Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06704 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/23/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6704
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1812
 *01812*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6704 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1812

*01812*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING REDUCING WAITING LISTS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17a-211 of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Developmental Services to include in the five-year departmental plan a strategy to reduce or potentially eliminate waiting lists for services.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the Department of Developmental Services to create a strategy for reducing waiting lists.