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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105c. - Supplemental nutrition assistance program. Authority of commissioner to implement policy.

The Commissioner of Social Services, in accordance with federal law, may implement policy to simplify program administration and increase payment accuracy in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, while in the process of adopting such policy as regulation, provided notice of such policy is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 75; P.A. 09-9, S. 20.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105d. - Supplemental nutrition assistance program. Outreach. Work-study programs.

(a) The Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the member agencies of the Child Poverty and Prevention Council, may work with local governments, institutions of higher education, community action agencies and other entities to continue and expand efforts, within available appropriations, to enroll eligible individuals in the supplemental nutrition assistance program and to enroll eligible supplemental nutrition assistance participants in education, employment and training activities.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services, within available appropriations, shall incorporate into existing efforts coordinated outreach to increase awareness and utilization of the supplemental nutrition assistance program by eligible individuals, including, but not limited to, recipients of home-delivered and congregate meals and recipients of public assistance.
(c) For the purpose of determining eligibility for the supplemental nutrition assistance program pursuant to the federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended from time to time, the Department of Social Services, to the extent permitted under federal law, shall consider any student enrolled in an institution of higher education in the state to be participating in a state or federally financed work-study program if such student receives approval of work-study as part of a financial aid package to attend such institution of higher education, regardless of whether such student has received his or her work-study program assignment.
(P.A. 08-161, S. 6; P.A. 09-9, S. 37; P.A. 13-250, S. 1; P.A. 22-101, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009; P.A. 13-250 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re outreach to increase awareness and use of supplemental nutrition assistance program, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 22-101 added Subsec. (c) re eligibility through participation in a work-study program, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105e. - Definitions.

As used in sections 17b-105e to 17b-105i, inclusive:
(1) “Poverty reduction strategies” means a coordinated set of actions which may include, but is not limited to, job search and work experience; education and training, including adult basic education, high school equivalency preparation, adult literacy classes, vocational training and post-secondary education; payment of tuition; case management; related services that improve employability; income safety net services; quality child care during work and job training; family support; and reentry programs, that are based on best practices and aimed at reducing poverty or the risk of poverty for individuals and families (A) who are living in census tracts with high poverty rates, (B) whose incomes are at or below two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level, and (C) who are in one or more of the following target populations: (i) Adolescent parents, (ii) older adolescents and young adults, or (iii) low-income working families; and
(2) “Supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaborative” means a consortium of public and private providers, established pursuant to section 17b-105g, to implement poverty reduction strategies.
(P.A. 08-161, S. 1; P.A. 09-9, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 09-9 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105g. - Selection of supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaboratives to receive federal matching funds. Establishment and composition of collaborative. Use of funds.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall select among qualified supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaboratives to receive federal matching funds in accordance with section 17b-105h. To be considered for receipt of such funds, each collaborative shall demonstrate its capacity to implement poverty reduction strategies to the department in such form and in such manner as the Commissioner of Social Services prescribes. Each collaborative shall identify (1) its priorities for reducing child poverty in such municipality or region, (2) how funds that are received by the collaborative will be utilized, (3) community partners and resources utilized to support poverty reduction strategies, and (4) its capacity to collect relevant data and measure outcomes.
(b) Each supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaborative shall establish a governance structure, determine membership and identify or establish a fiscal agent. A collaborative shall consist of at least five member entities representing institutions of higher education, regional workforce development boards, social services nonprofit agencies, business associations, philanthropic organizations, municipalities, community action agencies or other community partners. A majority of the membership of each collaborative shall be supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training providers.
(c) Funds provided to a supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaborative shall be used to implement poverty reduction strategies in a municipality or region. Such strategies shall be aligned with the recommendations of the Child Poverty and Prevention Council and its plan to reduce child poverty developed pursuant to section 4-67x.
(P.A. 08-161, S. 3; P.A. 09-9, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance” throughout, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105h. - Use and distribution of supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training federal matching funds.

(a) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, the Department of Social Services may use such funds from the federal matching funds received by the state pursuant to section 17b-105f as are needed for operating expenses and to employ one staff position for purposes directly related to the administration of the matching funds provision for the supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training program, and for any fiscal year thereafter may use such funds as are necessary to operate and administer said program.
(b) The remaining federal matching funds received by the state pursuant to section 17b-105f shall be used for poverty reduction strategies and distributed in the following manner: Seventy-five per cent of such remaining funds shall be provided to supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training providers whose expenditures generated the federal matching funds on a pro-rata basis, pursuant to section 17b-105f; and twenty-five per cent of such remaining funds shall be provided to supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaboratives selected pursuant to section 17b-105g for implementation of poverty reduction strategies.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any regional community-technical college that participated in the food stamp employment and training program pursuant to a memorandum of agreement entered into between the college and the Department of Social Services prior to October 1, 2008, during the term of such agreement. Such colleges shall retain the amount of federal matching funds provided for in the memorandum of agreement for the term of such agreement. Following the expiration of such agreement, the terms of this section shall apply.
(P.A. 08-161, S. 4; P.A. 09-9, S. 35; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 59; P.A. 10-32, S. 63.)
History: P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance” throughout, effective May 4, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 added Subsec. (c) exempting regional community-technical colleges that participated in the program under an agreement with department prior to October 1, 2008, until the expiration of agreement, effective October 5, 2009; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105i. - Report re supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training federal matching funds.

On or before January 15, 2009, and annually thereafter from January 15, 2010, to January 15, 2014, inclusive, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services and appropriations, and to the Child Poverty and Prevention Council on the amount of federal matching funds received by the state pursuant to section 17b-105f, the amount used by the Department of Social Services for operating and administrative expenses, the amounts distributed to providers and supplemental nutrition assistance employment and training community collaboratives pursuant to section 17b-105h, the use of such federal matching funds, including the population served, and the programs' outcomes using a results-based accountability framework.
(P.A. 08-161, S. 5; P.A. 09-9, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-106a. - Adult payment standards for state supplement to Supplemental Security Income program. Personal needs allowance. Increase.

Section 17b-106a is repealed, effective February 28, 2003.
(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-7, S. 55; P.A. 03-2, S. 57.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-107. (Formerly Sec. 17-12g). - Emergency assistance program: Administration, eligibility, regulations.

Section 17b-107 is repealed, effective April 29, 2008.
(P.A. 78-192, S. 5–7; P.A. 79-524; P.A. 88-127; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 5, 41; P.A. 95-348, S. 1, 2; P.A. 08-29, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-108. (Formerly Sec. 17-12k). - Cross-matching of recipients' records.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall conduct annual cross-matches of all or a selected group of the records of recipients of public assistance and state-administered general assistance with the records of other agencies or financial institutions in this state and in bordering states to determine whether such recipients are eligible for and are receiving correct amounts of assistance. The selection of which groups of recipients and which records to cross-match shall be based on criteria established by the commissioner. Financial institutions shall furnish such information as the commissioner determines is necessary to conduct a feasible cross-match pursuant to this section and shall respond to requests for information and cross-matching data within forty-five days of the request by the commissioner.
(b) Financial institutions shall not discriminate against recipients selected for cross-matching pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 83-354, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-505, S. 8, 21; P.A. 92-13; P.A. 95-194, S. 20, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 50, 165.)
History: P.A. 85-505 specified that cross-match be conducted at least annually, authorized use of identifying information of depositors other than social security numbers and added provisions re criteria for selection of groups to cross-match and re information furnished by financial institutions and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) prohibiting discrimination by institutions against persons selected for cross-matching and requiring semiannual reports by income maintenance commissioner; P.A. 92-13 amended Subsec. (a) to remove the requirement that regulations be adopted and deleted Subsec. (c) re reporting requirements; Sec. 17-12k transferred to Sec. 17b-108 in 1995; P.A. 95-194 amended Subsec. (a) by requiring the commissioner to conduct cross-matches annually in this state and in bordering states and made a technical change, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-109. (Formerly Sec. 17-12m). - Photo identification cards.

The Commissioner of Social Services may provide photo identification cards to recipients of assistance under the temporary family assistance program and to heads of households and their authorized representatives in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The commissioner may contract with public or private organizations for the provision of such cards.
(P.A. 85-505, S. 10, 21; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 51, 165; P.A. 06-114, S. 1; P.A. 09-9, S. 21.)
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. 17-12m transferred to Sec. 17b-109 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance and deleted the July 1, 1986 deadline date by which the photo identification cards were to be distributed, thereby extending the program, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 06-114 made issuance of photo identification cards discretionary rather than mandatory, deleted reference to “assistance checks” and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-110. (Formerly Sec. 17-12o). - Special need payment program. Eligibility. Regulations.

Section 17b-110 is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(P.A. 88-254, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 56; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-194, S. 32, 33.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-111a. - State-wide data bank of general assistance recipients.

Section 17b-111a is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 14, 33; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-111b. - Regulations re general assistance.

Section 17b-111b is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 143, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112d. - Eligibility for temporary assistance for needy families or supplemental nutrition assistance program for person convicted of controlled substance felony.

A person convicted of any offense under federal or state law, on or after August 22, 1996, which (1) is classified as a felony, and (2) has as an element the possession, use or distribution of a controlled substance, as defined in Subsection (6) of 21 USC 802, shall be eligible for benefits pursuant to the temporary assistance for needy families program or the supplemental nutrition assistance program pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, if such person has completed a sentence imposed by a court. A person shall also be eligible for said benefits if such person is satisfactorily serving a sentence of a period of probation or is in the process of completing or has completed a sentence imposed by the court of mandatory participation in a substance abuse treatment program or mandatory participation in a substance abuse testing program.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 123, 165; P.A. 09-9, S. 23.)
History: June 18 P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, replaced “Food Stamp Act of 1977” with “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” and made a technical change, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112f. - Safety net services account. Regulations.

(a) There is established a safety net services account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Any moneys collected under the contribution system established under section 12-743 shall be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the account. This account may also receive moneys from public and private sources or from the federal government. All moneys deposited in the account shall be used by the Department of Social Services or persons acting under a contract with the department to fund services provided pursuant to section 17b-112e. Expenditures from the account in any fiscal year for the promotion of the contribution system or the account shall not exceed ten per cent of the amount of moneys raised during the previous fiscal year, provided such limitation shall not apply to an expenditure of not more than fifteen thousand dollars from the account on or before July 1, 1997, to reimburse expenditures made on or before said date, with prior written authorization of the Commissioner of Social Services, by private organizations to promote the contribution system and safety net account.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for distribution of funds available pursuant to this section and section 12-743.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 5, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112i. - Maximization of federal funds available from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall maximize federal fund opportunities from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund established pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, P.L. 111-5, in order to assist families facing unemployment, housing crises, increasing debt, homelessness or other hardships. The department shall seek to utilize, in accordance with the provisions of federal law:
(1) The nonrecurrent, short-term benefits category of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund for eligible purposes, including, but not limited to, housing, transportation, work expenses, family safety, low birth weight reduction, food and nutrition. The benefits funded pursuant to this subdivision may include, but not be limited to, mortgage assistance, eviction relief, car repair, work clothes, domestic violence services, home visitation and on-the-job training; and
(2) The subsidized employment category of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund for eligible purposes, including, but not limited to, youth employment programs and the alleviation of specific labor shortages and state worker shortages where the jobs created help families apply for state services.
(b) The department shall work with the private sector, including philanthropic, business and nonprofit agencies as well as any consortium of such groups, for eligible purposes and as third-party participants to qualify for, access and maximize federal funding from said emergency fund through donation, in-kind spending and training of subsidized workers.
(c) The department shall implement the provisions of this section within available resources.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 7; P.A. 11-25, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112j. - Jobs First program. Modification of approved work activities.

Section 17b-112j is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 8; P.A. 11-25, S. 8; P.A. 16-131, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112k. - Pilot program to serve persons receiving temporary family assistance program benefits and participating in Jobs First program.

Section 17b-112k is repealed, effective June 23, 2021.
(P.A. 11-44, S. 165; 11-61, S. 155; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 493.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-112m. - Integration of Even Start into planning and implementation of state-wide, two-generational initiative.

It is intended that Even Start be integrated into the coordinated state planning and implementation of the state-wide, two-generational initiative of the Office of Early Childhood.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 32, 568.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-113. - Rate paid to recipients.

Section 17b-113 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 93-418, S. 17, 41; P.A. 95-194, S. 3, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-114. (Formerly Sec. 17-83q). - Return of security deposits.

Subject to federal approval, as a condition of receiving a special need benefit to cover the cost of a security deposit, a recipient of assistance under the temporary family assistance program or the state-administered general assistance program or the program of state supplementation to the Supplemental Security Income Program shall sign an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Services stating that the security deposit and accrued interest, less the value of any damages suffered by the landlord due to the recipient's failure to comply with his obligations as a tenant pursuant to section 47a-21, shall be paid by the landlord to the Department of Social Services when the recipient vacates the housing for which the deposit is paid. The recipient shall notify the commissioner of the date such housing is vacated. If the landlord claims the right to withhold all or part of the security deposit or interest, the landlord shall comply with the applicable provisions of section 47a-21, except any notice required shall be sent to the tenant and to the Commissioner of Social Services. If the landlord fails to return the deposit to the Department of Social Services or to account to the department for any amount withheld within the time limits set forth in section 47a-21, the department may refer the matter to the Department of Administrative Services for payment to the state of the deposit, interest and such other damages as are available to tenants under said section. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section 47a-21, for purposes of taking such action on behalf of the state, the Department of Administrative Services is not required to give notice of a forwarding address. A recipient of a special need benefit to cover the cost of a security deposit who agrees the deposit shall be returned to the department pursuant to this section shall be eligible for a subsequent such special need benefit at any time the recipient meets the eligibility criteria for the special need benefit for emergency housing set forth in subsection (a) of section 17b-808.
(P.A. 92-159; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 53, 165; P.A. 00-68, S. 3.)
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. 17-83q transferred to Sec. 17b-114 in 1995. June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 00-68 substituted “Department of Administrative Services” for “Bureau of Collection Services” and “the landlord” for “he”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-114o. - Submission of federal TANF expenditure report to legislative committees.

The expenditure report relative to the temporary assistance for needy families block grant required to be submitted by the Commissioner of Social Services to the federal Department of Health and Human Services shall be transmitted 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 within forty-five days of the date of such submission. Such report for the last quarter of the fiscal year shall include the identification of unliquidated obligations either identified in previous quarterly reports for the same fiscal year and claimed before the prior quarterly report or those not yet claimed by the commissioner for the purposes of receiving federal reimbursement. In the event that such report identifies any unliquidated obligations, the commissioner shall notify said committees of the commissioner's intention concerning the disposition of such unliquidated obligations, which may include establishing or contributing to a reserve account to meet future needs in the temporary family assistance program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 34, 53; P.A. 01-195, S. 78, 181.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-195 made a technical change, effective July 11, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-115. (Formerly Sec. 17-272). - “Town” and “selectmen” defined.

Section 17b-115 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(1949 Rev., S. 2584; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-116 (Formerly Sec. 17-273) to 17b-116b and 17b-117 - (Formerly Sec. 17-273a). Liability of town for support; regulations. Restrictive payment system. Disclosure of information or records pertaining to municipal social services departments. Districts for administration of general assistance.

Sections 17b-116 to 17b-116b, inclusive, and 17b-117 are repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1949 Rev., S. 2585; 1961, P.A. 345, S. 1; 425, S. 1; P.A. 75-407; P.A. 82-214, S. 4, 6; 82-236, S. 2, 3; P.A. 83-575, S. 1. 10; P.A. 84-168, S. 2; P.A. 86-415, S. 5; P.A. 89-239, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 36, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 5, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 20, 34, 41; P.A. 95-194, S. 7, 15, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 54, 165; P.A. 99-279, S. 10, 45; P.A. 00-83, S. 2, 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 108, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 48, 53; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-118b. - Restrictions on eligibility for general assistance of persons aged eighteen to twenty-one living with and as dependents of their parents.

Section 17b-118b is repealed, effective October 1, 2004.
(P.A. 95-194, S. 17, 33; P.A. 04-76, S. 59.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-120 and 17b-121. (Formerly Secs. 17-273d and 17-274a). - Emergency shelter services for general assistance recipients. Regulations on medical treatment.

Sections 17b-120 and 17b-121 are repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(P.A. 83-532, S. 2, 3; 83-575, S. 3, 10; P.A. 84-159, S. 1; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 7, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-122. (Formerly Sec. 17-277). - Reimbursement by paupers.

When any person has been supported, in whole or in part, by any town, such person shall be liable to pay for such support the cost of such support or a reasonable amount thereof and, on his failure so to do, his executor, administrator or conservator shall be so liable, if he has sufficient assets in his hands belonging to the estate of such person; and such amount may be recovered in a civil action, and the statute of limitations shall not be pleaded therein.
(1949 Rev., S. 2588; 1953, S. 1426d; 1961, P.A. 425, S. 2.)
History: 1961 act deleted provision for town selectmen being overseers of the poor; Sec. 17-277 transferred to Sec. 17b-122 in 1995.
See Sec. 17b-128 re town's claim against proceeds of cause of action.
See Sec. 17b-132 re sale of property of deceased person whom town has supported.
Annotations to former section 17-277:
Selectmen have power to settle an account for supplies to pauper and such settlement is evidence of pauper's settlement. 29 C. 113. Powers of selectmen to restrain pauper. 34 C. 132; 71 C. 724. They cannot collect and discharge debts of paupers. 38 C. 191. One selectman has no power to submit question of settlement to arbitration. 54 C. 34.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-123. (Formerly Sec. 17-278). - Request for support. Application review process. Notification by applicant of change in circumstances.

Section 17b-123 is repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1949 Rev., S. 2589; 1959, P.A. 603; P.A. 76-301, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-575, S. 5, 10; P.A. 84-49; P.A. 85-63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 9, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-194, S. 10, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 57, 165; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-126. (Formerly Sec. 17-281). - Lien against real property.

If any person receiving such aid neglects or refuses to sign such agreement, the selectmen are authorized to file a lien against such property, or against the real property of any legally liable relative of any person receiving aid or support under sections 17b-194, 17b-222 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-263, 17b-340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, to secure the disbursements of such town made prior to filing such lien and any disbursements thereafter made, and such lien from the time of filing shall have the same force and effect and may be foreclosed in the same manner as any agreement provided for in section 17b-125.
(1949 Rev., S. 2592; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 39, 63; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 48; P.A. 19-118, S. 31.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8 amended section to authorize a lien against property owned by a legally liable relative of a person receiving aid or support; Sec. 17-281 transferred to Sec. 17b-126 in 1995; (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, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); 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 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-221 that was repealed by the same act; P.A. 19-118 deleted reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-128. (Formerly Sec. 17-283). - Reimbursement of towns or municipalities for relief. Recovery of overpayments.

(a) Any person who receives relief from any town or municipality of this state shall be liable to reimburse such town or municipality for any moneys or relief received. Section 52-576 shall not be a bar to a recovery under this section.
(b) Any town that overpays a person receiving financial assistance under 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 recover such overpayment from such person's ongoing assistance. The amount of such recovery shall not exceed ten per cent of such person's ongoing benefit in any month.
(1949 Rev., S. 642; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 13, 89; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97; P.A. 04-76, S. 50; P.A. 19-118, S. 33.)
History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 added Subsec. (b) re recovery of overpayments; Sec. 17-283 transferred to Sec. 17b-128 in 1995 (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, 17b-689b”, respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2); 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. (b) by deleting references to Secs. 17b-118b and 17b-221 that were repealed by the same act; P.A. 19-118 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 17b-256, effective July 1, 2019.
See Sec. 17b-122 re reimbursement of town by pauper.
Cited. 38 CA 522.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-130. (Formerly Sec. 17-284). - Claims for supplies or assistance furnished to pauper.

No individual shall have any claim against a town for supplies or assistance furnished to a pauper against the express directions of the selectmen and no individual, except a medical provider, shall have any such claim before he has given notice of the condition of such pauper to one of the selectmen of the town where the pauper resides.
(1949 Rev., S. 2594; 1971, P.A. 232; P.A. 83-575, S. 6, 10.)
History: 1971 act deleted provision placing paupers under control of selectmen; P.A. 83-575 added the exception for a medical provider, effective April 1, 1984; Sec. 17-284 transferred to Sec. 17b-130 in 1995.
Annotations to former section 17-284:
No recovery from town for support of person if such person has property. 4 C. 553; 5 C. 244; 34 C. 264; 68 C. 139. Notice to selectmen of the town where the pauper resides is indispensable. 6 C. 72. What constitutes “notice”. 18 C. 189; 43 C. 53; 112 C. 406. Selectmen not necessarily confined in the exercise of their powers to the limits of their own towns. 71 C. 724. Disclaimer by town to hospital fell short of express direction not to furnish aid. 112 C. 407. Cited. 139 C. 472; 146 C. 686; 149 C. 219.
Compliance with notice provisions of section is condition precedent to right of physician or hospital to recover against town for services rendered to resident thereof unable to pay for such services. 33 CS 765.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-132. (Formerly Sec. 17-288). - When property of deceased person whom town has supported may be sold.

When any person supported at the expense of any town dies, leaving personal estate not exceeding fifty dollars in value, the selectmen of such town may sell it for the use of such town, unless some person interested in such estate takes out administration thereon within ninety days after such death.
(1949 Rev., S. 2598.)
History: Sec. 17-288 transferred to Sec. 17b-132 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-133. (Formerly Sec. 17-289). - Establishment of almshouses; removal of mentally ill persons.

Section 17b-133 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 2599; 1955, S. 1431d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 54; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-134 and 17b-135. (Formerly Secs. 17-292 and 17-292i). - Reimbursement of towns; liability of pharmaceutical manufacturers for rebates. Reimbursement of municipalities for general assistance.

Sections 17b-134 and 17b-135 are repealed, effective March 1, 2004.
(1949 Rev., 2603; 1953, S. 1434d; 1957, P.A. 202, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 35; 572, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 321; 425, S. 3; 517, S. 122; 1963, P.A. 68; 1967, P.A. 566, S. 1; 1972, P.A. 128, S. 1; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 76-301, S. 3; 76-356; 76-435, S. 28, 82; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 608, 610; P.A. 80-395, S. 3, 7; P.A. 81-214, S. 3; 81-449, S. 8, 11; P.A. 82-147, S. 3, 4; 82-214, S. 5, 6; P.A. 83-575, S. 8, 10; 83-587, S. 33, 96; P.A. 84-223, S. 1; P.A. 85-66, S. 1; 85-564, S. 6, 12; P.A. 86-415, S. 7; P.A. 88-317, S. 73, 107; P.A. 89-187, S. 1, 2; P.A. 91-235; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 41, 42, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 14, 68, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-395, S. 2; 93-418, S. 11, 13, 41; P.A. 94-127, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-213, S. 6; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 72, 130; P.A. 95-194, S. 12, 23, 29, 33; 95-351, S. 5, 20, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 59, 60, 165; P.A. 98-239, S. 20, 35; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 43, 53; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 97.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-136. (Formerly Sec. 17-293). - Interstate transportation. Admission to state mental hospital.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states regarding the interstate transportation of poor and indigent persons and to arrange with the selectmen and institutional authorities for the acceptance and support of persons receiving public aid in other states in accordance with the terms of such reciprocal agreements.
(b) If such poor or indigent person is mentally ill, the superintendent or director of any state-operated facility as defined in section 17a-458 is authorized to admit and hold such person in accordance with the provisions of section 17a-502, except that the certificate required may be signed by a physician licensed in the sending state or may be signed by a commissioned medical officer of the United States armed forces or Public Health Service acting in the performance of his official duties. The superintendent or director may make application for the commitment of such person in the court of probate having jurisdiction in the town where such hospital is located and the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall collect, from the person or persons liable for his support, the amount expended for the support and benefit of such person in the manner provided in section 17b-223.
(1949 Rev., S. 2604; 1949, S. 1436d; 1949, 1955, S. 1438d; 1949, June, 1955, S. 1439d; 1959, P.A. 215; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 7; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 608, 610; P.A. 81-93, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1959 act provided that mental health commissioner rather than welfare commissioner institute commitment proceedings and deleted requirement they be recommended by person in charge of state hospital; 1967 act substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner as the collecting agent in Subsec. (b); P.A. 75-420 generally replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance; P.A. 81-93 amended Subsec. (b) to conform the process for the commitment of mentally ill persons transported from another state to the process provided in Sec. 17-183 for the commitment of persons under an emergency certificate, except that the required certificate may be signed by a physician in the sending state, and transferred responsibility for the initiation of commitment proceedings from the commissioner of mental health to the superintendent or director of the facility; 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. 17-293 transferred to Sec. 17b-136 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-293:
Cited. 149 C. 223.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-137a. - Social Security number to be recorded on license applications, certain documents and death certificate. Confidentiality.

(a) The Social Security number of the applicant shall be recorded on each (1) application for a license, certification or permit to engage in a profession or occupation regulated pursuant to the provisions of title 19a, 20 or 21; (2) application for a commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit completed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-44c; and (3) application for a marriage license made under section 46b-25.
(b) The Social Security number of any individual who is subject to a dissolution of marriage decree, dissolution of civil union decree, support order or parentage determination or acknowledgment shall be placed in the records relating to the matter.
(c) The Social Security number of the deceased person shall be recorded on each death certificate completed in accordance with subsection (b) of section 7-62b.
(d) Any Social Security number of any individual on any record or document required pursuant to this section shall not be disclosed except as provided under section 17b-137.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7, S. 34, 38; P.A. 05-10, S. 17; P.A. 09-13, S. 15; P.A. 21-15, S. 94.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-7 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 05-10 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to apply provisions to an application for a civil union license under Sec. 46b-38hh and amended Subsec. (b) to apply provisions to the number of an individual subject to a dissolution of civil union decree; P.A. 09-13 amended Subsec. (a)(3) to delete reference to application for civil union license under Sec. 46b-38hh, effective October 1, 2010; P.A. 21-15 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “paternity” with “parentage”, effective January 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-138. (Formerly Sec. 17-304). - Conveyance of land by Commissioner of Social Services or his designee or Commissioner of Administrative Services.

Any real estate to which title has been taken by foreclosure, or which has been conveyed to the state in lieu of foreclosure, on a claim of the Department of Social Services or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, may be sold, transferred or conveyed for the state by the Commissioner of Social Services or his designee or the Commissioner of Administrative Services, as the case may be, with the approval of the Attorney General, and either commissioner or the designee of the Commissioner of Social Services may, in the name of the state, execute deeds for such purpose.
(1955, S. 1454d; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 9; P.A. 77-604, S. 12, 84; 77-614, S. 70, 587, 608, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 83-127; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-435, S. 59, 95.)
History: 1967 act added the commissioner of finance and control; P.A. 77-604 replaced welfare department with department of social services in accordance with provisions of P.A. 75-420; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services and, effective January 1, 1979, added reference to department of income maintenance, successor agency to department of social services, but retained reference to social services because claims under former agency may still exist; P.A. 83-127 authorized income maintenance commissioner's designee to sell, transfer or convey real estate for the state and to execute deeds for such purposes; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 authorized the Revisors to delete the words “or income maintenance” in the phrase “department of social services or income maintenance”, effective June 28, 1993; Sec. 17-304 transferred to Sec. 17b-138 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-179a. - Information sharing between Departments of Social Services and Revenue Services re assets and income of child support obligors.

(a) On a quarterly basis, in IV-D support cases, as defined in subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 46b-231, the Department of Social Services shall compile a list of child support obligors who have no visible earnings and shall transmit such list to the Department of Revenue Services. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall promptly identify any such individuals who have any reported assets or income and transmit to the Department of Social Services the name, address and Social Security number of such individuals together with information on reported assets or income available for such individuals.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services and the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall enter into a purchase of service agreement which establishes procedures necessary for the administration of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 96-268, S. 10, 34; P.A. 10-32, S. 160.)
History: P.A. 96-268 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-179b. - Arrearage adjustment program. Factors for consideration.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall establish an arrearage adjustment program in which the past due support owed by any obligor assigned and payable to the state acting by and through the IV-D agency may be adjusted. The commissioner, in deciding whether to adjust any arrearage of an obligor, shall consider among other factors, the likelihood of compliance with support obligations, the noncustodial parent's involvement in the life of any such child and any other contribution to the emotional well-being of any such child.
(P.A. 01-207, S. 11, 12.)
History: P.A. 01-207 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-180. (Formerly Sec. 17-85). - Eligibility. Consideration of stepparent's income.

Section 17b-180 is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(1949 Rev., S. 2894; 1949, 1951, 1953, S. 1622d; 1957, P.A. 34, S. 2; 58, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 633; 1961, P.A. 383, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 69, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 784, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 730, S. 6; P.A. 73-39, S. 1; P.A. 77-565; P.A. 79-510; P.A. 80-469, S. 1; P.A. 81-214, S. 2; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-5, S. 1, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-34, S. 6, 8; P.A. 92-211, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)