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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-26. (Formerly Sec. 17-577). - Department designated as state agency responsible for implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants. Development of outreach program. Report.

(a) The Department of Social Services shall act as the single state agency to coordinate, plan and publish annually the state social services plan for the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants as required by federal law and regulation. Said department shall furnish copies of said plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and human services, at least sixty days prior to publication, for their review and recommendations, and shall consult with and furnish to said committees any additional information on such plan which they may request.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall provide for the development of all mandated outreach programs in accordance with any mandate of the federal government as required by federal law and regulation for the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall, on or before December fifteenth, annually, report to the Governor and said joint standing committees with regard to the activity of the department in the implementation of social services block grants and community services block grants, including but not limited to, fiscal data on expenditures of state and federal funds thereunder, and any recommendations for needed program legislation to insure the receipt of all federal funds available to the state from such grants.
(d) Any organization receiving block grants pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of section 17b-99.
(P.A. 75-420, S. 1–4, 6; P.A. 77-555; 77-614, S. 521, 610; P.A. 78-265, S. 1, 3; P.A. 82-314, S. 37, 63; P.A. 87-216, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-169, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 77-555 required annual publication of plan, added provisions re consultation with human services and appropriations committees, clarified Subsec. (c) and made its provisions generally applicable; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of social services with department of human resources, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-265 added Subsec. (d); Sec. 17-2i transferred to Sec. 17-31h in 1979; P.A. 82-314 changed official names of human services and appropriations committees; P.A. 87-216 changed “Title XX of the Social Security Act” to “social services block grants and community services block grants” and deleted Subsec. (d) re designation of matching sum; Sec. 17-31h transferred to Sec. 17-577 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-577 transferred to Sec. 17b-26 in 1995; P.A. 96-169 added Subsec. (d) making organizations receiving block grants subject to the provisions of Sec. 17b-99.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-27a. - John S. Martinez Fatherhood Initiative. Objectives. Reports. Funding. Grant program.

Section 17b-27a is repealed, effective May 27, 2022.
(P.A. 03-258, S. 6; P.A. 09-175, S. 1; P.A. 22-138, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-27b. - Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. Definitions. Office established in Department of Social Services.

(a) As used in this section and section 17b-27c, (1) “Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative”, or “CFI”, means an initiative that (A) promotes the positive involvement and interaction of fathers with their children with an emphasis on children from low-income families, and (B) identifies services that effectively encourage and enhance responsible and skillful parenting and increase the ability of fathers to meet the financial and emotional needs of their children; and (2) “CFI objectives” means efforts to: (A) Promote public education concerning the financial and emotional responsibilities of fatherhood, (B) assist men in preparation for the legal, financial and emotional responsibilities of fatherhood, (C) promote the establishment of paternity at childbirth, (D) encourage fathers, regardless of marital status, to foster their emotional connection to and financial support of their children, (E) establish support mechanisms for fathers in their relationship with their children, regardless of their marital and financial status, and (F) integrate state and local services available for families.
(b) There is established within the Department of Social Services the Office of the Connecticut Fatherhood Initiative. The office shall be overseen by the Commissioner of Social Services and shall perform administrative duties on behalf of the CFI in accordance with a strategic plan developed and implemented as part of the initiative with the approval of the council established pursuant to section 17b-27c.
(P.A. 22-138, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 22-138 effective May 27, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-28a. - Waiver Application Development Council. Medicaid waiver unit.

Section 17b-28a is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 95-257, S. 7, 58; P.A. 96-268, S. 30, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 114, 165; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 29, 88; P.A. 07-73, S. 2(b); P.A. 13-139, S. 21; 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-28b. - Competitive bidding for Medicaid managed care plans.

On and after January 1, 1997, the Department of Social Services may award, on the basis of a competitive bidding procedure, contracts for Medicaid managed care health plans.
(P.A. 96-268, S. 29, 34.)
History: P.A. 96-268 effective July 1, 1996.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-28d. - Amendment to state Medicaid plan to increase federal matching funds for Medicaid services provided to children requiring special education. Notice to boards of education re changes to policies or procedures.

(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services an amendment to the state Medicaid plan concerning school-based child health services provided to Medicaid enrolled children requiring special education pursuant to an individualized education program. Such amendment to the Medicaid plan shall maintain and enhance, to the extent permitted, federal financial participation associated with such costs through a service-specific rate method.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide written notification to each local or regional board of education in the state of any change in policy or billing procedure not later than thirty days after the effective date of such change.
(P.A. 98-239, S. 8, 35; P.A. 03-19, S. 37; P.A. 11-44, S. 105; P.A. 12-173, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 98-239 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, including replacing “Health Care Financing Administration” with “Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services”, effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 11-44 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace reference to Social Security Act requirement with “school-based child health”, delete provisions re amendment proposals and establishment of fixed fee and add provision re federal financial participation, and added Subsec. (b) re notification to boards of education, effective June 13, 2011; P.A. 12-173 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “individualized education plan” with “individualized education program”, effective June 15, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-28f. - Care management subcontractors. Report on costs and profit.

On and after July 1, 2002, each care management subcontractor paying claims for mental health or dental care paid by a Medicaid care management plan shall submit a report on a quarterly basis to the Commissioner of Social Services on the proportion and amount of its monthly payment received from the plan which has been (1) paid directly to providers of health services, and (2) used by the subcontractor for its own administrative costs and profit.
(P.A. 02-3, S. 6; P.A. 10-179, S. 75.)
History: P.A. 02-3 effective April 1, 2002; P.A. 10-179 replaced references to managed care with references to care management, effective July 1, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 17b - Social Services › Chapter 319o - Department of Social Services › Section 17b-28g. - Notice of amendment to Medicaid state plan.

The Commissioner of Social Services shall submit notice of any proposed amendment to the Medicaid state plan to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters related to human services and appropriations prior to submission of such amendment to the federal government.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5, S. 50.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-5 effective October 5, 2009.