Description of Organization, Rules of Practice, and Personal Data

Regulations of CT State Agencies
Description of Organization, Rules of Practice and Personal Data

• Part I. Definitions
• Part II. Description of Organization
• Part III. Rules of Practice
  • Article I. General Provisions
  • Article II. Administrative Processing of Complaints
    • Part I. – Complaints
    • Part II. – Answers
    • Part III. – Investigation
    • Part IV. – Determination
      • A. Finding of Reasonable Cause
      • B. Finding of No Reasonable Cause
    • Part V. Releases; Complaint Dispositions; Withdrawal; Court Enforcement of Conciliation Agreements
  • Article III. Contested Case Proceedings
  • Article IV. Petitions for Promulgation of Regulations
  • Article VI. Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards
• Personal Data Regulations
• Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements

Part I. Definitions

• 46a-54-1a General definitions

Part II. Description of Organization

• 46a-54-2a Creation and authority
• 46a-54-3a Functions
• 46a-54-4a Membership, appointments; terms of office
• 46a-54-5a Meetings; quorum; votes; resignation of member by operation of statute
• 46a-54-6a Appointment of chairperson, election of officers; duties
• 46a-54-7a Committees
• 46a-54-8a Commission offices
• 46a-54-9a Public information
• 46a-54-10a Administration
• 46a-54-11a Fact-finding hearings; purpose
• 46a-54-12a Fact-finding hearings; notice of hearing
• 46a-54-13a Fact-finding hearings; report
• 46a-54-14a Report of complaint dispositions

Part III. Rules of Practice

Article I. General Provisions

• 46a-54-15a Appearances limited to counsel admitted to practice in Connecticut; appearances of counsel from other jurisdictions; law student interns
• 46a-54-16a Attorneys; form of appearances on behalf of complainants, respondents, intervenors and other parties
• 46a-54-17a Service upon attorney
• 46a-54-18a Methods of service of complaints, dispositions, notices of hearing, decisions and orders and other papers by the commission
• 46a-54-19a Service of papers by complainants, respondents, parties and intervenors
• 46a-54-20a Expiration of timeframes
• 46a-54-21a Commencement of proceedings for purposes of the uniform administrative procedure act
• 46a-54-22a Collection, use, maintenance and release of confidential HIV-related information
• 46a-54-23a Collection, use, maintenance and release of confidential information related to pending criminal prosecution of sexual assault charges
• 46a-54-24a Collection, use, maintenance and release of personal data
• 46a-54-25a—46a-54-32a Reserved

Article II. Administrative Processing of Complaints

Part I. – Complaints

• 46a-54-33a Complaint - who may file
• 46a-54-34a Complaint - when to file
• 46a-54-35a Complaint - contents
• 46a-54-36a Complaint - manner, date and responsibility for filing
• 46a-54-37a Complaint involving confidential HIV-related information or victims of sexual assault; use of pseudonym
• 46a-54-38a Complaint - amendment
• 46a-54-39a Complaint - when issued by the commission
• 46a-54-40a Amendment of complaint to substitute or add the commission
• 46a-54-41a Notice of amended complaint by the commission; response by persons similarly situated to the complainant
• 46a-54-42a Jurisdictional review; service of complaint upon the respondent(s)

Part II. – Answers

• 46a-54-43a Duty to answer; time to answer; form of answer
• 46a-54-44a Filing and service of answer and other information
• 46a-54-45a Extension of time to file answer
• 46a-54-46a Default for failure to answer
• 46a-54-47a Amendments of complaints - answer
• 46a-54-48a Duty to reply; defenses; new matters in answer deemed denied; complainant's reply to answer
• 46a-54-49a Merit assessment; review after the filing of respondent's answer and complainant's reply and information
• 46a-54-50a Complainant's duty to provide information
• 46a-54-51a Information provided by the respondent
• 46a-54-52a Interrogatories
• 46a-54-53a Subpoenas
• 46a-54-54a Depositions

Part III. – Investigation

• 46a-54-55a Fact-finding conferences: purposes; attendance except for good cause; role of attorneys; predetermination agreement
• 46a-54-56a Mandatory mediation sessions
• 46a-54-57a Default for failure to answer interrogatories, respond to subpoena or attend a mandatory mediation session
• 46a-54-58a Disclosure of evidence to complainant, respondent and authorized representatives

Part IV. – Determination

• 46a-54-59a Final comments prior to a determination of reasonable cause or no reasonable cause

A. Finding of Reasonable Cause

• 46a-54-60a Finding of reasonable cause; conciliation

B. Finding of No Reasonable Cause

• 46a-54-61a Issuance of finding of no reasonable cause; transmittal to complainant
• 46a-54-62a Requests for reconsideration procedures
• 46a-54-63a No-fault conciliation
• 46a-54-64a Suspension of case processing; appeal; resumption of case processing
• 46a-54-65a Timeframes

Part V. Releases; Complaint Dispositions; Withdrawal; Court Enforcement of Conciliation Agreements

• 46a-54-66a Releases of jurisdiction; action in the superior court
• 46a-54-67a Complaint dispositions
• 46a-54-68a Withdrawal of complaint; substitution of the commission
• 46a-54-69a Complaint; court enforcement of conciliation agreement
• 46a-54-70a Injunctions
• 46a-54-71a Request for reopening procedures
• 46a-54-72a—46a-54-77a Reserved

Article III. Contested Case Proceedings

• 46a-54-78a Commencement of contested case proceeding; conferences and hearings; applicability
• 46a-54-79a Notice of hearing conference; service; amendment of complaint
• 46a-54-80a Hearing conference
• 46a-54-81a Parties and intervenors
• 46a-54-82a Representation; appearances; withdrawals
• 46a-54-83a Powers and duties of the presiding officer
• 46a-54-84a Amendment of complaint to substitute or add the commission
• 46a-54-85a Filing and service of papers
• 46a-54-86a Answer
• 46a-54-87a Motions, objections and waiver
• 46a-54-88a Default and dismissal
• 46a-54-89a Disclosure of documents
• 46a-54-90a Conduct of hearings
• 46a-54-91a Waiver of hearing; bifurcation of hearing; expedited proceedings
• 46a-54-92a Witnesses
• 46a-54-93a Closing arguments and briefs
• 46a-54-94a Final decisions and orders; correction
• 46a-54-95a Reconsideration, reversal or modification of final decision
• 46a-54-96a Record of proceedings
• 46a-54-97a Construction of rules and regulations
• 46a-54-98a Severability
• 46a-54-99a—46a-54-103a Reserved

Article IV. Petitions for Promulgation of Regulations

• 46a-54-120 Petition for regulation; form
• 46a-54-121 Procedure after filing

Article V. Petitions for Declaratory Rulings

• 46a-54-122 Petition for declaratory ruling; form
• 46a-54-123 Notice of filing
• 46a-54-124 Petition for party or intervenor status
• 46a-54-125 Determination of party or intervenor status
• 46a-54-126 Decision on petition for declaratory ruling

Article VI. Appeals from Decisions of Local Human Rights Boards

• 46a-54-127 Appeals from decisions of local human rights boards
• 46a-54-128 Form of appeal; service
• 46a-54-129 Filing of record by local board
• 46a-54-130 Review of appeal by the executive director; preliminary determination of appeal
• 46a-54-131 Executive director's proposed final decision; transmittal to parties; commission action
• 46a-54-132—46a-54-139 Reserved

Personal Data Regulations

• 46a-54-140 Definitions
• 46a-54-141 General nature and purpose of the personal data system
• 46a-54-142 Categories of personal data
• 46a-54-143 Discriminatory practice case files
• 46a-54-144 Discriminatory practice case file data
• 46a-54-145 Employee and applicant personnel records
• 46a-54-146 Personnel file data
• 46a-54-147 Maintenance of personal data
• 46a-54-148 Access to personal data
• 46a-54-149 Maintenance of personal data systems
• 46a-54-150 Uses to be made of personal data
• 46a-54-151 Retention of personal data
• 46a-54-152 Disclosure of personal data
• 46a-54-153 Contesting the content of personal data records
• Appendix A
• Appendix B

Sexual Harassment Posting and Training Requirements

• 46a-54-200 Definitions
• 46a-54-201 Posting requirement for employers having three or more employees
• 46a-54-202 Where to post
• 46a-54-203 When to post
• 46a-54-204 Posting and training requirements for employers having fifty or more employees
• 46a-54-205 Effect of prior training
• 46a-54-206 Trainers
• 46a-54-207 Recordkeeping
• Appendix A