Connecticut General Statutes 17a-218a – Continuing operation of Southbury Training School. Evaluation criteria
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(a) The Commissioner of Developmental Services shall continue the operation of the Southbury Training School and shall establish criteria to evaluate the current population of the training school in regard to community placement and training school placement. The criteria shall include, at a minimum, consideration of the resident’s age, physical disabilities, medical fragility, level of intellectual disability, length of residence at the school and availability of an appropriate placement.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17a-218a
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
(b) The commissioner shall no longer accept new admissions at the Southbury Training School.