The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall develop, within available appropriations, a program of employment opportunities and day services for adults with intellectual disability. Any nonprofit organization which provides such services may apply to the Department of Developmental Services for funds to be used to assist in establishing, maintaining or expanding its program. No funding to assist in establishing, maintaining or expanding programs of employment opportunities and day services under the provisions of this section shall exceed the ordinary and recurring operating expenses of such employment opportunities and day services. The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall establish the requirements to be met by such organizations in order to be eligible to receive funds as provided by this section and establish procedures to be used in making application for such funds. Upon receipt of proper application, the Department of Developmental Services shall, within available appropriations, provide such funds, provided the organization meets the requirements established by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Department of Developmental Services may receive federal, municipal or private funds available or tendered on a matching or supporting basis for the development, maintenance and promotion of employment opportunities and day services.

(1959, P.A. 148, S. 35; P.A. 75-638, S. 14, 23; P.A. 76-340, S. 2; P.A. 79-171, S. 3; P.A. 88-28, S. 4, 8; P.A. 89-325, S. 22, 26; P.A. 90-138, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a),(b); P.A. 11-16, S. 12.)

History: P.A. 75-638 replaced deputy commissioner of mental retardation with commissioner of mental retardation and department of health with department of mental retardation; P.A. 76-340 removed provision allowing boards of education to apply for funds; Sec. 19-4f transferred to Sec. 19-573 in 1977; P.A. 79-171 added reference to grants for maintenance and expansion of vocational training centers; Sec. 19-573 transferred to Sec. 19a-466 in 1983; P.A. 88-28 substituted references to “day services for adults with mental retardation” for references to vocational training, added definition of “day services”, deleted definition of “vocational training center” and language providing for regulations governing the granting of funds, and added language concerning availability of funding; P.A. 89-325 added term “employment opportunities” and replaced “grant” with “funding”; P.A. 90-138 deleted language prohibiting use of funds for capital expenditures; Sec. 19a-466 transferred to Sec. 17a-226 in 1991; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 “Commissioner of Mental Retardation” and “Department of Mental Retardation” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Developmental Services” and “Department of Developmental Services”, effective October 1, 2007; P.A. 11-16 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”, deleted definition of “employment opportunities and day services” and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011.