General Assembly Committee Bill No. 529
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 4166
*04166SB00529PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 529
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 4166
*04166SB00529PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SERVICES IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17a-215b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction Services and any other commissioner the Commissioner of Developmental Services deems appropriate, shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot autism spectrum [disorders] disorder program, to provide a coordinated system of supports and services, including case management, for [persons] adults with autism spectrum [disorders] disorder who do not have mental retardation, as defined in section 1-1g, and their families. The pilot program shall be established in New London County and serve up to seventy-five adults with autism spectrum [disorders] disorder who are not eligible for services from the Department of Developmental Services under this chapter.
(b) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall establish eligibility requirements for participation in the program. [The commissioner shall expand the pilot program to ensure that, on and after May 12, 2008, access to the pilot program is available to persons in a geographic area not served by the program prior to said date.]
(c) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, or the commissioner's designee, shall identify appropriate individualized services and supports for each person in the program and the family of each person in the program and shall coordinate the provision of such services and supports to such person and family.
(d) The pilot program shall commence on or before [October 1, 2006] January 1, 2012, and shall terminate not later than June 30, [2009] 2015.
(e) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health not later than January 1, [2009] 2014, concerning the results of such pilot program. [The report shall include recommendations concerning a system for addressing the needs of persons with autism spectrum disorder, including, but not limited to, recommendations (1) establishing an independent council to advise the Department of Developmental Services with respect to system design, implementation and quality enhancement, (2) establishing procedural safeguards, (3) designing and implementing a quality enhancement and improvement process, and (4) designing and implementing an interagency data and information management system.]
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 17a-215b
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
17a-215b
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a pilot program for the provision of autism spectrum disorder services to adults in New London County.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.; REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. MAYNARD, 18th Dist.; REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
S.B. 529