Senate Bill No. 198
Public Act No. 22-21
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
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022):
(a) The Advisory Board for Persons Who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing
or Deafblind shall consist of the following members: (1) The consultant
appointed by the State Board of Education in accordance with section
10-316a, or the consultant's designee; (2) the president of the
Connecticut Council of Organizations Serving the Deaf, or the
president's designee; (3) the president of the Connecticut Association of
the Deaf, or the president's designee; (4) the president of the Connecticut
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, or the president's designee; (5) the
Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the commissioner's
designee; (6) the executive director of the American School for the Deaf,
or the executive director's designee; (7) [the Governor's liaison to the
disability community; (8)] the director of the Connecticut Chapter of We
the Deaf People; and [(9)] (8) eight members appointed by the Governor
as follows: (A) A person who is deaf; (B) a person who is hard of hearing;
(C) a person who is deafblind; (D) an interpreting professional who Senate Bill No. 198
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serves deaf, hard of hearing or deafblind persons; (E) a healthcare
professional who works with persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or
deafblind; (F) a parent of a student in a predominantly oral education
program; (G) an educator who works with children who are deaf, hard
of hearing or deafblind; and (H) a parent of a student at the American
School for the Deaf. [The Commissioner of Aging and Disability
Services, the Governor's liaison to the disability community and a
member chosen by the majority of the board shall be the chairpersons of
the advisory board.] The members of the advisory board shall elect two
chairpersons of the advisory board from among the members of the
advisory board.