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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-743. (Formerly Sec. 17-323a). - Support order may direct payment to Commissioner of Administrative Services or local welfare department.

Any court or any family support magistrate having jurisdiction to make an order for support of any person by a legally liable relative or putative father shall have authority to direct payment in accordance with such order to the Commissioner of Administrative Services or to the welfare department of any political subdivision of the state for such period as such person shall receive welfare assistance from the state or such subdivision; and such court or family support magistrate, upon its findings of any arrearage due under any support order, shall have authority to determine that portion of such arrearage the failure to pay which resulted in grants of welfare assistance, and to order payment of such portion to the Commissioner of Administrative Services or the local welfare department which granted such assistance in reimbursement therefor, as the case may be. The provisions of this section shall apply to orders made under the provisions of sections 46b-60 and 46b-81 to 46b-87, inclusive, and 53-304.
(1959, P.A. 115, S. 1, 2; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 10; 656, S. 15; P.A. 73-373, S. 33; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 610; P.A. 86-359, S. 28, 44.)
History: 1967 acts deleted state welfare department and substituted commissioner of finance and control and added reference to Sec. 53-308; P.A. 73-373 replaced reference to Secs. 46-20, 46-21, 46-26 and 53-308 with reference to Secs. 46-50 to 46-57, later transferred to Secs. 46b-60 and 46b-81 to 46b-87 and to Sec. 53-304; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 86-359 added references to family support magistrates; Sec. 17-323a transferred to Sec. 17b-743 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-323a:
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 78.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-744. (Formerly Sec. 17-323b). - Discontinuance of payments of support to commissioner pursuant to certain court orders.

Any order payable to the Commissioner of Administrative Services for support of any beneficiary of public assistance shall, on filing by the Commissioner of Social Services with the court making such order, or with the assistant clerk of the Family Support Magistrate Division where such order was entered, of a notice of discontinuance of such assistance and on notice to the payor by registered or certified mail, a copy of which notice shall be sent to the Commissioner of Administrative Services, be payable directly to such beneficiary, beginning with the effective date of discontinuance, except that the Commissioner of Social Services may elect to continue to collect such support payments on behalf of the beneficiaries of the temporary family assistance program for three months after the date of discontinuance as provided in federal law and regulations.
(1963, P.A. 25; 1967, P.A. 314, S. 11; 656, S. 16; 1972, P.A. 294, S. 21; P.A. 73-373, S. 34; P.A. 74-338, S. 24, 94; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 76-334, S. 6, 12; P.A. 77-614, S. 70, 608, 610; P.A. 86-359, S. 29, 44; P.A. 93-262, S. 39, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 81, 165; P.A. 03-278, S. 69.)
History: 1967 acts added chapter 911 (paternity proceedings) and Sec. 53-308 (forfeited bonds) to section, substituted commissioner of finance and control for welfare commissioner and provided copy of notice be sent to finance commissioner; 1972 act replaced reference to Sec. 53-308 with reference to Sec. 53-304; P.A. 73-373 replaced reference to Secs. 46-21 and 46-26 with reference to Sec. 46-57; P.A. 74-338 made technical correction; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 76-334 deleted reference to specific provisions of statutes, referred to by section and chapter, replaced “certificate” with “notice” and added exception re continued collection of payments by social services commissioner; 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. 86-359 authorized filing of notice with assistant clerk of family support magistrate division and to substitute human resources commissioner for income maintenance commissioner in provision authorizing collection of support payments after discontinuance as provided in federal law; P.A. 93-262 replaced references to commissioners of income maintenance and human resources with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-323b transferred to Sec. 17b-744 in 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. 03-278 made a technical change, effective July 9, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-746. (Formerly Sec. 17-325). - Appeals from support orders.

Any party to an action brought under the provisions of section 17b-745 shall have the right of appeal as in civil actions, except that appeals from a decision of a family support magistrate shall be taken pursuant to subsection (n) of section 46b-231. Any order for support made by the court shall not be affected by an appeal but shall continue in effect until the appeal is decided and thereafter, if the appeal is denied, until changed by further order of the court.
(1957, P.A. 536; 1959, P.A. 42, S. 2; P.A. 86-359, S. 31, 44.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision granting appeal to party to action brought under section 17-323; P.A. 86-359 added exception for appeals from decision of family support magistrate; Sec. 17-325 transferred to Sec. 17b-746 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-747. (Formerly Sec. 17-319). - Apportionment of support cost.

Any court which commits a child to an institution or custodial agency shall determine the pecuniary ability of either or both parents to contribute to the support of such child and shall order such parent or parents to pay such sum for such support as is consistent with such pecuniary ability. If such commitment is to an institution or custodial agency not supported in whole or in part by the state, such order shall direct such parent or parents to pay to such institution the amount specified in such order, provided such amount shall not exceed the actual cost of the support of such child. Such institution or custodial agency may enforce such order by civil suit or by instituting contempt proceedings in the court issuing such order. If such commitment is to an institution or custodial agency supported in whole or in part by the state, such order shall direct such parent or parents to pay to the state an amount not exceeding the cost to the state of the support of such child in such institution and the Attorney General shall enforce such order by civil suit or by contempt proceedings. If such commitment is to an institution or custodial agency supported in whole or in part by the state, such court shall certify such commitment to the Commissioner of Social Services or his designee. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any commitment to the Newington Children's Hospital.
(1949 Rev., S. 2844; 1955, S. 1587d; 1961, P.A. 324; 425, S. 4; P.A. 74-251, S. 18; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1961 acts deleted obsolete provisions requiring payment by town where child has a settlement; P.A. 74-251 allowed certification of commitment to commissioner's designee; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner 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. 17-319 transferred to Sec. 17b-747 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-319:
Cited. 115 C. 596.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-748. (Formerly Sec. 19a-78). - Child Day Care Council.

Section 17b-748 is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(1967, P.A. 696, S. 4; P.A. 73-415; P.A. 74-3; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; 75-527, S. 3, 5; P.A. 76-38, S. 1, 3; P.A. 77-157, S. 2, 11; 77-614, S. 302, 323, 521, 529, 610; P.A. 81-471, S. 68, 71; P.A. 84-361, S. 4, 7; P.A. 85-495, S. 1, 7; 85-613, S. 40, 154; P.A. 87-435, S. 4, 6; P.A. 88-182, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-292, S. 3, 5; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; 93-262, S. 13, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-181, S. 5, 7; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-360, S. 19, 32; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749b. - School readiness program requirements.

Section 17b-749b is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 95-226, S. 27, 30; P.A. 96-213, S. 3, 5; P.A. 97-259, S. 40, 41.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749d. - Sliding fee scale for use by licensed child care centers.

Each licensed child care center receiving funding directly from the Office of Early Childhood shall adopt a sliding fee scale based on family income. The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall develop a minimum sliding fee scale which may be adjusted upward by each such licensed child care center. All income derived from such fees shall be used to support the licensed child care center.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 8, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 35; P.A. 15-227, S. 25; P.A. 16-163, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Social Services with references to Commissioner and Office of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care program” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care program”, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 16-163 replaced “licensed child day care provider”, “licensed day care program” and “child care program” with “licensed child care center”, effective June 9, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749e. - Regional accreditation projects.

The Office of Early Childhood shall establish and fund five regional accreditation projects, within available appropriations. The office shall select qualified applicants for each region through a request for proposal process. The office shall give priority to child day care facilities where at least twenty per cent of the children live with families earning less than seventy-five per cent of the state median income level.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 10, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Department of Social Services with references to Office of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749f. - Evaluation system for licensed child care centers. Longitudinal study. Report.

(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall develop and implement a performance-based evaluation system to evaluate licensed child care centers, within available appropriations. Such a performance-based evaluation system shall be similar to the Head Start Performance Standards in 45 CFR 1304.
(b) The commissioner shall conduct, within available appropriations, a longitudinal study that examines the developmental progress of children and their families both during and following participation in a child care program.
(c) The commissioner shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with section 11-4a, on or before January 1, 2015, on the implementation of the performance-based evaluation system and on the longitudinal study, and annually thereafter on the cumulative results of the evaluations.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 11, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 37; P.A. 15-227, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner of Social Services with references to Commissioner of Early Childhood, amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re in consultation with Commissioner of Education and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “1998” with “2015”, effective July 1, 2014; pursuant to P.A. 15-227, “child day care centers” and “child day care program” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “child care centers” and “child care program”, respectively, effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749i. - Facilities operating child care programs financed through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Within appropriations available to the State Treasurer for child care facilities, not already allocated toward debt service for specific child care facilities, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may, upon submission of a request by a facility operating a child care program that is financed with tax-exempt or taxable bonds issued through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, allow actual debt service, comprised of principal, interest and premium, if any, on the loan or loans, a debt service reserve fund and a reasonable repair and replacement reserve to be paid, provided such debt service terms and amounts are determined by the commissioner, at the time the loan is entered into, to be reasonable in relation to the useful life and base value of the property.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 29, 41; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 15, 51; P.A. 11-44, S. 100; P.A. 14-39, S. 40.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 added provision that payments are to be made within available appropriations to the Treasurer for child care facilities, not already allocated toward debt service for specific child care facilities, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 11-44 replaced “Commissioner of Social Services” with “Commissioner of Education”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-39 replaced reference to Commissioner of Education with reference to Commissioner of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749j. - Health and safety standards for child care subsidy program. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish health and safety standards, within available appropriations, for the child care subsidy program. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) A requirement for the provider or relative to apply for reimbursement from the Office of Early Childhood; (2) a requirement for the provider or relative to provide reasonable confirmation of physical premises safety pursuant to 45 CFR Part 98.41; and (3) minimum health and safety training appropriate to the provider setting and the prevention and control of infectious diseases, including immunization. The commissioner shall, within available appropriations, distribute information on the availability of health and safety training and assistance.
(P.A. 97-259, S. 30, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 41.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Commissioner and Department of Social Services with references to Commissioner and Office of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-749l. - Child care subsidy program. Notice of program changes and intake closure.

Section 17b-749l is repealed, effective May 24, 2011.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 3; P.A. 11-18, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-750. - National criminal history records checks of unlicensed child care providers.

No child care subsidy shall be paid to an unlicensed child care provider if such provider has been convicted of any crime involving sexual assault of a minor or serious physical injury to a minor or any crime committed in any other state or jurisdiction the essential elements of which are substantially the same as such crimes. If the Commissioner of Early Childhood has reason to believe that a provider of child care services has been so convicted, the commissioner may demand that such provider be subject to state and national criminal history records checks. If criminal history records checks are required pursuant to this section, such checks shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a.
(P.A. 96-262, S. 10, 11; P.A. 01-175, S. 12, 32; P.A. 14-39, S. 43.)
History: P.A. 96-262 effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 01-175 made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality, replaced provisions re criminal history records checks, fingerprinting and fee with provisions re state and national criminal history records checks pursuant to Sec. 29-17a, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 14-39 replaced “commissioner” with “Commissioner of Early Childhood”, effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-751. (Formerly Sec. 17a-50). - Children's Trust Fund. Regulations. Report.

Section 17b-751 is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-20, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-582, S. 1, 8; P.A. 89-336, S. 2, 6; P.A. 93-91, S. 1, 2; P.A. 97-237, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 39, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 03-19, S. 35; P.A. 04-258, S. 25; P.A. 05-288, S. 68; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 21; P.A. 10-111, S. 24; P.A. 13-247, S. 47; P.A. 14-39, S. 44; P.A. 15-227, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-751a. (Formerly Sec. 17a-50a). - Eligibility for grants under the Kinship Fund and Grandparents and Relatives Respite Fund. Transfer of grant funds by Probate Court Administrator to Probate Courts.

(a) An individual who is appointed as a guardian of a child or children by the Superior Court or Probate Court and who is not a recipient of subsidized guardianship subsidies under section 17a-126 or foster care payments from the Department of Children and Families shall, within available appropriations, be eligible to apply for grants under the Kinship Fund and Grandparents and Relatives Respite Fund administered by the Probate Court Administrator.
(b) The Probate Court Administrator may designate one or more Probate Courts to administer grants from the Kinship Fund and Grandparents and Relatives Respite Fund and may transfer grant funds to such courts at such times and in such amounts as the administrator determines necessary to ensure the efficient processing of grants from all eligible applicants. Each such court shall establish and maintain separate checking accounts to hold and manage grant funds for the Kinship Fund and the Grandparents and Relatives Respite Fund. The accounts shall be in the name of the court at a financial institution, as defined in section 36a-330. The court shall deposit into the respective accounts all grant funds transferred from the administrator and disburse from the accounts all grants approved by the court. The court shall not commingle grant funds with funds from any other source. The provisions of section 4-33 shall not apply to the management of grant funds under this section.
(P.A. 08-97, S. 1; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 22; P.A. 13-247, S. 48; P.A. 14-103, S. 7; P.A. 15-217, S. 19; P.A. 18-45, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 08-97 effective July 1, 2008; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 added Department of Social Services as funds administrator, effective October 5, 2009; Sec. 17a-50a transferred to Sec. 17b-751a in 2010; P.A. 13-247 deleted reference to Children's Trust Fund Council, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 14-103 substituted Probate Court Administrator for Department of Social Services as fund administrator and added Probate Court re appointment of grandparent or other relative caregiver as guardian, effective July 1, 2014; P.A. 15-217 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re transfer of grant funds by Probate Court Administrator to one or more Probate Courts, effective July 2, 2015; P.A. 18-45 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “A grandparent or other relative caregiver” with “An individual” and by making a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-751c. (Formerly Sec. 17a-56a). - Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission.

Section 17b-751c is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 97-288, S. 1, 6; P.A. 05-246, S. 15; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 26; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-751e. - Continuance of Children's Trust Fund Council's orders, regulations and contracts.

Section 17b-751e is repealed, effective July 1, 2015.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 28; P.A. 14-39, S. 46; P.A. 15-227, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection › Section 17b-751f. - Terms “child care center”, “group child care home”, “family child care home”, “child care services” and “child care programs” substituted for former terms.

(a) Whenever the term “child day care center” is used in any public or special act of 2015 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “child care center” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 8-210, 10-16p, 10-16r, 10-500, 10-501, 10a-194c, 16-50p, 17a-101, 17b-733, 17b-738, 17b-749f, 19a-77, 19a-79a, 19a-80, 19a-80e to 19a-80g, inclusive, 19a-86, 19a-87a, 19a-87f, 19a-131k, 19a-900, 21a-278a and 21a-279.
(b) Whenever the term “group day care home” is used in any public or special act of 2015 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “group child care home” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 8-2, 10-16r, 10a-194c, 17a-101, 17b-733, 17b-738, 17b-749a, 19a-79a, 19a-80, 19a-80e, 19a-80f, 19a-82, 19a-86 to 19a-87a, inclusive, 19a-87f, 19a-131k and 19a-900.
(c) Whenever the term “family day care home” is used in any public or special act of 2015 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “family child care home” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 8-2, 8-3j, 10-16r, 17a-101, 17b-705, 17b-733, 17b-738, 17b-749a, 17b-749c, 19a-79a, 19a-80f, 19a-82, 19a-87a to 19a-87d, inclusive, 19a-87f and 19a-131k.
(d) Whenever the term “child day care service” or “child day care services” is used in any public or special act of 2015 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “child care service” or “child care services” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 8-210, 10-16q, 10-500, 12-81n, 17a-145, 17b-90, 17b-261g, 17b-733, 17b-737, 17b-749a, 17b-749c, 19a-77, 19a-79a, 19a-80, 19a-87a, 19a-131k and 28-5.
(e) Whenever the term “child day care program” or “child day care programs” is used in any public or special act of 2015 or in the following sections of the general statutes, the term “child care program” or “child care programs” shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4b-23, 10-16p, 17b-730, 17b-749d, 17b-749f and 19a-80e.
(f) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 15-227, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 15-227 effective July 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-76. (Formerly Sec. 17-82a). - Commissioner to furnish forms and maintain records and accounts.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall furnish forms for the use of applicants under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program and supplemental nutrition assistance program, local officials and himself, and shall establish and maintain a system of records and accounts which shall show the number of applications and the disposition of the same, the record of payments made to each recipient of aid and such other information as may be necessary for the proper operation and administration of said sections and as the rules and regulations of the United States government require if the United States government makes contributory allotments of federal funds to the state of Connecticut for aid extended under the provisions of said programs.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 15; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 26, 165; P.A. 09-9, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services commissioner with commissioner 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. 17-82a transferred to Sec. 17b-76 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamps” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-82. - “Rated housing facility” defined.

As used in sections 17b-83 and 17b-601, “rated housing facility” means (1) a boarding facility or home, except for a community companion home, licensed by the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the Department of Children and Families; or (2) the facility established by New Horizons, Inc. pursuant to section 19a-507, provided any such home or facility has been approved by the Department of Social Services to receive state supplement payments for residents found eligible for such payments in accordance with section 17b-600.
(P.A. 14-164, S. 1; P.A. 19-117, S. 299.)
History: P.A. 14-164 effective June 11, 2014; P.A. 19-117 redefined “rated housing facility”, effective January 1, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-83. (Formerly Sec. 17-82g). - Form of aid. Direct payment for certain services. Payment of clean claims.

The aid granted under the state supplement program or the temporary family assistance program shall be in the form of money payments and shall be made by the commissioner within available Department of Social Services appropriations, directly to a licensed residential care home, as defined in section 19a-490, a rated housing facility, as defined in section 17b-82, the applicant or other person entitled to receive the same at such regular intervals as the Commissioner of Social Services determines, provided the payments of the costs of medical care and such other charges in connection with the care and maintenance of a beneficiary as the commissioner deems necessary and reasonable may be made to the licensed residential care home or rated housing facility, applicant or to those persons furnishing such services by the commissioner. Ninety per cent of clean claims for payments to persons furnishing such services shall be made not later than thirty days from receipt of the request for payment and ninety-nine per cent shall be made within ninety days of such receipt. For the purposes of this section “clean claim” means a claim which can be processed without obtaining additional substantiation from the person furnishing such services or other person entitled to receive payment. A claim submitted by any such person who is under investigation for fraud or abuse shall not be considered a clean claim.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 10; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 79-565, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 31, 165; P.A. 14-164, S. 2.)
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. 79-565 added provisions re payment of “clean claims” and defined the term; 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. 17-82g transferred to Sec. 17b-83 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-164 added provisions re direct payments to licensed residential care home or rated housing facility and made a technical change, effective June 11, 2014.
Annotation to former section 17-82g:
Cited. 214 C. 256.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-86. (Formerly Sec. 17-82k). - Aid inalienable.

Aid provided under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, state-administered general assistance program or supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be inalienable by assignment, sale, attachment, execution or otherwise, and shall be subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing act that may be passed, and no beneficiary or other person shall have any vested right to any such aid.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 26; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 34, 165; P.A. 09-9, S. 14.)
History: Sec. 17-82k transferred to Sec. 17b-86 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamps” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
Annotations to former section 17-82k:
Cited. 192 C. 460.
Cited. 21 CA 77.
Public aid funds of welfare recipient held by recipient's attorney in client funds account are not subject to attachment under section. 33 CS 85.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-87. (Formerly Sec. 17-82l). - Discontinuance of aid after removal from state.

No award under the temporary family assistance program shall continue after the removal of the beneficiary from this state; and no award under the state supplement program shall continue for more than one year after removal of the beneficiary from this state, and occasional absences for short periods need not be deemed by the commissioner to constitute a removal.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 27; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 35, 165.)
History: Sec. 17-82
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Annotation to former section 17-82
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Statute construed as not to deny AFDC beneficiaries who have moved from Connecticut their entitlement to benefits accrued prior to removal. 174 C. 8.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-88a. - Recoveries or overpayments under AFDC program, account for payment of.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, and each fiscal year thereafter, with the approval of the Office of Policy and Management, the Department of Social Services may credit to a nonlapsing account in the General Fund, and expend from such nonlapsing account, the amounts necessary for payment of the federal share of recoveries or overpayments established under the aid to families with dependent children program.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 10, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 effective July 2, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-89. (Formerly Sec. 17-82n). - Change in level of assistance payments authorized.

The Commissioner of Social Services, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may selectively increase or decrease the level of certain assistance payments in any of the public assistance programs when necessary to correct an inequity or to comply with state or federal law or regulation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the commissioner to increase or decrease the standards of assistance payments affecting all or most public assistance recipients in any category of public assistance.
(June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 16; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 85-505, S. 19, 21; 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 income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 85-505 detailed when commissioner may increase or decrease payment levels, authorizing such increases or decreases to correct inequities and to effect compliance with state or federal laws or regulations rather than when “necessary to carry out the policy of the state” as was previously the case; 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. 17-82n transferred to Sec. 17b-89 in 1995.
Annotation to former section 17-82n:
Cited. 214 C. 256.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-92. (Formerly Sec. 17-83c). - Relocation adjustment payments and reimbursements for moving and relocation expenses not considered income, earnings, assets or rent.

(a) A relocation adjustment payment under Section 114 of the federal Housing Act of 1949, as amended, shall not be considered income, earnings, assets or rent in the determination of eligibility under any public assistance program provided, if a recipient of such assistance receives a relocation adjustment payment in excess of two hundred fifty dollars, the Commissioner of Social Services shall not be required to provide such recipient with similar assistance for moving expenses or other expenses directly related to relocation. In those instances where a recipient has received a relocation adjustment payment in excess of two hundred fifty dollars and has also been provided with similar assistance for moving expenses or other expenses directly related to relocation, under any public assistance program such recipient shall be required to transfer or assign to the Commissioner of Social Services an amount equal to the relocation assistance that had been received from the Commissioner of Social Services.
(b) Any payment made pursuant to section 47-88d to a recipient of public assistance shall not be considered income, earnings, assets or rent in the determination of eligibility for any public assistance program and shall not be deducted from the amount of assistance to which the recipient would otherwise be entitled.
(1967, P.A. 620, S. 1; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 83-117, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 39, 165; P.A. 04-76, S. 10.)
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 income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-117 added Subsec. (b) concerning payments made pursuant to Sec. 47-88d and clarified references to applicable assistance programs in prior provisions; 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. 17-83c transferred to Sec. 17b-92 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 04-76 deleted references to “general assistance” and “general assistance program”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-96. (Formerly Sec. 17-83h). - Collection of state's claim. Disposition of recoveries.

The Attorney General shall collect any claim which the state may have hereunder against any person, or his estate, and any amount recovered shall be paid to the State Treasurer, to be placed to the credit of the state General Fund. The statute of limitations shall not apply to any action for such collection. In each case in which the state shall have recovered any amount with respect to assistance furnished any beneficiary, the federal portion of the amount so recovered shall be promptly paid to the United States, if required as a condition of federal financial participation.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 31.)
History: Sec. 17-83h transferred to Sec. 17b-96 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-98. (Formerly Sec. 17-83j). - Cost of aid and administration.

The cost of aid furnished under the state supplement program, medical assistance program, temporary family assistance program, state-administered general assistance program and supplemental nutrition assistance program as well as the cost of its administration, shall be borne entirely by the state of Connecticut, except to such extent as such cost to the state may be reduced by grants from the federal government.
(1969, P.A. 730, S. 17; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 44, 165; P.A. 09-9, S. 17.)
History: Sec. 17-83j transferred to Sec. 17b-98 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamps” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-99c. - Audit protocols and procedures. Reports by commissioner.

Not later than February 15, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services on the audit protocols and procedures established pursuant to section 17b-99 and progress concerning the audit protocols and procedures to be established pursuant to section 17b-99a. Not later than February 15, 2016, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services on the implementation of the audit protocols and procedures established pursuant to sections 17b-99 and 17b-99a.
(P.A. 14-162, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 14-162 effective July 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-101. (Formerly Sec. 17-83m). - State's right of subrogation to right of applicant or recipient of assistance re transfer of property. Civil action by commissioner.

In the event that any person applying for or receiving public assistance or state-administered general assistance has any right to rescind, revoke, avoid or otherwise set aside any assignment, transfer or other disposition of property, the state shall be subrogated to such right. The Commissioner of Social Services may bring such civil actions and pursue such other remedies as would have been available to such recipient to enforce such right, for the purposes described in section 17b-100, whether or not such disposition constituted a fraudulent conveyance within the meaning of said section 17b-100.
(P.A. 80-469, S. 4; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 47, 165.)
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. 17-83m transferred to Sec. 17b-101 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.
Annotations to former section 17-83m:
Cited. 208 C. 606; 211 C. 323.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-102. (Formerly Sec. 17-83n). - Regulations providing a financial incentive for reporting vendor fraud.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, on or before September 1, 1996, to provide a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud in any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services by offering a person up to fifteen per cent of any amounts recovered by the state as a result of such person's report.
(P.A. 83-348, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-169, S. 1.)
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. 17-83n transferred to Sec. 17b-102 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 required the commissioner to adopt regulations “on or before September 1, 1996”, and expanded the provision of a financial incentive for the reporting of vendor fraud from the medical assistance program to any program under the jurisdiction of the Department of Social Services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-103. (Formerly Sec. 17-83p). - Refunds by vendors to persons eligible for medical assistance. Penalty.

(a) Any payment made by or on behalf of an individual who is subsequently found eligible for the Title XIX Medicaid program shall be refunded to the payor (1) to the extent that eligibility under the program overlaps the period for which payment was made, and (2) goods and services for which payment was made are covered by Medicaid. Any vendor who is a provider of goods or services in the medical assistance program shall, upon receiving notice of an individual's eligibility for the Title XIX Medicaid program, refund any such sums received or accepted. The Department of Social Services shall reimburse the vendor at the state rate of payment.
(b) Any vendor who wilfully refuses to refund payments under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the penalties for violation of subsection (a) of section 17b-99.
(P.A. 87-379; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
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. 17-83p transferred to Sec. 17b-103 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105. (Formerly Sec. 17-2d). - Authority to furnish transportation out of state for recipients of aid.

The Department of Social Services may furnish any person who is cared for at the expense of the state or any town with transportation to any other state or country if such person has in such other state or country legally responsible relatives who are able, or friends who are willing, to aid in his support, or if he has any other private means of support in such other state or country, provided the Commissioner of Social Services determines that the interest of the state and the welfare of such person will be promoted thereby.
(1963, P.A. 501, S. 3; February, 1965, P.A. 564, Subs. (b); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: 1965 act made no change in this section; P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare department and commissioner with department and commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced social services department and commissioner with department and commissioner 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. 17-2d transferred to Sec. 17b-105 in 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105a. - Supplemental nutrition assistance program. Authority of commissioner to seek waiver and implement federal options.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall seek a waiver from federal law to allow persons who live in an area in which (1) the unemployment rate is greater than ten per cent, or (2) there is an insufficient number of jobs to provide such persons with employment, to be exempt from the three-month participation limit of the supplemental nutrition assistance program implemented pursuant to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement vehicle evaluation provisions in accordance with 7 CFR 273.8(f)(4).
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services, pursuant to 7 USC 2014(e)(6), shall implement the federal option to mandate the use of a standard utility allowance, to be used in place of actual utility costs, for purposes of calculating the excess shelter deduction of applicants for, or recipients of, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. Pursuant to 7 USC 2014(e)(6)(C)(iii)(III), the commissioner shall not prorate a standard utility allowance based upon the fact that an assisted household shares the utility with an individual who is not a member of the assisted household.
(P.A. 97-194, S. 1, 2; P.A. 02-37, S. 1; P.A. 03-36, S. 1; P.A. 05-141, S. 2; P.A. 07-63, S. 1; P.A. 09-9, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 97-194 effective June 26, 1997; P.A. 02-37 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to implement federal option allowing applicants and recipients of food stamps to retain a car valued up to the limit established under the temporary family assistance program, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-36 added new Subsec. (c) re implementation of standard utility allowance by commissioner; P.A. 05-141 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “7 CFR 273.9” with “7 USC 2014(e)(6)” and to prohibit commissioner from prorating standard utility allowance when assisted household shares utility with an individual who is not a member of the assisted household, effective June 24, 2005; P.A. 07-63 amended Subsec. (b) by substituting “vehicle evaluation provisions in accordance with 7 CFR 273.8(f)(4)” for former provision that permitted commissioner to implement federal option to allow food stamp applicants or recipients to retain a car valued up to limit established under temporary family assistance program, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 09-9 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance” and replacing “Food Stamp Act of 1977” with “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008” and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
See Sec. 17b-112 re temporary family assistance program.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance › Section 17b-105b. - Supplemental nutrition assistance benefit extensions.

The Department of Social Services shall be required to pursue the maximum supplemental nutrition assistance benefit extensions permitted by the Code of Federal Regulations Title 7, Part 273, Section 273.12, for those households leaving the temporary assistance for needy families program.
(P.A. 02-37, S. 2; P.A. 05-288, S. 69; P.A. 09-9, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 09-9 replaced “food stamp” with “supplemental nutrition assistance”, effective May 4, 2009.
See Sec 17b-112 re temporary family assistance program.