CT SB00130

Excludes private for-profit health care facilities and facilities receiving no Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services funding from the definition of "community residences" subject to zoning regulations.

Requires zoning regulations to treat four types of community residences the same as single family residences: facilities housing six or fewer persons with intellectual disability, child-care facilities with six or fewer children with mental or physical disabilities, mental health/addiction service residences with six or fewer persons, and licensed hospice care residences with six or fewer persons.

Imposes four conditions for hospice care residences to receive equal zoning treatment: must be managed by a tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), located in a city with population exceeding 100,000 within a zone allowing one or more acre development, served by public sewer and water, and constructed to building codes for occupants incapable of self-preservation.

Permits municipal residents to petition state commissioners to revoke licenses or withdraw funding from community residences or child-care residential facilities established at the time of petition if they violate applicable statutes or regulations, with approval from the municipality's legislative body.

Effective date: October 1, 2022.