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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5847
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6+General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5847
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11+Referred to Committee on HOUSING
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1219 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM TO IMP LEMENT
1320 RECOMMENDATIONS OF T HE COMMISSIONER OF H OUSING TO
1421 IMPROVE CERTAIN STAT E-FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSIN G PROJECTS.
1522 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1623 Assembly convened:
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1825 Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section, 1
1926 "elderly tenants" means tenants sixty-two years of age or older and 2
2027 "younger tenants with disabilities" means tenants who are not yet 3
2128 sixty-two years of age and who have been certified by the Social 4
2229 Security Board as being totally disabled under the Social Security Act, 5
23-or certified by any other federal board or agency as being totally 6
24-disabled. The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a pilot program 7
25-to implement the recommendations of the Department of Housing and 8
26-the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, pursuant to special acts 17-19 9
27-and 18-12, to improve certain state-funded housing projects that 10
28-provide services to both elderly tenants and younger tenants with 11
29-disabilities. 12
30+42 USC 1320d, or certified by any other federal board or agency as 6
31+being totally disabled. The Commissioner of Housing shall establish a 7
32+pilot program to implement the recommendations of the Department 8
33+of Housing and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, pursuant to 9
34+special acts 17-19 and 18-12, to improve certain state-funded housing 10
35+projects that provide services both to elderly tenants and younger 11
36+tenants with disabilities. 12
3037 (b) Not later than August 1, 2019, the Commissioner of Housing, in 13
3138 consultation with the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of 14
3239 the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 15
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3345 housing, shall designate three specific buildings within three state-16
3446 funded housing projects that provide services to elderly tenants and 17
3547 younger tenants with disabilities to participate in the pilot program. 18
3648 The selection of buildings shall consist of one small building 19
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49+containing not more than forty units; one medium-sized building 20
4450 containing not less than forty-one units and not more than eighty 21
4551 units; and one large building containing not less than eighty-one and 22
4652 not more than two hundred units. 23
47-(c) Not later than October 1, 2019, each housing authority 24
53+(c) Not later than October 1, 2019, any housing authority 24
4854 participating in the program shall agree to implement the following 25
49-measures in the building within the authority's housing project that 26
50-was designated under subsection (b) of this section for a period of one 27
51-calendar year: 28
52-(1) A social coordinator shall be on site for at least four hours a day 29
53-for two days per week. The social coordinator shall develop, organize 30
54-and implement social activities for both the population of elderly 31
55-tenants and the population of younger tenants with disabilities, either 32
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57-(2) A resident service coordinator shall be on site for at least four 34
58-hours a day for two days per week. In addition to implementing 35
59-existing programs that benefit the population of younger tenants with 36
60-disabilities, the resident service coordinator shall develop an assistance 37
61-component for the elderly tenant population, in order to address the 38
62-needs of both the elderly tenants and the younger tenants with 39
63-disabilities. 40
64-(3) A security officer, if one is not already present, shall be on site 41
65-for at least eight hours per day to assist residents and monitor security. 42
66-(d) The costs for implementing the pilot program shall be shared 43
67-between the Departments of Housing, Mental Health and Addiction 44
68-Services and Social Services. Not later than January 11, 2021, the 45
69-Department of Housing shall submit a report, in accordance with the 46
70-provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 47
71-committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 48
72-relating to housing. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an 49
73-evaluation of the results of the pilot program and any findings and 50
74-recommendations with regard to future implementation of similar 51 Substitute Bill No. 5847
55+measures in each of the three buildings for a period of one calendar 26
56+year: 27
57+(1) A social coordinator shall be on site for at least four hours a day 28
58+for two days per week. The social coordinator shall develop, organize 29
59+and implement social activities for both the population of elderly 30
60+tenants and the population of younger tenants with disabilities, either 31
61+separately or collectively. 32
62+(2) A resident service coordinator shall be on site for at least four 33
63+hours a day for two days per week. In addition to implementing 34
64+existing programs that benefit the population of younger tenants with 35
65+disabilities, the resident service coordinator shall develop an assistance 36
66+component for the elderly tenant population, in order to address the 37
67+needs of both the elderly tenants and the younger tenants with 38
68+disabilities. 39
69+(3) A security officer, if one is not already present, shall be on site 40
70+for at least eight hours per day to assist residents and monitor security. 41
71+(d) The costs for implementing the pilot program shall be shared 42
72+between the Departments of Housing, Mental Health and Addiction 43
73+Services and Social Services. Not later than January 11, 2021, the 44
74+Department of Housing shall submit a report, in accordance with the 45
75+provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 46
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81+committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 47
82+relating to housing. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, an 48
83+evaluation of the results of the pilot program and any findings and 49
84+recommendations with regard to future implementation of similar 50
85+programs in comparable housing projects. 51
8286 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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8589 Section 1 from passage New section
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87-Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
88-In Section 1(a) "42 USC 1320d" was removed from accuracy and
89-Section 1(c) was reworded for clarity.
91+Statement of Purpose:
92+To establish a pilot program to implement recommendations of the
93+Commissioner of Housing concerning certain state-funded housing
94+projects that provide services to elderly tenants and younger tenants
95+with disabilities.
96+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
97+except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
98+not underlined.]
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100+Co-Sponsors: REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist.; REP. REYES, 75th Dist.
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