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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-605a. - Personal care assistance program for persons eighteen years of age or older with disabilities and persons eligible for medical assistance. Transition upon attaining age of sixty-five.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to establish a personal care assistance program for persons eighteen years of age or older with disabilities funded under the Medicaid program. Such a program shall be limited to a specified number of slots available for eligible program recipients and shall be operated by the Department of Social Services within available appropriations. Such a waiver shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services in accordance with section 17b-8 no later than January 1, 1996.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the waiver specified in subsection (a) of this section to enable persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance under section 17b-597 to receive personal care assistance. Such amendment shall not be subject to the provisions of section 17b-8 provided such amendment shall consist only of modifications necessary to extend personal care assistance to such persons.
(c) On and after April 1, 2013, upon attaining sixty-five years of age, any person served under such program shall be transitioned to the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, established under section 17b-342.
(P.A. 95-292, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-213, S. 3; P.A. 06-188, S. 8; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 95-292 effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 00-213 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), making a technical change therein, and added new Subsec. (b) re amendment of waiver specified in Subsec. (a) to enable persons eligible for or receiving medical assistance under Sec. 17b-597 to receive personal care assistance; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsec. (a) by removing the upper age limit of 64 re eligibility for services under the program, effective July 1, 2006; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 added Subsec. (c) re transition to the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-605b. - Social Work In-Home Support program for persons with disabilities. Eligibility. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, within available appropriations, may establish and operate a Social Work In-Home Support program for persons with disabilities (1) who are between the ages of eighteen and sixty-four years, and (2) who meet the eligibility requirements specified in sections 17b-4(a)-1 to 17b-4(a)-6, inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. Such eligibility requirements with respect to income and assets shall not apply to persons eligible for medical assistance under section 17b-597 who were receiving community-based services on October 1, 2000.
(b) Any person participating in a Medicaid home and community-based services program shall not be eligible for the Social Work In-Home Support program, unless a particular service is not otherwise available under a Medicaid home and community-based services program.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement the policies and procedures necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intent to adopt the regulations is published on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 00-213, S. 6; P.A. 17-20, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 17-20 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “community-based services program” with “Social Work In-Home Support program”, deleted former Subsec. (b) re eligibility for personal care assistance, added new Subsec. (b) re eligibility for Social Work In-Home Support program, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision re publication of notice in Connecticut Law Journal with provision re publication of notice on department's Internet web site and eRegulations System, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-606. (Formerly Sec. 17-606). - Department as lead agency for services to persons with physical or mental disabilities. Connecticut Council for Persons with Disabilities. Interagency management committee.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall be the lead agency for services to persons with physical or mental disabilities and shall coordinate the delivery of such services by all state agencies servicing persons with disabilities.
(b) Not later than September 30, 1988, the Commissioner of Social Services shall appoint a Connecticut Council for Persons with Disabilities to advise the Department of Social Services in carrying out its duties pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. The council shall be composed of seventeen members, a majority of whom shall be persons with disabilities. The council shall establish its own rules and shall meet at least quarterly.
(c) There shall be established an interagency management committee for services to persons with disabilities. The committee shall be composed of the commissioners, or their designees, of each state agency that provides services to persons with disabilities. The committee shall monthly review and evaluate services to persons with disabilities and shall develop a policy under which state agencies may enter into contracts with other state agencies for the delivery of services to persons with disabilities. The first meeting of the committee shall be convened by the Commissioner of Social Services.
(d) The Department of Social Services shall maintain on the department's Internet web site information on services provided to persons with disabilities. The department's Internet web site shall include a link to the Internet web page maintained by the Department of Aging and Disability Services pursuant to section 17a-838 containing information about services for deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing individuals.
(P.A. 88-309, S. 1, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 22-31, S. 3.)
History: Sec. 17-31uu transferred to Sec. 17-606 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-606 transferred to Sec. 17b-606 in 1995; P.A. 22-31 added Subsec. (d) re Internet web site information on services for persons with disabilities and link to Department of Aging and Disability Services Internet web page.
Cited. 39 CA 216.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-608. (Formerly Sec. 17-608). - “Persons with disabilities” defined.

For the purposes of section 17b-609, “persons with disabilities” means persons having disabilities which (1) are attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical impairments; (2) are likely to continue indefinitely; (3) result in functional limitations in one or more of the following areas of major life activity: Self care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self-direction, capacity for independent living or economic self-sufficiency; and (4) reflect the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and individually planned and coordinated.
(P.A. 89-189, S. 1, 4; P.A. 14-122, S. 115; P.A. 21-148, S. 7.)
History: Sec. 17-608 transferred to Sec. 17b-608 in 1995; P.A. 14-122 made a technical change; P.A. 21-148 deleted reference to repealed section 17b-610, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-609. (Formerly Sec. 17-609). - Plan for providing community-based residential facilities and supported employment for persons with disabilities.

The Department of Social Services, as lead agency for services to persons with physical and mental disabilities pursuant to section 17b-606, shall, within available appropriations, develop a plan for providing community-based residential facilities and supported employment for persons with disabilities. The plan shall provide for services including, but not limited to, education and training programs, social services, transportation, housing and recreation programs. The plan shall document the public and private providers of services to persons with disabilities, barriers to the delivery of such services and the population of persons with disabilities for whom access to such services are unavailable or inadequate. The plan shall recommend methods of interagency coordination and outreach that will maximize the services available to persons with disabilities and ensure linkage between the needs of persons with disabilities and the services of state agencies. The plan shall include a projected budget and a schedule for implementation. The plan shall be submitted, on or before January 1, 1990, to the Division of Human Resources Planning of the Office of Policy and Management and the committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services.
(P.A. 89-189, S. 2, 4; 89-354, S. 20, 21; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 89-354 amended original act to add reference to housing programs; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-609 transferred to Sec. 17b-609 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-610. (Formerly Sec. 17-610). - Assessment of needs of business community by Department of Social Services and Labor Department. Report.

Section 17b-610 is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 89-189, S. 3, 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 98; P.A. 21-148, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-611. (Formerly Sec. 17-616). - Subsidized nongroup health insurance product for disabled persons.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, after consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, may contract with an insurer, within available appropriations, to provide a subsidized nongroup health insurance product for disabled persons who would be eligible to receive supplemental security income benefits except for income and who have incomes above the eligibility limit for Medicaid and under two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. The contract shall include a sliding fee schedule based on income for premiums and shall provide for the setting of premiums at a level to cover twenty per cent of program costs. The contract shall provide for the use of mechanisms to control costs.
(b) The contract shall provide the same benefits as are provided under contracts issued pursuant to sections 38a-505, 38a-546, 38a-551 and 38a-556 to 38a-559, inclusive, except mental and nervous disorders shall be covered in accordance with section 38a-514.
(c) The commissioner shall establish an outreach program to ensure that eligible persons are aware of the health insurance available pursuant to this section.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-134, S. 8, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 77, 165; P.A. 15-247, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 90-134, S. 8 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-616 transferred to Sec. 17b-611 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 15-247 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “38a-551 to 38a-559” with “38a-551 and 38a-556 to 38a-559”, effective July 10, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-617. - Pilot program to provide home care services to disabled persons.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, within available appropriations, establish and operate a state-funded pilot program to allow not more than one hundred persons with disabilities (1) who are age eighteen to sixty-four, inclusive, (2) who are inappropriately institutionalized or at risk of inappropriate institutionalization, (3) whose assets do not exceed the asset limits of the state-funded home care program for the elderly, established pursuant to subsection (i) of section 17b-342, and (4) who are not eligible for medical assistance under section 17b-261 or a Medicaid waiver pursuant to 42 USC 1396n, to be eligible to receive the same services that are provided under the state-funded home care program for the elderly. At the discretion of the Commissioner of Social Services, such persons may also be eligible to receive services that are necessary to meet needs attributable to disabilities in order to allow such persons to avoid institutionalization.
(b) Any person participating in the pilot program whose income exceeds two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall contribute to the cost of care in accordance with the methodology established for recipients of medical assistance pursuant to sections 5035.20 and 5035.25 of the department's uniform policy manual.
(c) The annualized cost of services provided to an individual under the pilot program shall not exceed fifty per cent of the weighted average cost of care in nursing homes in the state.
(d) If the number of persons eligible for the pilot program established pursuant to this section exceeds one hundred persons or if the cost of the program exceeds available appropriations, the commissioner shall establish a waiting list designed to serve applicants by order of application date.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 29; P.A. 08-88, S. 1; P.A. 14-217, S. 73; P.A. 21-148, S. 8.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-88 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to replace former asset limits of program with asset limits of the state-funded home care program for the elderly, effective July 1, 2008; P.A. 14-217 amended Subsecs. (a) and (d) to expand pilot program from 50 persons to 100 persons, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 21-148 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (4) re requirement eligible persons not be eligible for medical assistance or a Medicaid waiver, effective July 7, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-651. (Formerly Sec. 17-661). - Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. Disbursement of funds.

Section 17b-651 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 1410; 1957, P.A. 557, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 91; P.A. 77-614, S. 540, 610; P.A. 78-354, S. 2, 8; P.A. 89-354, S. 5, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-664. (Formerly Sec. 17-674). - Bureau of Rehabilitation Services. Toll-free telephone service.

Section 17b-664 is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.
(P.A. 89-354, S. 17, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 178.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319mm - Assistance to the Disabled › Section 17b-665. (Formerly Sec. 17-675). - Department of Rehabilitation Services to submit data re vocational rehabilitation services program.

Section 17b-665 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 89-354, S. 18, 21; P.A. 90-325, S. 12, 32; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-44, S. 66; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 80; P.A. 13-7, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-4a. - Department of Social Services: Public information and access to programs. Plan for comprehensive state service approach. Client-friendly application process.

(a) The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Labor Department and the Departments of Education, Public Health and Children and Families, shall seek, within available appropriations, to promote efficiency, reduce costs and administrative error rates and simplify the application process for families eligible for benefits by streamlining and integrating public information and access to programs.
(b) For the purpose of subsection (a) of this section, the Department of Social Services shall develop, within available appropriations, a plan for a comprehensive state service approach that may include (1) the development and promotion of a single, simplified, on-line application and enrollment process for programs administered by the Department of Social Services that serve children or families; (2) the use of the Internet to develop and increase public access to on-line screening tools, benefit calculators and on-line applications that facilitate prompt access to programs administered by the Department of Social Services and benefit information; and (3) the promotion of access to direct assistance with application and enrollment processes through community-based organizations. Not later than January 31, 2011, the department shall submit the plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to children. The department may consult with and accept donations from philanthropic organizations to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall develop, in accordance with the provisions of federal law, a client-friendly application process which shall not require applications to be resubmitted if a family applied for services and, not more than thirty days after the date the application was submitted, the family experienced a change in circumstances or the program closed to intake applications and then reopened.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-5. - Implementation plan.

Section 17b-5 is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(S.A. 92-20, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 6, 87; P.A. 94-181, S. 6, 7; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-3, S. 2, 28; P.A. 95-257, S. 57, 58.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-7. (Formerly Sec. 17-3i). - General assistance training programs.

Section 17b-7 is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(P.A. 85-564, S. 3, 12; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-7a. - State-wide fraud early detection system. Regulations. Quarterly reports.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall develop a state-wide fraud early detection system. The purpose of such system shall be to identify, investigate and determine if an application for assistance under (1) programs administered by the department, including, but not limited to, (A) the temporary family assistance program, (B) the supplemental nutrition assistance program, (C) the child care subsidy program, or (D) the Medicaid program pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and (2) the child care subsidy program administered by the Office of Early Childhood, pursuant to section 17b-749, is fraudulent prior to granting assistance. The Commissioner of Social Services shall consult with the Commissioner of Early Childhood regarding the development of such state-wide fraud early detection system for such child care subsidy program. The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the purpose of developing and implementing said system. The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit quarterly reports concerning savings realized through the implementation of the state-wide fraud early detection system to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 25, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 20, 165; P.A. 05-280, S. 3; P.A. 09-9, S. 7; P.A. 14-39, S. 66.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 25 effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-280 expanded fraud early detection system to “programs administered by the department, including, but not limited to” the programs listed in section, added child care subsidy program as new Subdiv. (3), redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (4), and added provision requiring commissioner to report quarterly on savings realized through implementation of fraud early detection system, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 14-39 designated existing provision re programs administered by department as Subdiv. (1), redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (4) as Subparas. (A) to (D), added Subdiv. (2) re child care subsidy program, added provision re Commissioner of Social Services to consult with Commissioner of Early Childhood re development of state-wide fraud early detection system for child care subsidy program and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-8a. - Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program: Eligibility and service plan. Legislative review.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 17b-8, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an eligibility and service plan for the Medicaid Coverage for the Lowest Income Populations program, established pursuant to Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies prior to the submission of such plan to the federal government. Not later than fifteen days after the date of their receipt of such plan, the joint standing committees shall: (1) Hold a public hearing, or (2) notify the Commissioner of Social Services if such joint standing committees do not intend to hold a public hearing. The joint standing committees shall advise the commissioner of their approval or denial of such plan not later than fifteen days after receipt of such plan. If the joint standing committees do not agree or fail to take action within fifteen days, the proposal shall be deemed approved.
(P.A. 13-234, S. 102.)
History: P.A. 13-234 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-9. (Formerly Sec. 17-2l). - Annual report to the General Assembly.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly no later than January first. The report shall: (1) Outline the department's goals and objectives; and (2) include information indicating the department's degree of compliance with all legislative mandates imposed during the previous year, a timetable for implementation and compliance with those legislative mandates which were partially implemented or not implemented in the previous year and information on the status of legislative mandates until the year succeeding that in which they are fully implemented.
(P.A. 85-564, S. 8, 12; P.A. 86-403, S. 35, 132; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 03-268, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-2
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transferred to Sec. 17b-9 in 1995; P.A. 03-268 deleted former Subdiv. (3) re report on cost allowances, financial penalty disallowances, sanctions and fines paid during previous fiscal year and deleted former Subdiv. (4) re report on all recoveries occurring during fiscal year.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-10a. - Department of Social Services policies and procedures. Implementation.

The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer section 17b-197, subsection (d) of section 17b-266, section 17b-280a and subsection (a) of section 17b-295, while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.
(P.A. 10-3, S. 13; P.A. 11-44, S. 141; P.A. 13-234, S. 86; P.A. 15-165, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 10-3 effective April 14, 2010 (Revisor's note: In codifying P.A. 10-3, S. 13, a reference to “section 10 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “section 12 of this act” and therefore cited as “section 17b-280a”); P.A. 11-44 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-192(b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-234 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-311(c), effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 15-165 replaced “in the Connecticut Law Journal” with “on the department's Internet web site and the eRegulations System”, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-10c. - Uniform Policy Manual revision to regulation format. Committee review. Posting on eRegulations System.

The Department of Social Services shall make technical and structural changes to the Uniform Policy Manual to conform to the numbering system, organization, form and style of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 54, the department may make such changes without complying with the provisions of said chapter concerning regulation-making proceedings. The department shall submit such changes to the standing legislative regulations review committee for review in accordance with this section. Any review of such changes by said committee shall be limited to confirming that such changes are technical and structural in nature in accordance with this section. If the committee does not act in response to the department's submission not later than forty-five days after such submission, such changes shall be deemed approved. Upon approval, the department shall transmit a certified electronic copy of such changes to the Secretary of the State for the Secretary to post on the eRegulations System. At the time that the Secretary posts such changes on the eRegulations System, the corresponding sections of the Uniform Policy Manual shall be deemed superseded.
(P.A. 13-247, S. 36; 13-274, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 13-247 and P.A. 13-274 effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-11a. - Adult family living classification in rated housing.

The Commissioner of Social Services, within available appropriations, shall include an adult family living classification in the rated housing category under the state supplement to the federal Supplemental Security Income Program. The commissioner shall also adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, defining “adult family living” for the purpose of creating such classification.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 126, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-12. (Formerly Sec. 17-11b). - Acceptance of bequests or gifts for services.

The Commissioner of Early Childhood may accept and receive, on behalf of the Office of Early Childhood, any bequest or gift of personal property for services for a person who is, or members of whose immediate family are, receiving assistance or services from the office or for services for a former recipient of assistance from the Department of Social Services or a potential recipient of assistance from the office. Any federal funds generated by virtue of any such bequest or gift may be used for the extension of services to such person or family members.
(1972, P.A. 274, S. 1; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 23; P.A. 10-111, S. 25; P.A. 14-39, S. 23; P.A. 15-227, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner and department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner and department with commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-11b transferred to Sec. 17b-12 in 1995; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 added provision allowing commissioner to receive funds on behalf of Children's Trust Fund or Parent Trust Fund and provision permitting department to use such funds for programs or services described in Sec. 17b-751, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-111 deleted provision re Parent Trust Fund, effective May 26, 2010; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Social Services with references to Commissioner and Office of Early Childhood, added provision re former recipient of assistance from Department of Social Services and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-227 deleted “or on behalf of the Children's Trust Fund, established pursuant to section 17b-751” and “or for programs or services described in section 17b-751”, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-13. (Formerly Sec. 17-12). - Federal aid for emergency relief purposes.

Section 17b-13 is repealed, effective June 3, 2011.
(1949 Rev., S. 2629; March, 1958, P.A. 22, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 24; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 45; P.A. 11-29, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-14. (Formerly Sec. 17-12j). - Notification of federal sanctions and fines. Report.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall report in writing within five days to the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives and the minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, whenever the federal government notifies the commissioner that sanctions or fines or both are likely to be imposed, or have been imposed, against any program under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. Any such report shall include, but not be limited to, a description of the circumstances which resulted in such sanction or fine or both and shall set forth the course of action the commissioner proposes to mitigate or to eliminate the circumstances which resulted in such sanction or fine or both.
(P.A. 83-354, S. 2, 4; P.A. 84-59, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 84-59 substituted “within five days” for “forthwith”, changed provisions re report to committees to report to legislative leaders, and added provisions re report of fines and requirement that report include description of circumstances and course of action of commissioner; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-12j transferred to Sec. 17b-14 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-15. (Formerly Sec. 17-12p). - Implementation of the Family Support Act of 1988. Day care provisions of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1990.

Section 17b-15 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003.
(P.A. 89-280, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 3, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 03-28, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-16. (Formerly Sec. 17-12t). - Information and assistance to be provided re federal earned income credit. Promotion of greater utilization of federal earned income credit.

The Labor Department, in cooperation with the Department of Social Services, shall provide information and assistance in obtaining, within available appropriations, the federal earned income credit established pursuant to 26 USC 32, to each applicant for or recipient of assistance from the department. The Labor Department, in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services, shall promote the earned income credit program to recipients of benefits pursuant to section 17b-112. The Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Child Poverty and Prevention Council established in section 4-67x, shall, within available appropriations, promote greater utilization of the federal earned income credit to municipalities, public and private employers, community-based organizations and other entities that have frequent contact with low-income families and shall enhance financial literacy and self-sufficiency programs. School and business partnership funds, private funds and other available funds may be used for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-92, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-194, S. 5, 33; P.A. 99-203, S. 2, 3; P.A. 05-244, S. 2; P.A. 06-179, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-12t transferred to Sec. 17b-16 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 added a provision requiring the Department of Social Services, in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services, to promote the earned income credit program to recipients of time-limited benefits received pursuant to Sec. 17b-112, effective June 29, 1995; P.A. 99-203 required the Labor Department in cooperation with the Department of Social Services to provide information and assistance in obtaining the federal earned income credit, and required the Labor Department instead of the Department of Social Services in cooperation with the Department of Revenue Services to promote the earned income credit program to recipients of benefits pursuant to Sec. 17b-112, effective July 1, 1999, and applicable to income years commencing on or after January 1, 1999; P.A. 05-244 required Department of Social Services to promote greater utilization of federal earned income credit; P.A. 06-179 substituted “Child Poverty and Prevention Council established in section 4-67x” for “Child Poverty Council”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-16a. - Disclosure of current address of applicants or recipients of benefits under programs administered by the department.

The Department of Social Services shall disclose the current address of an applicant or recipient of benefits under any program administered by the department, unless prohibited by federal law, upon the request of a federal, state or local law enforcement officer if the following conditions are met:
(1) Such officer provides said department with the name of the recipient;
(2) (A) Such officer notifies said department that the recipient is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place from which the individual flees, for a crime, or an attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony or high misdemeanor under the laws of the place from which the individual flees, or violating a condition of probation or parole imposed under federal or state law as a result of the commission of such a felony or high misdemeanor, or (B) the recipient has information necessary for such officer to conduct official duties in relation to a crime committed or an attempt to commit a crime which is a felony or high misdemeanor in the state in which the crime is committed or attempted; and
(3) The location or apprehension of the recipient is within official duties of such officer.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 125, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 31, 35.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-239 extended requirement to disclose current address of recipients to applicants for “benefits under any program administered by the department, unless prohibited by federal law,” deleting reference to Temporary Assistance For Needy Families and food stamp program, amended Subdiv. (2)(A) to clarify that the officer notifies the department that the individual is violating a condition of probation or parole “as a result of the commission of such a felony or high misdemeanor” and amended Subdiv. (2)(B) to clarify that the officer notifies the department that the individual has information necessary for such officer to conduct official duties “in relation to a crime committed or an attempt to commit a crime which is a felony or high misdemeanor in the state in which the crime is committed or attempted”, effective June 8, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-16b. - Ineligibility for benefits under programs administered by department due to outstanding felony arrest warrants.

To the extent permitted by federal law, any person for whom there is an outstanding arrest warrant for any offense that is classified as a felony under state or federal law may be determined ineligible for benefits under any program administered by the Department of Social Services, after due notice and hearing in accordance with hearing procedures adopted by the Commissioner of Social Services.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 13, 35.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective June 8, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-16c. - Treatment of tax refunds made under Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 to applicants or recipients of benefits under programs operated by the department.

Section 17b-16c is repealed, effective January 15, 2009.
(P.A. 08-68, S. 2; P.A. 09-1, S. 35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-17 and 17b-18. (Formerly Secs. 17-12aa and 17-12kk). - Assistance dependency report. Reports to the appropriations committee.

Sections 17b-17 and 17b-18 are repealed, effective October 1, 2003.
(P.A. 89-296, S. 4, 9; P.A. 90-182, S. 2, 3; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 73, 89; P.A. 93-221, S. 4; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-194, S. 4, 33; 95-306, S. 6, 7; 95-351, S. 2, 30; P.A. 03-28, S. 4; 03-268, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-19. (Formerly Sec. 17-291). - Annual general assistance report. Records and reports by selectmen. Penalty.

Section 17b-19 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1949 Rev., S. 2602; 1953, S. 1433d; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 85-564, S. 4, 12; P.A. 89-239, S. 4; P.A. 91-45; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 94-192, S. 1; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-20. (Formerly Sec. 17-574). - Grants for pilot projects or demonstrations.

The Commissioner of Social Services may provide grants to public or private agencies for pilot projects or demonstrations, or both, where the commissioner believes such projects or demonstrations may be of value to the Department of Social Services, under criteria established by regulations of said commissioner.
(1971, P.A. 374, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 86-279, S. 1; P.A. 91-401, S. 17, 20; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner and department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of social services with commissioner and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 17-3e transferred to Sec. 17-31e in 1979; P.A. 86-279 required commissioner to adopt regulations to insure audits of grants, to conduct inquiry into status and fiscal stability of unaudited grant programs and to order audits and seek court enforcement in cases of noncompliance and divided section into Subsecs.; Sec. 17-31e transferred to Sec. 17-574 in 1991; P.A. 91-401 repealed former Subsec. (a) re regulations to ensure grants by department are audited as required under Sec. 7-396a, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-574 transferred to Sec. 17b-20 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-21. (Formerly Sec. 17-583). - Civil legal services programs for indigent persons. Funding.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall, upon application of any private, nonprofit organization or agency which provides legal services, make grants, within available appropriations, to such organizations or agencies for the purpose of providing civil legal services to indigent persons in the areas of housing and domestic relations.
(P.A. 82-468, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-31o transferred to Sec. 17-583 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-583 transferred to Sec. 17b-21 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-22. (Formerly Sec. 17-106). - Agreements with other states.

The commissioner is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to provision of social services and aid to residents and nonresidents.
(1949 Rev., S. 2914.)
History: Sec. 17-106 transferred to Sec. 17b-22 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-23. (Formerly Sec. 17-572). - Commissioner may contract with Commissioner of Children and Families re delivery of services to children.

Section 17b-23 is repealed, effective July 1, 2014.
(1971, P.A. 374, S. 1; P.A. 74-251, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 520, 521, 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 88-156, S. 1; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 14-39, S. 88.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-24. (Formerly Sec. 17-573). - Contracts for comprehensive health care.

The Commissioner of Social Services may enter into contracts with an organized group which provides comprehensive health care on a prepayment or per capita basis.
(1971, P.A. 421; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 17-3d transferred to Sec. 17-31d in 1979; Sec. 17-31d transferred to Sec. 17-573 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-573 transferred to Sec. 17b-24 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-25. (Formerly Sec. 17-576). - Purchase or lease and management of property.

The Commissioner of Social Services may obtain real and personal property with the approval of the Attorney General, by purchase or lease. The expense of obtaining and maintaining such property shall be paid out of appropriations for the Department of Social Services. Said commissioner may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, appoint such supervisory and other personnel as may be necessary for the management of such property.
(1971, P.A. 814, S. 2; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 88-156, S. 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner and department with commissioner and department of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner and department with commissioner and department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 17-2h transferred to Sec. 17-31g in 1979; P.A. 88-156 deleted reference to Sec. 17-2g, repealed by the same act; Sec. 17-31g transferred to Sec. 17-576 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-576 transferred to Sec. 17b-25 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-25a. - Toll-free vendor fraud telephone line.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide toll-free telephone access for a person to report vendor fraud in any program operated by the Department of Social Services.
(b) The commissioner shall include a reference to its toll-free vendor fraud telephone line established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in any advertisement of its programs or services.
(c) The commissioner shall establish a public relations campaign, within available appropriations, to announce the creation of the toll-free telephone line established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 96-169, S. 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-25b. - Program for persons suffering from Huntington's disease.

The Department of Social Services shall establish and administer a program of services for persons suffering from Huntington's disease. A clinic for such persons shall be geographically located so as to conveniently serve the population of the state. The clinic shall (1) provide genetic testing for persons who are at risk of acquiring Huntington's disease, (2) offer counseling to such persons who have tested positive for Huntington's disease and their families, and (3) offer medical care to such persons who are in the early phases of the disease. The clinic shall provide consulting services and continuing education for any health care provider providing services to persons suffering from Huntington's disease.
(P.A. 97-264.)