2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
Chapter 319h - Protection of the Elderly
Section 17a-409. (Formerly Sec. 17b-404) - Investigative authority.
The State Ombudsman is authorized to investigate and make reports and recommendations concerning any act or the failure to act by any agency, official or public employee, with respect to their responsibilities and duties in connection with long-term care facilities, except the courts and their personnel, legislative bodies and their personnel and the chief executive of the state and the chief executive's personal staff and all elected officials.
(P.A. 77-575, S. 5, 23; P.A. 88-206, S. 4; P.A. 90-204, S. 2, 3; P.A. 99-176, S. 5, 24.)
History: P.A. 88-206 provided that the state ombudsman shall also be accountable to the deputy commissioner on aging; P.A. 90-204 deleted the former Subsec. (a) which provided for the direct supervision of the state ombudsman by the commissioner or deputy commissioner; Sec. 17-135e transferred to Sec. 17a-409 in 1991; Sec. 17a-409 transferred to Sec. 17b-404 in 1995; P.A. 99-176 substituted “long-term care facilities” for “nursing home facilities” and “the chief executive's” for “his”, effective July 1, 1999; Sec. 17b-404 transferred to Sec. 17a-409 in 2015.
