Bill Text: CT HB05609 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Commission To Study Private And State-operated Group Homes Serving Persons With Intellectual Disabilities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05609 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05609-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5609

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1732

   

Referred to Committee on Public Health

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. ROWE, 123rd Dist.

REP. HWANG, 134th Dist.

 

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO STUDY PRIVATE AND STATE-OPERATED GROUP HOMES SERVING PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 319b of the general statutes be amended to require the establishment of a commission that will examine the quality and cost of care provided by group homes operated by the Department of Developmental Services and by private providers.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a commission that will examine whether the Department of Developmental Services would realize cost savings by switching group home care by the state to private providers.

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