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      Sec. 17a-246. Rates of payment to organizations providing employment opportunities and day services. Regulations. (a) The amount of payments to be paid by the state to any organization which provides employment opportunities and day services for persons referred by any state agency shall be determined annually by the Commissioners of Developmental Services, Social Services, Mental Health and Addiction Services and any other state agency which purchases employment opportunities and day services using a uniform payment system. Nothing contained herein shall authorize a payment by the state in excess of the charges for comparable services to the general public. For purposes of this section, "employment opportunities and day services" means the following programs: Supported employment, sheltered employment, community experience, adult day treatment and opportunities for older adults.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or the regulations of the Connecticut state agencies, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1989, and ending June 30, 1990, the Department of Developmental Services, in conjunction with the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Social Services, shall pro rate any reduction in available appropriations to any agency funded pursuant to sections 19a-476 to 19a-482, inclusive, of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1989. Such proration shall not be construed to authorize a reduction in the level of services to persons receiving services pursuant to said sections as of May 31, 1989, except that upon a showing of hardship to the appropriate commissioner, an agency may be granted relief. Any agency accredited by an appropriate national accrediting body on June 30, 1989, shall continue such accreditation through June 30, 1990.

      (c) The Commissioner of Developmental Services, in consultation with the Commissioners of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Social Services and any other agency which pays for employment opportunities and day services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

      (P.A. 89-325, S. 20, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(a), (b).)

      History: 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. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 07-73 "Commissioner of Mental Retardation" and "Department of Mental Retardation" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Developmental Services" and "Department of Developmental Services", effective October 1, 2007.