General Assembly Raised Bill No. 88
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 911
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
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General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 88
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 911
*00911_______PD_*
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2016) (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "Caregiver" means a person who is responsible for the care of a mentally or physically impaired person.
(2) "Mentally or physically impaired person" means a person who requires assistance with two or more activities of daily living, including, but not limited to, bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, meal preparation, shopping, housekeeping, transfers, bowel and bladder care, laundry, communication, self-administration of medication and ambulation, as certified in writing by a physician licensed in this state.
(3) "Temporary health care structure" means a transportable residential structure that provides an environment in which a caregiver may provide care for a mentally or physically impaired person, that is primarily assembled at a location other than its site of installation, is limited to one occupant who is the mentally or physically impaired person, is not larger than three hundred gross square feet and complies with the applicable provisions of the State Building Code and Fire Safety Code.
(b) Zoning regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-2 of the general statutes or any special act shall not prohibit a temporary health care structure for use by a caregiver in providing care for a mentally or physically impaired person on property owned or occupied by the caregiver as his or her primary residence.
(c) Any person who wishes to install a temporary health care structure shall first obtain a permit from the municipality in which the temporary health care structure will be installed, for which the municipality may charge a fee not to exceed one hundred dollars and an annual permit renewal fee not to exceed fifty dollars. The municipality may not withhold such permit if the applicant provides sufficient proof of compliance with this section. The municipality may require that the applicant provide written evidence of compliance with this section on an annual basis as long as the temporary health care structure remains on the property. Such evidence may be obtained through an inspection by the municipality of the temporary health care structure at reasonable times convenient to the caregiver.
(d) A temporary health care structure installed pursuant to this section may be required to connect to water, sewer and electric utilities that serve the primary residence.
(e) A temporary health care structure may not be placed on a permanent foundation.
(f) Not more than one temporary health care structure shall be installed on a single parcel of land.
(g) No signage advertising or otherwise promoting the existence of the temporary health care structure shall be permitted either on the exterior of the structure or elsewhere on the property.
(h) The municipality may revoke a permit issued pursuant to subsection (c) of this section if the permit holder violates any provision of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2016 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2016
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit residents of this state to install temporary health care structures on their property.
[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.]