(a) The rates to be paid by the state to the day care and vocational training programs sponsored by the associations affiliated with United Cerebral Palsy of Connecticut, Inc., Epilepsy Foundation of America, Inc., Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. and to any private, nonprofit agency providing such programs for persons with a neurological impairment or autism spectrum disorder, for services to clients referred by any state agency, except employment opportunities and day services, shall be determined annually by the Commissioner of Social Services who shall prescribe uniform forms on which such day care and vocational training programs shall report their costs, except that rates effective April 30, 1989, shall remain in effect through May 31, 1990. Such rates shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for necessary services rendered. Nothing contained herein shall authorize a payment by the state to any such day care or vocational training program in excess of the charges made by such programs for comparable services to the general public.

(b) The amount to be paid by the state to the day care and vocational training programs sponsored by the associations affiliated with United Cerebral Palsy of Connecticut, Inc., Epilepsy Foundation of America, Inc., Goodwill Industries of America, Inc. and to any private, nonprofit agency providing such programs for autistic or neurologically impaired or severely handicapped persons, for employment opportunities and day services to clients referred by any state agency shall be determined annually using a uniform payment system in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17a-246.

(P.A. 77-371; P.A. 79-560, S. 29, 39; P.A. 89-325, S. 15, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-16, S. 34.)

History: P.A. 79-560 replaced committee established under Sec. 17-311 with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 89-325 added reference to employment opportunities and day services in Sec. 19a-483d and allowed rates effective April 30, 1989, to remain in effect through May 31, 1990, in Subsec. (a) and added a new Subsec. (b) re rates to day care and vocational training programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-313c transferred to Sec. 17b-245 in 1995; P.A. 11-16 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting “persons with a neurological impairment or autism spectrum disorder” for “autistic or neurologically impaired persons” and deleting “as defined in section 17a-246” re employment opportunities and day services, effective May 24, 2011.