Sec. 46a-27. (Formerly Sec. 17-137l). State Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired established. Provision of interpreter services. Regulations.
Sec. 46a-27. (Formerly Sec. 17-137l). State Commission on the Deaf and Hearing Impaired established. Provision of interpreter services. Regulations. A state
commission is hereby created as a state-wide coordinating agency to advocate,
strengthen and implement state policies affecting deaf and hearing impaired individuals
and their relationship to the public, industry, health care and educational opportunity.
Said commission shall be within the Department of Social Services for administrative
purposes only. The commission may provide necessary services to deaf and hearing
impaired persons including, but not limited to, nonreimbursable interpreter services and
message relay services for persons using telecommunications devices for the deaf.
(P.A. 74-252, S. 1, 11; P.A. 77-614, S. 538, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 84-361, S. 2, 7; P.A. 86-50, S. 1;
P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 98-252, S. 76, 80.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 placed commission within department of human resources for administrative
purposes, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 84-361 authorized provision of necessary services including nonreimbursable
interpreter services and authorized adoption of regulations to define the formula to be used to determine the amount to be
charged for reimbursable interpreter services and the conditions under which nonreimbursable interpreter services shall
be provided; P.A. 86-50 authorized provision of message relay services for persons using telecommunication devices for
the deaf; Sec. 17-137l transferred to Sec. 46a-27 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-252 deleted
provision on regulations for setting charges for interpreter services since a similar provision is in Sec. 46a-33b, effective
July 1, 1998.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".
See Sec. 4-38f for definition of "administrative purposes only".
See Sec. 16-256b re responsibilities regarding special telecommunications equipment funds.