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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1533 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 682 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2021 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1533 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING A UNIVERSAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR |
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| 19 | 19 | | SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL |
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| 20 | 20 | | SERVICES AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | That title 17a of the general statutes be amended to authorize (1) the 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation with the 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Commissioner of Social Services, to develop a universal assessment 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | system for programs offering services to persons with intellectual 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | disability or developmental disabilities, and (2) the establishment of an 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | advisory committee to determine the level of needs of persons receiving 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | services from such programs that shall (A) meet and make 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | recommendations for at least three years after development of a 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | universal assessment system, (B) have notice of its meetings, agendas 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | and minutes posted on the Internet web site of the Department of 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Developmental Services, and (C) include (i) members with intellectual 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | disability and developmental disabilities, (ii) families of such persons, 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | including, but not limited to, family members of persons with high-level 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | needs, (iii) providers of services for such persons, and (iv) advocates for 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | such persons. 15 Proposed Bill No. 682 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 1533 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To authorize a universal assessment system for programs serving |
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| 45 | 45 | | persons with intellectual disability or developmental disabilities and the |
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| 46 | 46 | | establishment of an advisory committee that includes persons with |
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| 47 | 47 | | intellectual disability or developmental disabilities, their families and |
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| 48 | 48 | | advocates. |
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