2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-127. (Formerly Sec. 17-282). - General assistance fraud. Penalty. Forfeiture of privileges of participation in program. Termination upon conviction. Readmission.

(a) No vendor of goods or services sold to or performed for any beneficiary of assistance under sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-263, and 17b-689b shall, with intent to defraud, present for payment any false claim for goods or services performed, or accept payment for goods or services performed, which exceeds the amounts due for goods or services performed.
(b) Any person or vendor who defrauds or assists in defrauding any town as to the support of its paupers, or deceives the selectmen thereof in obtaining support for any person not entitled to the same, or is found in violation of subsection (a) of this section, shall be subject to (1) the penalties for larceny under sections 53a-122 to 53a-125b, inclusive, depending on the amount involved and (2) repayment to a town for the defrauded amount. In addition, any such person or vendor shall be subject to forfeiture of privileges of participation in the program provided under sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-263, and 17b-689b. Any person or vendor who is convicted of violating this section shall be terminated from participation in such program, effective upon conviction. No vendor so terminated shall be readmitted to such program.
(c) Any person who defrauds the town to obtain any monetary award to which such person is not entitled, assists another person in so defrauding the town or with intent to defraud, or violates any other provision of sections 17b-122, 17b-124 to 17b-132, inclusive, 17b-136 to 17b-138, inclusive, 17b-194 to 17b-197, inclusive, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, shall be subject to the penalties for larceny under sections 53a-122 and 53a-123, depending on the amount involved. Any person convicted of violating this section shall be terminated from participation in the program for a period of at least one year.
(1949 Rev., S. 2593; P.A. 76-301, S. 2; P.A. 84-464, S. 1; 84-471, S. 1, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 12, 89; P.A. 95-194, S. 21, 33; 95-351, S. 6, 30; P.A. 96-169, S. 10; P.A. 02-89, S. 30; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 49; P.A. 19-118, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 76-301 increased maximum fine from $500 to $1,000; P.A. 84-464 added Subsec. (a) on vendor fraud and made the existing section Subsec. (b), specifying that vendors are subject to the penalty and adding the language on forfeiture of privileges of participation, termination effective upon conviction and readmission; P.A. 84-471 replaced fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year or both, with reference to penalties for larceny under Secs. 53a-122 to 53a-125b, inclusive, depending on amount involved; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision for hearing prior to forfeiture of participation in program and added Subsec. (b) re person who defrauds the town to obtain monetary award to which he is not entitled; Sec. 17-282 transferred to Sec. 17b-127 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 added Subsec. (b)(2) providing for repayment to a town for the defrauded amount, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 required that a person found in violation of Subsec. (a) be subject to both Subdivs. (1) and (2), effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-169 amended Subsec. (b) to delete a reference to a three-year prohibition for a vendor terminated from participation in such program being readmitted to such program, thereby prohibiting him from being readmitted; (Revisor's note: The references to “17b-115 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive”, were changed editorially by the Revisors to “17b-116 to 17b-138” and “17b-689 and 17b-689b” or “17b-689, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); P.A. 02-89 amended Subsecs.(a) and (b) to replace references to Sec. 17b-133 with references to Sec. 17b-132, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 17b-133 by the same public act, and amended Subsec. (c) to make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, in repealing Secs. 17b-19, 17b-62 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116, 17b-116a, 17b-116b, 17b-117, 17b-120, 17b-121, 17b-123, 17b-134, 17b-135, 17b-220, 17b-259 and 17b-287, authorized deletion of internal references to said sections in this section, effective March 1, 2004; P.A. 04-76 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act (Revisor's note: In 2005, references to repealed Sec. 17b-118b were deleted editorially by the Revisors in Subsecs. (a) and (b)); P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
Annotations to former section 17-282:
Cited. 209 C. 801; 213 C. 233.
Cited. 14 CA 272.