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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6365
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3627
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT ALLOWING PERS ONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
AND THEIR FAMILIES TO ACCESS THE REGISTR Y OF
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELO PMENTAL SERVICES EMP LOYEES WHO
WERE TERMINATED OR S EPARATED FROM EMPLOY MENT AS A
RESULT OF ABUSE OR N EGLECT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17a-247b of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(c) The department shall make information in the registry available 4
only to: (1) Authorized agencies, for the purpose of protective service 5
determinations; (2) employers who employ employees to provide 6
services to an individual who receives services or funding from the 7
department; (3) the Departments of Children and Families, Mental 8
Health and Addiction Services, and Social Services, for the purpose of 9
determining whether an applicant for employment appears on the 10
registry; [or] (4) charitable organizations that recruit volunteers to 11
support programs for persons with intellectual disability or autism 12
spectrum disorder, upon application to and approval by the 13
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commissioner, for purposes of conducting background checks on such 14
volunteers; or (5) persons with intellectual disability and their family 15
or legal guardian. 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 17a-247b(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow persons with intellectual disability and their families to access
the abuse and neglect registry of former Department of Developmental
Services employees.
[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: REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist.
H.B. 6365