2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319h - Protection of the Elderly
Section 17a-421 - (Formerly Sec. 17b-416). Duties of state agency.
The state agency shall:
(1) Ensure that no individual, or member of the immediate family of an individual, involved in the designation of the State Ombudsman, whether by appointment or otherwise, or the designation of representatives of the office is subject to a conflict of interest;
(2) Ensure that no officer or employee of the office, representative of the office, or member of the immediate family of the officer, employee or representative of the office, is subject to a conflict of interest;
(3) Ensure that the State Ombudsman: (A) Does not have a direct involvement in the licensing or certification of a long-term care facility or of a provider of a long-term care service; (B) does not have an ownership or investment interest, represented by equity, debt or other financial relationship, in a long-term care facility or a long-term care service; (C) is not employed by, or participating in the management of, a long-term care facility and has not been employed by or participated in such management in the twelve months prior to being State Ombudsman; and (D) does not receive, or have the right to receive, directly or indirectly, remuneration, in cash or in kind, under a compensation arrangement with an owner or operator of a long-term care facility; and
(4) Establish and specify, in writing, mechanisms to identify and remove conflicts of interest described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section, and to identify and eliminate the relationships described in subdivision (3) of this section, including such mechanisms as: (A) The methods by which the state agency will examine individuals and immediate family members to identify the conflicts; and (B) the actions that the state agency will require the individuals and such family members to take to remove such conflicts.
(P.A. 99-176, S. 17, 24; P.A. 18-6, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 99-176 effective July 1, 1999; Sec. 17b-416 transferred to Sec. 17a-421 in 2015; P.A. 18-6 made technical changes in Subdivs. (1) and (2) and added provision re employment in management 12 months prior to being State Ombudsman in Subdiv. (3)(C), effective May 14, 2018.
