Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-781

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 17a-781 - (Formerly Sec. 17b-650). Vocational rehabilitation; definitions

As used in this section and sections 17a-780 to 17a-790, inclusive, 17a-796, 17a-797, 17a-799 and 17a-835:

(1) "Person with a disability" means any individual with a disability, excluding blindness, as such term is applied to Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

(2) "Vocational rehabilitation service" means any goods and services necessary to render a person with a disability employable, in accordance with Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

(3) "Community rehabilitation program" means a program that provides directly for or facilitates the provision of vocational rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities, as defined in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 USC 701 et seq., as amended from time to time;

(4) "Products are made or manufactured by or services are provided by persons with disabilities" if not less than seventy-five per cent of the hours of direct labor required for such products or services are performed by persons with disabilities.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-781

(1949 Rev., S. 1409; 1957, P.A. 557, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 337, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 449, S. 1; P.A. 77-405, S. 1, 5; P.A. 79-344, S. 1; P.A. 89-354, S. 4, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 95-355 , S. 1 ; P.A. 13-7 , S. 7 ; P.A. 16-118 , S. 4 .)

Section 17b-650 was transferred to section 17a-781 in 2023.

Amended by P.A. 16-0118, S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2016.

Cited. 44 Conn.App. 143 .