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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7168
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TR ANSITIONAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivision (9) of subsection (a) of section 10-76d of the 1
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 3
(9) The planning and placement team shall, in accordance with the 4
provisions of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 5
1400, et seq., as amended from time to time, develop and update 6
annually a statement of transition service needs for each child 7
requiring special education. Commencing not later than the date on 8
which the first individual education program takes effect for a child 9
who is at least fourteen years of age and diagnosed with autism 10
spectrum disorder, such program shall include (A) appropriate 11
measurable postsecondary goals based upon age -appropriate 12
transition assessments related to training, education, employment and, 13
where appropriate, independent living skills; and (B) the transition 14
services, including courses of study, needed to assist a child in 15
reaching those goals. The individual education program shall be 16
updated annually thereafter in accordance with the provisions of this 17
subdivision. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as 18
requiring the Department of Rehabilitation Services to lower the age of 19 Substitute Bill No. 7168
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transitional services for a child with disabilities from sixteen to 20
fourteen years of age. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10-76d(a)(9)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(9), "at least" was added before "fourteen" and other new
language was redrafted for clarity.
HS Joint Favorable Subst.