The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall establish a program to provide alcohol and drug abuse services to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Said program shall provide a system of prevention, intervention, teaching and aftercare services in a manner which is most responsive to the needs of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-712
( P.A. 93-381, S. 8, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58; P.A. 17-202, S. 59.)