(a) Race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, or status as a veteran, shall not be considered as limiting factors in state-administered programs involving the distribution of funds to qualify applicants for benefits authorized by law.
(b) No state agency may provide grants, loans or other financial assistance to public agencies, private institutions or organizations which discriminate.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 8; P.A. 73-279, S. 12; P.A. 78-148, S. 7; P.A. 80-422, S. 24; P.A. 90-330, S. 10, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 7; P.A. 11-55, S. 34; P.A. 17-127, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination on basis of physical disability including blindness; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 divided section into Subsecs. and restated provisions; Sec. 4-61i transferred to Sec. 46a-76 in 1981; P.A. 90-330 added reference to “learning disability”; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to gender identity or expression (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-129); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.