for the region in which such residents’ advocate serves. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, after consultation with the State Ombudsman, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the course of training required by this subsection.
(P.A. 77-575, S. 3, 23; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 99-176, S. 3, 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 301.)
History: Sec. 17-135c transferred to Sec. 17a-407 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-407 transferred to Sec. 17b-402 in 1995; P.A. 99-176 deleted Subsec. designators, substituted “residents’ advocate” for “patients’ advocate”, made the course of training subject to that required by the State Ombudsman rather than by the commissioner through regulation, required the commissioner, after consultation with the State Ombudsman, to adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of the section, including, but not limited to, the course of training, and deleted former Subsec. (b) re the discretion of the commissioner, after consultation with the State Ombudsman, to waive the training requirement upon a showing of adequate training or experience, effective July 1, 1999; Sec. 17b-402 transferred to Sec. 17a-407 in 2015; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced reference to Commissioner on Aging with reference to Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, effective October 31, 2017.
