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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 198
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 1133
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR PERSONS WHO
ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING OR DEAFBLIND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 46a-28 of the 2022 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 3
(a) The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing 4
or Deafblind shall consist of the following members: (1) The consultant 5
appointed by the State Board of Education in accordance with section 6
10-316a, or the consultant's designee; (2) the president of the 7
Connecticut Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, or the 8
president's designee; (3) the president of the Connecticut Association of 9
the Deaf, or the president's designee; (4) the president of the Connecticut 10
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or the president's designee; (5) the 11
Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the commissioner's 12
designee; (6) the executive director of the American School for the Deaf, 13
or the executive director's designee; (7) [the Governor's liaison to the 14
disability community; (8)] the director of the Connecticut Chapter of We 15 Raised Bill No. 198
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the Deaf People; and [(9)] (8) eight members appointed by the Governor 16
as follows: (A) A person who is deaf; (B) a person who is hard of hearing; 17
(C) a person who is deafblind; (D) an interpreting professional who 18
serves deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind persons; (E) a healthcare 19
professional who works with persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or 20
deafblind; (F) a parent of a student in a predominantly oral education 21
program; (G) an educator who works with children who are deaf, hard 22
of hearing or deafblind; and (H) a parent of a student at the American 23
School for the Deaf. [The Commissioner of Aging and Disability 24
Services, the Governor's liaison to the disability community and a 25
member chosen by the majority of the board shall be the chairpersons of 26
the advisory board.] The members of the advisory board shall elect two 27
chairpersons of the advisory board from among the members of the 28
advisory board. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 46a-28(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To revise membership of The Advisory Board for Persons Who Are
Deaf, Hard of Hearing or Deafblind and the process for electing
chairpersons of said board.
[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.]