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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5037
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 80
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. ROSARIO, 128th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
CONNECTICUT CONNECT 700 PROGRAM TO EXPAND STATE
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to establish the Connecticut 1
Connect 700 program to provide innovative state government hiring 2
processes, including, but not limited to, up to seven hundred hours of 3
on-the-job trial work experience to persons with disabilities to (1) 4
promote inclusive hiring, (2) reduce state government employment 5
turnover, and (3) maximize state workforce diversity and inclusion 6
while fostering the economic self-sufficiency of participants. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To establish the Connecticut Connect 700 program to expand work
opportunities for persons with disabilities in state government, reduce
state government employment turnover and foster workforce
inclusiveness and economic self-sufficiency.