The Department of Social Services, as lead agency for services to persons with physical and mental disabilities pursuant to section 17b-606, shall, within available appropriations, develop a plan for providing community-based residential facilities and supported employment for persons with disabilities. The plan shall provide for services including, but not limited to, education and training programs, social services, transportation, housing and recreation programs. The plan shall document the public and private providers of services to persons with disabilities, barriers to the delivery of such services and the population of persons with disabilities for whom access to such services are unavailable or inadequate. The plan shall recommend methods of interagency coordination and outreach that will maximize the services available to persons with disabilities and ensure linkage between the needs of persons with disabilities and the services of state agencies. The plan shall include a projected budget and a schedule for implementation. The plan shall be submitted, on or before January 1, 1990, to the Division of Human Resources Planning of the Office of Policy and Management and the committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services.

(P.A. 89-189, S. 2, 4; 89-354, S. 20, 21; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: P.A. 89-354 amended original act to add reference to housing programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-609 transferred to Sec. 17b-609 in 1995.