The Commissioner of Housing shall design, implement, operate and monitor a program of congregate housing. For the purpose of this program, the Commissioner of Housing shall consult with the Commissioner of Social Services for the provision of services for persons with physical disabilities in order to comply with the requirements of section 29-271.

(P.A. 77-582, S. 3, 10; 77-614, S. 284, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 81, 85, 136; P.A. 79-598, S. 3, 4, 10; P.A. 85-444, S. 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 99-94, S. 6; P.A. 13-125, S. 2; 13-234, S. 26; P.A. 17-202, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 281.)

History: P.A. 77-614 substituted department of economic development for commissioner of community affairs, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner for department; P.A. 79-598 substituted commissioner of housing for commissioner of economic development; P.A. 85-444 made commissioner of housing only, instead of both commissioner of housing and commissioner on aging, responsible for program, required commissioner of housing to consult with commissioner on aging for provision of services for physically disabled and required report every even-numbered year to general assembly; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner of social services for commissioner on aging, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Housing with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 99-94 deleted requirement of submission of a biennial report on congregate housing; P.A. 13-125 replaced references to Commissioner of Economic and Community Development with references to Commissioner of Housing and added reference to Commissioner on Aging, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-234 substituted “Commissioner of Housing” for “Commissioner of Economic and Community Development” and substituted “Commissioner on Aging” for “Commissioner of Social Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-202 replaced “the physically disabled” with “persons with physical disabilities”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 replaced “Commissioner on Aging” with “Commissioner of Social Services”, effective October 31, 2017.