{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-231","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-231","heading":"(Formerly Sec. 19a-467a). Receivership of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability: Definitions.","body":"As used in this section and sections 17a-232 to 17a-237, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:\n(1) “Residential facility for persons with intellectual disability” means a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability that is licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to section 17a-227, including staffing and other program resources associated with such facility;\n(2) “Emergency” means a situation, physical condition or one or more practices, methods or operations which present imminent danger of death or serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability;\n(3) “Transfer trauma” means the medical and psychological reactions to physical transfer that increase the risk of death, or grave illness, or both, in persons with intellectual disability;\n(4) “Substantial violation” means a violation of regulations adopted pursuant to section 17a-227 which presents a reasonable likelihood of serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability; and\n(5) “Habitual violation” means a violation of regulations adopted pursuant to section 17a-227 which, due to its repetition, presents a reasonable likelihood of serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability.","path":["TITLE 17a. SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES AND RESOURCES","CHAPTER 319b. DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_319b.htm#sec_17a-231","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:02Z","sha256":"d66c3d3eeb01ac4fa21ff3db83b7c2efb6c1bb21aeb8967ffd822f6b504e5e22","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-230","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-17a-232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}