Congregate housing project pilot program offering assisted living services. Regulations. Report.

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(a) The Commissioner of Housing shall maintain a pilot program in the congregate housing facility existing in the town of Norwich to provide assisted living services for the frail elderly. Such assisted living services shall include, but not be limited to, routine nursing services and assistance with activities of daily living. Such congregate housing facility shall contract with an assisted living services agency, as defined in section 19a-490. The commissioner may provide technical assistance and shall provide financial assistance in the form of grants-in-aid for such pilot program. For purposes of this section, “frail elderly” means elderly persons who have temporary or periodic difficulties with one or more essential activities of daily living, as determined by the commissioner.

(b) The Commissioner of Housing may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 152, 165; P.A. 06-93, S. 12; P.A. 13-234, S. 27.)

History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 06-93 amended Subsec. (a) to remove reference to repealed section and define “frail elderly”; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development”, amended Subsec. (a) by changing “shall establish a pilot program” to “shall maintain a pilot program” and deleting “on July 1, 1997”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re report and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2013.


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