CGS § 17a-781. (Formerly Sec. 17b-650). Vocational rehabilitation; definitions.

History: 1967 act substituted “gainful” for “remunerative” occupation in Subdivs. (a) and (c) and redefined “individual who is under a physical or mental disability” to include persons suffering from behavioral disorders; 1969 act redefined “vocational rehabilitation service” to include services to families of handicapped persons, substituted definition of “rehabilitation facility” for definition of “work shop” in Subdiv. (d) and added Subdivs. (e) and (f) defining “disadvantaged individual” and “evaluation and work adjustment services”; P.A. 77-405 added Subdiv. (g) defining products “made or manufactured by or services provided by handicapped persons”; P.A. 79-344 redefined terms in Subdivs. (a) to (d), deleted definitions of “disadvantaged individual” and “evaluation and work adjustment services”, added definition of “substantial handicap to employment” as Subdiv. (e) and relettered former Subdiv. (g) as Subdiv. (f); P.A. 89-354 changed “handicapped individual” to “person with a disability”, effective July 1, 1990; P.A. 90-325 changed the effective date of P.A. 89-354 from July 1, 1990, to 60 days after the determination by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services of the U.S. Department of Education that department of human resources meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements to be designated as sole state agency to administer the state plan for vocational rehabilitation services and that proposed bureau of rehabilitation services within the department meets all applicable federal statutory and regulatory requirements as a vocational rehabilitation organizational unit, i.e. July 1, 1991; Sec. 10-100 transferred to Sec. 17-660 in 1993 and reference to Secs. 10-100 to 10-108 revised to reflect their transfer; Sec. 17-660 transferred to Sec. 17b-650 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 amended the definitions of “person with a disability” and “vocational rehabilitation service” and added a definition of “community rehabilitation program” as used in Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time and deleted the definitions of an “individual who has a physical or mental disability” and “substantial handicap to employment”; P.A. 13-7 replaced reference to Sec. 17b-665 with reference to Sec. 17b-663 and redesignated existing Subdivs. (a) to (d) as Subdivs. (1) to (4), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-118 deleted references to Secs. 10-298b and 10-298c and made a technical change; Sec. 17b-650 transferred to Sec. 17a-781 in 2023.