Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

  1. Law
  2. Connecticut General Statutes
  3. Human Rights
  4. Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities

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Section
46a-7

State policy concerning disabled persons.

Sections
46a-8 to 46a-10

Definitions. Advocacy board established. Advocacy office established; qualifications of director.

Section
46a-10a

Connecticut protection and advocacy system. Provision of services.

Section
46a-10b

Connecticut protection and advocacy system. Request for information. Service on board. Report to Governor.

Section
46a-10c

Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and Board of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities abolished.

Section
46a-10d

Transfer of closed case files to Office of Policy and Management. Client confidentiality, notice. Record retention. Legal liability.

Section
46a-11

Duties and powers of director.

Section
46a-11a

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458) - Definitions.

Section
46a-11b

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458a) - Reports of suspected abuse or neglect required of certain persons. Report by others. Immunity. Fine. Treatment by Christian Science practitioner.

Section
46a-11c

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458b) - Initial determination and evaluation of report. Investigation of certain deaths. Electronic copy of reports.

Section
46a-11d

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458c) - Protective services. Petition in Superior Court.

Section
46a-11e

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458d) - Appointment of legal representative. Plan of protective services. Commencement of services pending full report in certain cases.

Section
46a-11f

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458e) - Evaluation of person's ability to pay. Review of plan of protective services.

Section
46a-11g

(Formerly Sec. 19a-458f) - Referral of information to state's attorney.

Section
46a-11h

Confidentiality of information.

Sections
46a-12 and 46a-13

Communications protected by attorney-client privilege. Reporting requirements.

Section
46a-13a

Requirements for other agencies. Release by other agencies of records of persons with intellectual disability or who receive services from Department of Social Services' Division of Autism Spectrum Disorder Services.