As used in this section and sections 17b-614 to 17b-615, inclusive:
(1) “Center for independent living” means a consumer-controlled, community-based, nonprofit corporation which provides consumers or their families with independent living services, as identified by community residents with disabilities and service providers. A center shall provide program information to all community residents about the needs of people with disabilities. Personal care assistant services arranged for or provided by independent living centers shall not be required to be licensed or certified;
(2) “Independent living services” shall include, but not be limited to, advocacy, peer counseling, independent living skills assessment, counseling and training information and referral, and other programs and services which would promote the independence, productivity and quality of life for people with disabilities;
(3) “Consumer” means an individual with a significant physical or mental impairment whose ability to function independently in the family or community or whose ability to obtain, maintain or advance in employment is substantially limited and for whom the delivery of independent living services will improve the ability to function, continue functioning, or move toward functioning independently in the family or community or to continue in employment, respectively;
(4) “Consumer-controlled” means that at least fifty-one per cent of the members of the board of directors of a center for independent living are consumers.
(P.A. 87-563, S. 1, 5; P.A. 95-355, S. 7; P.A. 17-202, S. 61.)
History: Sec. 10-4i transferred to Sec. 17-625 in 1993; Sec. 17-625 transferred to Sec. 17b-613 in 1995; P.A. 95-355 changed “independent living center” to “center for independent living” and redefined “consumer”; P.A. 17-202 amended Subdiv. (1) by replacing “personal care attendant” with “personal care assistant”, amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing “severe physical or mental impairment” with “significant physical or mental impairment” and made technical changes.
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