Sec. 19a-6c. Assisted living services in state-funded congregate housing facilities. Regulations.
Sec. 19a-6c. Assisted living services in state-funded congregate housing facilities. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall allow state-funded congregate housing facilities to provide assisted living services through licensed assisted
living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490.
(b) In order to facilitate the development of assisted living services in state-funded
congregate housing facilities, the Commissioner of Public Health may waive any provision of the regulations for assisted living services agencies, as defined in section 19a-490, which provide services in state-funded congregate housing facilities. No waiver
of such regulations shall be made if the commissioner determines that the waiver would:
(1) Endanger the life, safety or health of any resident receiving assisted living services
in a state-funded congregate housing facility; (2) impact the quality or provision of
services provided to a resident in a state-funded congregate housing facility; (3) revise
or eliminate the requirements for an assisted living services agency's quality assurance
program; (4) revise or eliminate the requirements for an assisted living services agency's
grievance and appeals process; or (5) revise or eliminate the assisted living services
agency's requirements relative to a client's bill of rights and responsibilities. The commissioner, upon the granting of a waiver of any provision of such regulations, may
impose conditions which assure the health, safety and welfare of residents receiving
assisted living services in a state-funded congregate housing facility. The commissioner
may revoke such a waiver upon a finding (A) that the health, safety or welfare of any
such resident is jeopardized, or (B) that such facility has failed to comply with such
conditions as the commissioner may impose pursuant to this subsection.
(c) The provisions of sections 19a-693 to 19a-701, inclusive, shall not apply to any
state-funded congregate housing facility.
(d) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Said commissioner may implement the waiver of provisions as specified in subsection (b) of this
section until January 1, 2002, while in the process of adopting criteria for the waiver
process in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published
in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days after implementation.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 43.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 added new Subsec. (c) specifying that provisions of Secs. 19a-693 to 19a-701,
inclusive, shall not apply to any state-funded congregate housing facility, and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d).