2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled
Section 17b-651a - Disability determination services unit. Inquiries into criminal history of applicants for employment.

The Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services shall inquire into the criminal history of any applicant, who is not at the time of application employed by the Department of Rehabilitation Services, for a position of employment with the department's disability determination services unit. Such inquiry shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 31-51i. The commissioner shall require each such applicant to state whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime, whether criminal charges are pending against the applicant at the time of application, and, if so, to identify the charges and court in which such charges are pending. Each such applicant offered a position of employment with the department's disability determination services unit shall be required to submit to fingerprinting and state and national criminal history records checks, as provided in section 29-17a.

(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 67; P.A. 11-44, S. 57; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 70.)

History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 11-44 replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, replaced “Department of Social Services” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced references to director of the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services with references to Commissioner of Rehabilitation Services and replaced references to Bureau of Rehabilitative Services with references to Department of Rehabilitation Services, effective July 1, 2012.